When Chai Met Toast Announce India and World Tour Dates

Kerala folk-indie act When Chai Met Toast. Image: Courtesy of the artist

Kerala folk-indie favorites When Chai Met Toast (WCMT) are heading everywhere as they prepare to launch their next album Town, Big Love, Little Homes in the coming months.

WCMT– who launched their very first single “Dreamland” including singer-composer Job Kurian in August– will start their Joy of Little Things world trip in India with programs in Kochi (Dec. 14, 2025), Bengaluru (Dec. 19), Mumbai (Dec. 20), Pune (Dec. 21), Chennai (Jan. 9, 2026) and Gurugram (Jan. 10, 2026).

Tickets will go on sale for the band’s e-mail base upon Sept. 11, followed by basic sale of tickets beginning with Sept. 12, 2025 for their India trip dates, with more information presenting in the coming weeks.

Later on in 2026, the band– consisting of singer Ashwin Gopakumar, guitar player and banjo gamer Achyuth Jaigopal, keyboardist-producer Palee Francis and drummer-percussionist Pai Sailesh– will head to cities like Dublin and Cork, through England and Scotland, Germany and the Netherlands in August 2026.

In September 2026, WCMT heads to the U.S., Canada for 12 programs, followed by efficiencies in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne in between Oct. 31 and Nov. 7, 2026. More dates are likewise anticipated to be revealed.

The band states it’s a purposeful choice to call the worldwide trip after “the very first tune we ever made”– drawn from their 2017 EP Pleasure of Little Things— instead of their brand-new tunes or upcoming album. They explain the EP’s title track as a “tribute” to their homes and individuals and the brand-new album likewise circles around back to those styles.

A group declaration describes, “We are visiting with our brand-new album Village, Big Love, Little Homes and by the time we explore in India, all the tunes will not be launched however we will be carrying out the album in its totality in this trip.”

The trip marks their 10th anniversary in action and the 4th successive year of exploring abroad and in India. “This time we are all taking an action back and examining how we need to deal with touring/live efficiencies so that it’s more sustainable for us as a band. Keeping these in mind– for the next 10-12 months, these will be the only programs we perform in the areas of the trip,” the band includes a declaration.