Weekend calendar: TIFF Retrospective, Bucharest Pride March, Namaste India, Nostalgia, and more
Those who couldn’t make it to Cluj can watch a selection of TIFF films in Bucharest, where the Bucharest Pride week culminates with the yearly march and dedicated events focus on the cultures of India and Turkey, and retro music.…
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Those who couldn’t make it to Cluj can watch a selection of TIFF films in Bucharest, where the Bucharest Pride week culminates with the yearly march and dedicated events focus on the cultures of India and Turkey, and retro music. Meanwhile, the Sibiu International Theater Festival is going strong, and close-by, Rășinari hosts the opening of the program of film screenings in local villages.
In Bucharest:
TIFF Retrospective
June 27 – June 30
Winning films of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) are screened in Bucharest, at Elvire Popesco cinema. More details on the program here.
Athenaeum Summer Festival
June 20 – June 29
The program, which brings together classical, jazz, film, and early music, kicks off with a concert where British soprano Sally Matthews will perform the final scene of Richard Strauss’s Capriccio, alongside the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Leo Hussain. The Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra is scheduled to deliver the festival’s closing event. More on the festival here.
Open Streets
Every weekend until October 13
The city's busy streets turn pedestrian in a program of outdoor events that has reached its fourth edition this year. Further details here.
Nostalgia
June 27 - June 30
Retro and disco music is under the spotlight at this festival held at Federația de Tir Sportiv. More here.
Art Safari
Until July 28
This season of Art Safari brings to the spotlight masters of Romanian art such as Eustațiu Stoenescu, Nicolae Grigorescu, Nicolae Tonitza, Ștefan Luchian, and Corneliu Baba. Five exhibitions are part of the program of the event which takes place at the Dacia-Romania Palace in Bucharest’s Old Town. Further details on each exhibition and their schedule
