"Tbilisoba" is an annual Autumn holiday, that was first celebrated in 1979 on 28th of October. There was a little break in 1990's due to destabilization in the country, but it was soon restored in 1995 as a tradition. It is usually held on the last weekend of October. There are different events taking place in the old city as well as in the other central parts of the capital.
Back in the past, the whole city used to be a big market, a big trucks would be standing throughout the city, selling different kinds of goods from all different regions of Georgia, grapes, homemade cheese, wine, churchkhelas. The whole city smelled barbecue. Some competitions took place in sports, dances, or singing. Different performances of folklore representing Georgian as well as other ethnic minority traditions from all over Georgia.
(Representing Georgian Elite in early 1900's)
Nowadays, according to my observations, the holidays is a bit changed. More attention is being payed to cultural events and tradition rather than markets, though you can still eat some barbecue, ride a horse in the middle of the city, and buy a good homemade cheese from Imereti or Samegrelo.
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