July 17, 2026
152 million 319 thousand 400 drams, or about 415 thousand dollars. this is the amount of the grant that the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports allocated to the Public Television Company of Armenia CJSC for the organization of the “Festivar” festival.
The venues of the event are Talin city of Aragatsotn marz and Goris city of Syunik marz, July 18 and August 15.
The amount includes creative staff services, LED screen, lighting equipment, sound support, constructions, stage support services, including technical equipment transportation and service staff salary costs, providing special stage effects, advertising and printing, promotion organization services.
in 2025 from KGSMSN were informed About the allocation of more than 211 million drams from the RA government for the purpose of holding the “Festivar” festival.
in 2024 168․amthe wrote: the current authorities, on whose shoulders the state debt has almost doubled, have decided not to break the tradition and direct 180 million drams to the “Festival” cultural project. It was within the framework of this project that the Nikol Pashinyan-Anna Hakobyan couple went to Gyumri to participate in Tata’s concert.
in 2023 the event was held in Lori, Gegharkunik and Syunik marzes, and on the same days in Artsakh, more than 100 thousand Armenians were starving in the siege. The public television company received a grant of 179 million 954 thousand drams, about 467 thousand dollars, from the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia to implement the project.
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