Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sheshory (ArtPole) Festival
A huge range of folk and art events take place as part of the country's most talked-about
festival (
www.artpolefest.org
). The roving event was held near Ivano-Frankivsk in 2013;
check the website for this year's destination and program.
September
Temperatures mellow out, people return to the cities and everyday life re-
sumes in the hazy light of the Ukrainian autumn. By far the best time to
travel and to gorge on Ukraine's legendary fruit and veg.
Koktebel International Jazz Festival
In mid-September international jazz stars join locals at this cool festival (
ht-
tp://jazz.koktebel.info
) after Crimea's summertime crush has passed. Over 20,000 fans
swamp tiny Koktebel to tap feet in rhythm with almost 200 musicians, making this one
of Ukraine's largest music festivals.
Gogolfest
The biggest festival of the autumn in Kyiv, Gogolfest (
Click here
)
takes place at various
venues across the capital. The week-long festival includes art, theatre, music, cinema,
workshops and kid's events.
Lviv Coffee Festival
Disciples of the bean should go west to Ukraine's caffeine capital for the country's only
coffee festival (
www.coffeefest.lviv.ua
)
. Highlights of the three-day event include the
presentation of an award for 'Lviv coffeehouse of the year', various concerts and coffee-
themed tours.
