Taksirat Festival kicks off


The 19th edition of Taksirat Festival kicks off Nov. 30 and runs until Dec. 9 in the Youth Cultural Centre featuring events with participation of over 60 artists. The festival is held in partnership with Desonanz Festival.

Katarina Evgo, representative of Password Production, who is the organiser of Taksirat, noted that the guests of the festival are music artists from many countries in Europe including numerous representatives from the Macedonian scene.

PIN conference, which begins Thursday, offers room for discussions of notable experts and various participants on topics covering acute issues in the culture, music and entertainment business while the culture operators will have an opportunity to present their work and projects.

More than 30 performances of music artists from the country, region and Europe are to be held Thursday evening, for which the entrance is free. 

The experimental underground art-rock band LIARS, will hold concert Thursday evening at the Youth Cultural Center, and it will officially mark the opening of the Taksirat Festival. The programme also includes bands as Baba Zula from Turkey, Baklava, Foltin from Macedonia, as well as Belgrade's Vizelj, Austrian indie band At Pavillon...

Croatian singer-songwriter Darko Rundek will hold a concert on Dec. 7 as part of his Apocalypso album tour marking his 20th anniversary.

The German pioneers of electronic music, the legendary Kraftwerk will perform Feb. 27 in Skopje-based Vip Arena Boris Trajkovski with an outstanding 3-D show as part of their extremely successful world tour.