International Street Arts Festival 6Fest to be held in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv in April

The 16^th International Street Arts Festival 6Fest is to be held in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv from April 24 to 27 2025.

International Street Arts Festival 6Fest is the first independent festival in Bulgaria dedicated to performing street arts such as contemporary circus, puppet theatre, living statues, fire arts, stilts, street magic, historical reenactments, dance and music.

For the sixth consecutive year, the festival is part of the cultural calendar of Plovdiv municipality.

The street festival will bring together 40 artists from eight countries – Bulgaria, Italy, Czechia, Romania, Serbia, Türkiye, Ukraine and Finland – presenting a variety of arts such as circus, fire, puppetry, living statues and music.

The full programme is yet to be announced. The initial version is:

April 25:

Opera Fiammae (Italy)

VOSA Theatre (Czechia)

April 26:

Colibri – “Puppets Occupy Street” (Romania)

VOSA Theatre (Czechia)

Opera Fiammae (Italy)

Trio Theatre (Bulgaria)

Bulgar Klezmer Band (Bulgaria)

April 27:

Çelik Çomak Performance Artists (Türkiye)

Matrix Entertainment (Serbia)

Galatea Theatre of Living Statues (Ukraine)

Metamorfozi Theatre (Bulgaria)

Vilma Talvitie (Finland)

(Photo: 6Fest’s Facebook page)