SOFIA UNDERGROUND INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL 

22 - 25.04.2026​

FULL PROGRAM

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DAY I - 22.04 - OPENING DAY, DOZA GALLERY, TSAR SAMUIL 52, 18:00 

 

Group exhibition - TODAY MY DREAMS HAVE RUN AWAY

 

Video works:

Stefan Hristov (DE/BG)

Dan LI (CN)

Kalina Efremova (NL/BG)

Ildzhan Ismetov (BG)

 

Performances: 

Liu Xue (DE/CN)

Sancha Meca Castro & Inês Malheiro (PT)

 

POST-OPENING PARTY - ATELIETO “TSAR SAMUIL” 50, 21:00 

 

Live Sets: 

 

Stara Carcosa (FR)

mando (UK) 

Yves_O vs Data_Back (BG) 

 

DAY 2 - 23.04 FIGURA ART SPACE “KNYAZ BORIS I” 96 18:30

 

Group Exhibition: THIS WORLD HURTS

+ durational performance by Sandra Zanetti (UK)

 

Marco Lozov (BG)

Gerry Ivanova (BG)
Stavros Marinakis (GR)

Dan Li (CN)

Iskra Blagoeva (BG)

WarPaint (BG)

 

BOBBINA CULTURAL SPACE, TRIADITSA 5, 20:30

 

Performances:

Bogomil Bratoev (BG)

Smiljka Jovanović & Boris Kostić (RS)

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Live Sets:

Slowgazer (BG)

[W.o.D!] (BG)

 

DAY 3 - 24.04, OKI “KRASNO SELO” UNDERGROUND, 19:00

 

Main Hall Performances: 

Daniel Haas (AT)

Ildzhan Ismetov (BG)

Deej Fabyc (IE)

Marta Lodola (IT)

 

Off-Hall Performances: 

Emiliya Toncheva, Tatyana Yolinska & Operator 18 (BG)

Alissar Almaleh (SY/DE), Maya Antova - Mayoto & Lilyana Dvoryanova (BG)

Kasia Zarzycka (PL)

Kelvin Atmadibrata (ID)

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Works shown on 23 - 24.04:

 

Stoyan Petrov & Yana Goncheva (BG)

Diana Bunkin (BG)

Yuliia Shumilova (UA/BG)

Kris Metodieva (BG)

Mladen Yordanov (BG)

Ira RZ (BG)

Margarita Omar (LU/BG) & Bistra Velichkova (BG)

Kalina Koleva (BG)

Joana Ivanova (BG)

Yoana Zhecheva (BG)

Sveta Atanasova (BG)

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DAY 4 - 25.04, OKI “KRASNO SELO” UNDERGROUND, 18:00

Main Hall Performances:

 

Lyuba Maznova (BG)

Lauren Kelly (IE)

Helene Ridderberg (DK/NL)

Frances Mezzetti (IE)

 

Off-Hall Performances: 

Yanko Velkov - Yanec (BG)

Ivet Dimitrova (BG)

Lyllie Rouvière (FR) & Stella Geppert (DE)

Konstantin Dimitrov (BG)

Kelvin Atmadibrata (ID)

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It is becoming increasingly difficult to speak and act meaningfully in a world that is destroying and canibalising itself. We have decided that we do not want to pretend that change comes with a well-written festival text or complex concept. Structural changes require much more than grand conceptual gestures which are usually left hanging in the air, until it's time for the next one.

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Nevertheless, before everything falls apart, crumbling, below the feet of late stage techno-fascism, we will continue to push our agenda. This year, we are welcoming artists and projects that are ready to be honest with themselves and show us their disappointment, rage, sadness and melancholy coming from the current state of the world. 

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We have decided that we do not want to pretend that change comes with a well-written festival text or complex concept. Structural changes require much more than grand conceptual gestures, and a well put together show which are usually left hanging in the air, until it is time for the next one. We want to focus on a feeling of profound disappointment with the world we live in. This is something we have been experiencing for years now, and which we believe everyone feels and works through in their own way. ​

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Design by Diana Bunkin

Concept: Georgi Pavlov 

Text: Georgi Pavlov & Yovo Panchev