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Sofia Live Festival

Bulgaria / June 21 - 23, 2024

Description

In 2021, Sofia Live Festival received huge attention and unprecedented success at its first edition. The event, which is the newest addition to Bulgaria’s music calendar, is an innovative urban culture and music festival that follows European standards aiming to create and foster connections between people through music. This event received immense media coverage in Bulgaria and abroad, with national broadcaster BTV naming Sofia Live Festival the “Event of 2021.”

Sofia Live Festival takes place in the garden of King Boris the 3rd, at the cycling track, and has additional indoor venue shows at Sofia Live Club.

The genres of Sofia Live Festival range from modern Jazz, Electronic music, Hip-Hop, and Rock to Funk and Punk, as its main focus is the presentation of internationally-sounding original music created by young Bulgarian musicians. Sofia Live Festival is also an innovative initiative for urban culture and music following high European standards.

In 2022, Sofia Live Festival expanded its capacity, days and music programme, keeping the event’s objectives of supporting the national music scene, arts, development of audiences, creative solutions and diversity.

Genre & Program

Indie, Pop, Rock, Hip-Hop, Soul, Electronica, Nu Jazz, Acoustic + Exhibitions and music concerts throughout the year

Program References

Jordan Rakei, Lola Marsh, Akua Naru, Keziah Jones, Children Of Zeus, Oddisee Wax Tailor, Chet Faker, Kink & Rachel Row, Bulgarian Cartrader and many more.

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A focused male musician playing an electronic keyboard on stage with purple stage lighting in the background. He's wearing a printed t-shirt and ripped jeans.
A black and white photo of a concert showing a band performing on stage with backlighting, silhouetting the musicians, and an audience in the foreground.
An outdoor music concert at night with a crowd facing the stage where a band performs under bright stage lights and purple haze.
Audience viewpoint of a live concert with vibrant stage lighting and a silhouette of a cheering crowd, featuring musicians performing on stage with the text
A black and white photo of a band performing on stage with dramatic lighting, featuring a bassist, a lead singer with arms raised, a drummer, and a guitarist. The words
Concert audience enjoying a live performance with stage lights illuminating the scene, some attendees are recording with their phones, and a person is raising their hands in the foreground. Text at the bottom reads
A black-and-white photo of a focused woman playing an electric bass guitar onstage, with a blurred backdrop featuring the text
A focused bass guitarist performing on stage, highlighted by pink and blue stage lighting, with blurred background and foreground elements suggesting a live music setting. The watermark
A performer in a balaclava and white outfit singing into a microphone on a stage with pink lighting and motion blur effects.
Crowd of people at a concert with their hands raised towards a stage where a DJ is performing under dramatic lighting effects.
A shirtless male performer singing into a microphone onstage with purple and pink stage lighting.
A person with an out-of-focus hand reaching toward the camera, wearing a neon green jacket, with a backdrop of dimly lit stage and visual effects.
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