RA government to allocate AMD 179 mln for Varchafest 2026 festival 

ArmInfo.  The Armenian government will allocate 179 million drams to organize and hold the "Varchafest 2026" competition and festival. The decision was made at  a Cabinet meeting on July 30.

As RA Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports Zhanna  Andreasyan noted in her speech, the goal of the event is to  decentralize the country's cultural life, identify and encourage the  activities of youth musical groups, promote the development of live  music, create new opportunities for creative collaboration and  professional growth, and establish an annual traditional cultural  event that will enrich Armenia's musical festival scene and  diversity. The music competition and festival aims to create a  competitive creative platform for young musicians, promote the  development of original music, popularize live performance, and  disseminate contemporary musical culture. It will also foster  collaboration, exchange of experience, and the formation of new  creative connections between music industry professionals, creative  groups, producers, and cultural organizations.

To organize the festival, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture  and Sports sent out a call for proposals to 5 organizations that have  collaborated with the Ministry in recent years to carry out  large-scale state and governmental cultural events. Of these, 2  organizations have submitted their responses. Based on the submitted  proposals, a presentation was organized to evaluate the participants'  professional skills, conceptual proposals, organizational approaches,  and vision for implementing the event. Following the presentation,  Gravity Production LLC was selected, as its proposal most closely  aligned with the goals, content, and organizational requirements of  the festival. This company will be responsible for organizing and  conducting the event.