On filing a claim regarding holding a festival in the Cafesjian Sculpture Garden
The "Mrro Armenian National Art Center" NGO is organizing the annual "Gutan" Armenian Traditional Song and Dance Festival, dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Gagik Ginosyan. The festival will take place in the Cafesjian Sculpture Garden on August 22, 2026, from 18:00 to 23:00. Participation is free. The purpose of the festival is to preserve, disseminate, and popularize traditional song and dance.
The occasion
- Date
- 22 August 2026, 18:00 – 23:00
- Place
- Gafesjian Sculpture Garden
- Subject
- "Gutan" annual festival of traditional Armenian song and dance, dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Gagik Ginosyan
- How to take part
- it is free, no ticket sales are planned
Full text
RA Mayor of Yerevan
Mr. Tigran Avinyan
Dear Mr. Avinyan,
This year, the "Mrro Armenian National Art Center" NGO will once again hold the annual "Gutan" Armenian traditional song and dance festival, dedicated to Gagik Ginosyan's 60th anniversary.
This year, as in previous years, the festival is planned to be held in the Cafesjian Sculpture Garden on August 22 of this year, in an open-air format.
Participation is free, no ticket sales are planned.
The purpose of the festival is to preserve, disseminate, and popularize traditional song and dance, making it recognizable to tourists visiting Armenia, turning the capital Yerevan into a celebration of ethnographic song and dance on that day.
Dear Mr. Avinyan,
We kindly request your permission for it to take place again this year in the Cafesjian Sculpture Garden on August 22, from 18:00 to 23:00.
Attached, we present to you the permission granted by the Cafesjian Sculpture Garden, as well as a photograph of the planned stage. The latter reflects the appearance of the stage planned for the festival, which corresponds to the stage used last year and is planned to be reproduced without changes.
President of "Mrro Armenian National Art Center" NGO,
RA Honored Artist: Arsen Grigoryan