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Rustavkalakoba in Rustavi
Rustavkalakoba, the mid-September city day of the planned Soviet industrial city of Rustavi, combines folk, choreographic and orchestral concerts with exhibitions, movement theater and a dedicated beer festival component. Unlike Georgia's older towns, Rustavi draws on formal and contemporary performing arts rather than centuries of religious or agricultural tradition.
Rustavi is a planned Soviet industrial city built around steel and chemical manufacturing, and Rustavkalakoba, its mid-September city day, celebrates a much younger civic identity than the ancient towns and monasteries that anchor most of Georgia's other regional festivals.