CONTENT

CHRISTMAS MARKET 3

ENTERTAINING EVENTS 4

CITY EVENTS & FESTIVALS 6

AMUSEMENTS FOR CHILDREN 8

SPORTS EVENTS 10

EXHIBITIONS & CITY TOURS 11

1. CHRISTMAS MARKET

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14.12.2013 – 20.01.2014 Christmas Market

Locations:

Teatralna Square (Volodymyrska Str., near National Opera of Ukraine)

Kontraktova Square

For visitors: Various activities and entertainment European and Ukrainian national dishes Unique gifts and souvenirs

Entertainment program includes: Competitions Performances Workshops Lotteries New Year’s Tree

Festival Chocolate & Sweets Festival Ethnic Festival Performances of amateurs and folk

music groups

2. ENTERTAINING EVENTS

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01.12.2013 08.00 p.m. Concert Limp Bizkit Stereo Plaza, 119 Chervonozorianyi Ave. 05.12.2013 08.00 p.m. Concert Tartak Bochka Club, 22 Verkhniy Val Str.

06.12.2013 08.00 p.m. Concert Dan Balan Stereo Plaza, 119 Chervonozorianyi Ave. 06.12.2013 08.00 p.m. Concert Tokio Stereo Plaza, 119 Chervonozorianyi Ave.

07.12.2013 07.00 p.m. Concert Liapis Trubetskoi Stereo Plaza, 119 Chervonozorianyi Ave.

07.12.2013 08.00 p.m. Concert Timur Rodrigez Concert Hall “Freedom”, 134 Frunze Str.

09.12.2013 07.00 p.m. Concert Patricia Kaas National palace of arts “Ukraina”, 103 Chervonoarmiyska Str.

10.12.2013 07.00 p.m. Concert Skillet Stereo Plaza, 119 Chervonozorianyi Ave.

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11.12.2013 07.00 p.m. Concert Studia Kvartal 95 National palace of arts “Ukraina”, 103 Chervonoarmiyska Str.

12.12.2013 08.00 p.m. Concert “Comedy Woman” Concert Hall “Freedom”, 134 Frunze Str. 14.12.2013 07.00 p.m. Ice Show Palace of Sports, 1 Sportyvna Sq. 17.12.2013 Concert Rock Hits Central House of Officers, 30/1 Hrushevskoho Str.

28.12.2013 09.00 p.m. Concert Armin Only Intense International Exhibition Center, 15 Brovarskyi Ave.

31.12.2013 07.00 p.m. Concert Bohdan Beniuk “New Year’s Eve” Central House of Officers, 30/1 Hrushevskoho Str. 18.01.2014 – 19.01.2014 Entertaining program based on Ukrainian traditions and customs The Kievan Rus Park Kopachiv village, Obuhivskyi District, Kyiv Region

25.01.2014 – 26.01.2014 Amusements for Warriors The Kievan Rus Park Kopachiv village, Obuhivskyi District, Kyiv Region

25.01.2014 Ice Fight Cossack village “Mamajeva Sloboda”, 2 Dontsa Str.

3. CITY EVENTS & FESTIVALS

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03.12.2013 – 08.12.2013 Guitar Festival The National Philharmonic House of Ukraine, The European Square

07.12.2013 – 08.12.2013 Best Food & Health Festival NSC Olimpiyskiy, 55 Chervonoarmiyska Str.

13.12.2013 – 15.12.2013 Teddy Bears Fest Mystetskyi Arsenal, 10-12 Lavrska Str.

24.12.2013 03.00 – 04.00 p.m. Father Frost and Snow Maiden Parade Khreshchatyk Str., Maidan Nezalezhnosti

31.12.2013 – 01.01.2014 New Year’s Eve Celebration Khreshchatyk Str., Maidan Nezalezhnosti

03.01.2014 – 07.01.2014 Christmas Holidays The Kievan Rus Park Kopachiv village, Obuhivskyi District, Kyiv Region

06.01.2014 Christmas Eve Celebration Cossack village “Mamajeva Sloboda”, 2 Dontsa Str. 06.01.2014 – 07.01.2014 Christmas Celebration The National Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life (Pyrohiv village) 07.01.2014 02.00 – 05.00 p.m. Christmas Celebration Khreshchatyk Str., Maidan Nezalezhnosti 07.01.2014 – 08.01.2014 Winter Festival “Land of Christmas Dreams” Cossack village “Mamajeva Sloboda”, 2 Dontsa Str. 11.01.2014 – 12.01.2014 Celebration of the Old New Year The Kievan Rus Park Kopachiv village, Obuhivskyi District, Kyiv Region 12.01.2014 Celebration of the Old New Year The National Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life (Pyrohiv village)

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13.01.2014 – 14.01.2014 Celebration of the Old New Year Cossack village “Mamajeva Sloboda”, 2 Dontsa Str. 14.01.2014 Celebration of St. Vasyl’s Day Cossack village “Mamajeva Sloboda”, 2 Dontsa Str. 19.01.2014 Celebration of Epiphany Obolonska Embankment, 5-А Pryrichna Str. 19.01.2014 Celebration of Epiphany Park “Hidropark”, Metro Station “Hidropark”

19.01.2014 02.00 – 03.00 p.m. Celebration of Epiphany The National Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life (Pyrohiv village) 19.01.2014 Celebration of Epiphany Cossack village “Mamajeva Sloboda”, 2 Dontsa Str.

22.01.2014 Celebration of Ukrainian Unity Day Maidan Nezalezhnosti

4. AMUSEMENTS FOR CHILDREN

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01.12.2013 03.30 p.m. Kyiv Witches and Ghosts Tour Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Central Post Office) 07.12.2013 21.12.2013 “Walking-Talking” Educational program for young visitors (10-12 years old) Pinchuk ArtCentre, 1/3-2 Velyka Vasylkivska/Baseina Str. 07.12.2013 07.00 p.m. The Tale of Tsar Saltan National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet n. a. T. Shevchenko, 50 Volodymyrska Str. 08.12.2013 15.12.2013 Family Sundays Guided tour and workshop for children (4-9 years old) Pinchuk ArtCentre, 1/3-2 Velyka Vasylkivska/Baseina Str.

12.12.2013 15.12.2013 Play “Adventures of Buratino” Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre for Children and Youth, 2 Mezhyhirska Str. 14.12.2013 12.00 p.m. Count the Animals Tour Metro Station “Khreshchatyk”, Instytutska Str. 19.12.2013 4.00 p.m. “St. Nicholas Invites for Sightseeing Tram” Tour Kontraktova Sq. 21.12.2013 – 22.12.2013 28.12.2013 – 30.12.2013 02.01.2014 – 06.01.2014 New Year’s Intergalactic Adventure National Aviation Museum, 1 Medova Str. 21.12.2013 – 22.12.2013 28.12.2013 – 30.12.2013 02.01.2014 – 05.01.2014 Play “Christmas with Pippi Longstocking” Premier Palace Hotel, 5-7/29 T. Shevchenka Blvd./Pushkinska Str.

21.12.2013 – 22.12.2013 23.12.2013 25.12.2013 – 30.12.2013 Happy New Year Party Central House of Officers, 30/1 Hrushevskoho Str. 25.12.2013 – 30.12.2013 11.00 a.m. 2.00 p.m. 02.01.2014 – 10.01.2014 11.00 a.m. 2.00 p.m. Lightning Ceremony of the New Year’s Tree National palace of arts “Ukraina”, 103 Chervonoarmiyska Str.

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25.12.2013 – 29.12.2013 04.01.2014 – 05.01.2014 08.01.2014 – 10.01.2014 Interactive Play “Secret Agents of New Year” Theater “Actor”, 40 Velyka Zhytomyrska Str. 27.12.2013 29.12.2013 31.12.2013 Play “The Nutcracker” Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre for Children and Youth, 2 Mezhyhirska Str. 27.12.2013 – 09.01.2014 New Year’s Show Palace of Culture “Zhovtnevyi”, 1 Instytutska Str. 28.12.2013 – 30.12.2013 02.01.2014 – 05.01.2014 CirkAfrika Show Phoenix Circus Palace of “Sports”, 1 Sportyvna Sq.

29.12.2013 – 30.12.2013 01.01.2014 Play “The Nutcracker” National Academic Drama Theatre n. a. Ivan Franko, 3 Ivana Franka Sq. 01.01.2014 – 10.01.2014 Play “Christmas Patterns” Theater “Actor”, 40 Velyka Zhytomyrska Str.

01.12.2013 – 15.01.2014 Excursion and Games Literature-Memorial Flat-Museum of Pavlo Tychyna, 5 Tereshchenkivska Str. 01.12.2013 – 29.01.2014 “Surprise under the New Year’s Tree” Literature-Memorial Flat-Museum of Pavlo Tychyna, 5 Tereshchenkivska Str.

02.01.2014 – 08.01.2014 12:00 a.m. and 03:00 p.m. “Great New Year’s Tree” Show National Music Academy n. a. P. I. Chaikovskyi, 1/3-11, Arkhitektora Horodetskoho Str. 03.01.2014 – 05.01.2014 11:30 a.m. and 01:30 p.m. “Legends of Narnia”, 3D Show Hotel InterContinental, 2-А Velyka Zhytomyrska Str. 05.01.2014 02:00 p.m. Play “Cinderella” National Academic Drama Theatre n. a. Ivan Franko, 3 Ivana Franka Sq. 07.01.2014 – 12.01.2014 06.00 p.m. Christmas and New Year’s Celebration National palace of arts “Ukraina”, 103 Chervonoarmiyska Str. Daily Arsenal of Ideas Educational Project Mystetskyi Arsenal, 10-12 Lavrska Str.

5. SPORTS EVENTS

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12.12.2013 Dynamo Kyiv – Austria Wien (Austria) UEFA Europa League NSC Olimpiyskiy, 55 Chervonoarmiyska Str.

18.12.2013 – 21.12.2013 Ukrainian Open 2013 International Figure Skating Competition Palace of Sports, 1 Sportyvna Sq.

22.12.2013 11.00 a.m. New Year’s Marathon Route: Khreshchatyk Str., Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Bessarabska Sq., Chervonoarmiyska Str., Lva Tolstoho Sq.

30.12.2013 10.00 p.m. Sports Festival Ice & Sports Complex, 4 Laiosha Havro Str.

10.01.2014 – 11.01.2014 10.00 a.m. All-Ukrainian Track and Field Competition Sports Complex, 18 Pavla Tychyny Str.

6.EXHIBITIONS & CITY TOURS

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01.12.2013 – 16.03.2014 10.00 a.m. – 09.00 p.m. “Titanic” Exhibition NSC Olimpiyskiy, 55 Chervonoarmiyska Str.

06.12.2013 – 08.12.2013 Christmas Gifts Exhibition Exhibition Center “Kyiv Expo Plaza” 2-B Saliutna Str. 07.12.2013 01.00 p.m. 14.12.2013 12.00 p.m. Mysterious Kyiv City Tour (At the intersection of Ally Tarasovoi Str. and Michael’s Lane) 07.12.2013 12.00 p.m. 21.12.2013 12.00 p.m. Secrets of Kyiv Yards City Tour 40-A Volodymyrska Str. (Golden Gate Monument)

13.12.2013 – 15.12.2013 International Games & Gadgets Exhibition International Exhibition Center 15 Brovarskyi Ave.

15.12.2013 – 18.12.2013 Christmas Fair Mystetskyi Arsenal 10-12 Lavrska Str. 19.12.2013 – 22.12.2013 Festive Gift Fair National Expocenter of Ukraine, 1 Akademika Glushkova Ave. 22.01.2014 Exhibition “Kyiv in 1917-1919: a centre of revolution and the capital of Ukraine” House of the Metropolitan, National Conservation Area “St. Sophia of Kyiv”, 24 Volodymyrska Str.

12.00 a.m. and 04.00 p.m., daily Free Tours Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Central Post Office) 01.12.2013 – 15.01.2014 “Handmade Christmas & New Year’s Greeting Cards” Workshop Literature-Memorial Flat-Museum of Pavlo Tychyna, 5 Tereshchenkivska Str. Daily Paintings of the Church of Our Saviour at Berestove Object Tour National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical Cultural Preserve, Building # 25 9 Lavrska Str. Changes and additions to this calendar can be made during 2013 More information about city events You could find on facebook.com/KyivTourism