Archive · 12 Aug 2026
Sitar For Mental Health Tour announces UK, US, Canada stops
Rishab Rikhiram Sharma plays the sitar, a string instrument from India.
He is bringing his special concerts called Sitar For Mental Health to the UK, Canada and the US.
The tour will start in London on October 1.
Then he will play in Washington D.C., Toronto, New York, Oakland and Los Angeles in November.
At his shows, he mixes old Indian music with calm electronic sounds and lo-fi beats.
He also talks openly with the audience about feelings like anxiety and depression.
He guides everyone through breathing exercises to help them feel calm and safe.
Rishab learned from the famous sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar.
Lots of people loved his shows in India — more than 100,000 came to see him.
Rishab Rikhiram Sharma has announced dates and venues for the UK, Canada and US leg of his Sitar For Mental Health Tour.
The tour opens October 1 at London's Royal Albert Hall before five North American shows from November 18 to 24.
Sharma, 26, is a protégé and the youngest and last disciple of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar.
His 10-city India tour drew more than 100,000 attendees and featured the unveiling of SITARA, an electric sitar custom-made by Sanjay Rikhi Ram.
The shows blend Indian classical ragas with ambient electronic textures, guided breathwork, and candid onstage dialogues about mental health.
- Who
- Rishab Rikhiram Sharma, a 26-year-old sitar virtuoso and mental health advocate who is the youngest and last disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar
- What
- Announced dates and venues for the UK, Canada and US leg of his Sitar For Mental Health Tour
- When
- Tour opens October 1 and runs through November 24 (article does not specify the year)
- Where
- Royal Albert Hall in London, Capital One Hall in Washington D.C., The Theatre at Great Canadian Toronto, Carnegie Hall in New York, Paramount Theatre in Oakland and The United Theater on Broadway in Los Angeles
- Why
- To dissolve the barrier between artist and audience, blend Indian classical music with mental wellbeing, and pay homage to historic artistic venues
- Artist
- Rishab Rikhiram Sharma
- Age
- 26
- Tour name
- Sitar For Mental Health
- Opening show
- October 1, Royal Albert Hall, London
- North American dates
- November 18–24
- Tour venues
- 6 (London, Washington D.C., Toronto, New York, Oakland, Los Angeles)
- India tour attendance
- 100,000+ attendees across 10 cities
- Signature instrument
- SITARA electric sitar by Sanjay Rikhi Ram