Hedonism Music Festival
Hedonism, a beach music festival taking place on Trukhaniv Island, will feature more than 30 top-level Ukrainian and foreign artists, including Is Tropical and Hot Chip from the United Kingdom, Lake People from Germany, Sinoptik and Brunettes Shoot Blondes from Ukraine. The festival will have four stages, an art space and a sports zone.
Hedonism Festival. July 29 – Aug. 1. 6 p.m. - 6 a.m. UBK Beach Club (Trukhaniv Island, 200 meters from the Pedestrian Bridge). Hr 470
Carpathian Alliance Metal Festival
One of the biggest metal festivals is changing its location this summer. In late July, Carpathian Alliance Metal Festival will take its heavy rock to the Dnipro River in Kyiv. The organizers will welcome more than 20 bands from abroad, as well as arranging lots of surprise activities like board games and jousting. The headliner of the event will be the legendary German band Blind Guardian.
Carpathian Alliance Metal Festival. July 29 – 31. Druzhby Narodiv Park. Hr 600
Vedalife festival
During the next couple of weekends Trukhaniv Island will host a festival of Vedic culture. Indian music and dancing will help festival goers on their quest for life’s meaning. While there will be plenty of vegetarian food on offer, alcohol, drugs and tobacco are banned. Festival guests have been invited from India, the United States, Thailand, and South America.
Vedalife Festival. July 28 – 31. Slavutych Resort (Trukhaniv Island). Free entrance, registration required at www.vedalife.camp.
Soccer season opening
The opening match of the soccer season, between Dynamo Kyiv and Oleksandriya FC, will be held in the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv. It will be the first time Dynamo takes to the field as the reigning champion of the Ukrainian Super Cup – the Kyiv team won the title on July 16 in a match against Shakhtar Donetsk. Ukrainian rock bands will entertain the public before the season-opening match.
Soccer season opening. July 23. 7 p.m. Olimpiyskiy Stadium. (55 Velyka Vasylkivska St.). Hr 35 – 400
Jazz on the rooftop
This jazz evening in the Kyiv club Roof will celebrate the swing era. The best works of Benny Goodman, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and other American jazz stars will be played on the rooftop with a view of Kyiv. In addition, Ukrainian jazz musicians Aniko Dolidze, Stas Chumakov, and Hryhoriy Parshin will also play their music.
“The Swing Era” (jazz concert). July 27. 7 p. m. Roof (37/41 Sichovykh Striltsiv St.). Hr 150-350
Classical music
Kyiv Botanical Garden welcomes all to listen to the greatest works of Antonio Vivaldi, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy, Antonin Dvorak and other composers, performed by the Kyiv Virtuosi chamber orchestra. The concert will be held in a meadow surrounded by jasmine. The concert organizers will meet people at the main entrance and lead them to the site of the concert.
Classical music evening in the garden. July 23. 8 p.m. Hryshko Botanical Garden (1 Tymiriazevska St.). Hr 250
