The 13th International Festival “Kyiv Summer Music Evenings” will start on May 30. It will run every wekend till July, 11th. The Festival is held on the summer stage of the Central Park of Culture and Rest.

Alyosha (real name Olena Kucher, born on May 14th, 1986 in Zaporizhzhya), Ukraine’s participant in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, successfully presented her song Sweet People in the second Semi-Final. She rocked the place with a powerful expressive covering a range of no less than four octaves vocal performance of her melancholic song, the key message of which is environmental protection.

The festival of rockabilly & psychobilly culture “Ukrabilly Vybuh!” will be held in Kyiv Bingo club on April 24-25th, 2010. The festival will be held for the sixth time, and it will gather 16 bands from Ukraine and other countries on stage.

Address: Volodymyrs’ka Str., 50, metro stop “Zoloti Vorota”, tel.: +38 (044) 279-11-69
10 : RIGOLETTO (Opera in 3 acts, by G. Verdi, ends at 21:40, in Italian)
11 : LA BAYADERE (Ballet in 3 acts, by L. Minkus, ends at 21:30)
12 : Concert Mugam (works of Azerbaijani composers)

Address: 53/3, Velyka Vasyl’kivs’ka (former Chervonoarmiys’ka) Street, metro stop “Respublikans’kiy Stadion” (blue line)
13 : Mister X – Premiere (2 acts, by E.Kalman, in Ukrainian)
14 : Day: (starts at 11am and 14pm) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (musical fairy-tale in 1 act, in Ukrainian)

In Kyiv, several observation areas have been equipped with special units, which allow Kyiv residents and the guests of the Ukrainian capital to view the panorama of the city.
In particular, viewing areas near the Arch of Friendship and the Monument to the Holodomor Victims (near Lavra) will allow tourists to enjoy the city panorama with the help of telescopes.

Address: 53/3, Velyka Vasyl’kivs’ka (former Chervonoarmiys’ka) Street, metro stop “Respublikans’kiy Stadion” (blue line)
13 : Mister X – Premiere (2 acts, by E.Kalman, in Ukrainian)
16 : Foyer Theatre: Operetta in 1 act, Dinner Party with …

Veronica Vovchuk, a Ukrainian girl from Uzhgorod, became the winner of the Queen of the World 2009 Beauty Pageant, which was held on December 3 at the ESTREL Convention Center in Berlin, Germany.

Famous German band Guano Apes will have just one show in Ukraine and two in Russia.
This information is confirmed by the band’s management, a web-resource contrapromotion.com and the company JC-Sound, which organizes the tour.

National Opera & Ballet Theatre of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, playbill for October, 2009
01 : CHRISTMAS NIGHT (ballet in 2 acts, by E. Stankovych, ends at 8:45pm)
02 : EUGENE ONEGIN (liric scenes in 3 acts, by P. Tchaikovsky, ends at 9:10pm)