Things to do in Yerevan and surroundings on May 5-7

MAY 5, FRIDAY

 

Meeting with Joanna Stingray

Joanna Stingray — the American singer, who came to Russia in the 80s, met the members of the then rock scene and began to promote them in the West. On Friday, she will present her autobiography and talk with music critic Alexander Kahn about the red wave of rock.

Time: 19:00

Address: st. Abovyan, 7

More about the event: Facebook

Price: is free

 

Canon Concert at Narekatsi Art Institute

Kanon is an Arabic stringed plucked instrument. The Narekatsi Art Institute will host the “Priestess of the Canon” concert dedicated to Angela Atabekyan, professor and People’s Artist of Armenia, who has been working with this instrument all her life – playing, studying and teaching. 

Time: 19:00

Address: st. Vardanants, 16/1

More about the event: Facebook

Price: is free

 

Screening of the film "And your mother too"

The TUMO Cinema Club will screen Alfonso Cuarón's And Your Mother Too, one of the most successful Mexican films of all time. Two high school students go on a trip to Mexico and fight for the heart of their 28-year-old travel companion. Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna and Maribel Verdu.  

Time: 19:00

Address: st. Halabyan, 16

More about the event: Facebook

Price: is free

Exhibition "Return Home"

An immersive exhibition about the search for the feeling of home opens in the ArtKvartal space. The organizers promise to create a fantasy house full of comfort and phantasmagoria, the space of which will be saturated with familiar and rethought images. Moving from room to room, the viewer will interact with spaces, hold on to signs, solve riddles, play, listen, look at works of art and try new things.

Time: 19:00

Address: st. Pushkin, 4

More about the event: Instagram

Price: 2 000 AMD

 

MAY 6, SATURDAY

 

Children's hike in Dilijan 

Trekking for children to Dilijan National Park. There will be a walk through the forest, a visit to the Matosavank monastery and enjoying the fresh air of this extremely green and picturesque corner of Armenia. 

Time: 9:30

Address: Sakharov square

More about the event: Facebook

Price: AMD 7,000 per child, AMD 6,500 per parent

 

"Sounds of Support"

The Arvestaran Center for Creative Development for People with Autism is holding its first big event at the State Philharmonic of Armenia. During the Sounds of Support there will be three piano music therapy sessions: for adults, for children from 3 to 5 years old and for children from 6 to 10 years old. There will also be a lecture on autism. The purpose of the event is to raise awareness as well as raise funds to open a coffee shop for the Arvestaran community. 

Time: 11:00 - 19:00

Address: st. Abovyan, 2

More about the event: Facebook

Price: music therapy – donation from 3000 AMD

 

Festival from the club "Ban"

The Ban club hosts an experimental music festival in an abandoned sanatorium for the blind. They promise krautrock, ambient, avant-pop and other genre abundance. The program includes live performances from Fyodor Garden, Evgeny Bylina, nystagmus + furr, Node, Solo.operator + dislessnessful, sunlight orchestra + mrg and Tsomas and a bunch of DJ sets. There will also be a Braille workshop.

Time: 14:00 - 06:00

Address: coordinates - 40.312581, 44.584933

More about the event: Facebook

Price: 8 000 AMD

"Knitting with beer"

For some time now, workshops “Drawing with beer” by Anya Lepezina have been held in Yerevan. Recently, knitting workshops have been added to them. On Saturday, it will just be possible to attend a session for absolute beginners. The price includes yarn, hook and help of the presenter. 

Time: 16:00 

Address: st. Charents, 42

More about the event: Instagram

Price: 5 000

 

Defend Dance in Poligraf

The weekend before last, Poligraf, one of the main clubs in Yerevan, was heavily raided by the police, and the club itself was sealed. This was followed by an extremely negative reaction of the local and foreign public. Poligraf has since reopened and is now throwing a party to raise awareness of the problem of police repression in the club environment.    

Time: 23:59

Address: st. Koryun, 19a

More about the event: Facebook

Price: is free

 

7 MAY, SUNDAY

 

Market in Tuf

Traditionally, there will be ceramic monsters from Kis Kis, desserts from fashionable girls from Flower Power Cake, a lot of vintage from Vintabilia, POVZNER, Vintage Space, Allo Alla Vintage and others. For every choice and across all genders, jewelry from beads to gems and gold.

Address: st. Arama, 42

More about the event: Tuf

Price: is free

Market Bazaar 4044

The fourth Bazaar 4044 market from the Collective Garage Sale and the Forty44 bar. It will be possible to buy accessories, jewelry, household utensils and clothes from local craftsmen. They also offer delicious cocktails and food.

Time: 12:00 - 20:00

Address: st. Parpetsi, 16

More about the event: Instagram

Price: is free

 

"Scooter" visiting Common Ground

The new Common Ground bookstore will host a meeting with Irina Balakhonova, Editor-in-Chief of Samokat, an independent children's publishing house that has been one of the most important and progressive Russian-language children's literature for more than twenty years. In addition to the meeting itself, they promise a tea party with gata and fruit, and for children, translator Olga Drobot will read the furiously funny stories of the Norwegian Bjorn Rervik about the Fox and the Piglet.

Time: 13:00

Address: Marshal Baghramyan Avenue, 6

More about the event: Facebook

Price: is free

Noise in Tuf

On Saturday Tuf will host a young Moscow noise duet "KnightsKnights", playing both furious and ironic rock. Other noise rockers will share the stage with them - Dog Business, midwest emo from Heto and beer cover band The Beerles. 

Time: 20:00

Address: st. Arama, 42

More about the event: Telegram

Price: 4 000 AMD

 

Female standup at Tom Collins

Tom Collins bar will host an evening of women's stand-up. Five female comedians - Alina Medveditsa, Anna Danielyan, Kristina Grigoryan, Natasha Budnyak and Karin Tsaturyan - will test old and new jokes in public.

Time: 21:00

Address: st. Pushkin, 31

More about the event: Facebook

Price: 3 000 AMD