One Caucasus

One Caucasus is an annual interdisciplinary international Festival and a long-term borderland program that first took a place in Georgia in 2014. The event is located in a region called Marneuli, at the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, in a small village called Tserakvi. Why Marneuli? The Caucasus suffers from many conflicts The region of Marneuli is a borderland of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and is known for being a place where many ethnic and religious groups have been living in peace for many years. It is unique in the Caucasus which continues to suffer from a range of conflicts and tensions. Our aim is, with the support of the local municipality, to create an inspirational & safe space to foster the meetings and collaboration of young people from the entire Caucasus region. What makes this Festival special? One Caucasus Festival brings together musicians, artists, architects, educators, and volunteers from all over the world. It is a festival of the next generation joint international music projects created by professional musicians from the Caucasus and beyond multifunctional One Caucasus Town co-created by architects, volunteers, and locals – packed with the program of various interdisciplinary activities visual arts program bringing prominent contemporary artists into the context of the life of local villages. A change-maker also to non-festival life new international music friendships between prominent musicians from the Caucasus and other regions of the world, starting an all-year Informal Educational Program for villages of Marneuli to support establishing the Marneuli citizen budget (first such program in the Caucasus) with people deciding on local budget spending. Festival made by people for people!