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A pioneer in vertical dance performance, BANDALOOP weaves dynamic physicality, intricate choreography and the art of climbing to turn the dance floor on its side — performing on theaters, museums, skyscrapers, bridges, billboards and historical sites, and on the sides of cliffs. “They say what we do is death-defying. I’d say it’s life-affirming.” — Amelia...

For those who sleep quickly after the carnival day we have also prepared surprises. From 11:00 to 15:00 on 19 May, the fans of the reality show The Farm, with Vanya Jaferovich and Dimitar Gospodinov as a special guests,  participants in the Farm, will be able to feel like real actors in the reality show...

If you want to be a proud owner of something unique –  now you can find it. Where? At the Tourist Information Center – Opalchenska 11 Str. (behind the Dechkov House). Come and see!  

The first edition of the Festival was held in May 2017. Conceived as the first of its kind the “Carving Festival of Laughter” gave a serious request for development and lasting presence, both in the cultural calendar of Gabrovo and in the national cultural calendar. In its first edition the Competition attracted participants from Serbia,...

The exhibition “MY BULGARIA – ANCIENT AND YOUNG” is presenting  the Bulgarian history, culture and lifestyle and was opened on May 11 in Terra Mall, Gabrovo. The sugar exposition included 13 decorators from Bulgaria and abroad. Among them is the world-famous  decorator Maria Vladimirova – Ozturk. The idea of the exhibition started in 2017. This...

Carnival Gabrovo in your hands? Is it possible? Now, yes, with the Carnival app for Android. You can downloaded it from the Google Play Store. It’s free and has all the information you may need – the Carnival program, the event map with details, carnival news, traffic information and more. The carnival parade will start...

 11 MAY (Saturday) 17:00 Sugar confectionary exhibition “My Bulgaria – ancient and young”Terra Mall 13 – 17 MAY International comedy performance festival Drama Theatre “Racho Stoyanov” and House of Culture “Emanuil Manolov”  16 MAY (Thursday) 18:30 Big Band parade Open stage at “Vazrazhdane” square 17 MAY (Friday) – Gabrovo Day 09:00 Public prayer for Gabrovo...

May 19 th /Saturday/     10.00 National Children’s Festival “SMEHORANCHETA” “Vazrazhdane” Hall     10.00 Opening  a Children Biennial 2018 “In Carnival world” Museum “House of Humor and Satire”     11.00 Dani Belev, “QUICK HANDS Project” perform “A flying balloon stunt” Aprilov Stadium     11.00 – 14.00  International Carving Festival of Laughter...

The exhibition “My Sweet Gabrovo” opening May 17 th , at 16.00 o’clock. 12 cake decorators will present their sweet art work at Terra Mall Gabrovo, promising an interesting, memorable and exciting event, marked by the Gabrovian humor. Mariya Vladimirova Öztürk will be our special guest. She is the creator of the famous sugar and...

Carnival frame. It sounds like an oxymoron, but in fact it is possible to create by your own. If you are a Facebook fan, if you are distinct, but a part of a wonderful community at the same time, if you love The Carnival and want to shout it out to the whole world,  so ...

Gabrovo Municipality launched a special mobile application for Carnival 2018. It is free of charge and in the app you can find all you need about the Carnival –  the following program week, the city map with all the important event points. The app can find your location and show the events next to you....

“Carving Festival of Laughter” second edition  will be held in Gabrovo on 19th  and 20th of May 2018, within the International Festival of  Humor and Satire. The Organizers of the event are Gabrovo Municipality and Bulgarian Carving Association. Thirty participants from five countries – carving specialists from Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Serbia and South Korea arrive...

Martin Chiffers is a real renaissance man on the British food chocolate scene. Pastry chef consultant, president of the UK pastry team, pastry coach, owner of a pastry shop in Tokyo, food photographer, web and graphic designer … He has many gold medals, from international culinary competitions in the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, America, Singapore,...

During the Carnival Week and the International Festival of Humor and Satire in Gabrovo, you can enjoy an open salsa lesson and a fantastic dance show, presented by the virtuoso choreographer and famous  chaffer from Cyprus – Pambos Agapiou. The Los Pambos Dance Company dancers will take part in the  Carnival program. The show starts...

May 17 th /Thursday/   9.00 Holding a thanksgiving service The church “Assumption of St. Mary”     9.30 Raising the city flag “Vazrazhdane” Square    16.00 “My sweet Gabrovo” – an exhibition opening Terra Mall – commercial entertainment center     17.30 Official Session of the City Council – Gabrovo Gabrovo municipality Ritual Hall...

Dear Friends, We present to you the new Carnival Collection season 2018. If you want to be a proud owner of something unique –  now you can find it. Where? At the Tourist Information Center – Opalchenska 11 Str. (behind the Dechkov House). The price is 9 lv., available in any size! In the office...

Please your  friends  with a carnival  magnet, which you can find in Tourist Information Centre –  Contact: 5300 Gabrovo, “Opalchenska” 11 Str., Phone: (+359) 66 818 406, e-mail: tic@gabrovo.bg

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THE NEW CARNIVAL LOGO IS ALREADY A FACT. LET US INTRODUCE IT TO YOU The visual identity of the most significant cultural event in Gabrovo is extremely important for its successful promotion . The theme of the Carnival 2018 is “Gabrovo-my little Brussels”. The final countdown has began, feel welcome…

The theme of the  Carnival  2018 is “Gabrovo-my little Brussels”. The final countdown has began, feel welcome to join in the merriment and do not forget to wear your carnival costume on the 19 of may 2018. The special ceremony in Gabrovo – 11.11/11.11.2017 And the new Carnival motto…

  Carnival at any time – now you can send us an interesting photo of you with a carnival costume. This is our new initiative. And here you can see our first participants, called ‘Belomajki Carnival’!

Please your  friends  with a carnival t-shirt, magnet, cups, a catalog and other interesting souvenirs, which you can find in Tourist Information Centre –  Contact: 5300 Gabrovo, “Opalchenska” 11 Str., Phone: (+359) 66 818 406, e-mail: tic@gabrovo.bg

The results of the contest – CARNIVAL 2017 The Organizing Committee has the pleasure to announce the results of this year contest – Carnival Gabrovo 2017 “‘DA IZKUKURIGAME OT SMYAH”‘ Categories:  Small group – must not exceed 5 members – not awarded; Vangelovi – incentive reward – 300 lv.  Middle group – must not exceed...

The organizers of the Carnival report about the delay in announcing the results of this year contest within the Carnival 2017 ‘’Da izkukurigame ot smyah’’. By saving the reasons and details, we will announce  the results on the 5 th of june 2017, after a very difficult jury decision at the carnival site. We apologize...

Gabrovo 2020 and the world’s leaders On May 20 th, 2017, the greatest summit in the history of the diplomacy took place in Gabrovo: GABROVO 2020 – 20 delegates from different historical periods and from all four quarters of the globe gather each other for the recognition of Gabrovo as a world economic, cultural and...

WIN a T-shirt on Sunday  Something quite innovative will happen in Gabrovo a day after the Carnival. World-wide this is a practice. Apart from the fact that everybody will be able to watch the 3D mapping from 2015 and 2016, they will have the opportunity to play in real time an interactive game on the...

10.00 National Children’s Festival “СМЕХОРАНЧЕТА” “Vazrazhdane” Hall 10:00 – 11:30 Carnival workshop – Fire Theatre Mime Company  (“Vassil Levski” Community Committee project “6fest”, financed by Gabrovo Municipality Culture Program) In front of Sport hall “Orlovets” 11.30 Carnival-cat review  – National exhibition Orlovetz Sport Hall 14.00 Big Band Parade “Radetzka”  – open stage 14.00 Children’s Mini...

May 20 Carnival day  10.00 National Children’s Festival “СМЕХОРАНЧЕТА” “Vazrazhdane” Hall 10:00 – 11:30 Carnival workshop – Fire Theatre Mime Company  (“Vassil Levski” Community Committee project “6fest”, financed by Gabrovo Municipality Culture Program) In front of Sport hall “Orlovets” 11.30 Carnival-cat review  – National exhibition Orlovetz Sport Hall 14.00 Big Band Parade “Radetzka”  – open...

How Gabrovo humor provokes the imagination of carving specialists will be known on May 21, the day after the Carnival. The Capital of Humor will host the first and the only Carving Laughter Festival this year, with the ambition to turn the event into a traditional one. The competition of one-meter statues of engraved fruits...

Open Air Ethnographic Museum “Etar” Gabrovo  invites you on Sunday, 21 th may, only a day after the Carnival, to come, see  and be part of an interesting event – feast with sugar roosters, finding a double among the scarecrows from all over the country and participate in emergency  given scarecrows  assistance, doing its duty...

15.00 National Children’s Assembly “Festive touches color and silk” Interactive Museum of Industry yard 18.00 “Приказка за скитника-крал” by K. Chapek, directed by Katya Petrova, with Rumen Gavanozov, Stanimir Gamov, Rumen Ugrinski, performance of Sofia Puppet TheatreDrama Theatre “Racho Stoyanov” 18.00  “Stars in Advance” recital, music school of Radoslav and Vanya Talevi Radetzka Street –...

This year, on May 20, a National Carnival Review of cats and pet animals (mini breeds of dogs, fritters, rabbits, hamsters, rats, birds, etc.) will be held again. There will be also prizes for the most beautiful pets. Sponsors will give special prizes for the best-looking animal. Insects and reptiles will not be allowed. The...

The Gabrovo Municipality  will provide an online broadcast of the Carnival on the site from 18.00 to 19.30 p.m. All those who want to watch the Carnival in real time should only visit one of the two sites: gabrovo.bg or carnival.gabrovo.bg. Gabrovo municipality plans to have a separate camera to be part of the procession...

18.00 “Името” by M. Delaport and Al. Pateller, staging Zdravko Mitkov, with Mihail Bilalov, Nikolay Urumov, Anna Valchanova, performance of Satiric Theatre “Aleko Konstantinov” Drama Theatre “Racho Stoyanov” 18:00 – 19:00 Street carnival performance – Fire Theatre Mime Company (Sofia, Bulgaria)(Association “Public Committee” Vasil Levski ” project “6fest”, financed by Gabrovo Municipality Culture Program.) In...

Another year together with BG RADIO and Nasko Stoyanov in Gabrovo. From 15th to 20th May, every night, between 17 and 20 p.m., live from the Capital of Humor – Gabrovo, Nasko will take care of all the musical greetings with the best Bulgarian songs. Special guest – Nikolo Kotsev – “Kikimora”, the actors Stanimir...

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If you want to be a proud owner of something unique –  now you can find it. Where? At the Tourist Information Center – Opalchenska 11 Str. (behind the Dechkov House). The price is 9 lv. In the office you can also find many other souvenirs. Come and see!

May 15 – 19 X International Festival of Comedy Performance Organizer: Drama Theatre “Racho Stoyanov” May 15th 18.00 “ Бягай – идва жена ти ” – Trayko Prokopiev Theatre – Kumanovo, Macedonia Drama Theatre “Racho Stoyanov” 21.00  “Мнимият болен” – by Moliere, directed by Nikolay Urumov, featuring Nikolay Urumov, a performance of Drama Theatre “Racho...

Balkan carving contest “Carving Festival of Laughter” will be held in Gabrovo on 20 and 21 May 2017, within the International Festival of  Humor and Satire and we hope to become a traditional event, recognizable all around Europe. The Organizers of the event are Gabrovo Municipality and Bulgarian Carving Association. There will be an exhibition...

International Festival For Urban Arts and Happiness 6Fest will happen in Gabrovo – the World Capital of Humor and Satire,  on 19-21 th  May 2017. 6Fest will happen during the most popular event – the Carnival on 20 th May. The project is realized with the financial support of Gabrovo Municipality, CULTURE Program 2017. The...

The town clock begun to crow suddenly – this happens only in Gabrovo city, three times a day – at 8.00 o’clock in the morning, at 12:00 at noon and exactly at 18:00h. From the beginning of April this new acquisition comes to remind us that the Carnival is coming and 20 th May is...

A PR campaign took place in Sofia subway station on 1st April , presenting Gabrovo carnival and the new phenomenon that appeared in Gabrovo – the rooster who began to lay eggs. “The residents  of Sofia are modern and open-minded,” commented their choice of distributor the Gabrovo pensioners, owners of the strange animal  hoping that...

Unexpectedly a rooster in Gabrovo city started to lay eggs. This odd animal is a domestic one, owned by a pensioners’ couple. They hope to collect enough eggs so they can sell them and make a lot of money on Easter. We cannot say anything about the eggs taste qualities, because the rooster began to...

A petition from our new  gabrovian  association  REFERENDUM – DUM!: Do you support the carnival mask elections by majority voting system in two rounds? Do you support mandatory carnival participation? Do you support the idea for each valid vote to receive one Bulgarian lev of the annual state subsidiary of political parties and coalitions that...

The November 11th, 2016 will reveal the new year carnival motto. The place – Museum of ‘’House of humor and satire’’, the time remains the same as always – 11.11. Then comes the natural phenomenon – the fifth season –  the carnival one. Welcome to 11.11 at 11.11 /if you split the seconds/ or at...

This year carnival motto ‘’Da izkukurigame ot smyah’’ has a flashy crest. We wish you a happy new year of the rooster, according to the Chinese calendar, characteristically we are the brightest example of adequacy, timeliness, topical and above all smiling. The rooster year is a lucky one for us and our Carnival. The official...