Qiev Dance is an annual dance music festival, taking place for the seventh time. Highlights include Fatboy Slim, the famous English DJ and pioneer of electronic
dance, German Dash Berlin and Cosmic Gate from Denmark on Oct.2. International Exhibition Center at 9 p.m.,15 Brovarsky Prospekt, tel. 502-3464. http://qievdance.ua (in Russian). Tickets: Hr 200-400.
Bohdan Humenyuk’s Trio is a jazz highlight on Sept. 22. The band is the first organ trio in Ukraine to use an electro-organ instead of a bass. Humenyuk took the prize of the best saxophonist in Do#Dj Junior 2006, one of the most prestigious jazz contests in Eastern Europe.
Kyiv’s Culture and Education Centre “Master Klass” at 8 p.m., 34 Lavrska, metro Arsenalna, tel. 594 10-63. Tickets: Hr 30.
Punk band Lyapis Trubetskoi has been around for already 20 years and is probably the most prominent band from Belarus. Frontman Sergey Mikhalok was
infamous for binge drinking and strange lyrics to his songs. A few years ago though he quit the bottle and started exercising – out of the blue as it frequently happens with artists. Listen to him on Sept.22 in Crystal Hall at 8 p.m., 1 Dniprovskiy Uzviz, tel. 288-5069. http://crystalhall.com.ua. Tickets: Hr 150-400.
Joe Cocker is a legendary English singer, known for his bluesy soul voice. During his career, which spans over four decades, he has released 21 studio and four live albums. Cocker sang at Nelson Mandela’s birthday, the fall of the Berlin Wall concert and George H.W. Bush’s inauguration. He was ranked 97th on U.S. magazine Rolling Stone’s 100 greatest singers of all time list in 2008. He will perform on Oct.3 at Palace Ukraina at 7 p.m., 103 Velyka Vasylkivska (Chervonoarmiyska). Tickets: Hr 100-5000.
