Nishagandhi Dance Festival or Nishagandhi Nritya Utsav is held in the month of October and March in the city of Trivandrum. This dance festival is held in Nishagandhi Theatre, in Kanakunnu palace compound.

Nishagandhi open-air theatre in the palace compound holds a dance festival every year, renowned artists perform various dances and other arts like Bharathanatyam, Mohiniyattam, Kathak, Odissi, modern ballet and other folk forms. Artists and connoisseurs of vaious dance forms from all over India come to enjoy and participate in this cultural treat. The festival is organised by the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation and is free for everybody Nishagandhi dance festival is usually accompanied with classical music. It gives a people of various backgrounds a fascinating glimpse of India's rich dance heritage.

Year after year this festival is becoming more and more prestigious, culturaly as more and more famous and renowned artists have started to look forward for participation in this event. The diverse Indian cultural heritage and the artists who are promoting this heritage are an integral part of the Nishagandhi Dance Festival.