Ethno Festival, Kyivska Fortetsya (24A Hospitalna), 11 May at 17.00 If you love Ukraine and love Kyiv, you cannot miss this event. (If you like music, you'll like it too.) On the territory of the Kyivska Fortetsya national monument there

Love, Victory, Spring: A Victory Day Concert,' Palace Ukraine (103 Chernovoarmiyska), 5 May at 19.00. It's Victory Day, one of the most sacred times of the year here in the land that did more than its share to win on

Edith Piaf', play, Roman Viktyuk Theatre, Zhovtnevy Palace (1 Institutska), 11 May at 19.00 This melodrama about the tragic, love battered, scandalous, addicted life of Edith Piaf, arguably France's greatest pop icon, is excellent entertainment as it traces the arc

Kyiv Solo Players in concert, National Philharmonic (2 Andriyivsky Uzviz), 9 May at 19.00 Created in 1995, the Kyiv Solo Players have gained world renown under the direction of violinist Bohodar Kotorovich, who's also the director and conductor of the

It's spring time, and spring has always been the season of love, beauty, and youth (if also hay fever). It's no accident that it's the time of year when there are more beauty contests than at any other time. As

Driving recently to Chornobyl, where I'm from, my thoughts travelled back to 1986, and to what happened then in Ukraine and my own north-central region of it, known as Polisya. I remembered how my elderly relatives broke down history into

We've been hard on the Ukrainian government for the last few months because of their lack of action when it comes to the EURO 2012 finals. It seems, however, that Ukraine is not the only prit: recent reports from Poland

Easter celebration for kids, Kyiv Golf Centre (10D Heroiv Stalinhrada), 27 April from 14.00-16.30 Everyone wants to celebrate Easter, especially if they're part of the pre adolescent set. The Kyiv Golf Centre knows that and is organising this nice celebration

Maybe this isn't such a good idea. We have in mind the recent initia tive by the governing council in Brody, a pleasant town in Lviv region, to put up a monument to the SS Galicia division, the Nazi fighting

Revutsky National Men's Choir in concert, National Philharmonic (2 Volodymyrsky Uzviz), 27 April at 19.00 If you've got no other plans for Easter, get yourself to the National Philharmonic, where the esteemed Revutsky National Men's Choir will be filling the

Lyatoshinsky Chamber Choir in concert, House of Organ and Chamber Music (77 Chervonoarmiyska), 30 April at 19.00 The Hall of Organ and Chamber music is celebrating its 35th anniversary and, to mark the event, is welcoming its audience to this

NeGruzoviki in concert, Khmylna Bochka (3B1 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho), 25 April 21.00 In 1997 in Dnipropetrovsk three young men created a band with the eccentric name My Friend the Truck, intending to play at a local rock festival and then go

Requiem' by Verdi, National Opera House (50 Volodymyrska), 26 April at 19.00 The other great requiem written by a classical music titan, Verdi's lush funeral mass will be performed at the National Opera in what's a break from the operatic

Dark Tranquility, Bingo (112 Peremohy Pros.), 26 April at 19.00 Since 1989, Swedish outfit Dark Tranquility has been cranking out the atmospheric black metal, establishing for themselves a huge following in northern Europe and behind. Gloomy, philosophical lyrics, super heavy

With friendly neighbours like these, Ukraine must be thinking, who needs enemies? First the trash talking came from Vladimir Putin who (among other things), intimated at the recent NATO conference in Bucharest that Ukraine isn't a real country, but apparently

Chizh & Co. in concert, Palace Ukraine (103 Chervonoarmiyska), 13 May at 19.00 Chizh & Co. is a legendary Russian rock band that got its start in the early 1990s, and its frontman Sergey Chigrakov is a cult figure, a

An Evening of Instrumental Music, Andriyivska Church (23 Andiyvskiy Uzviz), 17 May at 19.00 Alexander Lagosha and Lesya Gryshko present their 'Music Throughout the Ages' programme, performing Tomaso Antonio Vitali's 'Chaconne in G minor', Beethoven's 'Nocturne', and pieces by Shostakovich.

Day of Russian Rock, Maidan disco-bar (19 Chervonoarmiyska), 30 April at If you want to remember the heady days of the Orange Revolution, the Maidan disco bar is the place for you, since that joyous social uprising provided the theme