TBILISI, DFWatch–Gem Fest starts Thursday in Anaklia, a beach resort on the Black Sea coast close to the border with Abkhazia.
Georgian Electronic Music Festival will last from July 30 to August 7 and is carried out with the support of the Georgian
Youth
British band Placebo donates USD 40,000 to Tbilisi flood victims
TBILISI, DFWatch–Placebo, a British band which recently played at Tbilisi Open Air festival, has donated about USD 40,000 to the victims of the flood on June 13-14.
The website Indiegogo, which raises funds for charity, said it had received USD 39,974 from Placebo
KaZantip manager calls Georgians 'ridiculous' for removing sculpture
TBILISI, DFWatch–The manager of KaZantip has called Georgians ‘ridiculous, poor and wild’ people after learning that someone demolished a sculpture built by the music festival’s organizers in Anaklia last summer.
KaZantip is an electronic music
Anaklia hosts GEM Fest, instead of KaZantip, in July
Tbilisi, DFWatch – A western Georgian Black Sea resort Anaklia is going to host one of the largest electronic music festivals this summer.
GEM Fest features popular electronic music stars, such as world renowned Dutch DJ and trance guru Armin van Buuren,
Music festival KaZantip returns to Crimea
TBILISI, DFWatch–The popular Ukrainian festival KaZantip, which took place in Georgia last year after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, may this year return to Ukraine but with a different name. An alternative music festival will take place in Anaklia, where the festival was held in 2014.
Legalize pot rally in Tbilisi gathers hundreds
TBILISI, DFWatch–Hundreds of mostly young people gathered outside the government office in Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday to demand the decriminalization of marijuana.
The annual protest brought together youth, politicians, journalists, non-governmental organizations and others.
May Day rally in Tbilisi focused on dangerous work conditions
TBILISI, DFWatch–Youth activists marched through the streets of the Georgian capital on Friday to mark the International Workers’ Day and protest against intolerable work conditions.
There were demonstrations and gatherings several places in Tbilisi on May 1, separately organized
Placebo and Archive will play at Tbilisi Open Air festival
TBILISI, DFWatch–The two English bands Placebo and Archive are headliners at this year’s Tbilisi Open Air festival, to be held by a lake near the capital July 3 to 7.
Tickets sales have started for the festival, which has been organized every year since 2009 by the AlterVision Group.
40,000 have registered for entrance exams to study in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–More than 40,000 candidates will try to pass the national exams this summer, in order to enter universities in Georgia.
According to the National Assessment and Examinations Center (NAEC), registration for exams in 2015 finished on Tuesday.