A program of events dedicated to the National Flag Day (23 August) and Independence Day of Ukraine (24 August) was approved in Kyiv. The roads in the center of the capital will be blocked on long weekends: there will be celebrations in the daytime, and the concerts in the evening. The celebratio in many city parks.
August 23 (National Flag Day)
- 9:00 – Ceremony of raising the flag of Ukraine on St. Sophia Square
- 10:00 – Solemn raising of the flag of Ukraine near the KSCA building and near district administrations in the city
- 10:00 – Holiday concert “Kvitny, moia Ukraino!” in Peremohy park
- 12:00 –Holiday concert “Nezalezhna, vyshyta kolossiam, Ukraino kvitucha moia!” in Shevchenka park
- 16:00 – Holiday program “Ukraino, moia Ukraino! Naisviatisha ty pisnia moia!” in Holosiivskyi park
- 18:00 – Holiday concert “Tobi, Nezalezhna Bat’kivshchyno!” on St. Sophia Square
- Concert Program at the “Kyivska Fortetsia” museum
- Holiday on the square near Obolon Regional State Administration on 16, Marshala Tymoshenka Street
- Stronger Weapons and Mykhailo Hrushevsky films will be shown in Start, Fakel, and Lira cinemas
- The first day of the festival “Ty v sertsi moim, Ukraino!” on Spivoche Pole area
- The first day of competitions on retro cars to set the record for Ukraine and the exhibition of cars participating in the Walk of Fame – from the Victory Ceremony to Povitroflotskyi Avenue.
August 24 (Independence Day of Ukraine)
- 9:30-11:00 – Celebrations involving the leadership of the country and the capital on Independence Square and on Heroiv Nebesnoi sotni Alley
- 9:00-13:00 – “Run in embroideries”: Rusanivska embankment – Dniprovska embankment to Kniazhyi Zaton Street
- 10:00-19:00 – “Sport for All” festival near the Arch of Friendship of Peoples
- 11:00-18:00 – Independence Day sailing regatta, start – the sixth berth of the River station
- 11:00 – Holiday near the KSCA building on 36, Khreshchatyk
- 12:00-18:00 – “Map of Dreams – 2019” street social festival on Khreshchatyk – from Prorizna Street to the Main Post Office building
- 14:00 – “Brothers Match-2019” bohatyr tournament on Kontraktova Square
- 15:00-22:00 – “Ukraine is the only one” action of Kyiv city auto club on Khreshchatyk, from Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Street to Tarasa Shevchenka Boulevard
- 15:00 – “Moia Nezalezhnist'” cultural project at Spivoche Pole area
- 16:00-19:30 – “Etnichnyi vinochok” festival near the KSCA building on 36, Khreshchatyk Street
- 18:00-21:00 – Fashion show within the framework of Ukraine Now concept on the Pedestrian bridge across the Dnieper
- 20:00 – “Vidkryta muzyka mista” festival at the site in front of the National Museum of Ukrainian History on 2, Volodymyrska Street
- The first day of the Ukrainian Street Worthout Championship near the arch of Friendship of Peoples
- Walking Tours of Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s Volodymyrskyi Way at the government quarter
- Festival on Volodymyrska Street – from Velyka Zhytomyrska to Desiatynna
- International Festival of the Arts “Dialogues of Culture” on the summer stage in Tsentralnyi park
- The concert of amateur groups in Partyzanska Slava park
- Concert on Kontraktova Square, in the square near the Sahaidachny monument
- Concert at Vidradnyi park
- Holiday concerts in local cultural institutions from local amateur groups
- The second day of the festival ” Ty v sertsi moim, Ukraino!” on the Spivoche Pole area
- The second day of competitions on retro cars to set a record for Ukraine and the exhibition of cars participating in the Walk of Fame – from the Victory Ceremony to Povitroflotskyi Avenue.
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