Гогольфест 2026

GOGOLFEST 2026: "20 Years Later"

September 16–20, 2026 · Kyiv · ICCM (October Palace)

After a ten-year hiatus, GOGOLFEST returns to Kyiv! The anniversary festival will be held under the theme "20 Years Later" and for the first time in history will open to the audience the spaces of the ICCM building, which remained hidden from the public for years.

Five days of theater, music, performance, visual art, and literary discussions in the heart of the capital.

About the festival

GOGOLFEST was founded in 2007 by director Vladyslav Troitsky. Over the 20 years of its existence, the festival has held 28 festivals in 8 cities in Ukraine and 4 European countries, gathered over 800,000 visitors and more than 20,000 participants from all over the world, and implemented over 150 international co-productions. In 2019, it entered the Top 5 most relevant festivals in Europe according to EFFE, is a member of the European Theatre Convention and the European Festival Association, and in 2024 became the first representative of Ukraine in the program of the European Capital of Culture 2029 in Lublin.

Tickets

The general festival pass for all 5 days of the festival includes:

• Events in the abandoned KinoPalace . The building will be transformed into a living art space — Squat. About 50 artists from Ukraine and Europe will enliven the first and second floors with paintings, installations, and immersive performances. In Squat, viewers will be treated to a performative, visual, and film program.
  
  
  
• Backyard Garden. An open-air space with an open stage, performative, social, eco-initiatives, and literary readings.
  
  
  
• Main Building Events. Includes design residencies, a literary program, and some performative screenings.

IMPORTANT! The subscription does not include admission to events at the Main Stage, the music stage in the Inner Courtyard, the Hall with Columns, the Luhansk Theater, and the theater hall in the Squat .
Ticket sales for these events will open separately, stay tuned for announcements.