GOGOLFEST is an annual Ukrainian multidisciplinary international festival of contemporary art, most of the events of which took place in Kyiv at the Museum Artistic Arsenal before 2010. The festival programme consists of five areas: theater, music, film, literature and visual art.

History

GOGOLFEST founded in 2007 on the private initiative of director and head of the "Dakh" Center for Contemporary Art, Vladislav Troitsky. The co-founder of the Festival and Chairman of the GOGOLFEST Board of Trustees is Evgeni Utkin

Evgeni Utkin

Evgeni Utkin was born in Donetsk, in the Rostov Region of Russia, in 1958.Education:1982 – graduated from Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering, majoring in micro processors and their systems....

, founder of the Kvazar Micro IT company.

Date	Place	Headliners	Audience	Features
September 7–14, 2007	"Artistic Arsenal"	CCA "DAKh", "Kyiv Soloists" Chamber Ensemble	10 000	Establishment in Ukraine of the first annual festival of contemporary art
May 7–25, 2008	"Artistic Arsenal"	composer V. Martynov, T. Hrindenko with "OPUS-POSTH" Ensemble, E. Gromov, Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble and St. Nikolsky Choir of the Tretyakov Gallery, "Volkov Trio", Alla Zagaykevych, St. Petersburg Engineering Theatre "AXE","LaboraToria", D. Ilyes Hungarian National Theatre (Beregovo), Studio "Sounddrama", "Kyiv Modern ballet"	50 000	GOGOLFEST works together with other festivals, including "Sheshory", "Land of Dreams", "Youth", "Open Night", "Step", "French Spring", "Jazz Koktebel", "Cathedral of Song" and others.
September 11–27, 2009	"Artistic Arsenal"	Performance of Dmitry Bogomazov's "Hamlet", tours of Perm "By the Bridge" Theatre, concert performance "Dreams of the lost road" with DakhaBrakha, concert from the organizers of the Moloko Music Fest (Adam Green's speech, Adanovsky, Tikkle Me Tikkle Me Tikkle Me is a Swedish band from Eskilstuna, which was formed in 2006 by Frida Herchenröther and Karin Taberman. The band is signed to the Skellefteå-based record label A West Side Fabrication...  and Sergei Babkin), electro-acoustic program from Alla Zagaykevych, performance from St. Petersburg band NOM, and a festival-closing show from the group "Picasso's Children".	120 000	Two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Gogol. For the first time, the Festival leaves the "Artistic Arsenal"
September 4–12, 2010	Dovzhenko Film Studios	Spanish Theatre La Fura Dels Baus La Fura dels Baus La Fura dels Baus is a Catalan theatrical group founded in 1979 in Barcelona, known for their urban theatre, use of unusual settings and blurring of the boundaries between audience and actor. "La Fura dels Baus" in Catalan means "vermin from the sewers".... , Fiinish duo Kimmo Pohjonen Kimmo Pohjonen Kimmo Pohjonen is a Finnish accordionist who is involved in a number of projects.- Uniko :Kluster meets Kronos Quartet in the Uniko project featuring music composed by Pohjonen and Samuli Kosminen, commissioned by Kronos. Concerts in Helsinki, Moscow and Molde Jazz Festival were major successes...  Kluster, Italian theatre of athletic dance Kataklo, ethnic ensemble from Tuva (Russia) Huun-Huur-Tu Huun-Huur-Tu Huun-Huur-Tu is a music group from Tuva, a Russian Federation republic situated on the Mongolian border.... , Russian chamber orchestra «Opus Posth.», Jazzsteppa Jazzsteppa Jazzsteppa is a live dubstep collective. Known as the first outfit to release and play live dubstep with acoustic instruments.They have released five releases including Taylor Rain/ Big Swing Sound, which received national radio play on BBC 1 by Gilles Peterson, Huw Stephens and Rob Da Bank.... , The Go! Team The Go! Team The Go! Team are a six-piece band from Brighton, England. They combine indie rock and garage rock with a mixture of blaxploitation and Bollywood soundtracks, double dutch chants, old school hip hop and distorted guitars similar to the style of Sonic Youth. Their songs are a mix of live...  from UK.	1 million viewers expected (for the televised opening)	In May, the festival also took place in Perm. In Kiev, for the first time, the Festival will be held at a location other than the "Artistic Arsenal".

GOGOLFEST 2010

In 2010, the festival is scheduled for 4–12 September. For the first time in its history, the Festival leaves the "Artistic Arsenal" for Kyiv's Dovzhenko Film Studios.

The plan for this year's Festival is to kick off events with a spectacular performance at Independence Square on September 4 of "Multiverse", a joint project of Ukraine's "Dakh" Theatre and the Spanish theatre "La Fura Dels Baus

La Fura dels Baus

La Fura dels Baus is a Catalan theatrical group founded in 1979 in Barcelona, known for their urban theatre, use of unusual settings and blurring of the boundaries between audience and actor. "La Fura dels Baus" in Catalan means "vermin from the sewers"....

", renowned for opening the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992.

The Festival will offer a theatre programme (in addition to the Ukrainian theatre showcase), music, visual arts, literature and film programmes, as well as master classes given by invited artists.