Kutaisi is preparing to host this year’s Gemo Fest food and drink festival on June 17-18, with local hosts set to present their customary dishes into street food for visitors. The event would be hosted in Veriko Anjaparidze Square in the downtown where local producers would prepare food.

The organisers will select 20 local hosts and help them remake their traditional dishes into a street food form. The products will be offered to guests at the food court, while those flocking to the event will also be invited to bars, wine and enterprise markets, zones for children, a photo booth, installations and music shows.

The inaugural edition of Gemo Fest had been held in 2022 in Ambrolauri, Racha, and the town of Mestia, Svaneti.