Ukrainian Drift Challenge
The best Ukrainian and foreign drifters will showcase their motorsport talents at the biggest racing championship in Ukraine. Spectators will have a chance to enjoy the racers’ extreme maneuvers and stunts.
Ukrainian Drift Challenge. June 28. 12 p.m. Kyiv Chayka Airfield (5 Antonova St., Petropavlivska Borshchahivka village near Kyiv). Hr 200
‘At the Bottom’ comedy fest
The second “At the Bottom” humorous festival aims to remind everybody in an entertaining way about the difficulties of office life. The outdoor festival’s program includes a horror show, a labyrinth with human resources tests, a bankrupt office museum, and other amusements, as well as a range of snacks also themed after work life at offices.
‘At the Bottom’ humorous festival. June 27 – 28. 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. Kyiv Expocenter (1 Akademik Hlushkov Ave.). Entrance fee to be announced
Ukrainian short films festival
Vidkryta Nich (Open Night) is the only all-Ukrainian short film festival. It usually lasts one night, but this year organizers turned it into a two-day festival which will take place in many Ukrainian cities at once. All the movies are screened in Ukrainian with English subtitles.
Vidkryta Nich (The Open Night) short film festival. June 26-27. Art Prychal Gallery (Naberezhno-Khreshchatystska Street, pier No. 2). Free
Ukrainian art of 1985 – 2004
This show at the Pinchuk Art Centre presents works of contemporary Ukrainian artists whose talents matured in the late Soviet era and in the first decade of independent Ukraine. The display features the paintings of artists like Serhiy Bratkov, Vlada Ralko, Oleksandr Roytburd, Oleh Tistol and many others.
Ukrainian art of 1985 – 2004 (art exhibition). Through Oct. 4. 12 p.m. – 9 p.m. Closed on Mondays. Pinchuk Art Centre (1/3-2 Velyka Vasylkivska St.). Free
Bandits (Kyiv) vs. Lisoruby (Uzhhorod) American football match
Two avid competitors in American football play for the title of Ukraine’s championship at Kyiv’s Spartak Stadium.
Bandits (Kyiv) vs. Lisoruby (Uzhhorod). June 28. 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Spartak Stadium (105 Kyrylivska St.). Hr 30
Ostrov electronic music festival
Onuka and Cepasa, Ukrainian electro music bands, along with the American underground legend Carl Craig and German bands Booka Shade and DJ Koze are on the lineup of Ostrov, the electronic music festival.
Ostrov (electronic music festival). June 28-29. 8 p.m. Trukhaniv Island. Hr 350-799
