For artists, musicians, makers, speakers, readers and book clubs, and the local creatives who give a neighbourhood its character.
Annara is being shaped as a neighbourhood café with room for culture, and that room is only as good as the people who fill it. If you make, play, write or gather people, in Vidyaranyapura or anywhere in Bengaluru, we would love to meet you.
Established or just starting out, solo or as a collective: what matters most is care for the work and warmth towards the people who come to share it.
Painters, illustrators, photographers and printmakers looking for walls where people slow down and really look.
Players and singers from any tradition who enjoy a small, close room more than a big stage.
Potters, weavers, woodworkers and anyone whose craft is easier to love once you have seen the hands at work.
People with a story, a skill or an idea worth sharing in plain words with a curious room.
Groups looking for a warm table to talk about a book, and anyone hoping to start one.
Writers, poets, designers, filmmakers and neighbours with a project that would sit well beside good food.
A few details help us understand your idea quickly. Short is perfect; you can always add more once we are talking.
A good first message includes
Paste your links straight into the message. A few lines and one good link are often all we need to start.
Simple, unhurried and honest from the very first message. Every collaboration at Annara follows the same gentle path.
It starts with your message and a reply from us. If the idea feels right for Annara, we will set up a proper conversation to hear more about your work and what you have in mind.
No pitch decks and no pressure: just a chance to get to know each other.
Then we shape it together: the format, the feel, and how it sits alongside the food and the everyday life of the café. Like a good decoction, it is worth not rushing.
Some ideas come together quickly and others need a little more time. We will always be honest about which is which.
Once everything is agreed, we share the details here on the website: the date, time, format and access, clearly stated, with your name and work front and centre. Anyone with a question can always ask us on WhatsApp.
Then comes the best part: people gathering around something you made.
At this early stage we are not able to promise dates, fees or room sizes. Those depend on the finished space and on each idea, and we will be clear about what is possible before anything is agreed.
Use the form, or message us on WhatsApp if that is easier. Collaboration is already selected for you; just add who you are, a link or two, and the idea you have in mind.
We read every message ourselves. A reply may take a little while as the café comes together, but it will come.
You do not need every detail worked out. Send a few lines and a link, through the form or on WhatsApp, and we will shape the rest together.
