Saint Petersburg Government Saint Petersburg Committee for Tourism Development The Unified Events Calendar 2018–2019 Dear friends! St. Petersburg is considered to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Each year millions of tourists from different countries come to enjoy our famous museums and theaters, the unique architectural appearance of the Northern capital, its special creative atmosphere. They know that the true Petersburg hospitality awaits them on the banks of the Neva. There are a lot of festivals, holidays and exciting competitions that take place in our city. Many of them have gained national and global fame — for instance, the festival of school graduates “The Scarlet Sails”, the opening and closing ceremonies of the fountain season in Peterhof, the musical show “Singing Bridges”, the festivals “The White Nights” and “All Together Opera”. In the summer of 2018, St. Petersburg hosted the FIFA World Cup. Thanks to the most prestigious football tournament, the city became famous as a world sports capital as well. In 2019, the diverse life of the metropolis will be no less intense. The residents and visitors of the city will find a lot of fascinating and useful information about it in the “St. Petersburg Calendar of events”. Welcome to St. Petersburg! Interim Governor of St. Petersburg A. D. Beglov Contents List of events 6–25 Top 20 27–38 Festivals and holidays of St. Petersburg 39–58 Exhibitions in St. Petersburg 59–70 St. Petersburg for kids 71–84 Business life in St. Petersburg 85–98 Sport life in St. Petersburg 99–108 City life 109–142 Seasonal event chart 143–174 VENUE AccessibiLITY AGE categoRY PAID ADMISSION Date to BE FURTHER DEFINED www.visit-petersburg.ru 6 7 TOP 20 41 Festival of Youth Creativity “ART HOUSE” OF EVENTS LIST 28 The “Street of Life” project, dedicated to the 75th Anniversary of the lifting of the siege 41 “Shumi, Maslenitsa!” festivities 41 Earth Hour of Leningrad List of events List of 28 Ice Breaker Festival 42 All-Russian Children’s Book Week in St. Petersburg 29 “DANCE OPEN” International Ballet Festival 42 “Wide Maslenitsa – 2019” Folk Festival 29 Festival of Light 42 “Navruz – 2019” Holiday 30 The Day of the Victory of the Soviet People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 42 Annual Nevsky Festival of Youth Projects 30 International Museum Night 2019 42 International Children’s Book Day 31 Saint Petersburg International Book Fair 42 XVI International Film Festival of Marine and Adventure Films “Sea is calling!” 31 City Day – Saint Petersburg Foundation Day 43 Easter Festival 32 “Classics at the Palace Square” Concert 43 Eco Week at the Open Room 32 The XXVII “Stars of the White Nights” International Festival – Mariinsky Theatre 43 Biblionight 2019 33 “Singing Bridges” Sound Show 43 Icebreaker Festival 33 The XXIII Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum 43 “DANCE OPEN” International Ballet Festival 34 XXX International marathon “The White Nights” 43 Petersburg competition of theater photographers and theatrical photos 34 “The Scarlet Sails” Festival “Theater in the lens” 35 Flower Festival 44 The III Inter-museum Festival “Lenin was here” 35 Saint Petersburg International Festival “All Together Opera” 44 Festival of Light 36 Navy Day 44 Spring and Labor Day 36 St. Petersburg Harley Days International Motofest 44 The holiday program dedicated to the Victory Day of the Soviet People in the Great Patriotic War 37 Autumn Fountain Show of 1941–1945 37 The VIII St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum 44 “Victory Orchestra” Festive Concerts 44 Retro cars passage of Great Patriotic war veterans along FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS OF St. PETERSBURG Nevsky prospekt 40 Saint Petersburg Annual Christmas Fair 45 The IX Interregional Festival of Youth Theaters “Apart-E – 2019” 40 Fire Festival 45 The 315th anniversary of Kronstadt foundation 40 Gala Concert of the Centralny District “Bethlehem Star” 45 International Museum Night 40 Chinese Culture Festival 45 Tulip Festival at Elagin ostrov 40 Media Arts Festival 45 St. Petersburg International Book Salon 40 Reconstruction of Military Battles 45 City contest of artistic word behalf of Olga Bergholz “We live in this city” 41 Science Festival 46 First International Transport Festival “SPbTransportFest” 41 Buddhist New Year “Sagaalgan – 2019” 46 City Day – Saint Petersburg Foundation Day 41 “Land of Kalevala” Ethno Festival 46 “Classics at the Palace Square” Gala 8 9 46 Concert of foreign citizens “Multifaceted Petersburg” 51 International Flower and Landscape Art Festival “Imperial Bouquet” OF EVENTS LIST 46 St. Petersburg Ball of Nationalities, dedicated to the City Day 52 Navy Day 46 St. Isaac’s Cathedral Music Festival 52 Peterhof City Day List of events List of 47 International environment campaign “Clean Beach” 52 Saint Petersburg River Carnival 47 Solemn Ceremony of Awarding the Laureates of the Government of Saint Petersburg 52 Udmurt National Holiday “Gerber – 2019” Awards 52 Baltic Yacht Week 47 Casting among creative youth in the framework of “Scarlet Sails” Festival 52 St. Petersburg Harley Days International Motofest 47 Festive concert of Vasily Gerello 53 National Flag Day 47 Spring Fontain Show 53 “Okhtafest” Youth Festival 47 Festival “The Word and Music to the Great City” 53 “Live Streets” City Festival 48 The XXVII “Stars of the White Nights” International Festival – Mariinsky Theatre 53 “ZHIVOY!” Non-profit Music Festival 48 Annual Ice Cream Festival 53 Dresden Ball 48 The XXVII All-Russian Filmfestival “Vivat, Russia’s Cinema!” 53 Festival of the Cossack Culture “Ataman Blade – 2019” 48 “Singing Bridges” Music Show 54 Great ecological family festival “EcoFest” 48 Summer Book Alleys at Malaya Konyushennaya ulitsa 54 Freshman Day 48 International Sport for All Festival “Have a Contact!” 54 St. Petersburg Nature Conservation Festival “Charm of the Neva” 49 St. Petersburg LIVE Festival dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Ilya Kormiltsev 54 Autumn Fountain Show 49 Environment Day – 2019 54 Saint Petersburg Industry Day 49 Youth Day 54 Lermontov Days in Saint Petersburg 49 Strelna Sparrow 55 “Dance Fresh” Dance Festival 49 “The Scarlet Sails” Festival 55 International Student Festival “Golden Autumn” 49 “White Nights for Everyone” Socio-cultural Festival 55 Craft Sloboda 50 Saint Petersburg National Cuisines Festival 55 The programme “Saint Petersburg and its citizens” 50 Chuvash Festival “Akatui – 2019” 55 The VI Autumn Music Marathon 50 Extreme Sports and Youth Subcultures Festival 55 Annual gala concert “We are together” 50 Flower Festival 56 The International Tourism and Sport Film Festival “Golden Summit” 50 International Brass Bands Festival 56 X National Cultures Festival 50 Open-air in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Moskovsky district of Saint Petersburg 56 XXIV international Ecological Films Festival “Green Vision” 51 National Holiday “Sabantuy – 2019” 56 International film festival of reels on children and young people “Galaxy 35 mm” 51 Music at the Neva 56 Festive ceremony of summarizing the results of the competition “Student of the Year” 51 Dostoevsky’ Day 56 Wheelchair Dancind Festival “Admiralteyskoye Tango” 51 Saint Petersburg “All Together Opera” International Festival 57 Ethno Festival “Spicy Mix’’ 51 International Street Theatres Festival “Elagin Park” 57 The festival-competition of visage art ‘’Make-Up Vision Fest’’ 10 11 57 Saint Petersburg Restaurant Festival 63 IPhEB Russia OF EVENTS LIST 57 Electro Dance Festival “Move&Prove International / 13th Anniversary” 63 Exhibition of Medical innovations. EMI – 2019 57 Saint Petersburg New Year Book Salon 63 Where do the pictures in books come from List of events List of 57 Governor’s New Year’s Student Ball 64 23th International Tourism Exhibition “Unlimited Vacation. OpenSpace 2019” 58 The Volunteer Day 64 Pushkin on Petersburg’s stage 58 Young Scientists and Specialists Assembly 64 Orthodox Russia 64 International Horse Exhibition “Hipposphere” EXHIBITIONS IN St. PETERSBURG 64 Saint Petersburg writers for the children 60 Red-Yellow-White: corals, amber, pearls and shells in the traditional culture 64 Petersburg in the lens of youth of Eurasian peoples 65 Gogol in the interior of the era 60 TAKS_Free 65 Exhibition of dramatic art history in Saint-Petersburg in 18th–21st centuries 60 “The Collection of Essays” confined to the 100th anniversary of Daniil Granin 65 Jubilee exhibition to the 100th anniversary of the Museum 60 The creative exhibition of the youth clubs of Vasileostrovsky district dedicated 65 International Open-air Exhibition “Glass and ceramics in the landscape” to 75th anniversary of lifting the Siege of Leningrad 65 Interactive Exhibition “By the roads of war” 60 Architecture of religious buildings of St. Petersburg in 18th–20th centuries: 65 Roles and destinies from barocco to modern 66 Students to the city 60 In a double ring of siege 66 Exhibition “World in the briefcase” 61 The exhibition project “The Train Arrival” 66 Miniature painting of the Russian icon 16th–19th century (from the collection 61 The secret paths of the State сultural-preserve museum “Kolomenskoye”) 61 International National Crafts Fair and Exhibition ‘’Nevsky larets’’ 66 Saint Isaac of Dalmatia. Iconography. Images 61 The exhibition “Human Resources. Management. Safety.” KUB 2019 66 Contemporary art exhibition to the day of Dostoevsky 61 The time of Alexander Volodin 66 The arrival of the train 61 The World of Shakespeare 67 Soviet military trains in World War II (1939–1945) 62 Samarsky gorodok 67 Bee hives trays: colorful world of the sacred and the mundane 62 Windows of ROSTa posters in the museum collection 67 Contemporary art exhibition in open space “Public Art” 62 To the 100th anniversary of the State Museum of Revolution. Cycle of exhibitions of one object. 67 Baron Munchausen – “The king of liars” People and Destiny 67 Moscow Seasons 62 Saint Petersburg Technical Fair (PTF) 67 Intermuseum exhibition “I won’t die all”... Prehistory. The beginning. 62 High Tech. Innovation. Investments Monferran 62 Triumph and tragedy of the scientist.