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Kyiv (Kiev) Events
Kiev Summer Music Festival
This long-running classical music festival presents outdoor concerts every weekend and is extremely popular with locals as well as tourists. Concerts begin at 1800 and range from symphony orchestras performing classical works to solo piano recitals and even jazz evenings.
Venue: Central Park of Culture.Molodist
This widely respected international film festival aims to support films made by young emerging directors. Each year, more than 250 films from around the world are shown in the search for fresh talent. Retrospectives of established directors and film schools of world cinema also feature.
Venue: Kyiv Cinema, Chervonoarmiyska 19.Website: http://www.molodist.com
New Year's Day
More celebrated than Christmas, which falls a week later in Ukraine, New Year is a time for parties, family gatherings, lengthy meals and plenty of drinking. This is also when the Ukrainian equivalent of Santa Claus, Dyed Moroz (Father Frost), visits homes to leave children presents under the decorated New Year’s Day tree.
Christmas Country of Dreams Festival
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas in early January with an annual Christmas Country of Dreams Festival at the Mamaeva Sloboda open air folk village located 7km (4.5 miles) west of the city centre. As well as a Christmas Market, expect food stalls serving traditional dishes and musical performances. There is also a recreated Cossack village with its three-domed wooden church to explore.
Venue: Mamaeva Slododa.Website: http://mamajeva-sloboda.ua/
April Fools' Day
Kiev’s citizens make a big thing of April Fools’ Day, taking to the streets in silly costumes and on inappropriate transport like skis and office chairs. Practical jokes and sending friends on fool’s errands are de rigueur.
Venue: Central Kiev.Victory Day
On 9 May each year, thousands pay respects to the war dead by laying flowers at Kiev's eternal flame and the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. This is an important holiday for Ukrainians, especially the older generation who remember the horrors of WWII and the subsequent Nazi invasion.
Venue: Dnieper Park.Kiev Day
Kiev’s very own city day celebrations take place annually on the last weekend in May. City centre streets are closed to traffic and Kiev’s citizens congregate to stroll and enjoy the party atmosphere, with outdoor performances of music and theatre. Elsewhere in the city, events such as fishing competitions, bicycle races and fun runs are held. The day closes with an evening fireworks display.
Venue: Kiev city centre.Sand Sculpture Festival
Held in June each year when wonderful sandy creations spring up on the beaches of Kiev's Hydropark on the banks of the Dnieper River.
Venue: Trukhaniv Island.Kraina Mriy
Translating as ‘Country of Dreams’, Kraina Mriy is a renowned international musical folklore festival that brings together folk groups from all over Europe and beyond. As well as traditional folk music, more cutting-edge fusion acts from all over Europe also perform. In addition to the musical entertainment, a wide variety of events and activities take place at the festival that includes folk dancing, Cossack entertainment, folk painting, literature and ethnic food.
Venue: Spivoche Pole.Website: http://www.krainamriy.com
Arsenale Biennale of Contemporary Art
Featuring a wide range of artists from many countries, this biennial exhibition of contemporary art was initiated in 2012. The 2012 exhibition adopted the theme, The Best of Times, The Worst of Times, with work organised around four hub ideas: Restless Spirit, In the Name of Order, Flesh and Unquiet Dream.
Venue: Mystetsky Arsenal arts centre and various galleries.Website: http://artarsenal.in.ua
Ukrainian Independence Day
August 24 1991 marks the date of Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union. This is celebrated throughout Kiev with bunting, national flags and military parades through the city centre. After dark, a spectacular firework display lights up the city sky.