Many artists have performed in the festival, such as Ustad
Amjad Ali Khan, Ustad
Zakir Hussain,
Shankar Mahadevan,
Abida Parveen,
Mukul Shivputra,
Niladri Kumar,
Aman Ali Khan,
Ayaan Ali Khan, Swapan Choudary,
Roop Kumar Rathod, Ustad
Rashid Khan, Ustad
Shahid Parvez,
Hariharan,
Vikku Vinayakram,
Kaushiki Chakrabarty, Shiva Mani,
Shantanu Moitra,
Swanand Kirkire, Pt.
Rajan Mishra, Pt.
Sajan Mishra,
Suresh Wadkar, Daler Mehendi,
Teejan Bai and Rahul Deshpande. The newest artists who performed in 2016 include the
Wadali Brothers,
Mahesh Kale and
George Brooks, among others. The 2016 Vasantotsav was the 10th year of the event. This year, the event was kept free for the 14000 viewers. The event also consists of 100th show of
Katyar Kaljat Ghusali (play). The play (
Sangeet Natak)was done by Opera style with complete background of set of Katyar on the big stage. The play run for more than 3 hours with the standing ovation of viewers. As per the plan, from the year 2016, Vasantotsav would be conducted all over Maharashtra so that people from other cities would also participate in the event. This would be done by
Nasik and
Nagpur. During Vasantotsav, the viewers donated money which was further given to
Naam Foundation of
Nana Patekar and
Makarand Anaspure who are closely working and supporting farmers of Maharashtra. ==Annual awards==