After a police raid prompted mass protests, the defiantly queer nightclub became an emblem of a new, progressive Georgia. Its founders explain how they’re standing up to conservatism Lurking below the ...

Tbilisi-based nightclub Bassiani hosted a rally outside Georgian parliament on Monday, October 28, in protest of recent election results in the country. It took place amidst mass protests across ...

The founder of Tbilisi's largest nightclub – queer techno space Bassiani – tell Jasleen Dhindsa how it laid the foundations for a cultural revolution in Georgia. Naja Orashvili was only a child when ...

The doors to Bassiani will reopen today (May 23) following an investigation by the Georgian government that has seen the Tbilisi club shut since May 12, as RA reports. “The door is open, finally we ...

After a week of heavy peaceful protests over the closure of the nightclub Bassiani in Tbilisi, Georgia, the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has contacted the club today to let them know that ...

In the concrete maze that runs beneath Georgia's national football stadium, thumping music provides the pulse for hundreds of partygoers at Bassiani, the biggest techno club in Tbilisi. It's also the ...

Over the past few years, Tbilisi’s party scene has experienced a boom that has attracted attention from foreigners and locals alike. The wide range of venues on offer have made Georgia’s capital city ...

Georgia's fierce culture wars escalated over the weekend after a heavy-handed police raid on a nightclub was followed by a tense standoff between defenders of the capital’s lively, libertine nightlife ...

For its vibrant electronic music scene, Kyiv is frequently dubbed “the new Berlin.” And so is Tbilisi. There will be a spark, says the team of the world-famous Georgian club Bassiani, which is ...

HVL (a.k.a. Gigi Jikia) has had a profound influence on the sound that’s come to define Tbilisi nightclub Bassiani (previously covered by Electronic Beats here), as well as its resident queer party, ...