State Youth Festival  

Palakkad defeated the defending champions and 12-year consecutive winner Kozhikode this year. The Kerala School Kalolsavam (state youth festival) began on December 7 in Alappuzha. Kasaragod has been fixed as the venue for next year’s Kalolsavam.

State youth festival will be conducted without celebration now in Kerala. Officials and ministers have now convinced Pinarayi Vijayan to re-consider the decision of banning the festival claiming that students will lose an opportunity to gain grace marks. Absence of Pinarayi Vijayan and the ministers' moves have now come under scrutiny.

Kerala government has decided to do away with all festivities for one year in the wake of the flood that ravaged the State. State youth festival, IFFK (International Film Festival of Kerala), and several other cultural programmes related to tourism have been cancelled