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The Holiday of Salo was celebrated in Poltava, Ukraine on the 20th of January! Salo (pig’s fat), called also a “domestic drug product” was not only bought and sold during this holiday, but also songs have been dedicated to it.
Four-day Festival of Chocolate is a good excuse to visit Lviv and treat yourself to sweets. Italian singer Roberto Loretti will open the festival. He is best known for the song “Jamaica”.
Ukrainian Unity Day (Den Sobornosti) is an important historical event in Ukraine. It goes back to the date when Eastern and Western Ukraine were united. On this day in 1919 the “Treaty of Unity” between Ukrainians was signed and the unity of all Ukrainian lands previously belonging to the Russian Empire (UNR) and the Austro-Hungarian Empire was solemnly proclaimed on Sofijivska Square in Kyiv.
«Jazz Bez» is the largest jazz festival in Ukraine. It has been successfully around for 10 years, every year increasing its audience, inviting famous artists from all over the world and connecting new cities to the new jazz movement.
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.
On May 29th, celebrations of All Ukraine Bicycle Day (Veloden’) will take place in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv. During this day, the center of Kyiv, starting from the European Square, will become a human chain of thousands of cyclists. The celebration program of the day will be full of events and guests.
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)
