Tbilisoba as a celebration was first marked  on October 28, 1979 and since than it has became the tradition. At the weekend the meeting of the present and past occurs in the city and the old Tbilisi  is livened up once again. You will still meet Karachoghelis, water sellers  and Kintoes in the street.

The first established Tbilisoba was held in the renovated districts of the city in the form of the fancy dress carnival: Tbilisi noblemen and Kneinas dressed in the Georgian traditional dresses were looking out  from the balconies on the rafts  drifting on the Mtkvari.

Even at present as soon as the celebration is started the  phaetons appear in the streets, the sad rhymes of the arghani is sounded in the air and the songs by the ashughs takes us to the old Tbilisi as if  the inhabitants of the medieval centuries are brought to life.   

In Tbilisoba not only Tbilisi residents but also the population of the whole Georgia take part.

People  from the different  regions  of Georgia try to represent their part  and  arrange the fair  of the harvest. That’s why the second name for Tbilisoba is “Autumn celebration.”

Marking the  celebration day of the ancient city means itself the mixing with the past. And At the first Tbilisoba celebration the Georgian  folk plays  Kochaoba, Derby, Riktapela were presented.

Didube was considered to be the place for such game holding in the old Tbilisi and even today the Akaki garden is the meeting place for the Georgian wrestlers.

Annually as soon as  Tbilisoba celebration comes closer  lots of cultural and sport events are   planned, that  go further than   the exhibition and concert  halls , stadiums and come out in the streets. The celebration is always interesting ,the famous people from different spheres are granted the title of honorary citizens.

Regardless to the fact that Tbilisoba  is not thirty years old yet  it has became a fixed tradition, as for  Tbilisi residents  so for the guests the city turns into a different shape and Asia and Europe meet each other under the balcony of Darejani palace,at the foot of Metekhi, in Kala or in Isani. During the Tbilisoba days Tbilisi   acquires its previous old  colors and charm.