Albanian Sounds: two nights of stories and music in Vermosh

ALBANIAN SOUNDS
21-22 August 2026
Vermosh Centre, Vermosh (Albania)

We welcome you to Vermosh, where the sounds of the mountains meet the memories and stories of a land lived in from generation to generation. On 21st and 22nd August, GO2 and Rrok Academy bring together traces of Kelmend preserved in photographs, memories, cinematography, epic songs and music.

STORYTELLING NIGHT
21/08, 18:30h

“Kelmend, ever since it was photographed” – photographic exhibition by GO2Albania
“Heritage of the Mountains” – conversation with Eltjana Shkreli, architect, PhD Candidate
“A Life in Memories” – stories by Nosh Naçaj, rhapsodist
“Kelmend in the Colours of Kinostudio” – Cinematographic Palimpsest, 43’; Irhan Jubica, writer

MUSIC NIGHT
22/08, 18:30h

“Kelmend, ever since it was photographed” – photographic exhibition by GO2Albania
“Songs of the Frontier Warriors” – performed on the lahuta by Luigj Gjerkaj, rhapsodist
“Accordion, Classic, Junior, Jazz”

The event is organised by the Rrok Jakaj Cultural Organization in collaboration with GO2Albania, and is co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme.