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AdvertisingThis year St. Petersburg celebrates the 315th anniversary of its founding. The main celebrations are planned for the weekend of May 26 and 27. According to legend, exactly 315 years ago, Peter the Great stamped his foot and ordered the construction of a city in the Neva delta. Many were hostile to his idea and did not believe that it would be possible to open a window to Europe on the marshy lands near the Gulf of Finland. But the emperor proved the opposite, and for several centuries St. Petersburg has delighted millions of people from all over the world.
For several days, St. Petersburg residents and guests of the Northern capital will be able to attend festive events in the historical center of the city, which will take place in the best theater and concert halls, on the streets, in parks and squares.
City Day of St. Petersburg 2018 May 26: event plan
Festival "Motostolitsa"
The second international festival “Motostolitsa” will be held from May 25 to 27 on Manezhnaya Square. It brings together motorcyclists of all genres, representatives of club motorcycle culture, guests of the Northern capital and ordinary citizens who are in love with motorcycles.
As part of the festival, spectators will see performances, a grand parade of retro technology and a unique attraction “Ball of Courage”. For the first time this year, the music and dance battle StreetDance and the RHCcustom-rally “Russian Sotka” engine show will be held.
Where: Manezhnaya Square
Ice cream festival
One of the central squares of the city will turn into a large sports and entertainment ice cream park. The festival will include a sports competition, a festive concert and entertainment program, in which vocal and dance groups, as well as circus performers, will take part. A special interactive program will be organized for children.
Where: Ostrovsky Square
"Classics on Dvortsovaya"
The gala concert “Classics on Dvortsovaya” has become an integral part of the City Day celebrations; the show annually surprises guests with its uniqueness. This year it will be held for the sixth time.
Famous representatives of the Russian opera school will perform on the stage near the Winter Palace. Those who come to Palace Square will be able to enjoy the grandeur of classical works, the charm of ancient Neapolitan songs and famous operettas.
Where: Palace Square
"Singing Bridges"
Half an hour before midnight, a light and music performance accompanied by a symphony orchestra will begin on Admiralteyskaya Embankment. The musicians will perform popular and beloved melodies by St. Petersburg and Leningrad composers.
Where: Admiralteyskaya Embankment, Palace Bridge, Neva Water Area
Rope walker performance
A tightrope walker will walk over the open spans of the Palace Bridge
This time, the “Singing Bridges” show program will not be limited to just the opening of the crossing. Rasul Abakarov, a famous hereditary tightrope walker, a representative of the family of Dagestan tightrope walkers, will walk on a tightrope across the raised Palace Bridge. The artist's performance will be accompanied by live classical music.
Where: Palace Bridge
Laying flowers to the Bronze Horseman
From year to year, the official part of the holiday remains unchanged. The ceremony of laying flowers at the Bronze Horseman, installed on Senate Square, will begin at 10:00. The event is attended by the city's top officials and an honor guard.
Where: Senate Square
Concert in the Peter and Paul Fortress
At 12:00 a ceremonial shot will be fired from the bastion of the Peter and Paul Fortress. He will symbolically open the holiday, which will take place on the territory of Hare Island.
A costume show dedicated to the history of St. Petersburg will take place on stage. He will be followed by Igor Kornelyuk and Tatyana Bulanova, and the headliners of the concert will be Irakli, the Pizza group and the disco tribe IOWA.
Where: Peter and Paul Fortress
Great bike parade
Several thousand St. Petersburg residents and city guests will take part in the large-scale bicycle parade. At the finish line, cyclists will enjoy interactive entertainment and children's competitions.
The event will include a bicycle market and an exhibition of retro and custom bicycles. Free bicycle workshops, test drives of unusual bicycles, and outdoor games will be organized for guests.
Where: from the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall to the 300th Anniversary Park
Ball of Nationalities
The Ball of Nationalities annually confirms the status of St. Petersburg as the multinational capital of Russia. The festive event will begin with the Parade of Nationalities along Nevsky Prospekt. A theatrical program will unfold in the waters of the Neva with the participation of representatives of various national diasporas.
The program includes folk dancing, displays of clothing collections, arts and crafts, playing musical instruments, as well as master classes on national crafts.
Carnival procession of the circus arts festival
The Circus on Fontanka told about the route of elephants that will take to the streets on St. Petersburg’s birthday
The largest circus arts festival will take place from May 24 to 27. Circus performers from 20 countries will demonstrate their amazing performances: Russia, China, North Korea, Germany, Italy, Norway and other parts of the world.
Famous circus performers, trained animals, including the famous circus elephants, will take part in the carnival procession through the city center on May 27.
Where: Embankment of the Fontanka River near Belinsky Square - Nevsky Prospekt
Parade of drummers and brass bands
The most titled groups and orchestras of drummers, percussionists and majorette orchestras from 40 Russian regions will show their capabilities on the main street of St. Petersburg.
At the end of the show parade, a new record will be set in the category “The most massive simultaneous performance of percussion instruments in Russia.” The musicians will simultaneously play a composition that was specially written for this festive event.
In addition, at the end of the parade, participants and spectators will create a live hashtag #315SPb in a large-scale festive flash mob.
Where: Ostrovsky Square - Nevsky Prospekt
Descent of the battleship "Poltava"
A replica of the battleship Poltava will be ceremoniously launched at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. Admission is by ticket, the number of spectator seats is limited, but an online broadcast will be organized on the websites of the yacht club and the historical Poltava shipyard.
The ship "Poltava" is the first battleship of the Baltic Fleet. The ship was named in honor of the victory of Russian troops in the Battle of Poltava. Poltava was built at the Admiralty shipyards and launched in June 1712. Peter I personally took part in the design and construction of the ship. Construction of a replica of the battleship Poltava began in 2013.
Where: st. Beregovaya 19A
"Leningrad Songs"
The “Leningrad Songs” concert at the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall is also timed to coincide with City Day. Mikhail Boyarsky, Vasily Gerello, Methodie Buzhor, Irina Bogacheva, Svetlana Kryuchkova, VIA “Singing Guitars”, Igor Kornelyuk, Edita Piekha, Oleg Gazmanov, Alexander Rosenbaum and others will appear on stage.
Where: Oktyabrsky Concert Hall
Festive fireworks
At the end of the City Day celebrations, the sky over the historical center of St. Petersburg will be lit up with colorful fireworks. The launch site will be the beach of the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Where: Peter and Paul Fortress beach
The most significant events - the "Classics on Palace Square" concert, the "Singing Bridges" show, the ceremony at the monument to Peter I, the "Leningrad Songs" concert and the festive fireworks - will be shown live on the St. Petersburg TV channel.
City Day of St. Petersburg 2018 May 26: On City Day, elephants will walk through the center of St. Petersburg
The costume parade will begin at 12:00.
On Sunday, May 27, a circus parade will take place in St. Petersburg. Its participants, together with elephants, will walk along the central streets of St. Petersburg. This was reported by the press service of the Ciniselli Circus.
Four female elephants will take part in the parade. The costume procession starts at 12:00 from the Ciniselli Circus building on Fontanka. The column will pass along the Belinsky Bridge, the embankment of the Fontanka River, along Nevsky Prospect to Mikhailovskaya Street, and then through Arts Square will return to the circus building.
The parade will conclude the 1st International Festival of Circus Arts “On the Fontanka”. It will take place from May 24 to 27, 2018. The festival is timed to coincide with City Day and the anniversary, 140th season of the circus. Creative groups from Russia, China, North Korea, Ukraine, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, and Turkmenistan will perform at the arena.
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On May 27 at 21:00 on Palace Square there will be a grand open-air “Classics on Palace Square”, a classical music concert dedicated to the Birthday of St. Petersburg.
A real celebration of classical art, held on Palace Square in honor of City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg, over the course of several years it has turned into a vibrant cultural brand that attracts the attention of not only St. Petersburg residents, but also Russian and foreign tourists. The audience of the “Classics on Dvortsovaya” show is growing every year, and this year the public concert of world opera and choreography is expected to again attract over half a million spectators.
The program of the show, which has never been repeated in five years, promises to be special this time too: soloists of the leading opera stages of the world - La Scala, Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera, Paris and Vienna Opera, including representatives of the national opera school, will perform exquisite classical works, ancient Neapolitan songs, fragments from famous operettas. Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Strauss, Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Lehar, Kalman - the works of these and other geniuses of classical art will be performed accompanied by the Mikhailovsky Theater Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Tatarnikov, as well as one of the best youth choirs of the city. The unchanging principle of “Classics on Dvortsovaya” is only live music and live sound.
The list of performers for the upcoming season includes: one of the best tenors of our time, Marcelo Alvarez; a star in demand by leading opera houses, the inimitable soprano and the face of popular world brands Sonya Yoncheva; exquisite beauty, American opera diva, lyric soprano Danielle De Niese; an incendiary and bright performer with a worldwide reputation, guest soloist of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theaters Veronika Dzhioeva; deep velvet baritone Andrey Bondarenko; soloist of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia, tenor Alexei Tatarintsev, unique in technique and beauty of sound; soloists of the Mariinsky Theater - melodic, expressive tenor Sergei Skorokhodov and deep, regal mezzo-soprano Yulia Matochkina.
This year, “Classics on Dvortsovaya” will surprise you with even greater entertainment. The idea of turning each performance into a mini-performance - with luxurious costumes, full-fledged drama and artistic atmosphere - will be enhanced by bright scenographic solutions. Five large LED video screens will be installed on Palace Square for spectators.
In total, over 200 square meters of video projection canvas will be used to create visual art effects in the square and on the stage.
As a gift to connoisseurs of ballet art, the program of the classical evening includes fragments from choreographic masterpieces performed by famous artists. The evening will be given a special, truly St. Petersburg atmosphere by performances by artists from the Wandering Puppets Theater of Mister Pejot.
The dance part of the show will be performed by the corps de ballet of the St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theater named after Leonid Yakobson
The project was implemented by order of the Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg.
There were never so many people in St. Petersburg even at the World Cup matches.
According to official data, the Leningrad concert at the St. Petersburg football arena was attended by 65,110 people. Stadium concerts in Russia have never attracted so many crowds.
Previously, the top 5 was like this:
Metallica, Luzhniki, July 18, 2007. 62,000 people.
U2, Luzhniki, August 25, 2010. 60,000 people.
imagine Dragons, Luzhniki, August 29, 2018. 55,000 people.
"Leningrad", "Opening Arena", July 13, 2017. 47,000 people.
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Luzhniki, July 22, 2012. About 40,000 - 50,000 people (data vary).
We did not include in the rating the concert Michael Jackson gave at Luzhniki on September 15, 1993, since it is now difficult to estimate how many people were actually there. For example, Kommersant (issue dated September 17, 1993) writes: “80 thousand spectators waited in the open air for the appearance of the idol.” “Novye Izvestia” gives completely different data - that 30 thousand tickets were not sold, that the stadium was practically empty due to terrible weather, but in the end about 60 thousand people still gathered. You can also find information online that 50 thousand tickets were sold for Jackson’s concert.
At the opening ceremonies of the FIFA World Cup and the 2014 Olympics in Luzhniki (78,011 spectators) and Fisht (40,000 spectators), respectively, artists also performed, but they should not be taken into account - these are sporting events. Even in Luzhniki, rallies and concerts were held - for example, on November 4, 2017. It was reported that 130 thousand people came to the rally-concert then. But this should be regarded as more of a political than a musical event.
If we take into account non-stadium concerts, then, for example, the rock festival “Invasion” in 2001 was attended by over 100 thousand people. 120 thousand people attended the DDT concert on Palace Square in 1993. True, entry to it was free.
The most well-attended concert in Russia took place on September 6, 1997, when the 850th anniversary of Moscow was celebrated. Jean-Michel Jarre put on a show on Sparrow Hills that was watched by the whole of Moscow. Wikipedia shows an astonishing figure - 3.5 million people! It may be an exaggeration, but witnesses say: there were an incredibly large number of people.
There were big concerts during the USSR too. Not just big - grandiose!
On September 28, 1991, the legendary concert “Monsters of Rock in Moscow” attracted a gigantic audience. The information varies: somewhere they write about 400 thousand, somewhere (for example, in the English-language Wikipedia) - about one and a half million people. The cult bands performed were Pantera, Metallica, AC/DC.
On August 12 and 13, 1989, the Moscow Music Peace Festival was held at Luzhniki. Over two days, 180 thousand people visited it. Very powerful rock stars arrived - Ozzy Osbourne, Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, Skid Row, Scorpions, Cinderella.
On June 24, 1990, a concert of the Kino group took place at Luzhniki. About 70 thousand people visited it. That is, this is the most attended solo concert in the history of our country. It was the last for Kino - on August 15, 1990, Viktor Tsoi died in a car accident.
It will open with a ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to Peter the Great on Senate Square. The ceremony starts at 10.00. Nevsky Prospekt, Ostrovsky Square and Palace Square will be the venues for the main events of the holiday. The Annual Ice Cream Festival will take place on Ostrovsky Square, which will start at 11.00 and last until 21.00. A grand procession in carnival costumes will take place on Nevsky. The festival will close with a festive concert, which will take place at 21.00 on Palace Square. Full program of events planned for May 27:
“Legends of the Norwegian Vikings” festival as part of the City Day - the Foundation Day of St. Petersburg according to a separate plan Hare Island, Kronverkskaya embankment.
26.05 - 28.05.2017
“Creators of St. Petersburg” lecture on the work of M. K. Anikushin, dedicated to City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “State Museum of Urban Sculpture” branch “M. K. Anikushin’s Workshop” Vyazemsky per., 8 05.27.2017
Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg
The solemn ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to Peter the Great as part of the City Day - the Foundation Day of St. Petersburg Senate Square
05.27.2017 10.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg
Live television broadcast of the ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to Peter I on Senate Square TV channel “LIFENEWS 78” Senate Square
05/27/2017 10.00 Committee on Press and Interaction with the Media
“Optimists of the northern capital - Gazprom Cup” All-Russian sailing competitions in the “Optimist” yacht class, dedicated to the City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg Yacht club “Hercules” village. Lakhta, st. Beregovaya, 19 05.27 - 05.28.2017 10.00 Committee on Physical Culture and Sports
“Salt Town - City of Masters” XXI International City Arts Festival dedicated to City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg Solyanoy Lane
05/27/2017 11.00 - 18.00 St. Petersburg State Academy of Arts and Industry named after A. L. Stieglitz
Ceremony and meeting dedicated to the City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg Concert of choral music performed by the Concert Choir of St. Petersburg under the direction of Honored Artist of Russia V. Begletsov Peter and Paul Fortress, Sovereign Bastion, at the Foundation Stone Laying flowers at the grave of the founder of St. Petersburg, Emperor Peter the Great St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution "State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg" Peter and Paul Fortress
05.27.2017 11.00 - 12.30 Public Chamber of St. Petersburg Committee on Youth Policy and Interaction with Public Organizations
Annual Ice Cream Festival Ostrovsky Square, 2 05/27/2017 11.00 - 21.00 Committee for the Development of Entrepreneurship and the Consumer Market of St. Petersburg
The solemn ceremony of the midday shot in honor of the City Day - the Foundation Day of St. Petersburg Peter and Paul Fortress, Naryshkin Bastion
05.27.2017 12.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg
“Sea Capital” festival dedicated to City Day - the Foundation Day of St. Petersburg GBNOU “Academy of Talents” emb. Malaya Nevka River, 1 05/27/2017 12.00 Education Committee
“Lilac Promenade in Pavlovsky Park” holiday - a walk dedicated to City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “Pavlovsk State Museum-Reserve” Pavlovsk, st. Sadovaya, 20 27.05 - 28.05.2017 12.00 - 18.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg
International festival of non-mass sports Park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg
05/27/2017 12.00 - 21.00 Committee on Youth Policy and Interaction with Public Organizations
"St. Petersburg Ball of Nationalities" a festive event dedicated to City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg Spit of Vasilyevsky Island
05.27.2017 13.00 - 17.00 Committee on Interethnic Relations and Implementation of Migration Policy in St. Petersburg
“City Day - Founding Day of St. Petersburg” concert by students and teachers of the children’s art school on Petrogradskaya St. Petersburg State Budgetary Educational Institution of Children’s Education “St. Petersburg Children’s Art School on Petrogradskaya” Andrey Petrov Square, Kamennoostrovsky Ave., 28-30 05/27/2017 14.00 Committee on the culture of St. Petersburg
“Secrets of the old house” a thematic tour of the museum and the surrounding area of the Bread Museum, as part of the celebration of City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “St. Petersburg Museum of Bread” st. Mikhailova, 2 litera A 05.27.2017 14.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg
“1000 facts about St. Petersburg” quiz as part of the celebration of City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “Central City Public Library named after. V.V. Mayakovsky" Grazhdansky Ave., 121/100 05.27.2017 15.00 - 17.00 Committee on Culture of St. Petersburg
Concert of graduates of the children's music school named after. A.K. Glazunov, dedicated to the City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg State Budgetary Educational Institution of Children's Educational Institution "Children's Music School named after. A.K. Glazunov" st. Sedova, 32 05/27/2017 16.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg
Quiz dedicated to the City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “Central City Public Library named after. V.V. Mayakovsky" Information and leisure center "M-86" Moskovsky pr., 86 05.27.2017 17.00 Committee on Culture of St. Petersburg
Musical and poetic evening dedicated to the City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution "State Memorial Museum of A. V. Suvorov" st. Kirochnaya, 43 05/27/2017 17.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg
“Brilliant St. Petersburg” concert dedicated to the City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg GBKDU “House of Folk Art and Leisure” St. Petersburg RO All-Russian public organization of disabled people “All-Russian Society of the Deaf” st. Galernaya, 55 05/27/2017 17.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg
“Listen, Leningrad” concert of soloists of the St. Petersburg Concert, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of V. P. Solovyov-Sedoy and dedicated to the City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “State Academic Chapel of St. Petersburg” emb. Moika River, 20 05/27/2017 19.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg
“I love you, Petra’s creation” concert of the Tchaikovsky Center for Musical Culture of the St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic named after. D. D. Shostakovich", Great Hall st. Mikhailovskaya, 2 05.27.2017 19.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg
“Dedication to the city” concert of the jazz group “Leningrad Dixieland” under the direction of Oleg Kuvaitsev “Petersburg Watercolors” concert of the ensemble “Ars-Nova” under the direction of Pyotr Kornev, dedicated to the City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “Philharmonic of Jazz Music” Zagorodny Ave. , no. 27 05.27.2017 19.00 05.27.2017 20.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg
“Classics on Palace Square” festive concert, as part of the City Day - the Foundation Day of St. Petersburg Palace Square
According to legend, exactly 315 years ago, Peter the Great stamped his foot and ordered the construction of a city in the Neva delta. Many were hostile to his idea and did not believe that it would be possible to open a window to Europe on the marshy lands near the Gulf of Finland. But the emperor proved the opposite, and for several centuries St. Petersburg has delighted millions of people from all over the world.
When is City Day celebrated?
City Day in the Northern capital is celebrated every year on May 27, but a number of events dedicated to the solemn date will take place the day before. That is, we will have two whole free days when we can walk, enjoy the sun and the approaching summer.
Where to go on holidays?
By the end of May, the trees in St. Petersburg are already green, fountains are working, and festive decorations are visible everywhere. Even just walking the streets these days is a real pleasure. But it’s better not to limit yourself to a simple promenade, because there will be so many interesting things happening around!
Retro transport parade
If suddenly on Nevsky you see buses, trolleybuses and cars from the past, don’t be surprised - this is. On May 26, a column of rare cars will begin its triumphal journey along the central streets and avenues. Keep your camera ready, or even better, come after 15:00 to Inzhenernaya Street, where there will be a stop. Everyone will be able to look into the salon and take unusual pictures.
On May 27 at 12:00 it will start from all over Russia. A bright flash mob will take place, in which singer IOWA and the dance group “Edelweiss” will take part. Also on holidays, a ship parade, a masquerade procession and a circus arts festival are planned.
Show "Singing Bridges"
When it gets dark, you can move closer to the water. On the night of May 27, the “Singing Bridges” show will be launched in St. Petersburg for the third time. It is expected that this year the crossings will be conducted to the music of Isaac Schwartz, a composer whose fame was brought to him by the melodies for the films “White Sun of the Desert,” “Star of Captivating Happiness,” and “The Brothers Karamazov.”
In honor of the Day, the city will be celebrated not with a recording, as is usually done, but with the accompaniment of a symphony orchestra.
Laying flowers to the Bronze Horseman
The holiday will be officially opened by the ceremony. Usually, the city's top officials and an honor guard participate in it, and ordinary citizens can only see the broadcast. But this year they want to open access to the Bronze Horseman to everyone, so be on Senate Square by 10:00.
Concert in the Peter and Paul Fortress
On May 27 at 12:00 a ceremonial shot will be fired from the bastion. It will symbolically open the festival, which will be held on the territory of Hare Island for the first time in recent years and will surprise the audience from the very first minutes. A costume show dedicated to the history of St. Petersburg will unfold on the stage in the form of a “Zenith plane”. He will be followed by Igor Kornelyuk and Tatyana Bulanova, and the headliners of the concert will be Irakli, the Pizza group and the disco tribe IOWA. The concert starts at 13:00, but you can come earlier - you won’t be bored.
Ice Cream Festival
Well, what would a holiday be without food! Come and eat ice cream on Saturday. At the festival you can try dozens of types of ice treats from different manufacturers, as well as take part in competitions, listen to music and just have a good time.
Show “Classics on Dvortsovaya”
Towards the end of the first day, the action will move to . In this beautiful open-air hall there will be a grand show for all residents and guests of St. Petersburg - “Classics on Palace Square”. The project involves stars of the Russian and world opera stage, ballet dancers, famous musicians and composers.
The concert starts at 21:00, admission is free.
Festive fireworks
The two anniversary days for St. Petersburg will end with a fireworks display. The first salvos will be fired at 23:00. An hour later the torches of the Rostral Columns will light up.
