The spirit of jazz has taken over Lviv – and Tvoe Misto has created a newspaper to commemorate the occasion and to make it easy for you to find what’s playing when. You can find the paper at the Festival grounds, at cafés, at the sites of jam sessions and hotels.

During these fest days, the city welcomes some of the world’s best musicians to the festival grounds but especially during the late-night jam sessions you can see the city’s local talent shine. Our lead article tells the story of the LV Café, which has become the nexus of the Lviv’s creative jazz spirit: Not only are people playing great music but they’re talking and thinking about the meaning of music, life, democracy.

You can read the online version of the story of the LV Café here.

And we welcome you to share this image on social media, with the hashtag #musicoffreepeople. We hope to generate conversation about music, democracy, and how we live our lives together.

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