Tbilisi Open Air 2019 - 3 days, 4 stages, more than 60 acts
By Mariam Chanishvili
Tuesday, March 26
2019 is the tenth anniversary of Tbilisi Open Air and the festival area will present several stages as usual.
More than 60 acts will take place throughout the 3 days on 4 different stages.
The festival lineup was announced recently. Rock and electronic music lovers are always excited for the lineup announcement.
The Main Stage will feature UNKLE, Rhye and “Green Room” on June 22, and on June 23, Mogwai, The Subways, Michelle Gurevich and Salio will sing.
As Tbilisi Open Air 2018 offered 4 stages varying with genres (Main Stage, Garden Stage, EYE Stage, Singer Jazz Stage), 2019 will host various artists on these stages, including Franz Ferdinand, Mokumoku, Loudspeakers, St. Nudes, Newcomer 2019 on Main Stage, Moritz Von Oswald, Tobias, Edit Select, Boyd Schmidt and Other on Eye stage on June 21.
Singer Jazz Stage will host Dini Virsaladze Quintet, Auditorium A Feat Guja Mardini, Kemo Sextet and Newcomers.
Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 2002. The name of the band was originally inspired by a racehorse called Archduke Ferdinand. After seeing the horse win the Northumberland Plate in 2001, the band began to discuss Archduke Franz Ferdinand and thought it would be a good band name because of the alliteration of the name and the implications of the Archduke's death (his assassination was a significant factor in the lead-up to World War I).
Unkle is a British musical outfit founded in 1992 by James Lavelle. Originally categorized as trip-hop, the group once included producer DJ Shadow and have employed a variety of guest artists and producers.
Rhye is an R&B musical project of Canadian singer Mike Milosh. It originally consisted of him and Danish instrumentalist Robin Hannibal.
Passes can be purchased online at tkt.ge/openair and in Tbilisi Concert Hall box office. A limited amount of 3-day passes are being sold until April 7. During this period only TBC Bank cardholders will qualify for 20% discount. Children aged 10 and under are admitted free when accompanied by a ticket-holding adult.
Final Price of 3-day passes will be 180 GEL. From April 8th daily tickets will be available.
Tbilisi Open Air is an annual international music festival, with the emphasis on electronic and rock music, first held in Tbilisi, Georgia, on May, 15–17 2009. After that, the festival is organized each year and is widely considered as the biggest music festival in the Caucasus region.
Around 70 artists performed in 2018.
A new stage - Eye Stage was introduced which was devoted to Techno/House music. Also a new space - Singer Jazz Stage was created which was devoted to mostly jazz artists.
