The National Palace of Culture (short NDK) is one of the major music venues in Sofia, Bulgaria. The main Hall 1 with its more than 3500 comfortable seats has hosted many famous performers and hit spectacles.
Below is a list of some of the events that have been held there.
Hall 1 Rock, pop and jazz performers Bands YearDateBandTour1998December 6 Uriah Heep & NazarethSonic Origami and Boogaloo albums support 1999March 19 Electric Light Orchestra II (ELO)June 25 ApocalypticaInquisition Symphony album support2000August 15 TotoMindfields Tour 2002June 11 B.T.R. with guest performer Glenn HughesThe Game album supportJuly 3 Dream TheaterWorld Tourbulence TourJuly 13 The Manhattan TransferThe Spirit of St. Louis album supportAugust 13 Smokie 2003September 12 PlaceboSleeping with Ghosts album supportOctober 11 MolokoStatues album support2004May 29 Jethro TullThe Jethro Tull Christmas Album support 2006September 18 Level 42Retroglide album supportSeptember 23 ChambaoOctober 24LubehNovember 13Earth, Wind & FireIllumination album support2007April 17 Blackmore's NightThe Village Lanterne album support 2008June 23KansasPlaylist: The Very Best of Kansas album supportOctober 3Thin LizzyDecember 4Signalanniversary showDecember 12Shturcite2009March 22 AsiaPhoenix album support 2010March 10Mashina VremeniDecember 13FSB 2011May 14 OmegaJune 20 Metal Katehizis.com 2011Kansas2012October 18Status Quo
Solo artists YearDateArtistTour1993 James Brown1994 Joe Cocker1995 Georgi Minchev 1996May 19 StingMercury Falling TourOctober 21 John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucía & Al Di Meola2000April 16 Steve Vai & Eric SardinasThe Ultra Zone album support2001May 21 Yngwie MalmsteenWar to End All Wars album support2002July 1 Joe SatrianiStrange Beautiful Tour2004October 18 Jerry Lee Lewis 2005October 5 FishReturn to Childhood, 20th Anniversary TourNovember 16 Steve Vai & Eric SardinasEuropean Tour - Real Illusions: Reflections album support2006October 28 Al Di MeolaConsequence of Chaos album support 2007July 23Chuck BerrySeptember 8Gary MooreOld New Ballads Blues album supportSeptember 28 Glenn HughesMusic for the Divine album supportOctober 25Robin GibbNovember 6Chick Corea & Béla FleckThe Enchantment album support 2008June 11 Mark KnopflerKill to Get Crimson TourJuly 21Bobby McFerrin 2009February 22James BluntJune 30Michael BoltonSeptember 9Macy GrayOctober 6Lili IvanovaOctober 14 Todor Koleva gala concertOctober 28 Sylvie VartanTournée d'automne 2010March 4Alla PugachevaJune 3 2.Bob Dylan - Gigs lists 2010 Bob DylanEurope Summer TourOctober 30Jon LordConcerto for Group and Orchestra 2011April 11MarizaNovember 4Paul Anka 2012May 30ZazOctober 31 Steve Vai 2013March 22Chris NormanMarch 30 Tarja Turunen gigs 2013 Tarja TurunenBeauty and the Beat World TourApril 29 Mark KnopflerPrivateering Tour
Classical music performers and other spectacles YearDateArtistNotes2000September 16 Montserrat Caballé2006May 21 Andrea Bocelli2007June 23Wadaiko Yamato2009June 15 Nigel Kennedy 2010April 11Wadaiko YamatoApril 14 Richard Clayderman2011November 2Lord of the Dance musical2012December 10 José Carreras
References
External links Official website