Something for everyone in a month full of holiday events at the Varna Christmas Arts Salon. The Varna Municipality has organized a full program of holiday cultural activities at venues around town. Events include concerts, exhibitions, book premieres, readings, and more.
Varna Christmas Arts Salon Programme
1 December 18:00 Radio Varna Art Studio
Literary Varna and the Word Today Newspaper with Rumen Balabanov
1-6 December Art Markoni Gallery, 22 Ohrid St.
Exhibition, Paintings by Ivaylo Estatiev
1-9 December Georgi Velchev Art Museum, 8 Padko Dimitriev St.
Art Exhibition, Marine Art Classics Dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the birth of G. Velchev
1-13 December Papillon Gallery, 9 Dragoman St.
Exhibition, Sculpture and paintings by Hristo Hristov
1-14 December Largo Gallery, 16 Saint Clement St.
Exhibition, Watercolors by Ivan Dodov
2 December 18:00 Radio Varna Art Studio
Znatsi Magazine, Home of the Arts
5 December 18:00 Radio Varna Art Studio
Atanas Mochurov at 80
7 December 18:00 Art Markoni Gallery, 22 Ohrid St.
A Sense of Celebration, from St. Nicholas to Midwives’ Day, an exhibition of paintings, prints, and sculpture
7 December 16:00 Thracian House, 61 Vladislav Street
Book premiere, Revolutionary Dimitar Madjarov, by Zlatko Popchev
7 December 18:00 Thracian House, 61 Vladislav Street
The Spiritual Contribution of Simeon, Metropolitan of Varna and Preslav, featuring Metropolitan Kiril and a Choir of Priests
8 December 18:00 Radio Varna Art Studio
Lyrics by Vatyo Rakovski – poetry reading featuring Svetlana Zhecheva – Efendulova
9 December 18:00 Georgi Velchev Art Museum, 8 Padko Dimitriev St.
Traditional Holiday Exhibition of Local Artists
9 December 18:00 Thracian House, 61 Vladislav Street
A Child’s Sea, holiday concert of the YES children’s center, led by Dono Tsvetkov
10 December 10:00 Varna Municipality Plenary Hall
Concert dedicated to the 170th anniversary of the birth of Antonin Dvorak, featuring students of the Dobri Hristov National Art School
10 December 11:00 Thracian House, 61 Vladislav Street
Matinee performance by the Saint Athanasius Chamber Choir, led by Evgeniya Grigorova
12 December 18:00 Radio Varna Art Studio
Creative Evening of Ilyan Troyanski
13 December 18:00 Radio Varna Art Studio
Creative Evening of Krassimir Mashev
14 December 18:00 Radio Varna Art Studio
Book Premiere, Quartet for Kite, by Lyudmila Bogoslovova
14 December Papillon Gallery, 9 Dragomir Street
Gold and Purple, a traditional Christmas exhibition of paintings, sculpture, prints and ceramics
14 December 11:00 Thracian House, 61 Vladislav Street
Colours of Thrace, a folk concert featuring Kalina and George Germanov and the Magda Pushkarova folklore ensemble
15 December 18:00 National Archive, Varna Branch, 52 Preslav Street
Savremennik Magazine and the Artists of Varna, sculpture, painting, poetry, fiction
15 December 18:00 Largo Gallery, 16 Saint Clement Street
A winter walk along the Largo, Exhibition of assembled paintings
16 December 18:00 Radio Varna Art Studio
Varna Reads Poetry on the Internet, featuring Galina Vorontzova and Ileana Stoyanova
16 December 18:00 Thracian House, 61 Vladislav Street
Christmas concert featuring the pan flute
17 December 11:00 Thracian House, 61 Vladislav Street
Girl’s Choir Christmas Matinee, conducted by Zaharina Milkova
17 December 18:00 Thracian House, 61 Vladislav Street
The Eye of Eden, a concert of relaxing original music by Peter Pesev
17 December 18:00 Radio Varna Concert Studio
Svilen Stoyanov presents unforgettable pages from The Adventures of the Good Soldier Shvejk
19 December 18:00 Bach Hall
Organ and Voice, a concert program by Daniela Dimova, mezzosoprano, and Boyan Buchvarov, organist.
19 December 18:00 Thracian House, 61 Vladislav Street
Holiday Concert featuring Classical Guitar, performed by students from the Dobri Christov National Music School
20 December 17:30 Radio Varna Art Studio
Steno Publishers invites you to the premiere of My Eyelids Sleep In Tears, by Cyril Asparuhov
20 December 18:30 Radio Varna Art Studio
Steno Publishers invites you to the premiere of Lunar Scroll, by Plamen Enev
21 December 18:00 Radio Varna Art Studio
Bolen Doychin in Serbian and Bulgarian Folklore, featuring Todor Mollov and Hristo Bondzholov
21 December 18:00 City Art Gallery, 1 Karavelov Street
Holiday Exhibition of paintings, graphics and sculpture
21 December 18:00 Radio Varna Concert Studio
Premiere of the Mount Athos almanac and creative evening of Sava Vasilev
21 December 18:00 Radio Varna Concert Studio
Raya Kostova in Concert
21 December Central Foyer of the Pencho Slaveykov Regional Library
Holiday Exhibition
21 December 18:00 Thracian House, 61 Vladislav Street
Christmas Concert featuring Amateur Performers from Thracian House
22 December Radio Varna Concert Studio
Book Premiere, Parallel Worlds: Ten Essays on Bulgarian Writers by Angel Dyulgerov
22 December 18:00 Radio Varna Concert Studio
Concert of Russian Music featuring Todor Petrov, piano, and Adriana Grekova, mezzosoprano
23 December 17:30 Thracian House, 61 Vladislav Street
Memorial Evening in honor of Emil Ivanov
27 December 18:00 Radio Varna Art Studio
Autograph session, Nicolas Radev at 70
28 December 18:00 Radio Varna Art Studio
Literary translation evening and premiere of Purple Honey, by Varlam Shalamov, translated by Vladimir Stoyanov
28 December 17:30 Thracian House, 61 Vladislav Street
Book Premiere, The Mayors of Varna, 1903-1923, by Borislav Dryanovski
28 December 18:00 Thracian House, 61 Vladislav Street
Presentation of the music CD, Extended Music Project, by Yuri Stoikov
29 December 18:00 Radio Varna Art Studio
Literary evening of Lyudmila Stoyanova and premiere of her book, The Pantheon of Odessos