What is it?

Koktebel Jazz Festival is Ukraine’s largest open air jazz festival. Prior to the Russian occupation of the Crimea every year it was held in the small village Koktebel on the Black Sea coast, at the foot of Karadag Mountain. The year before, the organizers moved it to Zatoka (Odessa region). And in 2016 the festival will be first held in Chernomorsk near Odessa.

History

The festival Jazz Koktebel was held in the Crimea in 2003 on the initiative of the ideologist and founder Dmitry Kiselev (Russia) and the permanent head of the organizing committee Lilies Mlinarich (Ukraine) “in contrast to the dominance of bad musical taste rushing at us from television screens and newspaper pages”. Last year, the organizers of the “Jazz Koktebel” presented its new project – a festival of contemporary art – ARTISHOCK. It has affected all types and genres of contemporary art from the land art and light art to literature and independent cinema.

What to expect this year?

The organizers are confident that the festival will be the marker for the growth of freedom, rebirth and happiness of Ukrainian cities. This year the festival will take place in the city with an updated story and name, which was formerly known as Ilyichevsk, and now has the name of Chernomorsk.

In 2016 the festival Jazz Koktebel will be held from 25 to 28 August. It will be 4 days of freedom, inspiration, creativity, new ideas and perfect sense. Among the participants in 2016, the festival will host: Submotion Orchestra, Kadebostany, Max the Sax, The Bad Plus, Blue Foundation, Garden City Movement, Sergei Babkin, The Erised, Boom Pam, Tonbruket, Beissoul & Einius, Panivalkova and others.

Tickets

Subscription – 800 UAH

It gives the right of unlimited entrance to the main stage (Nu Jazz Stage) during all 4 days of the festival (25-28 August). Owner of the festival subscription package ticket also gets a free entry into the territory of Night Special Stage scene.

One-day ticket – 300 UAH

It gives the right to a one-time entrance to the festival main stage (Nu Jazz Stage). Tickets for individual days of the festival can be purchased in pre-sale, and on the location – at the entrance of the main stage (Nu Jazz Stage).

Voucher in the tent camp (4 days) – 250 UAH

The tent camp will run from 25 August (12:00) until 29 August (12:00). Voucher is valid for 1 person and is not a ticket (subscription) to the festival. Voucher to the tent city is only valid if you have a 1-day ticket or 4-day ticket to the festival Jazz Koktebel. Fenced guarded zone of the tent city includes free sanitary zone (toilets and showers), charging for electronic devices. The value of the voucher does not include the rent of the tents. A storage room will operate in the tent city (for an additional fee).

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