Art-Gene Festival to present bands, artisans and local cuisine
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Musical artists, traditional craft artisans and masters of countryside cuisine are preparing to bring their talent to this year’s Art-Gene Folk Festival launching in central Georgia next week.
Resort town Surami, a two-hour drive west of capital Tbilisi, will host the first event of the festival this year on July 10.
Participants will then move to the newly unveiled pier on Mtkvari river in Georgia’s ancient capital Mtskheta.
Tbilisi's Museum of Ethnography will host the festival in the capital city. Photo: .
Folk craft exhibition will take place in the pier of the city marked by UNESCO-recognised historical monuments, while other events will include a display illustrating Europe through eyes of the 19th century Georgian visitors.
The concert will feature ensembles and bands from the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region in the city, before the festival moves to the concluding phase in capital Tbilisi.
Young Georgian artist Sophie Villy will open the Tbilisi Tour of the annual event with her July 17 performance at the open-air Museum of Ethnography, located on the hillside leading up to the Turtle Lake recreational park.
The show will mark the ongoing tour of performances by the artist in her homeland, following her recent tour of the United States and Europe to promote her Akademia Music Award-winning album Planet A.
Singer and songwriter Sophie Villy will open the Tbilisi Tour of the fetival. Photo: Sophie Villy artist Facebook page.
The ethnography museum stage will also host popular local bands and artists including Asea sool, Nino Katamadze and Robi Kukhianidze.
Georgian cuisine will also be on display at the venue before the festival concludes with a concert by the Sukhishvilebi folk dance troupe on July 24.
The Art-Gene Folk Festival was founded 14 years ago to present live music by Georgian artists as well as folk crafts and performing arts from Georgia’s regions.
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For a week starting this Sunday, folk arts enthusiasts will be invited to watch artist performances, taste local cuisine and find artisanal items exhibited at the Art-Gene Festival.
The annual folklore tour across Georgia named Art-Gene will start on June 16 in Akhmeta, in the Georgian region of Kakheti. Afterwards on June 22, a concert will be held in the region of Adjara that will be followed by a performance in the village of Gordi, in the region of Imereti on June 28.
For a month starting this Sunday, folk arts enthusiasts will be invited to watch artist performances, taste local cuisine and find artisanal items exhibited at the Art-Gene Festival. The festival, aimed at presentation of Georgian folklore dates back 16 years. More than 100 concerts have been conducted during the period attended by approximately 30-40 thousand people every year.
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Tbilisi locals and city visitors are invited to the Open Air Museum of Ethnography in the city that is hosting the week-long annual outdoor festival Art-Gene celebrating musical and choreographic performances, crafts, martial arts and more from various regions of Georgia.