Kettik!
This week’s guide
The last week of 2025! Everyone is frantically buying gifts, stocking up on peas, rushing to reserve spots for corporate parties, grabbing the last rolls of wrapping paper, and most importantly, summing up the year and setting goals for the next one! So you don't get swept away by all the hustle and bustle, we present you with a special New Year's cettik, featuring fairs, themed parties, favorite New Year's tales, and unique exhibitions!
Thursday
COMMUNITY
The play "12 Months"
The classic New Year's fairy tale by Samuil Marshak, beloved by children for over 80 years. The magical and instructive story tells of kindness, justice, and caring for nature. The production by honored artist of Uzbekistan Shamut Yusupov is created for the youngest viewers, but adults will also find something to reflect on—the symbolism of the 12 months is revealed in a new way.
Uzbek National Puppet Theater
from 44,000 to 66,000 sums
ART
Exhibition "Window of Identity"
An exhibition by Isomiddin Eshonkulov and Khurshed Khalilov opens at the Ilkhom Theater — a project about how identity is formed at the boundary between the external and the internal. Two artistic languages, two perspectives on space, light, and the inner world of a person.
Ilkhom Theatre
Friday
COMMUNITY
Teplo Winter Fest
Winter festival for the whole family A rich program of the festival everyone has already come to love. A warm atmosphere, a fair, entertainment for children and adults, and a true New Year’s spirit—everything we love about winter festivals. • adults — 60,000 soums • children under 12 years old — 30,000 sums • for children under 3 years old — free of charge
UzExpoCenter
MUSIC
Concert of organ and vocal music
A program inspired by Christmas classics will be performed at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan. Organ and vocals will unite in works by European composers, Christmas hymns, and festive cantatas. Tickets: from 220,000 to 275,000 soums.
State Conservatory of Uzbekistan
Saturday
THEATRE
CLINC! Soap Bubble Theater
The legendary Peppa Bu show, created in collaboration with the production team of the Spanish amusement park PortAventura, is coming to Tashkent. CLINC! is more than just an attraction. Like “Slava Polunin’s Snow Show” once did, it turns a performance into true art: touching, visually perfect, and leaving a strong emotional aftertaste.
Palace of Culture of Railway Workers
from 150,000 soums
Sunday
COMMUNITY
"The Nutcracker"
Moscow Academic Theatre "Russian Ballet" This performance is a promise of a Christmas miracle and a journey into a world where fairy tales are still part of real life. A story of first feelings, magic, and hope staged by People's Artist of the USSR Vyacheslav Gordeev. A live orchestra makes this evening truly unforgettable—the perfect final chord of the departing year.
Palace of "Friendship of Peoples"
from 30,000 sums
MUSIC
Party in the style of an Uzbek to’y
Loud, beautiful, and family-like — a party inspired by an Uzbek wedding, but in a modern urban format. Pop-up brands in the form of a bazaar, bar, food, music, and the right mood. From 15:00 — opening and pop-up bazaar: stylish clothing from Kazakhstan, postcards and posters by Timur Karpov, vinyl records by Anvar Alandarov, accessories by Ley Accessories, candles in vintage dishes by Ish latish, New Year’s preserves by Joydaman. Music: from 16:00 — Densk, Timur Karpov, Danila, Pavel Skripin, from 21:00 — Alexey Polyakov. Dress code: stylish, with the addition of Uzbek elements — to set the tone for the evening and become part of the atmosphere. Entrance: free.
Joydaman bar
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