The Black Sea, Prydniprovia, and Slobozhanshchyna Culture Fair, the restoration of the kobza tradition, and the More Music Fest ethno-rock festival will take place in Odesa next weekend.
Day 1 - Kobzar Festival
Kobzars will play and sing in historic Cossack sites and in the center of Odesa.
An open performance in Taras Shevchenko Park near the monument.
Video broadcast on YouTube by NGO "The Tenth of April".
Day 2 - Cultural Fair
In the center of Odesa, in Taras Shevchenko Park, the Black Sea Steppe Festival will bring together representatives of the public and national communities from 8 regions of Ukraine to present their achievements, accomplishments, and examples of folk crafts and creativity.
Presentation of achievements, cultural uniqueness, master classes in Petrykivka painting, vytynanka, clay modeling and other creative skills, as well as embroidered paintings and clothes, replicas based on Trypillian ornaments, a variety of traditional life and food in 20 exhibition tents. There will also be musical performances by ethnic groups, folklore groups, and a reenactment of an ancient Ukrainian wedding ceremony from Slobozhanshchyna.
Taras Shevchenko Park
Day 3 - More Music Fest
Performances of ethno-rock bands
Taras Shevchenko Park
The festival is organized by the NGO “The Tenth of April”, “Parks of Odesa”, More Music Club
Partners: Odesa City Council, Odesa Regional State Administration, UNHCR Ukraine - the UN Refugee Agency in Ukraine, Oxfam Great Britain, Kyiv Kobzar Workshop, Lviv Kobzar and Lyrical Workshop, Odesa Kobzar Workshop, Morshynska TM, SOCAR.
*The events will be held in compliance with safety requirements.