The use of disposable plastic forks, spoons, cups and dishes will be forbidden at this year’s Beglika Fest. The goal, of course, is green – to reduce waste. Organizers explain that pubs can ask for a cup or plate deposit to use until the end of the festival. And they advise those who want to bring their cups and dishes from home. There will also be able to use paid wooden and cardboard containers.
This year the festival will be held from 23rd to 27th August at Beglika Dam. The entrance ticket for all the days of the festival costs 65 leva /approximately 32 euro/, and if you take it on the spot the price is 70 leva /approximately 35 euro/. If you decide to join in just one day of the festival you pay 20 leva /approximately 10 euro/ per entrance. There is also a family ticket for two at a price of 110 leva /approximately 55 euro/ and a group for five for 275 leva /approximately 137 euro/. Children up to 14 years old are free of charge. And the number of visitors is limited to 2,200, again in order to care for nature.
The musical program will offer you to listen to the New Zealand singer who works in Sofia Tui Mamaki, group Bad cocks, the traveling musicians Soulfia, Svetlana Vassileva – Strela /Arrow/, Dari and Eggo, Acoustic Soul, Ivan Shopov in tandem with Laura Zhelyazkova, Zeyra, Main Winds, Vataff Project, Victor’s Mob and Imagine.
You can join in workshops on the experimental dance, you can open your chakras with music and participate in musical improvisation. This year’s special theater and circus program are also planned. Aside from watching plays, you can learn to juggle or have fun making colorful soap bubbles.
This year, additional tickets will be paid for “The Island of Silence”. During the Beglika Fest, you can also participate in self-knowledge and self-improvement programs. There are workshops on creative writing, poetic meetings and any other events which the fans of reading will love.
Of course, you can also take part in sports activities and sightseeing tours in the Beglika area. You can test your strength with kayaks in the dam for 10 leva per hour /approximately 5 euro/. If you just want to swing over his water like Tarzan in the jungle you will have to pay for the emotion of 5 leva /approximately 2,5 euro/. It is so worth and trolls over the dam. For 10 leva /approximately 5 euro/, you can go horseback riding. Or just lie down over the shadow, rocking in a hammock. There will also be a table-top corner where you can make friends with friends.
