Events
Romanian museums open doors for insomniacs this week-end
Bucharest museums will be open all night on May 19, when exhibitions, music, dance and theater performances will be organized and people will be able to visit museums for free, in this year’s ‘Night of Museums’. Across Romania, approximately 100 museums will welcome night visitors, joining a total of 3,000 museums in Europe that are [...]
Central Romania village hosts international horse show this week-end
Romania will host the Transylvania Horse Show international event next week-end, bringing 80 competitors from 15 countries to the village of Prod, 16 kilometers from Sighisoara, in Central Romania. The event will include two international equestrian competitions and a series of demonstrations and shows, and will start on May 18. The International Complete Competition will [...]
Queen Mary’s hand X-Ray and trilobite fossil on sale at oddities auction in Bucharest this week
Currently in a bidding spree, Romanian auction house Artmark has put up for sale several peculiar items, including an X-ray of Queen Mary’s right hand, fossils and decorative desk art. The auction will take place on May 17 at the Artmark headquarters. On the same day Artmark will also organize an auction for furniture and [...]
Balkan sounds on Bucharest stage this week
Romanian band Taraf De Haidouks will play at Silver Church club on May 16, bringing the sounds that have captured audiences all over the world back home to Bucharest. The band are known for having collaborated with Yehudi Menuhin, Kronos Quartet, Johnny Depp and Yohji Yamamoto. Vrelo will also be on, which features six female voices, [...]
Kiev Ballet performs Swan Lake in Bucharest
The Kiev Opera and Ballet Theater will perform Tchaikovsky’s ‘Swan Lake’ in Bucharest on May 17, at Sala Palatului in the Romanian capital, from 19:30. The ballet, which includes 60 dancers, has previously performed ‘The Nutcracker’ and ‘Giselle’ among others in Romania. The Kiev Ballet, also known as the National Ballet of Ukraine, performs works [...]
Opera and Athenaeum concerts in Bucharest, May 14-20, 2012
Schedule of George Enescu Philarmonica concerts at the Romanian Athenaeum Wednesday, May 16, 18:30 – 21:00 Confluence of arts Wednesday, May 16, 19:00 – 21:00 Vocal recital Thursday, May 17, 19:00 – 21:00 Symphonic concert Friday, May 18, 19:00 – 21:00 Symphonic concert Sunday, May 20, 19:00 – 21:00 Symphonic concert Sunday, May 20, 19:00 [...]
Bucharest to host Ministry of Sound this week-end
The Ministry of Sound event, which was initially set for February, will be organized on May 12 at Turbohalle in Bucharest, where UMEK, Nick Warren, Adrian Eftimie and Syos will perform for the Romanian crows. The show scheduled for February was delayed due to the heavy snowfall which damaged the scene at Arenele Romane. Umek, [...]
Over 100 kilos of silver art on sale at Bucharest auction mid-May
Works of art totaling over 100 kilos of precious metal will be on sale at Artmark’s Silver Works bid on May 15 and 16 in Bucharest, at the Athénée Palace Hilton Hotel. Pieces on sale include two silver candlesticks worth some EUR 1,800 to EUR 2,500, a gold and silver beer pint pot, worth some [...]
Week-end events in Bucharest: Elvis Presley tribute concert, Europafest, Apocalyptica in concert
Friday May 11, 2012 19,00- Concert Monarchy, launch of the album Feeding the Beast at Jukebox. Entry RON 20 21,30- Caffe Festival in El Comandante Primer- EUROPAfest 2012. Entry RON 20 for students, RON 30 22,00- Tribute ELVIS Presley in Hard Rock Café. Entry : VIP- RON 56, first category-RON 42. Second category- RON 28 [...]
Colours of Romania photo exhibition coming to Crowne Plaza Hotel
A group of expat women in Romania will be holding their third photography exhibition with Romania as the subject at the Crowne Plaza hotel, Bucharest, from May 19 to June 3. Titled ‘Colours of Romania’, the collection of of photographs by 34 women from all around the world celebrates the diversity and vibrancy of Romania’s [...]
World Press Photo returns to Romania with May and June exhibition
The new National Library headquarters will host the World Press Photo exhibition, which will return to Romania after a 17 year absence. The exhibition will take place between May 17 and June 10 and is organized by the Cultural Foundation EIDOS, founded by Romanian photographer Cristian Movila. Over 170 internationally awarded photographs will be exhibited [...]
Opera and Athenaeum concerts in Bucharest, May 7-13, 2012
Schedule of George Enescu Philarmonica concerts at the Romanian Athenaeum Tuesday, 08 May 2012, 19:00 – 21:00 Tuesday evening session Wednesday, 09 May 2012, 19:00 – 21:00 Camera recital Thursday, 10 May 2012, 19:00 – 21:00 Symphonic concert Friday, 11 May 2012, 19:00 – 21:00 Symphonic concert Saturday, 12 May 2012, 19:00 – 21:00 Piano [...]
Violinist Alexandru Tomescu takes Stradivarius violin on fifth tour in Romania
Romanian violinist Alexandru Tomescu will be on tour with his Stradivarius violin across Romania between May 7 and May 29, in an event called “Obsesii” (Obsessions). Tomescu will perform the music of Eugene Ysaye (The sonatas for solo violin) and it will be accompanied by the pantomime of the actors Ana Pelpine and Paul Cimpoieru. [...]
Anathema returns to Romania for September concert
British rock band Anathema will return to Romania for a concert at Jukebox in Bucharest on September 23 this year, part of the tour to promote the new album called “Weather Systems” launched in April. The band from Liverpool was born in 1990. It performs from doom metal to atmospheric rock, gothic metal and alternative [...]
Scandinavian electronic duo Röyksopp performs in Romania this summer
Norwegian electronic duo Röyksopp will hold its first concert in Romania this summer, at the B’ESTFEST Summer Camp in Bucharest, on July 7. Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland will perform in the second day of the local festival, joining other international names such as Garbage, Pulp, Caro Emerald, Skindread, Meshuggah and Modestep. Röyksopp was created [...]
Several museums and memorial houses in Bucharest open to the public for free on Sunday
Several museums and memorial houses in Bucharest will be free to enter on Sunday, May 6. The Old Court, the Victor Babes museum, the Frederic Storck and Cecilia Cuţescu-Storck museum, the Astronomical Observatory and the Art collection “Pompiliu and Ligia Macovei” will be free to visit on Sunday, between 10:00 and 18:00. The Royal Court [...]
European Film Festival kicks off in Romania with 50 movies, Tarkovski evening, vintage Balkan animations
The European Film Festival kicks off this week-end in Bucharest and ends on May 13 in the capital city, only to continue in other cities in Romania. At its 16th edition and organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute, the festival will bring movies from various European countries at Cinema Studio, Cinema Pro, and Cinemateca Eforie [...]
Week-end events in Bucharest: Street Heroes, European Film Festival, Life on Mars in concert
Friday, May 4, 2012 22,00- Paperjam #5 @ Club Al-Kimia. Entry free; 23,00- Life on Mars Concert in True Club. Entry RON 15; 11,00-Street Heroes Spring Break- 3th Edition @ Park Tineretului. Entry RON 15; 22,00-New Pop Order: Porcelain Raft Live @ Club Control. Free entry. RECCOMMENDED BY *European Film festival in Bucharest @ Cinema [...]
Status Quo’s ‘Rockin’All Over the World’ reaches Romania this fall
The legendary British rock band Status Quo will be on stage in Romania for the first time this fall, in a concert scheduled for October 17 at Sala Palatului. Fans from Romania and the region will listen to the band’s old favorites and new material from their recent album, Quid Pro Quo. The boogie rock [...]
Barbara Knowles Fund organizes haymaking course and festival this summer in Romania’s Transylvania
The Barbara Knowles Fund and a Norwegian fund are sponsoring a haymaking course and festival in Romania’s Transylvania this summer. The course will take place between July 12 and 21 in a village close to Miercurea Ciuc, in Central Romania, while the festival is in August, between August 19 and 26. The International Haymaking Festival [...]
Newspaper collages by Romanian Ion Barladeanu exhibited at Romanian Cultural Institute in Prague
The Romanian Cultural Institute in Prague, the Czech Republic, will host an exhibition of collages by the already well known Romanian artist Ion Barladeanu, who was featured in an Emmy awarded documentary, ”The World According to Ion B’. Over 80 works by the Romanian artist will be exhibited at the Czech Center Gallery in Prague [...]
Europafest international jazz festival comes to Bucharest in May
The Odeon Theater in Bucharest will host ‘Europafest’ between May 4 and 19 this year, bringing bands and artists from 45 countries to the Romanian capital. Europafest will include several events, among which a jazz festival and the Jeunesses International Music Competition, boasting bands from the US, Europe, Australia, Japan, Russia, Brazil, Israel. Bucharest will become [...]
Week-end events: Jewish Film Festival, The Mahones, Ambra Marie, Tennis tournament
Friday: April 27 2012 RECOMMENDED BY 12,00-21,00: BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy at Arenele BNR. Tickets Cost RON 20 17,00- 365 Party People @ Club Terminal .entry ticket RON 15 RECOMMENDED BY 18,00 - Jewish Film Festival at Cinema Studio and the National Peasant Museum. Free entry. 19,00 Endstille in concert at Fabrica club, [...]
Stone Roses original line-up appearing at festival in Romania this summer, Hurts, Big Pink also on
Manchester indie legends The Stone Roses (in picture) will headline at the Summer Well indie, pop and rock music festival on August 11 and 12 this year. Now in its second year, the festival will be held at the Stirbey Domain in Buftea, near Bucharest . Late last year the original members of the Stone [...]
Father of blues movement John Mayall comes to Bucharest for concert
John Mayall, the father of the blues movement in Great Britain will be in Bucharest on November 11 this year for a concert at Sala Palatului. Mayall, with a career spanning over 50 years, is a singer and composer and plays several instruments. He began his career at the end of the 60 in London [...]
Romania strikes gold, silver and bronze at European Gymnastics Championship, wins title after four years 
‘Magic mentalist’ wins ‘Romania’s got talent’ competition after flat-lining during live show 
Three trams collide, derail in Bucharest accident, at least 86 injured 
‘The Avengers’ epic movie almost covers production costs with first week-end box office revenues 
Athletic Bilbao files official complaint over Bucharest airport delays after Europa League final 
Wajiha Haris, Scheherazade Foundation president: “No” is never an option 
Romania’s Education Minister accused of having plagiarized three international research papers 
German STEAG buys wind farm from Romanian Monsson, plans EUR 200 mln investments 
Romanian actor Serban Ionescu left bed bound after catching Lyme’s disease from tick bite 
S Immo to put EUR 66 mln into The Mark – Bucharest office building with intelligent facade
