Tbilisi Open Air Weekender

Tbilisi Open Air has grown from a student gathering into the largest music festival in the Caucasus, drawing international headliners and the best of the Georgian scene to a hillside site above the city for three nights each June. This weekender handles the practical side — passes, late-night transfers, a well-located hotel — and fills the daylight hours with the city itself. Mornings start slowly; afternoons take in the balconied lanes of the old town, the antique sprawl of the Dry Bridge market, the studios and courtyards around Fabrika, and the brick domes of the Abanotubani sulphur baths for those who want to reset before the evening. Your host knows both the festival site and the city’s late hours, which bars stay open and which khinkali houses serve after two in the morning. The group stays small enough to move easily and large enough to feel like a festival crew.

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Your host

Mariam Janelidze

Tour Manager & Cultural Producer · Georgian, English, Italian, German

Mariam came to travel from the production side, having spent a decade managing festival logistics and artist programmes in Tbilisi and Batumi before turning to cultural itineraries. The result is a tour manager who treats a two-week programme the way a producer treats a season: timed precisely, rehearsed for failure points, and adjusted quietly before guests notice anything needed adjusting. She designs and leads the heritage and festival journeys, and her relationships across Georgia's music and museum worlds open doors that do not otherwise open.