In 2010, the March Music Days International Festival (Ruse/Bulgaria) is celebrating its 50th anniversary from 13 - 28 March. On 2 March 2010, the festival programme and schedule was officially presented by the Director of the Festival, Mrs. Iva Chavdarova, at a press conference at 11:00 in the Round Hall of Ruse Municipality. March Music Days International Festival in Ruse is one of the oldest and most reputed international festivals in Bulgaria. The festival, which was founded in 1961, has turned the biggest and lovely Bulgarian city along the Danube into one of the most attractive centres for European art in Bulgaria. Every year, with the first spring days the city of Ruse turns into a capital of music in Bulgaria, into a meeting point of artists from the world music stage. The full programme is available on the EFA website as well as on the festival website.