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What's on in Georgia
Concerts, opera, circus and street festivals across Georgia — what to catch while you’re here, where it happens, and how we get you the tickets and the ride.
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Tbilisoba (City Day)
The biggest date on Tbilisi's calendar — a two-day celebration of the city's founding that fills the Old Town with food markets, handicraft bazaars, vintage-car displays, big-band and folk performances, dancing and free concerts. The whole historic centre becomes an open-air feast.
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Black Sea Jazz Festival
One of Georgia's biggest music events — an annual seaside festival in Batumi drawing international headliners across jazz, soul, funk, hip-hop and pop, plus Georgian acts. Held over ~3 July nights on the Black Sea coast.
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Art-Gene Folk Festival
A summer celebration of living Georgian tradition at Tbilisi's hillside Open Air Museum of Ethnography — folk ensembles from every region perform evening concerts alongside food-and-wine markets, crafts and traditional games. The best single window onto Georgia's regional cultures.
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Tbilisi Jazz Festival
Tbilisi's premier jazz event — international and Georgian jazz artists in city halls; a long-running autumn tradition (tbilisijazz.com).
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Tbilisi Open Air
Georgia's biggest open-air rock/pop/electronic festival, held near Tbilisi in summer with international and local headliners.
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Gurjaani Wine Festival
The country's largest wine festival — hundreds of Kakhetian winemakers and 30,000+ visitors in Gurjaani; tastings, food and folk music.
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New/Young Wine Festival
The New (Young) Wine Festival at Mtatsminda Park, Tbilisi (mid-May) — Kakhetian tastings, gastronomy fairs, winemaking masterclasses and concerts.
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Rtveli Grape Harvest
Rtveli, the grape harvest (Sep–Oct) across Kakheti — hands-on picking, satsnakheli grape-treading, qvevri filling and supra feasts; a season, not a single date.
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Tbilisi International Film Festival
Tbilisi International Film Festival (December) — Georgian and world cinema screenings and industry events.
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Georgian Cheese Festival
The Georgian Cheese Festival (spring, Tbilisi) — regional cheeses (sulguni, guda, dambalkhacho), tastings and producers.
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Alaverdoba
Alaverdoba — an autumn religious-and-harvest festival centred on Alaverdi Cathedral in Kakheti, with liturgy, wine and folk traditions.
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Tushetoba
Tushetoba — a summer highland festival in Tusheti (Omalo) celebrating Tush culture with horse games, music and food (road open ~Jun–Oct).
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Tbilisi Marathon
Tbilisi Marathon (October) — road-running event through the capital; half & full distances.
Event details →Must-visit events
The dates worth planning a trip around — flagship festivals and one-a-year happenings.
The Orthodox Christmas procession through the streets — costumes, choirs and a very local morning.
Georgia’s biggest music festival — several days of local and international acts across multiple stages.
Folk crafts, traditional music and regional food gathered from every corner of Georgia in the open air at the Ethnographic Museum.
Harvest season in the wine country: picking, qvevri pressing, supra feasts and village celebrations. The most Georgian thing you can time a trip around.
A long-running festival bringing international jazz names to the capital’s concert halls.
The city’s birthday festival — open-air concerts, wine, food and folk right across the old town for a whole weekend.
Venues & live programme
The 10,000-seat seafront arena between Batumi and Poti draws the biggest touring names each summer. We pair tickets with the coastal transfer and an overnight.
Touring pop, rock and electronic acts in the capital’s big indoor rooms, plus a deep club scene (Bassiani, Khidi) for the night owls.
The restored Moorish-revival house on Rustaveli Avenue runs a full season of opera and ballet — an evening out in one of the city’s landmark interiors.
Georgia’s flagship drama houses; select productions run with English surtitles. Tell us and we’ll flag the ones you can follow.
The domed 1940s circus on Heroes’ Square — a family afternoon out, easy to pair with Mtatsminda park up the hill.
Symphony, chamber and recital programmes in the main concert hall, plus visiting orchestras.
The great Georgian polyphony-and-dance companies. Catch a home performance or we’ll arrange a private ensemble for a group.
Where to book tickets
The platforms locals actually use. Or skip the queue — we'll secure seats and fold them into your trip.
Georgia’s largest ticketing platform — concerts, theatre, sport and festivals, with an English interface and card payment.
Visit site →A long-running Georgian box office covering concerts, the opera and theatre houses.
Visit site →Listings and tickets for club nights, gigs and cultural events, strong on the Tbilisi scene.
Visit site →Recent past events
Another summer of arena tours on the coast.
Multi-stage editions of the flagship music festival.
The folk & crafts festival at the Ethnographic Museum.
International jazz at the concert halls.