Upcoming: Rock-Metal Festival in Nicosia

Rock-Metal Festival in Nicosia

There will be a Rock-Metal Festival in Nicosia’s club “Red” on the 2nd of May, 2005. The program will start with hard rock and will end with death metal. The total of four bands will play – X-Element (starts at 21:30), Aeon (starts at 22:15, this is Andrey’s band with the new name), Crest Fallen (starts at 23:20), and Blood Harvest (starts at 00:00). The tickets are cheap – 4 CYP only for more than 3 hours of music.

Andrey Shvachko kindly lets everyone know that his band will perform a couple of their own songs as well as compositions by such grandmasters as Metallica, Pantera, Megadeth, Rage Against the Machine, Soundgarden, Deep Purple, Radiohead, Limp Bizkit, Slayer and Aria (classic Russian grandmaster).

I myself won’t be able to make it, since I’ll be resting from major rocking and rolling at KSP, but I seriously encourage everyone else to go. If anyone knows how to find the “Red” club, please post via comments. Otherwise, Andrey will blog it later and I will repost and translate.

Update: Andrey made it all really easy for everyone and uploaded the map. He also provided the description in Russian here. The rough translation:

if you coming from Limassol, enter Nicosia from the highway and go straight until you come to the traffic light with Ermes (ex-Woolworth) supermarket, which is marked with the red dot on the map. Turn a bit to the right, to have the supermarket on your left hand side and go straight until the T-junction. Turn left, and go until the first traffic light, where you should turn right. Pass the round about with the fontain and drive straight to the downtown. Go straight until you see SAKKIS SNACK on of the junctions and small square around the turn. If there will be any parking place on the square, leave your car there, otherwise follow the signs for the municipal parking. Walk to the further left corner of the square, where you’ll the sign RED at the beginning of the street.

Subaru team at Chesters bar

Sometimes I wish there was some more information in emails I get. Here is one I received today:

Get the most of “Cyprus Rally 2005” at Chesters
On April 22nd & May 7th take the chance to experience the thrill of driving the SUBARU IMPREZA WRX.
Meet the SUBARU team at Chesters on May 15th.

Chesters Bar website doesn’t have any additional information either.

Prepare yourself for Kakomalis 2005

There are many names for the same event – Kakomalis 2005, KSP, Amateur Song Festival. Call it whatever name you want, but it still means the same thing. I am talking about a song festival which happens twice a year in Kakomalis, Cyprus. Roughly a 24-hour non-stop music show where everyone and anyone can participate.

The next festival will happen at the same place (map here) on the 1st of May 2005. Most of the information about it is in Russian, so you’ll have to ask for other languages separately. If you read Russian, than check the official website of the event, as well as this discussion at RussianCyprus Forum.

There’ll be all the usual stuff with lots and lots of music, food, games, and sporting activites. New addition this year is the photo exhibition. Once again – anyone can participate.

Get ready for Cyprus Rally 2005

Cyprus Rally is still a part of World Rally Championship. This year the event will start on 13th of May and will be held for the usual 3 days, finishing on 15th of May. Note that the opening ceremony will be on the 12th of May.The Official Site of Cyprus Rally 2005 already has all the announcements and the initial information. Make sure to read the Rally Guide, which is available in both PDF and MS Word formats. Stage maps and contestants’ entry list are still missing. Hoepfully they will be published later. Prices hasn’t changed since last year. One stage access is still 1 CYP, while the Rally Pass which gives access to all stages as well as Service Park is 15 CYP.

Cyprus Independence Day

Today Cyprus celebrates a national holiday – The Independence Day. It is 45 years since British ended the colonial ruling of
the island. If you wish to learn more about the history of Cyprus here is a good place to start. Before the British, Cyprus has been ruled or dominated by Ottomans, Venetians, Byzantinians, Greeks, Hittites, and probably somebody else.