 Armenia's Urvakan Festival unveils 2020 dates December 18, 2019 - 18:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Urvakan Festival is set to make its return to various venues across Armenia on 5-9 May 2020. The Festival has announced the curators of its 2020 programme, confirming booking agent and label owner Brandon Rosenbluth and Californian event series Club Chai. Moscow will be represented on the line-up, with Russian label GOST ZVUK also stepping up to curate the event, along with Moscow-based collective Klammklang and events series TKANI. Aside from music, the festival’s street art programme will be curated by STFNV. Art exhibitions are to be organised by syg.ma. In 2020, the festival will expand from a three-day event to a five-day extravaganza, with its main programme taking place in an abandoned scientific institute in the suburbs of Yerevan. The opening day will be held at Yerevan Children’s Railway and Mirzoyan Library. Early bird tickets are on sale now. Head to Urvakan’s website for further information, and check out images of the site below.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24  U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |
