Tbilisi celebrates New Year's Eve, Christmas season with shows
The 2019 festive season launched in Tbilisi on December 25 when the Christmas Town location was opened on the First Republic Square in the capital. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
A close-up look at decorations used for bringing festive mood to locals and visitors flocking to the First Republic Square and Orbeliani Square, the two spots selected for official events and celebrations. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
A view of the Christmas Town location in Tbilisi, where the central Christmas Tree of the city was set up on December 25 and a fair opened for visitors. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
Young visitors entertain themselves at one of the amusement spots set up for them in the Christmas Town in Tbilisi. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
Christmas decorations including large 'present boxes' are seen on the First Republic Square to mark the festivities. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
Those joining the celebrations at the city's open-air locations are seen next to a 'photo bus' used for recording memories of the 2019-2020 Christmas and New Year's Eve. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
Young people take selfie photographs in the Christmas Town on the First Republic Square. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
A view on the central Christmas Tree in Tbilisi. City mayor Kakha Kaladze said his office looked to install a 'natural-looking' tree for the 2019-2020 festive season celebrations in the city. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
More decorative elements used for creating a mood for festivities. A daily programme of shows, workshops and fairs is hosting visitors through Christmas and New Year's Eve in Tbilisi. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
Artists, theatre troupes, craftspeople and producers bring their shows and products to the two squares to entertain and delight those celebrating in the open-air settings. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
Along with the customary annual location of the First Republic Square, the city hall designated the newly renovated Orbeliani Square in a historical part of the city as the host of celebrations. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
Visitors take photographs on the backdrop of special festive lighting in Tbilisi. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
A stall with crafts items and accessories for celebrating the Christmas and New Year's Eve days in Tbilisi is seen at one of the festive spots. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
The daily programme of events runs between December 25-January 13 to encompass Christmas and New Year's Eve dates for both customary and alternative calendars. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
Christmas Town visitors taste drinks and food in Tbilisi. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
A festive lighting hangs above pedestrian walkway on Rustaveli Avenue, next to the Christmas Town on the First Republic Square. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
The special lighting seen as installed along the Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
The daily 2019-2020 celebrations are centred around the New Year's Eve gala concert on December 31, with local and guest artists joining theatre companies and other participants to entertain locals and visitors of the city. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.