Valeriy Kharchyshyn's rock band celebrates 30 years of creative activity with a major Kyiv concert on 18 October 2026.
Druha Rika — one of Ukraine's leading rock bands, founded in 1996 — hosts the anniversary concert '30 Years' at the Kyiv Palace of Ukraine on 18 October 2026. This is the band's largest-ever solo concert in history — 4500 tickets sold out within a week. On stage — the full 1996 original lineup (4 of 5 musicians alive, including founders Valeriy Kharchyshyn, Oleksandr Baranovsky, Serhiy Hera), and a 4-member young part of the band that joined in 2018. The concert programme covers all 30 years of creativity and contains 22 songs over 2 hours 30 minutes: I. 'Beginnings 1996' (4 songs from the oldest albums); II. 'Classical Years 2000s' (7 songs from 'Made in...', 'Other', 'If' — the most famous albums); III. 'Maidan 2014' (3 songs from the block that sounded on Maidan); IV. 'War 2022+' (5 new songs from the latest 5th album 'Here and Now', 2024); V. 'Finale' (3 songs: 'I'll Go to Distant Mountains', 'I Won't Die', 'Druha Rika'). Special guests — Sviatoslav Vakarchuk (solo vocal on 'I Won't Die'), Taras Topolya (solo vocal on 'Ukraine'), Tina Karol (duet with Kharchyshyn on 'If You Weren't There'). Concert technical budget — 5.8 million UAH. The concert is recorded for the DVD 'Druha Rika 30: Live at Palace of Ukraine' (release 14 December 2026) and a documentary film on ICTV channel 'First Hromo: 30 Years with Druha Rika' (24 December 2026).
