Misirli Ahmet, a virtuoso darbuka player from Turkey, will give a concert on May 24 in Kyiv’s Palats Ukraina. 

Don’t miss an opportunity to visit Kyiv’s museums for free this Saturday. All of them will be working at no charge to mark International Museum Day on May 18. Moreover, several plan to conduct special events.

A retrospective collection of black-and-white photos taken in India between 1958 and 1968 by Hryhoriy Meshcheryakov, professor of the  Indian Institute of Technology and head of the UNESCO mission are on display at the Sanskriti Indian Culture Center in Kyiv.

Ukraine’s biggest book fair kicks off on May 24 bringing together works from over 200 international publishing houses. The program is expected to be very diverse.

American YouTube sensation Project Trio will give a concert in Kyiv’s Planetarium on May 21.

On May 18 millions of Ukrainians will be glued to their television screens cheering for 26-year-old Ukrainian singer Zlata Ognevich, who will perform in the final of the Eurovision song contest in the Swedish city of Malmo.

Numerous entertainment events and outdoor tent exhibitions featuring cultures of European Union states will be held on Khreshchatyk Street between 12 a.m. and 5 p.m. on May 18 to mark the Day of Europe, officially celebrated in Ukraine on the third Saturday of May since 2003.

Five romantic comedies released in Hungary in the last eight years will be shown in Kyiv Cinema on May 16-21.  

Grammy-winning American singer and songwriter Michael Bolton will perform solo at Kyiv’s Palats Ukraina on May 18. He is expected to sing some of the most popular romantic hits from his lengthy catalog.

The General (1926), a famous American silent film comedy starring Buster Keaton will be screened on May 14 in Kyiv Cinema. Both film critics and lovers consider the comedy to be Keaton’s best work. 

Breathtaking fencing tournaments, sword duels, eye-popping tribal dances and spectacular swordcraft master classes await visitors of the 10th International Knife Show, which will take place in the exhibition hall of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce May 17-19. 

The Auto Moto Festival, featuring tuned modern European and American vehicles, will kick off at Kyiv Ice Stadium on May 18, bringing together thousands of bike and car lovers.

More than 100 Ukrainian and foreign stuntmen will get together in Kyivska Rus Park on the coming weekend to take part in a colorful festival of breathtaking tricks.

On April 27, Spivoche Pole will turn into a huge flower bed featuring 300,000 tulips of dozens of varieties, both domestic and imported ones.

World-famous animal-free Cirque du Soleil is coming to Kyiv to perform its program called Alegria, a Spanish word for joy and festivity.

A show mixing modern jazz and visual effects will take place in Kyiv’s Planetarium on April 30.

The five brightest examples of modern Dutch cinematography, which is often described by critics as one of the most visionary in the world, will be screened in Kyiv Cinema through May 1.

The annual tattoo festival kicks off on May 10, bringing together dozens of tattoo artists and a lot of options for body piercing and tattoos under one roof at the National Expocenter complex. 

World famous tango dancers Ruben and Sabrina Veliz will shine on the stage of Kyiv’s House of Officers on April 23. 

A Ukrainian premiere of Russian ballet Eugeniy Onegin, based on the well-known novel of one of the greatest Russian poets and writers Aleksandr Pushkin, will be performed at National Opera Theatre on April 20.