Georgian capital to celebrate Tbilisoba city festival this weekend
This year’s festival programme will include children’s concerts and attractions, sports activities, musical performances, open air museums, cinemas and public discussions in Tbilisi yards. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Georgian capital of Tbilisi will celebrate the annual city festival on the first weekend of October with events for both children and adults, mayor Kakha Kaladze said earlier on Tuesday.
The festival will take place at several different locations in Tbilisi:
- Rike Park
- Legvtakhevi
- Orbeliani Square
- Gudiashvili Square
- Europe Square
Agenda's archive of Tbilisoba 2016. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
This year’s festival programme will include children’s concerts and attractions, sports activities, musical performances, open air museums, cinemas and public discussions in Tbilisi yards.
The award ceremony of Honorary Citizens and a gala concert will be hosted at 8pm on October 2.
Tbilisoba City Festival 2019. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Tbilisoba was first marked in 1979 and soon became one of the country’s spectacular celebrations.
Marked as a public holiday, the festival traditionally attracts thousands of people and hosts all sorts of events from mid-morning until late in the evening.
Autumn harvest markets will be set up in seven locations of Tbilisi during the Tbilisoba City Fest on October 24-25, announced Tbilisi City Hall earlier today.
Tbilisoba City Fest 2021, which was slated for October 24, has been cancelled following the tragic collapse of a residential building in the Georgian Black Sea town of Batumi on October 8 causing the death of nine.
This year's Tbilisoba city festival, an open-air gathering of citizens and visitors of Georgia's capital city to mark its history and cultural delights, will not have a customary run in streets, switching instead to a televised format for its performances as a precaution from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tbilisoba City Fest 2019, which officially kicked off yesterday, continues with various celebratory events in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi today as well.
Vehicle traffic will be restricted in Tbilisi due to the events planned for celebrating the Georgian capital’s annual city festival, Tbilisoba 2022, this weekend, Tbilisi city hall announced on Thursday.
The Georgian capital of Tbilisi is celebrating the annual city festival Tbilisoba 2022 on the weekend, after a two-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with various events planned at different locations in the capital.
Balenciaga’s Georgian creative director Demna Gvasalia and celebrated film director Merab Kokochashvili were among 20 personalities from art, culture and politics who received the status of honorary Tbilisi citizens as part of this year’s Tbilisoba city festival on Sunday.
The Georgian capital of Tbilisi will celebrate the annual city festival this weekend with events for both children and adults and locals and visitors, Tbilisi City Hall announced.