A three day festival of Dogri folk theatre of the Jammu region, organized by the Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Arts, Culture and Language from 15 to 17 January 2007 at Abhinav Theatre, Jammu, was sponsored by the Akademi.

Over 250 theatre artists representing various districts of the region participated in the festival. The festival had two sessions every day. The afternoon session was devoted to presentation of papers and discussions thereon. The evening session was for stage
presentations. Ghulam Mohammad, eminent Dogri folk artist, chaired the valedictory session of the festival on 17 January 2007. The programme follows:

15 January

Session I (3.30 pm) — Presentation of paper: Sham Lal Raina: Jagrana.
Session II (5.30 pm) — Performances: Preeto Devi & Party
(Block Marh, Jammu): Jagrana; V.D. Shreshta & Party
(Chennai): Jagrana; Durga Devi & Party (Mian Sahib): Jagrana;
Naro Devi & Party (R.S.Pura): Jagrana; Suman & Party (Block
Dansal): Jagrana.

16 January

Session I (3.30 pm) — Presentation of papers: Shiv Dev Singh Susheel: Haran; Mohan Singh: Bhagtan.
Session II (5.30 pm) — Performances: Mohan Mistry and
party (Udhampur): Haran; Girdhari Singh & Party (Babey)
:
Haran; Raghunath Dramatic & Ramleela Club, Ramkot (Kathua)
:
Haran; Charan Dass Magotra and Party, Chinji Makwal (Kathua)
:
Haran; Teg Ram & Party, Dansal (Jammu): Haran.

17 January

Session I (3.00 pm) — Presentation of paper: Dhian Singh: Jaatar; N.D. Jamwal: Chinj.
Session II (5.30 pm) — Performances: Kewal Vedak & Party
(New Plot): Chinj; Mohan Lal & Party(Satwari): Jaatar; Garoo
Ram & Party (Both Draink, Jammu): Jaatar; Duggar Kala Manch
(Sunderbani): Nakal; Bhagtia Theare Group (Arnia): Bhagtan.