Weekend calendar: Bookfest, DokStation, Bucharest Organ Fest, West Side Flower Fest, Film Garden reopening, Art Encounters, Este Film Festival and more
One of Bucharest’s main book fairs is open this weekend, with Portugal as guest country, adding to options that also include film and music festivals and a flower fest. Meanwhile, Timişoara focuses on contemporary art with the opening of…
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One of Bucharest’s main book fairs is open this weekend, with Portugal as guest country, adding to options that also include film and music festivals and a flower fest. Meanwhile, Timişoara focuses on contemporary art with the opening of the Art Encounters Biennial, and Sibiu on recent European film.
In Bucharest:
Bookfest
May 28 - June 1****
Portugal is the guest country at this year's edition of the event taking place at Romexpo. Among the Portuguese authors attending the fair will be José Luís Peixoto and Gonçalo M. Tavares. More on the program here.
DokStationMusic Documentary Film Festival
May 28 - June 1
The event focuses on showcasing national and international music documentaries to tell the true stories behind the music and examines music in all its complexity and history. More details here.
Bucharest Organ Fest
June 1 – June 15
The festival explores the organ in its various roles, presenting the instrument as a soloist, chamber partner or accompanist. The event takes place at the Roman Catholic Cathedral St. Joseph, the National University of Music Bucharest, the Evangelical Church of the Holy Trinity, the Sacré-Coeur Church and the Labyrinth Church. Further details here.
West Side Flower Fest
May 30 – June 1
Bucharest’s Drumul Taberei Park turns into a fairytale setting as 15 themed gardens aim to take visitors into the universe of various books. More info here.
Femei peMătăsari/Women onMătăsari****
May 30 – June 1
Art, music, and good cheer await the public on Bucharest’s Mătăsari Street. More
