Tbilisi Open Air

Tbilisi Open Air is an annual international music festival, with the emphasis on electronic and rock music, first held in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 15–17 May 2009. After that the festival is organized each year and is widely considered as the biggest music festival in Caucasus region. The festival mainly maintains several-day outdoor event format.

As the organizers of Tbilisi Open Air clarify, ''the defining idea behind the festival is freedom. This is freedom from stress, clichés, social controls, freedom to create and express, freedom to experience what is valued by every single one of us as individuals''.

It was first held in 2009 as an alternative to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, which Georgia was disqualified from because of the political message of their song, "We Don't Wanna Put In".

2023
The 2023 edition was held on the 23-25th of June period. The traffic of the festival was around 80 000, with around 30 000 festival-goers attending each day.

23 June
Main Stage


 * Tom Odell 🇬🇧
 * Bedford Falls
 * She Past Away 🇹🇷
 * Tamada

Eye Stage


 * Etapp Kyle 🇺🇦
 * Mattheis 🇳🇱
 * Yanamaste
 * Le Violet

Zion Garden


 * Liquid Soul 🇸🇪
 * Skizologic 🇮🇱
 * AcidWave
 * Soyl B2B Ancient Om

Singer Stage


 * Tornike Gagoshvili
 * Reso Kiknadze Quartet
 * Kay G
 * Singer Jazz Foundation Jam

24 June
Main Stage


 * Kaleo 🇮🇸
 * Rejjie Snow 🇮🇪
 * Circus Mircus
 * Lua

Eye Stage


 * Ben Klock 🇩🇪
 * Audrey Danza 🇨🇭
 * OTHR
 * Zesknel (Live)

Zion Garden


 * Dirty Saffi 🇬🇧
 * DJ Nuky 🇬🇧
 * Psymmetrix 🇬🇧
 * Katana

Singer Stage


 * Mechanical Rainbow
 * Dini Virsaladze Quartet
 * Sabina Chantouria
 * On The Road
 * Alexander Kharanauli
 * Process
 * Jam Session By Sandro
 * Nikoladze

25 June
Main Stage


 * Moderat 🇩🇪
 * Imany 🇫🇷
 * Ara
 * 4D Monster Lobsters
 * Skazz

Eye Stage


 * Margaret Dygas 🇩🇪
 * Rhadoo 🇷🇴
 * OTHR
 * Gio Shengelia

Zion Garden


 * Braincell 🇨🇭
 * Oogway
 * DM3
 * Stultitia
 * Chikovani

Singer Stage


 * Bacho Jikidze & Misi Wonderband
 * Pelargonia
 * Kemtet
 * Maikeru
 * Leftside Story and Ekoterine
 * Ducktape

2022
The 2022 edition was held on the 24-26th of June period and it was attended by more than 80 000 people. That broke the previous record and TOA 2022 became the most attended commercial music event of all time in the history of Georgia. The festival showed heavy support to Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian war that broke out that year - through donating part of the ticket and merch sales to the Ukrainian cause, supporting Ukraine through all media and communication channels, inviting pro-Ukrainian acts, etc.

24 June
Main Stage


 * Cigarettes After Sex 🇺🇸
 * Bedford Falls
 * Konoba 🇧🇪
 * Kordz
 * 4D Monster Lobsters
 * Meme

Eye Stage

Garden Stage
 * Acid Pauli 🇩🇪
 * Robag Wruhme 🇩🇪
 * Jennifer Cardini 🇫🇷
 * Bacho


 * Giuseppe 🇮🇹
 * Sashi 🇮🇱
 * DM3
 * Chikovani
 * Dimitree
 * Ellarge

Singer Stage


 * Dini Virsaladze Quintet
 * Salome Tsulukidze & Band
 * Erekle Getsadze & Bad Habitz
 * Luka Topuria Quartet
 * Pelargonia

25 June
Main Stage


 * Alt-J
 * Moku Moku
 * არა
 * Killages
 * The Black Marrows

Eye Stage


 * Konstantin 🇩🇪
 * Map.Ache 🇩🇪
 * Chloe 🇫🇷
 * Tomma

Garden Stage


 * Ajja 🇨🇭
 * Oogway
 * Katana
 * Acnient Om
 * Kaya Matu

Singer Stage


 * Bacho Jikidze & Band
 * კოლექტივი
 * Reso Kiknadze Quintet
 * Zaza Marjanishvili Quartet
 * Melqo
 * Process

26 June
Main Stage


 * Okean Elzy 🇺🇦
 * Rhye 🇨🇦
 * Molchat Doma 🇧🇾
 * Eko & Vinda Folio
 * წერილი
 * Nash Albert

Eye Stage


 * Petre Inspirescu 🇷🇴
 * Barac 🇷🇴
 * Gio Shengelia
 * Vako T

Zion Garden


 * Fungus Funk 🇷🇺
 * Additivv
 * Ramyjin & Sukoharaa
 * Acidwave
 * Obri
 * Kassra
 * Marcuss
 * Infest
 * Holo

Singer Jazz Stage


 * Tornike Gagoshvili
 * Blinkroot
 * Levan Japaridze & Killer Band
 * Uma & Tuomas
 * Guja Mardini Quartet
 * Adikashvili & Gabadze
 * Papuna Sharikadze Quartet

2020-2021
In 2020, Tbilisi Open Air was set to held through 26 June to 28 June, but due to the covid pandemic, it was cancelled.

In 2021, TOA denied holding the concert once again.

2019
In 2019, TOA was held on the Lisi Wonderland field and went on for 3 days, with 4 stages operating. Total attendance was around 55 000. The festival dates coincided with 20 June Tbilisi Riots. In the light of those events, many statements were made from the festival promoters and artists from the festival stage.

21 June
Main Stage


 * Franz Ferdinand
 * MokuMoku
 * Loudspeakers
 * St. Nudes
 * 4D Monster Lobsters

Eye Stage


 * Tobias.
 * Edit Select
 * Boyd Schidt
 * OTHR

Garden Stage


 * 1200 Mics By Riktam 🇪🇸
 * GMS (Music Group) 🇳🇱
 * Psymmetrix
 * Aardvarkk 🇷🇺
 * 3 of Life
 * Oogway
 * Acidwave
 * Ancient OM

Singer Jazz Stage


 * Dini Virsaladze Quintet
 * Auditorium A Feat Guja Mardini
 * Kemo Sextet
 * Forest Rain
 * Tornike Gagoshvili

22 June
Main Stage


 * Unkle
 * Rhye 🇨🇦
 * მწვანე ოთახი
 * არა
 * Nemra 🇦🇲

Eye Stage


 * David August 🇩🇪
 * Maayan Nidam 🇮🇱
 * Gio Shengelia
 * Tomma
 * Bacho

Garden Stage


 * Pixel 🇮🇱
 * Dirty Saffi
 * DJ Nuki 🇭🇷
 * Marcuss
 * Katana
 * Ellarge

Singer Jazz Stage


 * Blues Factor
 * Freeride
 * Old Road Band
 * Zura Ramishvili Quartet
 * Zuka Simonishvili Quartet
 * Amaze

23 June
Main Stage


 * Mogwai
 * The Subways
 * Michelle Gurevich 🇨🇦
 * Salio
 * Bedford Falls

Eye Stage


 * Andrey Pushkarev 🇷🇺
 * Matthew Dekay 🇳🇱
 * Cestlek🇦🇿
 * Mozzy 🇦🇿
 * Vako T
 * Lasha Maruashvili

Zion Garden


 * Freedom Fighters 🇲🇰
 * Nigel 🇷🇺
 * Obri & Zen
 * Additivv

Singer Jazz Stage


 * Bacho Jikidze & Band
 * Windshield
 * Lekso Ratiani
 * Reso Kiknadze Sextet
 * String Quartet Feat. Dani
 * Blue Moor

2018
In 2018, TOA was held on Lisi Wonderland and had 3 day lineup. Around 70 artists performed on the festival. A new stage - Eye Stage was introduced which was devoted to Techno/House music. Also a new space - Singer Jazz Stage was created which was devoted to mostly jazz artists. Total attendance around 45 000.

22 June
Main Stage


 * Kayakata
 * Sevdaliza 🇮🇷
 * Beardyman
 * Che Lingo
 * Toyshen
 * Eko & Vinda Folio

Eye Stage


 * Roman Flugel 🇩🇪
 * Cleveland 🇧🇪
 * Gio Shengelia
 * Autumn Tree
 * Vako T b2b Mzhavia

Zion Garden


 * Avalon
 * Ritmo 🇮🇱
 * Fungus Funk 🇷🇺
 * Acidwave
 * Katana

Singer Jazz Stage


 * Reso Kiknadze Quintet

23 June
Main Stage


 * Róisín Murphy 🇮🇪
 * Rachael Yamagata 🇺🇸
 * Papooz 🇫🇷
 * St. Nudes
 * MokuMoku
 * Killages

Eye Stage


 * Alex Niggerman 🇩🇪
 * Matthias Meyer 🇩🇪
 * Sascha Sibler 🇩🇪
 * Liza Rivs
 * Bero
 * Stimmhalt
 * Promescu

Zion Garden


 * Yestermorrow 🇵🇹
 * Kala 🇲🇰
 * Eldario 🇷🇺
 * Oogway
 * Marcuss
 * Ancient Om
 * Ellarge
 * Space Teryaki
 * Tabu
 * Beka Talakhadze

Singer Jazz Stage


 * Dzini virsaladze Trio
 * Blue Moor
 * Lasha Abashmadze Quintet

24 June
Main Stage


 * Tom Odell
 * Konoba 🇺🇸
 * Green Room
 * Salio
 * Sophie Villy
 * Lua

Eye Stage


 * Super Flu 🇩🇪
 * Gio Shengelia
 * Innelea
 * Dastia
 * So Laut
 * Bekuchi

Zion Garden


 * Anthill 🇲🇰
 * Additivv
 * Obri & Zen
 * Neverthesame
 * Dmitree
 * Infest
 * Dm3
 * Kalratry
 * Kaya Matu
 * Ra

Singer Jazz Stage


 * Zura Ramishvili Trio
 * Amaze
 * Papuna Sharikadze trio feat Misho Urushadze

2017
In 2017, TOA was held on Lisi wonderland and had 3 day lineup with around 40 artists. Around 30 000 persons attended the festival.

16 June
Main Stage


 * Anathema (band)
 * Sevdaliza 🇮🇷
 * Backwarmer
 * Psychonaut 4
 * Dagdagani

Golden Stage


 * Nino Katamadze
 * Ripperton 🇨🇭
 * Cobert
 * Bacho
 * Kozmana

Zion Garden


 * Eldario
 * Space Teriyaki
 * Dimitree
 * Marcuss
 * Tabu
 * Additivv

17 June
Main Stage


 * Leningrad (band) 🇷🇺
 * Soft Eject
 * Loudspeakers
 * Eko & Vinda Folio
 * არა

Golden Stage


 * Friendly Mosquito
 * Bedford Falls 🇨🇭
 * Windshield
 * Alex.Do 🇩🇪
 * Greenbeam & Leon
 * Sevda
 * Iazikzazubami

Zion Garden


 * Psysex 🇮🇱
 * Go2sky
 * Never thesame
 * Meno
 * Infest
 * Kaya matu

18 June
Main Stage


 * Archive (band)
 * Young Georgian Lolitaz
 * Salio
 * Kung Fu Junkie
 * The Black Marrows

Golden Stage


 * Moku Moku
 * Sexy Bicycle 🇨🇭
 * SF - X
 * Oxia
 * Wiedmak
 * Vako T

Zion Garden


 * Dj Goblin
 * Arjun Apu 🇮🇳
 * Amrit Pavan
 * Ougway
 * Psyrati
 * Katana

2016
In 2016, TOA presented 3 day line up with over 60 artists. Festival had 3 stages - Main stage, LTFR/Night stage and Pirate Bay stage. Total attendance was over 30 000. Festival was held on 29–31 July, on a location near Lisi Lake, which received nickname "Lisi Wonderland".

29 July
Main Stage


 * Air (French band) 🇫🇷
 * Morcheeba
 * Motorama (band) 🇷🇺
 * Kung - Fu Junkie
 * Dihaj 🇦🇿
 * Bedford Falls

LTFR/Night Stage


 * Adriatique 🇨🇭
 * Nikakoi & TBA
 * Vako Key
 * Lasha Craft

Pirate Bay Stage


 * Aardvark
 * Pogo
 * FOG 🇮🇹
 * Psart 🇷🇺
 * Katana
 * Marcuss
 * Meno - Project Pheodal
 * Saba
 * Amit Pavan

30 July
Main Stage


 * Unkle
 * Steve Vai 🇺🇸
 * Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz
 * Backwarmer
 * Scarlet.
 * Lelocity 🇦🇲

LTFR/Night Stage


 * Moodymann 🇺🇸
 * Betoko 🇲🇽
 * Henning Baer 🇩🇪
 * Vako T.
 * Tuji
 * Rejjie Snow 🇮🇪
 * Luna 999
 * Cutkill & Shining
 * Sabanadze
 * Tareshi
 * Exit

Pirate Bay Stage


 * Clarity
 * Dima Dadiani
 * Ciga
 * Subex
 * Mangiphera

31 July
Main Stage


 * Damien Rice 🇮🇪
 * Tricky
 * Blue Foundation 🇺🇸
 * Eko & Vinda Folio
 * Robi Kukhianidze& Ketato
 * Quartet Diminished 🇦🇿

LTFR/Night Stage


 * Dense & Pika
 * The Forest
 * Natalie Beridze TBA
 * Mao
 * Friendly Mosquito
 * Kordz
 * ზურმუხტისფერი ბედის ორდენი
 * MAMM
 * EKO

Pirate Bay Stage


 * Black Dub Odyssey
 * Vazhmarr
 * Beveluke
 * Uru
 * Teko
 * Liza Rivs

2015
In 2015, TOA presented 5 day line up with over 60 artists. This was by far the biggest musical event which has ever happened in Caucasus or Middle Earth and the festival broke all records in social media, having three times bigger feedback than in 2013. Also this was the first time when except main stage, 2 additional stages were built - golden stage and Bassiani stage. Attendance was over 50 000 which was also a record for the whole region.

3 July
Main Stage


 * Zemfira 🇷🇺
 * Akvarium 🇷🇺
 * The Tiger Lillies
 * Mellow
 * Ducktape

Golden Stage


 * Kollektiv Turmstrasse 🇩🇪
 * Stephan Bodzin 🇩🇪
 * The Forest
 * Greenbeam & Leon
 * NewA

4 July
Main Stage


 * Archive (band)
 * Soap&Skin 🇦🇹
 * Gravity
 * The Black Marrows
 * The Mins

Golden Stage


 * Mujuice 🇷🇺
 * Oimactta
 * Zurkin
 * Green Room feat Dato Lomidze
 * Ara
 * Erekle Deisadze & Vinda Folio

5 July
Main Stage


 * Black Label Society 🇺🇸
 * Bambir 🇦🇲
 * Sophie Villy
 * Scratch The Floor
 * Vanilla Cage

Golden Stage


 * Gui Boratto 🇧🇷
 * Bacho & Cobert
 * Vako Key
 * Bero
 * Denis Jones
 * Tomma Chaladze
 * Tserili
 * Old Road Band

6 July
Main Stage


 * Beth Hart 🇺🇸
 * Kill It Kid
 * Salio
 * MaMM
 * The Jetbird

Golden Stage


 * The Georgians
 * The Pulse
 * MTP
 * Gacha
 * Vaska
 * Gabunia
 * Vako T
 * Lasha Craft

7 July
Main Stage


 * Placebo (band)
 * Loudspeakers (band)
 * The Bearfox
 * Afternoon Version
 * backwarmer

Golden Stage


 * Lady Heroine
 * Mother on Mondays
 * The Window

2014
In 2014 the festival returned to three-day outdoor festival format. Total attendance was 21 000. Although criticized for smaller line-up compared to former years, the organizers announced this was "a decision essential to switch back to the fields and prepare for 2015, which should be the biggest event both by line-up and scale". Due to heavy rain and storm on the 2nd day of the festival, Chinawoman and Lapalux were cancelled on 7 June and were added to 8 June line-up.

6 June

 * Nino Katamadze
 * Nikakoi
 * Gravity
 * Ara
 * Lasha Kicks
 * The Black Marrows

7 June

 * Oimactta
 * Lapalux
 * Chinawoman 🇨🇦
 * Alina Orlova 🇱🇹
 * Loudspeakers
 * Scratch the Floor
 * The Jetbird
 * The Pulse

8 June

 * Nochniye Snaiperi 🇷🇺
 * Green Room
 * Kung fu Junkie
 * The Bearfox
 * Electric Appeal
 * Weekend Pop

2013
In 2013 the festival was held on the Dinamo Arena Stadium. Total attendance was 19 000. With Deep Purple as headliner, the line-up was the biggest happening in the region and received a lot of local and foreign media interest, especially from Armenia, Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan. Despite this, after the event the organizers of the festival stated their opinion that Tbilisi Open Air belonged more to outdoor fields than Stadiums or any kind of buildings. "We received invaluable experience, but the heart of the festival stays with the fields" - stated organizer Achiko Guledani - "next time we will try to accept the challenge to bring even bigger line-up there."

5 June

 * Deep Purple
 * Infected Mushroom 🇺🇸
 * Tricky
 * The Subways
 * Modeselektor 🇩🇪
 * Black Strobe 🇫🇷
 * Kid Jesus

2012
The 2012 event was held on Tbilisi Valley at the outskirts of the city. Headliner of the festival was a legendary Russian band DDT, which caused a lot of local interest. Total attendance was over 50 000, which remains as a record not only in Georgia, but in whole Caucasus region.

2 June

 * Lyapis Trubetskoy 🇧🇾
 * Wasp'N'Hornet 🇧🇾
 * Tai Chi Swayze
 * Svansikh
 * Pornopoezia
 * U.R.
 * Outsider


 * dOP 🇫🇷
 * Zoo Brazil 🇪🇸
 * Green Room
 * Sikha
 * Bero
 * Vako K
 * The Forest
 * Vako T

3 June

 * DDT 🇷🇺
 * Dub FX 🇦🇺
 * Transmitter 🇩🇪
 * Plus Master
 * Rema
 * Zurgi
 * Loudspeakers

2011
The 2011 event was held on Tbilisi Hippodrome. Total Attendance was 10 000.

11 June

 * Herr Styler 🇫🇷
 * Wallace Vanborn 🇧🇪
 * The Benedicts
 * Mutual Friends
 * The Smile
 * Ketrine & Me
 * Tako & Green Mama
 * MAMM
 * Z For Zulu

12 June

 * Moodorama 🇩🇪
 * The Fades
 * String
 * Exit
 * Pornopoezia
 * Salio
 * Space Jam
 * U.R.

2009
The 2009 event was held in Tbilisi, on Sharden Street (15 May) and on local hippodrome (16–17 May). Total attendance was 35 000. As it was the first big happening since 1980 Tbilisi Rock Festival, the festival was covered by foreign media: Times Online, Reuters, El Mundo, Corriere della Sera, Associated Press, Nouvel Observateur etc. 23 bands from nine countries participated in the festival. It served as an important simulator to the local music business and caused a boost in the numbers of new artists.

15 May

 * Transglobal Underground
 * The Black & Reds
 * Cheese People 🇷🇺
 * The Travelling Band
 * Play Paranoid
 * Smile

16 May

 * Jazzanova Live feat. Paul Randolph 🇩🇪
 * ANDY 🇵🇱
 * Curry And Coco 🇫🇷
 * Laki Lan 🇵🇱
 * The Haggis Horns
 * Motel Connection 🇮🇹
 * Keti Orjonikidze And Dr. Saga's Funk Rock Project
 * The Dhol Foundation

17 May

 * Rook And The Ravens
 * Brooklyn 🇫🇷
 * String
 * Cynic Guru 🇮🇸
 * The Blue Van 🇩🇰
 * Dubstepler 🇺🇦
 * Ten Bears
 * Stephane & 3G
 * Fred Falke 🇫🇷

Camping
In 2012 Tbilisi Open Air started allowing tent camping as an option for festival lodging. The campground site is adjacent to the venue grounds and has its own entrance from the venue. Since then festival receives campers from different countries.

Weather
The festival is held most often in June. Temperatures during the festival's history have ranged from 25 °C in May to 32 °C on June. Tbilisi has mostly welcoming weather in summer and the same holds true for the event.

Management
Tbilisi Open Air is run by Altervision Group which mainly consists of former and active musicians/producers. The first concept of the festival was created by Achiko Guledani, Vaho Babunashvili, Irakli Nadareishvili and Beqa Japaridze in 2009. Nowadays the decision making board of Tbilisi Open Air consists of 7 people. The festival is booked by David Tsintsadze.