Events & Festivals in Tbilisi

Independent features, gritty Georgian shorts and guest Q&As screen inside Amirani Cinema's velvet rows. Dress for icy drafts sneaking through lobby doors while espresso steam fogs your glasses.

Weekend mornings turn Abanotubani into a parade of terry-cloth robed locals heading for 40-degree sulfur pools. Hear domed ceilings echo with slapped backs and laughter that ricochets off 17th-century brick.

Cellars under Rike Park pour chestnut-hued rkatsiteli warmed by candelabra. Taste churchkhela dipped in tart tklapi leather while accordion wheeze drifts across frost-coated rose beds.

21 km of uphill cobblestones from Liberty Square to Turtle Lake, lungs filled with early-spring lilac. Drums at kilometer 15 keep calves pumping while mist lifts off the Sololaki ridge.

Open-air museum at the base of Mtatsminda fills with polyphonic choirs, blacksmith clang and the buttery smell of Meskhetian shotis puri pulled from tone ovens. Kids chase felt puppets across dewy grass.

At midnight, Sameba Cathedral's choir spills candle-lit bass notes onto the river. Worshippers pass dyed eggs. Shell crack mixes with distant bell clang while incense smoke threads through cold air.

Rock, techno and Georgian indie echo between pine trunks at Lisi Lake. Sand sticks to bare ankles while beer foam glints in 10 p.m. sunset that refuses to quit.

Green, slightly fizzy chacha pours from oak kvevri into clay bowls. The smell of crushed grapes drifts over the dried-mud scent of Mtkvari's banks while boys sell salty sulguni chunks.

Armed-forces brass bands pound Rustaveli while tanks leave diesel trails you can taste. Kids wave plastic flags. Candy sellers weave through crowds hawking churchkhela on a stick.

Double-bass throb inside the glass-packed Event Garden mixes with mint-scented mojito smoke. Late sets slide toward dawn. Taxis idle along the river humming air-con while sax solos drift over the bridge.

Projected images flicker across 19th-century brick in Sololaki backyards. Smell developer chemicals mingling with jasmine vines while photographers trade stories over chilled tkemali soda.

Factory walls in Nadzaladevi become canvases for projection art. Hear clacking looms replaced by techno beats. Smell oil still seeping from Soviet-era floorboards while dancers rehearse barefoot.

Chef stations line the dried-fountain basin at Vake Park. Sample smoked sulguni rolls while charcoal smoke coils upward, mixing with pine needles crunching under flip-flops.

House DJs spin from a raft anchored 30 m offshore at Lisi Lake. Bass ripples across warm black water. Campers toast marsh-mallow scented sticks while dawn glow silhouits the ridge.

Models click across Tbilisi Opera marble as camera shutters echo like hail. Smell hairspray mixing with strong-spiced coffee from backstage flasks. Sequins catch 18th-century chandelier glimmer.

City-wide harvest fair stuffs Old Town alleys with churchkhela arches and church choir chords. Taste warm pelamushi pudding while kids smear pomegranate juice on cobblestones turned golden by maple leaves.

Cotton bulbs strung between plane trees at Fabrika courtyard. Vendors sell knit socks, enamel badges and steaming cups of cinnamon-churchkhela cider that fog spectacle lenses.

Worshippers carry beeswax torches from Sioni Cathedral up to Narikala after dusk. Kerosene smoke snakes through crisp air while drums echo against 4th-century walls.

A vintage blue tram rattles from Station Square to Didube wrapped in fir and LED nets. Riders sip hot tatara sweetened with honey while ticket punch clicks like sleigh bells.

Pop stars rotate on an open-air stage beneath a 12-m tinsel tree. When midnight hits, sulfur-smelling wind carries champagne spray across Freedom Square and fireworks crackle above lighted trams.