Odessa is an ideal location for big events on culture and business topics. The main ones:

• Odessa International Film Festival: the most important cinema festival of Ukraine and Black Sea countries.
• Odessa Classics: a prestigious festival of classic music with international orchestras.
• Grain & Maritime Days: the most important event of shipping sector of the Black Sea.
• Odessa Shipowners Dinner: the most glamorous social event for logistic industry.
• Odessa Literature Festival: Odessa is the literature capital of Ukraine, with its local writers Babel, Il’f and Petrov, Jabotinsky, Zvanevsky and famous Russian authors (Pushkin, Kupryn).
• Green Wave Literature Festival:
• Ideas Festival: open debate with international speakers of new trends, organised by Aspen Institute.
• Jazz Festival.

Festivals, together with social happenings and expats meetings, show Odessa’s pleasant lifestyle.