On 13.08 - 16.08.2026 in Kyiv will be held the Bouquet Kyiv Stage Festival which combines music, Ukrainian visual art, cinema, theater, tours, a youth stage and conversations under the ash tree.
The festival’s overarching theme is "Armed with Beauty" and during the festival there are over fifty art events that will take place over the four days.
Bouquet Kyiv Stage Program (Could be Changes)
13.08.2026, Thursday
Exhibitions
15:30 - Opening of the photo exhibition "Veterans Theater" - In the space of Movie Car
16:00 - Opening of the immersive project "Olexandr Dubovyk. "Triumph of Bouquet"" - Khlibnya
17:30 - Opening of the exhibition "Caliber 120x35MM. Family Album" - Garden
Cinema
19:00 - Ukrainian animation - 100 years (selection of films) - Movie Car
Music
17:00 - Concert "Good day, Mr. Dubovyk". Musical greeting to the artist Oleksandr Dubovyk. New music ensemble "Rikoshet", conductor - Denys Bocharov - Khlibnya
18:00 - Concert "Liberty". National Presidential Orchestra, conductor - Tetyana Kalinichenko, soloist - Dmytro Tkachenko (violin) - Stage
19:00 - Concert "Ukrainian Quartet". Petrichor Ensemble / Lecture by Oleksiy Shmurak "Lovecraftian Despair of Pavlo Senytsia". Project "Liberated Music" - Khlibnya
20:00 - Concert Tribute to Nazgul Shukaeva - Stage
14.08.2026, Friday
Conversations under the Ash Tree
15:00 - Discussion "Cultural Diplomacy: Development Directions" - The Ash Tree
17:00 - "The Beauty of Words" with Pavlo and Viktoriya Matyusha. The conversation is led by Tamara Krasnokutska - The Ash Tree
19:00 - Conversation under the The Ash Tree - The Ash Tree
Exhibitions
17:00 - Opening of the retrospective exhibition of Yulia Lazarevskaya "Time of manifestation" - Khlibnya
Cinema
16:00-19:00 - Selection of films by young directors - Cinema Hall
19:00 - Pre-premiere screening of the documentary "Сapable" - Movie Car
Music
16:00 - Concert "Frederic Chopin". Radoslav Sobchak (piano, Poland) - Stage
18:00 - Concert "Way of tradition". Yogev Shetrit Trio (Israel) and Yulia Roma (vocals) - Stage
19:00 - Concert "Testimony. Piano poems by Valery Polyovoy". Oleg Bezborodko (piano) / Anna Tsok (cymbals). Project "Liberated Music" - Khlibnya
20:00 - Concert "A Gift to the Great River!". Kyiv Chamber Orchestra, conductor - Natalia Ponomarchuk, Alla Zagaykevich (electronics), Iryna Turinska (mezzo-soprano, France-Ukraine), Elizaveta Solovyova (bandura), Maryna Ryzhova (director). Project "Modern and Timeless" - Stage
15.08.2026, Saturday
Conversations under the Ash Tree
12:00 - "The Beauty of Renewal" with Pavel Sheremetya. The conversation is led by: Yevgeny Utkin and Serhiy Koshman - Ash Tree
13:30 - "The Beauty of Testimony" with Shelby Wilder. The conversation is led by: Yevgeny Utkin and Serhiy Koshman - The Ash Tree
16:00 - "The Beauty of Defense". The conversation will be attended by Oleksandr Filonenko, Roman Gavrish, Mykola Gradnov-Savytsky - The Ash Tree
19:00 - Conversation under the The Ash Tree - The Ash Tree
St. Sophia Сathedral Tour
12:00 - Tour for children 6-10 years old "Sophia of Kyiv: First acquaintance" - St. Sophia Cathedral
Children's programs
14:00-17:00 - Master classes for children and families - Garden
Theatre
13:00 - Performance "Zobeida". Comedy of Masks for the whole family. Directors-producers: Anastasia Mytradyk, Tetyana Arsiriy - Garden
Exhibitions
14:00 - Opening of the photo exhibition by Oleg Pavlyuchenkov "Life in Art, Cinema and Philosophy" - Attic of the Metropolitan's House
16:00 - International art project by Oksana Brenzovich "CORPORI PROPIOR… (Closer to the Body…)" - Garden
Cinema
14:00-18:00 - Selection of films "Culture vs. War" - Cinema Hall
17:00 - Pre-premiere screening of the documentary "Veterans' Theater" - Cinemamobile
Music
12:00-18:00 - "Kobzar's Glade" - Glade
15:00 - Concert "Orchestral Landscapes: Shipovich-Yanovsky". National Presidential Orchestra, conductor - Maksym Husak. "Liberated Music" Project - Stage
16:00 - Art Project "Ukraine Stands! Ukraine Fights! Ukraine Prays!". Galya and Lesya Telnyuk (vocal duet), Yevhen Nyshchuk (actor), String Quartet - St. Sophia Cathedral
16:30 - Piano Music Concert. Ivan Zhnyakov (piano, Bulgaria) - Stage
17:00 - Concert "Rays of Light: Invisible Signs". Chamber Orchestra "Lyky Domer", Artistic Director and Conductor - Svitlana Bilousova - Khlibnya
18:00 - Concert by Maria Kvitka - Stage
19:00 - Concert of the Winners of the Open Call "Memory of Sound - Audiobiom" - Youth Stage Kontenta
20:00 - Studnitzky Solo. Sebastian Studnitsky (piano, trumpet, Germany) - Stage
16.08.2026, Sunday
Conversations under the Ash Tree
12:00 - Panel discussion "35 years of modern Independence: lessons and prospects." Moderator Bohdan Nagailo, editor-in-chief of Kyiv Post - The Ash Tree
13:30 - Discussion panel "Cultural Genocide" - The Ash Tree
15:30 - Conversation under the Ash Tree - The Ash Tree
17:00 - "The Beauty of Responsibility" with Paritsia Shmorhun-Havrylyshyn and Marianna Yeleyko. The conversation is led by: Yevheniy Utkin and Serhiy Koshman - The Ash Tree
19:00 - Conversation under the The Ash Tree - The Ash Tree
St. Sophia Сathedral Tour
12:00 - Tour "Sophia of Kyiv: a thousand years of history" - St. Sophia Cathedral
Children's programs
13:00-14:00, 16:00-18:00 - Master classes for children and families - Garden
14:00 - "Bouquet of fairy tales" by Myroslava Makarevych. Master class "Birds of Sophia": led by Myroslava Makarevych and Vira Kiva - Garden
15:00 - Master class "Hello, it's me" by the National Art Museum of Ukraine. Hosted by Svitlana Tsurkan - Garden
Cinema
14:00-18:00 - Selection of animated films "In Memoriam" - Cinema Hall
17:00 - Selection of films "Armed with Beauty" - Cinemamobile
Theatre
13:00 - Performance "If I get lost...", Theater of mature people "It’s not evening yet". Director - Alla Zamanskaya - Garden
Music
12:00-18:00 - "Kobzar's Glade" - Glade
15:00 - Concert "Offering to Schumann". Yevgeny Gromov (piano) - Stage
16:30 - Concert "Unison: Sylvesterov, P’art, Kancelli". Chamber choir "Kyiv", conductor - Mykola Hobdych, Kyiv saxophonist quartet - Stage
18:00 - Concert "Hofseth & Zakus". Bendik Hofseth (saxophone, Norway), Igor Zakus (bass guitar), Yaroslav Borys (drums), Rodion Ivanov (piano) - Stage
19:00 - Concert "Panorama of Ukrainian 1920s". Tymysh Melnyk (piano). "Liberated Music" Project - Khlibnya
19:00 - Live JAVA from the "NIHTO" project, artistic director - Nazarenko Artem. Elizaveta Solovyova (bandura), Olga Atamanchuk (bandura), Karolina Muzychenko (cello) - Youth Stage Kontenta
20:00 - Concert "Bouquet! Bouquet! Bouquet!!" National Ensemble of Soloists "Kyivska Camerata", conductor - Nikoloz Rachveli (Georgia). Soloists: Nikoloz Rachveli (piano), Bohdana Pivnenko (violin) - Stage
More details about the Bouquet Kyiv Stage Festival can be found here on its official web-site.
Welcome to the Bouquet Kyiv Stage Festival around St. Sophia Cathedral!
Organizers of Bouquet Kyiv Stage
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The National Reserve Sophia of Kyiv
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