Memories of the Future
If in Bulgaria during the second week of August you could join one of the emblematic festivals around.
The focus of this blog post is on the upcoming Open Buzludzha Festival 2024 that takes place between 08 and 11 August right next to Buzludzha monument. Get ready for the future!
The organiser of the festival is the Buzludzha Project Foundation that was founded in 2015 aiming to protect Buzludzha Monument and the monument to be opened as a place for art, culture and history.
This year’s edition of OPEN BUZLUDZHA is organised to support the preservation of the Buzludzha monument, though does not aim at a complete restoration of the monument but to conserve and reuse the monument for educational and tourism purposes.
Since 2021 Buzludzha Foundation has set traditions in organising the Open Buzludzha festival.
The program of Open Buzludzha festival 2024 is more than overwhelming. The location is just in front of the Buzludzha monument and on the meadow next to the Buzludzha hut. Three music stages – Monument Stage, Main Stage and Forest Stage, a 3D-mapping show and you could choose which out of 10 Buzludzha experiences to participate in.
The festival is kids-friendly and offers activities especially for kids like architecture workshop, adventure games plus more.
For all the digital nomads that would combine working remotely and having fun from exactly this point of Bulgaria while joining the festival there is a forest co-working space organised by coworking Semkovo.
You could buy online tickets for Open Buzludzha Festival 2024 and choose from different ticket options – a single day ticket or three-day ticket plus there is free admission for children under 14.
All the details related to accomodarion, transport, how to reach the location and the full program of the festival you could find at the website of the organiser.
Photos: Buzludzha Project Foundation
Before that if you want to support the Buzludzha Project Foundation in helping them to preserve the Buzludzha monument and supporting their cause, there are two options you could opt for.
The first one is supporting them by making a donation, below is the information of the two bank accounts of the Buzludzha Foundation, donations are accepted in both EURO and BGN.
For Donations in Euro (EUR)
‘Buzludzha Project’ Foundation
First Investment Bank
BIC / Swift Code: FINVBGSF
IBAN: BG14FINV91501216590170
For Donations in Leva (BGN)
‘Buzludzha Project’ Foundation
First Investment Bank
BIC / Swift Code: FINVBGSF
IBAN: BG90FINV91501216590160
The same bank accounts plus an option to donate via PayPal you could find at the website of Buzludzha Project Foundation, right here. You could also support the festival participating as a volunteer from 03 August till 12 August, 2024.
Let’s create the Memories of the Future together at Open Buzludzha Festival 2024!
Read more about the Buzludzha monument, its destiny throughout the years and some of the main historical moments connected to this legacy from the Communist period in Bulgaria, here.