City Day on Krasnaya Presnya. Culinary day of the city at Krasnaya Presnya. Museum "English Compound"
City Day is a time when everyone has the opportunity to confess their love to their native or newlywed metropolis, and once again look around in surprise and realize - I live in one of the most beautiful places planets! In 2017, the Russian capital will celebrate 870th anniversary. For the first time, City Day in Moscow was celebrated in the winter of 1847 - by order of Nicholas I, folk festivities and gift distribution took place. Under Soviet rule, the celebration was moved to autumn, but in our time, Moscow’s birthday has finally turned into a citywide holiday with concerts, fairs, folk festivals and a final fireworks display.
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What date is City Day in Moscow?
Traditionally, this holiday does not have a specific date - it is celebrated on the first or second Saturday of September. In 2017, Moscow City Day is officially set for 9th of September. But, as in previous years, holiday celebrations will last the whole week, and the organizers will leave the most interesting things for September 9 and 10. Every year this holiday becomes larger and larger, and the program of events becomes more extensive. Among the many concerts, fairs, exhibitions, competitions, parades and theatrical performances, everyone will find entertainment to suit their taste.
Where to go, what to see on City Day?
In the anniversary year 2017, the capital’s authorities promise an unprecedented scale of celebrations. Folk festivities will cover not only the center of Moscow - festive events will take place in all large parks capital Cities. Everyone will have a great time at the bottom of the city in Moscow.
Celebrating City Day in city parks
Festival "Theater March". The largest open-air theatrical art festival in Russia.
General musical start of the City Day
The Moscow anthem will be played at all city venues, which will serve as a symbolic start to the City Day celebrations.
City concert venues
Festive fireworks
The final chord of the holiday is a one-time salvo of festive fireworks in all districts of Moscow.
Festival of theatrical art and creativity "Bright People"
The best world-famous theaters will stage a real theater marathon in Gorky Park.
Events dedicated to Moscow City Day in 2017
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International military music festival "Spasskaya Tower" |
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Where to watch fireworks on Moscow Day
Moscow City Day in 2017 promises to be diverse - the program of entertainment events is very rich. But no matter how interesting and exciting the holiday events are, many still look forward to the fireworks that usually end the celebrations.
AT 22.00 Festive salutes and fireworks will thunder throughout the capital. “Peonies”, “chrysanthemums”, “snakes”, “hearts”, flickering figures and other colorful designs will be launched into the sky. A total of 13,260 salvos will be fired over the city. Fireworks will be launched on Vorobyovy Gory, on Poklonnaya Hill, on Bolshaya Akademicheskaya, in the Izmailovo and Kuzminki parks, near the Kursky station, in Yuzhny Butovo, Solntsevo, Nagatino, Otradnoye, Mitino, in Zelenograd and in Troitsk.
The festive extravaganza will last 10-15 minutes. Where to observe it depends on many factors. If you have not yet decided on this issue, when choosing a place from where you will admire the fantastic sky, keep in mind that the most stunning views of the festive fireworks open from Red Square, Sparrow Hills, observation deck"Moscow City" and on bridges over the Moscow River.
Where to stay in Moscow during the holidays?
If you are planning for the holidays, then you should take care of booking a place to stay in advance, since cheap and advantageous rooms in mini-hotels quickly run out. We recommend that you do not delay choosing a hotel and use the services of Booking.com, which offers booking services. You can select a hotel using a variety of filters: star rating, type (hotel, apartment, villa, hostel, etc.), cost, location, ratings of people who visited the hotel, Wi-Fi availability and much more.
Festival "Bright People" in Gorky Park. Source: Moscow Department of Culture
For two days, September 9 and 10, our capital will celebrate the 870th anniversary of the City Day. This year, a large-scale cultural event has been prepared for residents and guests of the capital. entertainment, which has more than 400 events and will cover more than 300 venues in all districts of Moscow. The theme of the holiday will be reflected in the motto: “Moscow is the city where history is made,” dedicated to the outstanding contribution of our city and its residents to Russian and world heritage. The large-scale program, organized by the Moscow Department of Culture, will traditionally take place over 2 days. Residents and guests of the capital will enjoy concerts, excursions, photo exhibitions, theatrical performances and much more.
Red SquareTraditionally, the opening ceremony on Red Square will give everyone a start festive events, it will start on September 9 at 12:00 and will be broadcast on live to all city sites. At 13:00 - the citywide musical start of the holiday to the sounds of the Moscow Anthem.
Cathedral of Christ the Savior
At the walls of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, in honor of the City Day celebration, within the framework of the theme “Moscow Creates”, two themes will be combined - classics and art through the eyes of children.
On September 9, the program on Volkhonka will give unforgettable experience For lovers of classical music, spectators will enjoy performances by symphony and chamber orchestras and a program from popular performers who will perform classical works in modern arrangements.
On the afternoon of September 10, the Festival of Contemporary Children's Songs will take place. In the evening, children's groups will take the stage and perform everyone's favorite hits together with popular artists.
St. Arbat
On City Day, an inter-museum festival will take place on Arbat. It will take place on the stage near the Yevgeny Vakhtangov Theater - on the so-called Dog Playground, which disappeared in 1962 during the construction of Kalinin Avenue.
The festival will tell the story of this unique place and the adjacent Arbat alleys - the space of life of the Moscow aristocracy, as well as famous writers and poets, philosophers and musicians. Cultural program includes: walking tours, lectures by famous historians and literary scholars, creative meetings with actors and writers, concerts of classical and jazz music, presentation of the book “What Composers Say About Scriabin Today” and much more.
The main headliners of the evening on September 9 will be the creative union of the Russian group “Feelin's” Gennady Filin and the famous Italian vocalist Boris Savoldelli. Most The performances will consist of the best of the international program: “YeseninJazz”. A parallel program of the festival will be presented at the Marina Tsvetaeva House-Museum and at the A.N. Scriabin Memorial Museum.
On September 10 at 21.00 at the Marina Tsvetaeva House-Museum, Alisa Grebenshchikova and the Universal MusicBand will perform with the premiere of the program “The Poet - the Son of Harmony” based on the works of great writers and poets of the Silver Age.
Tsvetnoy Boulevard
For the fourth year in a row, the event on Tsvetnoy Boulevard will bring together concerned citizens. Moscow's largest charitable foundations and public organizations will unite to talk about the need to develop charity in modern society.
Foundations and public organizations will present their activities at the exhibition-fair, where you can view an interesting exhibition, take part in master classes or purchase goods made by foundation wards: soft toys, pottery, knitted items and other crafts.
The main events of the festival: a large-scale fair, sports competitions and a festive concert with the participation of popular artists, meetings with famous people.
An important component of the holiday is a charity race for everyone. Participants must make a donation - all funds raised will go to charity.
Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill
Guests will enjoy performances by popular artists, vocal and dance performances and much more. On September 9 at 12:00 there will be a live broadcast of the opening ceremony of City Day on Red Square. The concert program of the holiday will be prepared by Road Radio and the TVC channel. Guests will enjoy performances by such popular artists as Joseph Kobzon, Denis Maidanov, Anita Tsoi, Katya Lel, Sati Casanova, Mark Tishman, Bayan Mix, folk show “Fair”, Rodion Gazmanov, Igor Sarukhanov, Ruslan Alekhno, Sergey Kuprik, Vadim Kazachenko , Zheka, Gleb Matveychuk, Utah, Methodie Bujor, Marina Devyatova and other popular artists. In addition to the concert program, exhibition equestrian performances “Equestrian Traditions of Russia” will be held at 12:00 and 14:30. Riders will demonstrate the art of horsemanship in historical form and the skill of changing lines in the best traditions of equestrian ceremonial. The performances will be accompanied by comments from the presenter, who will tell interesting historical facts.
City Day at Cosmonaut Alley. Source: Moscow Department of Culture
Alley of Cosmonauts
On September 9 and 10, in honor of City Day, Cosmonauts Alley will become a meeting place for lovers of space and science fiction that has become reality.
Significant events of Russian cosmonautics - the launch of the first artificial satellite, the flight of Yuri Gagarin, man's spacewalk - will appear in the form of staged elements of the show.
Spectators can expect modern choreography, circus acts and performances by popular DJs. On September 9 at 12:00, guests will see a live broadcast from Red Square, and in the evening there will be a light and sound laser show on Cosmonaut Alley.
Admission to all events is free. On September 9, the program starts at 13:00 and ends at 22:00, and on September 10 it will run from 14:00 to 20:00.
Gorky Park
The Park will host the “Bright People” festival, which will unite all types of art. At 14:15, a ten-hour theatrical and musical performance “Color Dreams” will begin from GITIS graduates and Liquid Theater participants - director Andrei Smirnov and artist Vitaly Borovik. Spectators can expect amazing encounters and a vibrant show with the participation of acrobats, aerialists, dancers and opera artists.
The headliners of the festival will be the French theater company Remue Ménage, which has been creating street performances at the intersection of various art forms for more than 15 years: circus, dance and music. For the first time in Russia, the artists will present a performance – Gueule d’ours (“Bear’s Mouth”) with the participation of performers on stilts in bear costumes. Another unique show will be presented by the Italian theater troupe Corona - dancers, acrobats and musicians will perform the play Fiore di Loto (Lotus Flower).
Fashion shows will take place on the main stage. In parallel with the fashion shows, young artists will present their performances here. In addition, interactive zones with workshops from the best workshops and libraries in Moscow will be open all day.
Muzeon Art Park
Muzeon will host the 6th International theater festival"Bright People" The theme of “Bright People” is “Design Moscow”. The Park space will turn into an interactive laboratory where you can see the best new works from young metropolitan artists. Together with stylists, guests will come up with and create their own unique look. Fashion shows from Moscow designers will be held three times a day. You can get acquainted with literature and learn about new trends of the season at the unusual Fashion + Poetry show: young actors in designer suits will read poems by modern poets. And as part of the Fashion + Theater program, the capital’s troupes “Sketches in Space”, “Freak. Fabrik" and the Artem Gaponenko Theater.
For music lovers, the program includes unusual opera and dance fashion performances, as well as a series of concerts. In the Fashion + Art zone, visitors will be able to make their own fashion accessory or art object from eco-friendly materials.
Catherine Park
On City Day in Catherine Park There will be a theatrical holiday program for the whole family, in which our Great victories will be told in a form accessible to children and youth. Military leaders and commanders, ordinary soldiers and sailors of the Russian army will appear before the audience in a revived musical history from the march of the Semenovsky regiment to the military music of our days. In the program dedicated to the 870th anniversary of Moscow, heroic pages of history will alternate with stories about the peaceful life of the capital and its everyday work.
In the final part of the program, spectators will enjoy performances by modern popular performers and groups who will perform popular songs. A special feature of the program will be the involvement of children and adults in it. Guests will not just be spectators, but also participants in a theatrical program with interactive elements.
Sokolniki Park
The central theme of the City Day celebration in Sokolniki will be “Opera”. The concert program of the holiday will begin with a live performance of the Moscow anthem, followed by performances by opera singers. On the Main Alley of the park there will be pedestals with “living” statues in snow-white costumes, which will perform opera roles for guests. The concert program will be complemented by world-famous performers from Europe. In addition, guests will be able to take part in the “Parks are Singing” program and perform their favorite songs. The festive concert will end with a performance by a Russian opera singer.
Hermitage Garden
On September 9, the garden will host the fifth annual Theater March festival. The best Moscow theaters will present their performances in a 12-hour marathon: Musical Theater named after K.S. Stanislavsky and V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko, Theater named after. Pushkin, “Ballet Moscow”, “School of Dramatic Art”, Taganka Theater, “School of Modern Play”, Theater on Serpukhovka under the direction of Teresa Durova, Puppet Theater named after. S.V. Obraztsova and many others.
This year, viewers of the Theater March will see new participants. The Pushkin Theater will present the play “The Nativity of O. Henry” (A. Frandetti), awarded the “Golden Mask” award in the “Director’s Work” category. Participants in the theatrical and educational project “Story Studio” will present to the audience several stories at once in the genre of storytelling that is fashionable today.
The children's program will take place in the morning. The School of Modern Play theater will present one of the best performances for children and adults – “Bad Advice” based on the work of the same name by Grigory Oster. “Theatrium on Serpukhovka” will present “The Flying Ship” - a full-scale musical for the whole family.
Permanent residents of the festival will present their acclaimed productions to the audience. Musical Theater named after. K.S. Stanislavsky and V.I. Nemirovich - Danchenko will offer the public a concert of soloists “On the Blue Danube”. This year the School of Dramatic Art is preparing a special project for the festival called Gilyarovsky. “Ballet Moscow” will introduce audiences to the performance “All Roads Lead North,” which was awarded the 2017 Golden Mask Award in the category “Best Contemporary Dance Performance.” Viewers will also see a new work by multiple Golden Mask nominees - Liquid Theater and their production of "Red Sailors" accompanied by a live orchestra. The theater marathon will be completed by the rock and drama “Viy” based on the story of the same name by N.V. Gogol and the lyrics of the rock bard Venya D'rkin - a high-profile premiere of the Taganka Theater.
On September 10, the garden invites you to plunge into the atmosphere of the theater and take part in musical and poetic performances and creative workshops.
Concert of artists of musical and dramatic theaters, experimental performances, creative workshops and programs for children, as well as musical and poetic performances from the best modern theaters of the city. Famous theater and film actress Alisa Grebenshchikova will perform on the garden stage with a musical performance.
The festive day will begin with a musical program by artists from Moscow theaters. Talented actors will perform their favorite songs about Moscow. The program will continue with the dance performance “We Protocol” and the musical and poetic program “Dance Floor”. Guests of the garden will be able to take a short break from dancing during the poetic performance “Brodsky. Poems,” which will be performed by actors from the Praktika theater, the Meyerhold Center and Pyotr Fomenko’s workshop.
A special program has been prepared for the youngest participants of the holiday. Young guests will be able to see the family musical performance “Stupid Children. Lelya and Minka" and try yourself in the role of real actors in the creative workshop "Stanislavsky". In the equipped film workshop “8”, children will be invited to create a stop-motion cartoon or short film, independently voice a short episode of a film, or master the basic skills of television announcers.
Krasnaya Presnya Park
On September 9, the park will host the regional studies festival “The Whole WORLD on Krasnaya Presnya”, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the MIR television company. During the day, festival guests will enjoy a rich program: an open film screening and photo exhibition, morning exercises and yoga practice, creative and dance master classes. Visitors will have the opportunity to ask their questions to the presenters, directors and cameramen of the MIR and MIR 24 TV channels, as well as communicate with famous bloggers and travelers.
At the festival you will be able to try national dishes from different countries: from real Georgian khachapuri to delicious Baku pilaf. A special area with an animation program and master classes will be open for children. At the end of the festival there will be a festive concert. The “Parks are Singing” event will be held in the park all day long.
On September 10, the park will present a historical retrospective to visitors cultural life Moscow as part of the “Moscow Creates” program. Poetry readings, ballet performances and a symphony orchestra concert will take place on the park stage. Guests will also enjoy street theater performances, dance master classes, quizzes about Moscow and excursions that will introduce visitors to the achievements of Muscovites in the fields of literature, painting, cinema and music.
Triumphal Square. Source: Moscow Department of Culture
The topic of interaction different types art, which will become the main idea of the program in the Muzeon art park, will be continued by the program on Triumfalnaya Square. Spectators can expect theatrical and musical performances, literary performances, poetry readings and much more. Moscow as the birthplace of A.S. Pushkina, M.Yu. Lermontov, F.M. Dostoevsky, A. Bely, B. Akhmadulina, A. Barto, V. Vysotsky and many other great poets and writers will appear on Triumphal Square in the brilliance of literary metaphors. The program includes revived characters from books beloved by many generations, urban myths and legends, and literary quests.
On September 9, the creative union of the Russian group Feelin’s Gennady Filin and the famous Italian vocalist Boris Savoldelli prepared their program. A vivid expression of the Russian soul - the poems of Sergei Yesenin and the melodies of well-known songs based on his poems are for the first time in the world conveyed in the universal language of jazz, blues and soul music and sounded in three languages - Italian, English and Russian. The concert will be decorated with numbers by Boris Savoldelli in the a cappella format (the guest from Italy masterfully improvises with electronic processors, creating amazing polyphony).
In addition to the program on stage, as part of the celebration, an interactive event “Rhyme with Moscow” will take place on Triumfalnaya Square.
Garden named after Bauman
Visitors to the garden will spend the weekend in the atmosphere of the 60s and 70s. Guests of the event will be able to learn about the sights of the history of the Basmanny district of Moscow as part of an impromptu retro excursion program and a historical lecture. The festival program includes film screenings of favorite films of the 60s and 70s, a photo exhibition about the life of people in the era of the Khrushchev era and the first manned flight into space, poems by famous poets, interactive entertainment for children and adults. In the evenings the garden will turn into a bright music venue with fiery dances in the style of twist and rock and roll. Musical groups with domestic and foreign hits from different years will perform on the main stage.
Moscow in the 60s is the birthplace of the world-famous constructivist style, which became a signature for the capital. During the master classes, guests will try on various professions: they will be able to build a house from giant parts, assemble a Soyuz spacecraft and try themselves as an animator. A photo zone with the interior of an apartment from the 60s will appear in the garden.
Tagansky Park
A big sports festival will be held in the park. On September 9, visitors will see the acrobatic performance “Pyramid of People”, demonstration performances in the martial arts ring and a music concert. For lovers active rest you will have the opportunity to participate in a sports master class in freestyle football and basketball, a volleyball tournament and other sports games (badminton, frisbee, petanque, chess). It will be possible to conquer the peak on a specially created climbing wall.
On September 10, everyone who has dreamed of trying Zumba, capoeira or breakdancing will have a chance to take part in master classes. Also in the park there will be educational lectures on the topics “Balanced sports load”, “Healthy nutrition” and “Correct running technique”. Young participants of the festival will be able to express themselves in sports competitions and creative workshops. A photo exhibition “The History of Sports Victories” will be held in the park.
A park Olympic Village
Events in honor of City Day in the Olympic Village Park will be held under the motto “Moscow sets records, Moscow stands for sports!” The organizers have prepared an extensive program, including sports and gaming activities, a festive concert, a bright light and music show and fireworks. Guests of the park will be able to take part in the “Olympic quest”, set their own personal record and receive prizes from ZASPORT. A separate program and sports and entertainment relay race have been prepared for children.
Sports stars of yesteryear, today's heroes and future champions will perform on stage in a program that combines various sports and arts. Viewers will get acquainted with the stories of sports victories and records of Russian sports. The program includes demonstration performances by athletes combined with musical and dance numbers, master classes and “Olympic” lessons from famous athletes, demonstration performances by students of sports and youth schools, autograph sessions of famous athletes.
The program will be hosted by famous athletes and popular sports commentators. The program will take place on the stage and the water area in front of the stage.
Northern River Station Park
On City Day, the Northern River Station Park (Northern Administrative District) will turn into perfect place for travel lovers.
Guests will enjoy interactive entertainment - sports grounds, active games and much more. The theatrical program “Bring me maps of discoveries” will be held on stage - this is a show dedicated to discoverers, explorers, famous travelers from Stepan Krasheninnikov to Fyodor Konyukhov. The program includes a trip around Russia, as well as different countries and continents.
During the daytime concerts: performances by national and ethnic groups, united by the theme of travel. The culmination of the program on September 9 will be fragments of the legendary play “Juno and Avos”.
Tsaritsino Park
The festive program “Moscow Creates”, built on the masterpieces of Russian and world classical music, awaits Tsaritsyno spectators on Moscow City Day.
The Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve will attract lovers of the classics on Moscow City Day.
The “Great Russian Classics” program is a reason to be proud of the names of Russian composers known throughout the world. The festive program is based on masterpieces of Russian and world classical music. Contribution to world culture of Russian opera and ballet.
Over the course of two days, the best examples of Russian classical music, beautifully performed, will be heard in Tsaritsyno Park. The festival participants will include philharmonic orchestras, as well as instrumental soloists and vocal performers.
In the lecture hall, located under a century-old oak tree on Central Square, everyone will be told about the history of the park, and there will be lectures from landscape designers. The exhibition pavilion will feature sketches and photographs about the history of the park.
In the construction zone, master classes will be organized for children and adults, where everyone can feel like a landscape designer, architect, engineer and even an artist. The stage will host a theatrical performance, performances by a choir and other musical groups. In addition, during the day there will be a thematic fair and film screening.
Kuzminki Park
City Day in the park will be united by the theme of Russia's achievements in science - cosmonautics and engineering. Guests will assemble models spacecraft Vostok and the ISS will design a robot, get acquainted with USSR postcards in honor of Yuri Gagarin's first orbital flight and model historical objects of the city. Songs about Moscow and other famous Russian compositions will be performed on the main stage. From 20:00 to 22:00, lovers of astronomical observations will travel through the expanses of the starry sky - an astronomical observation site will operate in the area with white gazebos.
On September 10, guests will watch a marathon of films about Moscow: “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears,” “Office Romance,” “I Walk Through Moscow.”
Fili Park
The park will become an arts center. On September 9, park guests will take a literary journey from the poets of the sixties to modern rock poetry. In the festive program: “... the 60s - what times! Poetry shook the country by the ears..." - a literary and poetic sketch, "Quiet Words of Love" - a musical solo performance about the life and work of Anna German, the "Parks are Singing" event, the "Filigree" poetry song festival, headlined by the group "Kalinov Most" " Guests of the park will also enjoy a film screening at the Summer Cinema. On September 10, a concert and entertainment program will take place with the participation of modern pop stars.
Perovsky Park
Guests of the event will be able to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of “historical works” that formed the basis for the names of streets and districts of the capital. Traveling through Moscow suburbs, visitors to the park will take part in master classes on minting coins, creating glassware and pottery. The main events of the handicraft holiday in Moscow will unfold in Pevcheskaya Sloboda. Vocal master classes will be held here.
A festive concert will take place on the main stage at 20:00, headlined by the popular Russian rock band “7B”. In the evening, everyone can relax in the park's summer cinema, where a film about Moscow will be shown.
On September 10, the park will host an interactive entertainment program with creative master classes and sports games.
Every year on the first Saturday of September, Muscovites celebrate the capital's birthday. Russian Federation. In 2017, Moscow will celebrate City Day on the second weekend - September 9, and the holiday will continue on September 10. The year of Moscow's foundation is 1147 - therefore, in 2017 the capital celebrates its 870th anniversary. On Moscow City Day, folk festivals and concerts are held in the capital. The festive program will end with a ceremonial fireworks display (). Find out where to watch fireworks in Moscow on City Day - 870.
Solemn opening of the Moscow City Day holiday starts on September 9th 12:00 on Red Square, and with 13:00 festivities and entertainment events start at more than 200 sites in the city, including in the capital’s parks, where a festive program for City Day has been prepared. The main venues for the celebration of City Day will be Tverskaya Street, Krasnaya, Manezhnaya, Tverskaya, Teatralnaya, Pushkinskaya and Bolotnaya Squares, Arbat Street, Poklonnaya Gora, Gorky Park, Sokolniki, Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, Kolomenskoye Estate Museum, VDNKh and pedestrian areas of Moscow. So the question of where to go on City Day on September 9 and 10 has a simple answer - you can go to Moscow parks. It will be fun and interesting - the plan of events for Moscow City Day 2017 is extensive, the celebration program in the parks is prepared for all ages and for every taste.
Moscow City Day 2017 - program of events in Moscow parks
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Program Moscow City Day 2017 - September 9-10
City Day will be celebrated in the squares and streets of Moscow. Moscow will celebrate its 870th birthday. This means that a large number of bright, large-scale and free entertainment has been prepared for Muscovites and guests of the capital on City Day. The organizers promise that City Day 2017 in Moscow will be unprecedented - more than a thousand events will be held in the city. A whole system of festive decorations will create the mood for all Muscovites and visitors. More than 270 art objects will be installed at different points to decorate Moscow on City Day. During the Moscow Anniversary 870 festival, venues throughout the city will talk about outstanding achievements, discoveries and inventions of Muscovites. Let's find out where to go on Moscow City Day 2017.
Festival Moscow-870
The Moscow Anniversary 870 festival will take place from September 1 to 10. There are 40 thematic platforms open throughout the city that tell about outstanding people and events related to Moscow. The platforms are divided by themes: “Moscow conquers”, “Moscow creates”, “Moscow builds”, “Moscow sets records”, “Moscow invents”, “Moscow opens” and “Our victories”. The venues are dedicated to the achievements of scientists and inventors, theater figures, composers, famous buildings, military campaigns, etc.
In particular, on Tverskaya and Mokhovaya streets, which will be completely closed to cars, there will be 7 zones. The Moscow Sets Records zone on Tverskaya will house a parkour park, two boxing arenas, jumps for motocross and mountain biking, a climbing wall in the form of Moscow City towers 10 meters high, and much more. Boxing and parkour competitions, freestyle shows with tricks on special bicycles, and master classes will be held here. About 500 athletes-instructors will conduct classes for adults and children in snowboarding, trampolining and other sports.
In the “Moscow Builds” zone Art objects reflecting Moscow architecture will be installed on Tverskaya, made of plexiglass, plastic, plywood and metal, they will be hand-painted and illuminated. Thus, on Tverskaya you will be able to see models of Stalin’s high-rise buildings, the sculpture “Worker and Collective Farm Woman,” models of the Soviet Mars rover and lunar rover, and the icebreaker “Arktika.” The key object will be a model of the orbital space station “Salyut-7” in almost the original scale, you can look into it. And the first woman to go into outer space, Svetlana Savitskaya, will talk about her unique experience at the festival.
At the "Moscow Invents" site, which will open on the section of Tverskaya Street from Voznesensky to Stoleshnikov Lane, scientists will talk about the latest discoveries. Thus, biologist and journalist Ilya Kolmanovsky will talk about the unusual abilities of plants and animals. During master classes and experiments, viewers will be shown how we feel tastes, why such tastes arise natural phenomena like a tsunami or thunderstorm. The nature of electricity will become clearer with the help of lasers and mirrors, and scientific shows “Crystallomania”, “React” and “Mendeleev” will take place.
Where: Moscow, Revolution Square, Tverskoy Boulevard, Novopushkinsky Square, Manezhnaya Square, New Arbat, etc.
Festival “Good Deeds” on Tsvetnoy Boulevard
Charitable organizations will organize an exhibition-fair to help residents on Tsvetnoy Boulevard big city. You can help those in need by buying dishes, toys, souvenirs, clothes and accessories. Anyone can take part in the charity race for a donation of 200 rubles. The length of the distance is 6.5 km, registration is on the website until September 8. On the evening of September 10, there will be a concert at which the groups Chelsea, Django, Pizza, ex-soloist of Tatu Lena Katina, Sogdiana, Dominic Joker and Katya Kokorina, rapper Kravts, Stas Piekha and other artists will perform.
Where: Moscow, Tsvetnoy Boulevard
Inter-museum festival on Arbat
On City Day, historians and literary scholars on stage near the theater. Vakhtangov will be told about Arbat - a unique place, Moscow Montmartre, the center of the cultural life of the capital. Walking tours will be organized for those interested. On September 9 and 10, the Russian group “Feelin’s”, the Italian singer Boris Savoldell, and the project “YeseninJazz” will perform here.
Where: Moscow, st. Arbat
Festival "Bright People"
The street theater festival “Bright People” will be held in Gorky Park and Muzeon. Here you can see performances of foreign and domestic theater projects. The French collective Remue Ménage will present the play “Bear's Mouth” with giant artificial bears. The Italian Corona will present the show "Lotus Flower" and "White Lady", featuring dancers, acrobats and musicians who became famous at the Venice Carnival. The Russian group Liquid Theater and GITIS graduates will perform a 10-hour fairy tale show “Colorful Dreams”. The audience will go on a magical journey with aerialists, acrobats and opera singers.
The Muzeon Arts Park will present a fusion of design, theatrical, visual and musical arts. The performance “Fashion + Poetry” will take place here, during which poems by modern poets will be read by actors dressed in designer outfits from Moscow fashion designers. Also performing will be the Artem Gaponenko Theater troupes, “Sketches in Space” and “Freak. Fabrik." Fashion shows by designers Andrei Bartenev, Venera Kazarova, Kirill Mintsev and others will be held. Visitors will also be able to create unique looks with the help of stylists, make their own accessories and souvenirs from environmentally friendly materials in the “Fashion + Art” zone.
"Theatrical March" in the Hermitage Garden
“Theater March”, which will take place for the fifth time on City Day and will allow Muscovites to see new theatrical productions in the open for free. On September 9, the School of Contemporary Play will show “Bad Advice” based on the book by G. Oster, and “Theatrium on Serpukhovka” will show the family musical “The Flying Ship”. For adults there will be a concert “On the Blue Danube” from Musical theater them. K. S. Stanislavsky and V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. The 2017 Golden Mask nominees, dancers from the Moscow Ballet Theater, will perform a modern dance performance, “All Roads Go North.” In the evening, the Taganka Theater troupe will show the rock and drama “Viy” based on Gogol’s story, in which the actors are also musicians, and the lyrics of the songs of the deceased bard Venya D’Rkin (Alexander Litvinov) give depth and new meaning mystical history. On Sunday, September 10, artists from Moscow theaters will perform old favorite songs about Moscow. Then the musical and poetic program “Dance Floor” and the poetic performance “Brodsky. Poems" from the Praktika Theater, Meyerhold Center and Pyotr Fomenko Workshop. On this day, children will be able to be announcers, directors and even actors in the Stanislavsky creative workshop.
Where: Moscow, Hermitage Garden
Where: Moscow, Central Park of Culture and Culture named after. Gorky, Muzeon Art Park
"Labyrinth of Time" at the Moscow Zoo
On City Day, visitors to the Moscow Zoo will be told about the history of the capital's zoo, starting from its foundation in 1864. Everyone will be able to travel back in time and attend the opening of the zoo, see what the zoo looked like during the Soviet era. Children will be invited to take part in a festive procession dressed as animals. The kids will make their own masks out of paper at the master class.
Where: Moscow Zoo
"City of Poets" on Triumfalnaya Square
Poetry lovers should stop by Triumphal Square, where poems by famous poets born in the capital will be read: from Pushkin to Vysotsky, from Lermontov to Akhmadulina. Literary quests and quizzes have also been prepared for visitors, and the “Rhyme with Moscow” event will take place. Heroes of Russian classics will come to life in theatrical and musical performances.
Where: Moscow, Triumfalnaya Square
“Moscow 60s” in the Garden named after. Bauman
An excursion program and a historical lecture dedicated to the era of the 60s - 70s of the twentieth century will be held in the garden named after. Bauman. This time was remembered for the growth in the welfare of Muscovites, the provision of housing and equipment, the active construction of Khrushchev and constructivist buildings, as well as space achievements. During these years, the architectural formation of modern Moscow took place. Visitors will see their favorite Soviet films of the 60-70s, a photo exhibition of the life of Soviet citizens under Khrushchev and Brezhnev. Guests will be able to dance the twist and rock and roll to retro hits of domestic and foreign music and take selfies in the interior of the 60s. During the master classes, children will be able to play builders, animators, and even assemble a spaceship.
Where: Moscow, Bauman Garden
Free excursions
On City Day, Muscovites will be able to go on free excursions along the Moscow River and the MCC. While walking on the river bus “Along the Moscow River through the Centuries” you can see the Sparrow Hills, Novodevichy Convent, St. Andrew's (Pushkin) Bridge, the Kremlin and Moskvoretskaya embankments. The guide will tell you about the history of these places, interesting facts, and show you the longest Moscow building of the 18th century. You must pay a transport fee and register on the website. The excursion will take place on September 9 and 19, gathering at the Novospassky Most pier.
On the excursion “MCC - the steel ring of the capital” on September 9 and 10, passengers will be told about the historical background of the modern MCC, 15 historical stations and others interesting facts. For example, about the fact that once upon a time travel on the Moscow Railway was more expensive than a 450 gram can of red caviar. Participants are required to pay travel costs and make a deposit to use the audio guide. Excursions start at 11.00, 14.00, 16.00. Gathering at the “Live Communication” information stand at the MCC “Business Center” station.
IN holidays There will be other excursions and quests to museums and estates, sightseeing tours of the city.
Residents and guests of the capital will be able to take a boat trip and train ride with a guide, play ancient games in the estates and listen to street musicians at the festival.
Moscow museums will be open for free on City Day
To celebrate the 870th anniversary of the capital, the Department of Culture and the Museum of Moscow are organizing more than ten free excursions. Those who wish will be able to go on a trip along the Moscow River, ride with a guide along the Moskovsky central ring and play ancient games in the city's estates.
In the courtyard of the Museum of Moscow will be held Festival "Museum and City". Visitors will see an exhibition dedicated to the history of the city and listen to stories about prominent Muscovites. Street artists and musicians will perform there, and residents will be able to take part in discussions of cultural projects, including in the field of information technology. Festive events will be held over two days, September 9 and 10, from 10:00 to 20:00.
Participants excursions “Along the Moscow River through the centuries” They will see the Sparrow Hills, where ancient settlements were located even before our era, as well as five Stalinist skyscrapers, the Novodevichy Convent and other attractions. During the walk, tourists will be told about the history of the Andreevsky Bridge, which in 1999-2000 was moved two kilometers down the river and “placed” in Gorky Park. In addition, participants will be shown the oldest embankment capital - the Kremlin, as well as the longest building in Moscow of the 18th century - the Imperial Orphanage on Moskvoretskaya Embankment.
The excursion will take place on September 9 at 18:00 and September 10 at 11:00, duration - two hours and 15 minutes. The route will start from the Novospassky Most pier. The tour is free, but participants need to pay a transport fee and pre-register on the bureau’s website, which will be launched within two weeks.
On these same days, Muscovites are expected to excursions "MCC - Moscow's steel ring". Participants will learn the history of the construction of 15 historical stations of the Moscow Circular Railway adjacent to the modern MCC stations. These are Andronovka, Ugreshskaya, Presnya (Kutuzovskaya), Likhobory, Vladykino, Rostokino, Belokamennaya and others. All of them were built at the beginning of the 20th century in the Art Nouveau style.
The station buildings were designed by architect Alexander Pomerantsev. He also worked on the project for the GUM building on Red Square. Also, excursion participants will learn that the cost of a trip along the Moscow District railway in those days it was greatly overestimated and varied depending on the class of the car. For example, first class travel cost passengers three rubles. For comparison: in 1911, a cab ride around Moscow cost an average of 15 kopecks, a pound (approximately 450 grams) of red caviar cost 44 kopecks, and a three-course dinner accompanied by live music at the Slavic Bazaar restaurant cost 1.75 rubles.
Excursion “MCC - the steel ring of Moscow” will be held on September 9 and 10, a meeting with a guide will be held at the “Live Communication” information stand at the MCC Business Center station. Participants gather at 11:00, 14:00 and 16:00. The duration of the excursion is one and a half hours, which is exactly how long it takes to make a full circle around the ring. The tour is free, but participants will be required to pay a deposit for the use of the radio guide and pay for travel.
9th of September in the museum “Estate of Princes Golitsyn Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki”(Horse yard, Starye Kuzminki street, building 13/15) there will be excursions, master classes, evening tea and a historical horse show. At 12:00 guests will be able to visit the author's excursion to the exhibition “Gardens and Parks”. At 14:00 and 15:00 there will also be sightseeing tours throughout the estate.
From 16:00 to 20:00 citizens will be able to get to "Manor Evening"— tea drinking to the accompaniment of live music, after which guests will enjoy theatrical performances. The evening will end with a horse show in historical costumes of the 19th century.
9th of September at the English Compound Museum(Varvarka Street, building 4a) visitors will be able to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of previous centuries. Against the backdrop of historical interiors of the 16th-17th centuries, on the site you will be able to take part in ancient folk pastimes, for example, playing burners - the prototype of modern tags, and babki - a predecessor of the game of dice. For guests, animators will conduct three sessions of folk entertainment lasting one hour. Starts at 11:00, 13:00, 15:00. The next day, September 10, the English Compound Museum will host two sightseeing tours lasting one hour. Starts at 10:30 and 12:30.
Schedule of excursions, master classes and quests on City Day 2017
— 18:00-20:15 — boat excursion “Along the Moscow River through the centuries”, you will need to pay a transport fee;
— 18:00 — bus tour"Moscow. View from above”, you will need to pay a transport fee and a ticket to the observation deck.
— 11:00-12:30, 14:00-15:30, 16:00-17:30 — excursions around the Moscow Central Circle, gathering at the “Live Communication” information stand, MCC Business Center station;
— 11:00-13:15 — boat excursion “Along the Moscow River through the centuries”, you will need to pay a transport fee.
Museum "English Compound"
Museum of History "Lefortovo"
Museum of Archeology of Moscow
Moscow City Museum
As part of the Museum and the City festival, free tours of the museum's exhibitions will be held.
— 11:00-12:00, 12:00-13:00, 15:00-16:00, 18:00-19:00 — excursion “History of Medieval Moscow”;
— 13:00-14:00, 16:00-17:00 — excursion “History and architecture of the Provision Stores complex.”
Museum "Estate of Princes Golitsyn Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki"
— 12:00 — author’s tour by historian Boris Sokolov;
— 14:00, 15:00 — excursions around the estate;
— 16:00-20:00 — “Manor Evening”, which will include a tea party with live music, a horse show and theatrical performances.
On Saturday, as part of the City Day celebration, the park will host the regional studies festival “The Whole WORLD on Krasnaya Presnya”. Guests will enjoy creative and dance master classes, a photo exhibition, an open film screening, morning exercises, yoga practice, as well as conversations with directors, cameramen, famous bloggers and travelers.
The main stage of the park will be dedicated to performers of modern and folk music. At 11.30 a.m. a boost of energy will be given to all guests of the festival by the group “Frukty”, and at 14.30 and 18.50 the famous producer Lina Arifulina will personally present new project, which will be released on the MIR TV channel this fall. Mark Tishman, Eteri Beriashvili, Brandon Stone, Margarita Pozoyan, Ruslan Alekhno, Arsenium and others will perform in support of the new show. Also during the day on the main stage of the park there will be an incendiary drum show “Rhythms of the Caucasus”, Armenian duduk, Georgian dance “Kintouri” and gift drawings.
Platform “Good morning, world!” will bring together all lovers of a healthy lifestyle: after morning exercises with Arina Skoromna (at 10.40), guests will be treated to tai chi, mandala dance and a football match.
The Cultural Exchange zone will provide an opportunity to learn more about traveling around the Commonwealth countries and Georgia. Famous travelers and presenters of the MIR TV channel will share their travel secrets.
“Property of the Republics” will bring together master classes in applied arts. Here guests will learn how to make Yakut felt amulets, Uzbek babaychiks, Kazakh jewelry, and in a real yurt they will learn all the intricacies of oriental tea drinking.
The “Oh, Mommies!” playground will be open for children. with master classes, competitions and a fun performance, and every hour the hosts of the MIR TV channel will interview young viewers.
The photo exhibition “Secrets of Time” by the chief operator of MTRK “Mir” Dmitry Khodakovsky will allow you to see in what amazing places The TV channel's film crew visited.
Also, festival guests will be able to learn more about the programs of the MIR TV channel, meet the presenters, watch outstanding performances of national groups and learn basic dance movements with them. In the evening, the park will turn into a cinema: Muscovites will be shown the best Soviet comedies on a large open-air screen. The festival will end at 22:00.
On Sunday, visitors to the park will be presented with a historical retrospective of the capital as part of the “Moscow Creates” program. The stage will host poetry readings, ballet performances, a symphony orchestra concert, a street theater performance, dance master classes, quizzes and excursions, during which participants will learn about the achievements of city residents in the fields of literature, music, painting and cinema.
This weekend the capital will celebrate its 870th birthday. In honor of this event, dozens, if not hundreds of entertainment events will take place.
The theme of the holiday will be reflected in the motto: “Moscow is the city where history is made,” dedicated to the outstanding contribution of our city and its residents to Russian and world heritage. The large-scale program, organized by the Moscow Department of Culture, will traditionally take place over 2 days. Residents and guests of the capital will enjoy concerts, excursions, photo exhibitions, theatrical performances and much more.
The capital's parks have prepared programs in various directions. Guests of the events will be able to plunge into the atmosphere of Moscow in the 60s and 70s, see the best theatrical productions of the capital's theaters, assemble spacecraft models and take part in “folk karaoke.”
Also, in honor of the holiday, on September 9 and 10, Moscow museums and parks will hold more than 200 free excursions. More than 80 museums, exhibition halls, parks and galleries will take part in the project. It is planned that about 6,000 people will attend the excursions.
Residents and guests of the capital can enjoy walks along the central streets and ancient estates, bicycle and scooter excursions, trips to the MCC and by boat on the Moscow River and much more. Free excursions organized within the framework of the Moscow Excursion project, which is supervised by the Moscow Department of Culture and MOSGORTOUR.
Red Square
The gathering of guests will begin from 10:00 to 11:30, a total of 7,500 people are invited to Red Square, among them honorary citizens of Moscow, veterans, representatives of public and youth organizations, officials, ambassadors of foreign states, participants in the “Active Citizen” project.
Traditionally, the opening ceremony on Red Square will kick off all festive events; it will begin on September 9 at 12:00 and will be broadcast live to all city venues. At 13:00 - the citywide musical start of the holiday to the sounds of the Moscow anthem.
The event program will be based on performances dedicated to the 870th anniversary of the city. The repertoire of the ceremony will reveal the historical role of Moscow as an outstanding center of world science, culture, politics and sports, and will reflect personalities and deeds known throughout the world famous people related to Moscow.
Arbat
On City Day, an inter-museum festival will take place on Arbat. It will take place on the stage near the Yevgeny Vakhtangov Theater - on the so-called Dog Playground, which disappeared in 1962 during the construction of Kalinin Avenue.
The festival will tell the story of this unique place and the adjacent Arbat alleys - the space of life of the Moscow aristocracy, as well as famous writers and poets, philosophers and musicians.
The cultural program includes: walking tours, lectures by famous historians and literary scholars, creative meetings with actors and writers, concerts of classical and jazz music, presentation of the book “What Composers Say About Scriabin Today” and much more.
An exhibition curated by historian Anna Esparza will tell about the cultural and historical topography of the Dog Playground and its “heroes through the centuries.” The exhibition will feature materials from the collections of the A.V. Shchusev Museum of Architecture, the Marina Tsvetaeva House-Museum, and the A.N. Memorial Museum. Scriabin, Gogol House, library “House of A.F. Losev”, State Museum V.V. Mayakovsky, State Museum of A.S. Pushkin, Moscow Memorial Museum of S.A. Yesenin, Memorial Museum-Apartment El. F. Gnessina.
The main headliners of the evening on September 9 will be the creative union of the Russian group “Feelin's” Gennady Filin and the famous Italian vocalist Boris Savoldelli. Most of the performance will be the best from the international program: “YeseninJazz”. A parallel program of the festival will be presented at the Marina Tsvetaeva House-Museum and at the Memorial Museum of A. N. Scriabin.
On September 10 at 21.00 at the Marina Tsvetaeva House-Museum, viewers will enjoy the premiere of the program “Easy Name: Pushkin”, prepared especially for the festival by Alisa Grebenshchikova: literary reflections on the influence of the Golden Age of Russian poetry on the Silver Age will be presented in the words of Marina Tsvetaeva and Alexander Blok.
Tsvetnoy Boulevard
For the fourth year in a row, the event on Tsvetnoy Boulevard will bring together concerned citizens. Moscow's largest charitable foundations and public organizations will unite to talk about the need to develop charity in modern society.
The “Good Moscow” festival is a solemn event and a big city holiday, which will draw attention to the socially significant problems of the capital and show that everyone can help people by doing good deeds.
Foundations and public organizations will present their activities to city residents in the format of an exhibition, where everyone will be able to take part in master classes or buy goods made by foundation wards at the fair. A large market will be organized on the territory of the festival, where youth brands of clothing and accessories will be presented. Cash, collected from the rental of space at the market will be donated to charitable foundations.
On September 9, anyone will be able to take part in the charity race. To participate, each participant must make a charitable donation of 200 rubles. All funds raised will be used to implement the activities of charitable foundations. Registration for the race is carried out on the website dobroyzabeg.rf Registration will be open from 12:00. The race starts at 14:00.
On September 9, the main stage of the festival will feature the following performances: the Chelsea group, rapper Kravts and ex-vocalist of the pop group Tatu Lena Katina, Brandon Stone, the MBAND group, Natan, Yuri Kononov, Natella, K. Lugovaya. The concert starts at 18:40.
The concert will continue on September 10. From 16:00 to 20:00 on Trubnaya Square the following will perform: the Pizza group, Emma M, Elina Chaga, Lyudmila Sokolova, Markus Riva, Utah, Biteev, Maria Miya, Basil, Malinovsky Alex, Django, Masha Koltsova, Alexander Elovsky, Nastasya, 2Mashi, Domenik Joker and Katya Kokorina, Alina Grosu, Legalize, Sogdiana, Knyazeva Elena and rap artist Dzhigan.
Triumfalnaya Square
The theme of interaction between different types of art, which will become the main idea of the program in the Muzeon art park, will be continued by the program on Triumfalnaya Square. Spectators can expect theatrical and musical performances, literary performances, poetry readings and much more. Moscow, as the birthplace of great poets and writers, will appear on Triumphal Square in the brilliance of literary metaphors. The program includes revived heroes of books beloved by many generations, urban myths and legends, and literary quests.
On September 9, the creative union of the Russian group Feelin’s Gennady Filin and the famous Italian vocalist Boris Savoldelli prepared their program. Performances by the groups “Accident”, “Underwood”, and the group “Mayakovsky” await all fans of pop and rock music. In addition to the musical program, spectators will enjoy an exciting immersion in theatrical productions of the “Theater of Poets” - the Center for Drama and Directing, the Gogol Theater, the Praktika Theater, the Kamburova Theater, the “MOST”, and the Taganka Actors’ Community.
In addition to the program on stage, as part of the celebration, an interactive event “Rhyme with Moscow” will take place on Triumfalnaya Square.
On September 10, the festive program on Triumphal Square will continue. Guests of the event will be able to listen to one of the brightest representatives of the blues trend in Russian rock, a former member of the “Time Machine” and “Resurrection” groups - Evgeny Margulis, as well as People’s Artist of Russia - Sergei Sharkurov, Anna Buturlina with a musical group and the group “NETOSLOVO”. In addition to the musical component of the festive program, spectators will be able to see theatrical performances by the “Man” theater and the “Sphere” theater.
Gorky Park
The Park will host the “Bright People” festival, which will unite all types of art. At 14:15, a ten-hour theatrical and musical performance “Color Dreams” will begin from GITIS graduates and Liquid Theater participants - director Andrei Smirnov and artist Vitaly Borovik. Spectators can expect amazing encounters and a vibrant show with the participation of acrobats, aerialists, dancers and opera artists.
The headliners of the festival will be the French theater company Remue Ménage, which has been creating street performances at the intersection of various art forms for more than 15 years: circus, dance and music. For the first time in Russia, the artists will present a performance - Gueule d'ours ("Bear's Mouth") with the participation of performers on stilts in bear costumes. Another unique show will be presented by the Italian theater troupe Corona - dancers, acrobats and musicians will perform the play Fiore di Loto (Lotus Flower).
Fashion shows will take place on the main stage. In parallel with the fashion shows, young artists will present their performances here. In addition, interactive zones with workshops from the best workshops and libraries in Moscow will be open all day.
Sokolniki Park
The central theme of the City Day celebration in Sokolniki will be “Opera”. The concert program of the holiday will begin with a live performance of the Moscow anthem, followed by performances by opera singers. On the Main Alley of the park there will be pedestals with “living” statues in snow-white costumes, which will perform opera roles for guests. The concert program will be complemented by world-famous performers from Europe. In addition, guests will be able to take part in the “Parks are Singing” program and perform their favorite songs. The festive concert will end with a performance by a Russian opera singer.
Tsaritsyno Park
The festive program “Moscow Creates”, built on the masterpieces of Russian and world classical music, awaits Tsaritsyno spectators on Moscow City Day.
The Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve will attract lovers of the classics on Moscow City Day.
The “Great Russian Classics” program is a reason to be proud of the names of Russian composers known throughout the world. The festive program is based on masterpieces of Russian and world classical music. Contribution to world culture of Russian opera and ballet.
Over the course of two days, the best examples of Russian classical music, beautifully performed, will be heard in Tsaritsyno Park. The festival participants will include symphony orchestras, as well as instrumental soloists and vocal performers.
On the first day, the following will perform for the guests of the festive program: Kaluga Youth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gindin. Conductor - Alexander Gindin, soloists - Alexander Malofeev, Alexander Doronin. Kaluga Youth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gindin, reader - Pavel Lyubimtsev, conductor - Ilya Norshtein. State Symphony Orchestra named after E. Svetlanov conducted by Vladimir Yurovsky, conductor - Valentin Uryupin.
On the second day, all spectators will be treated to a continuation of the festive program: Kaluga Youth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gindin, conducted by Semyon Tkachenko. Kaluga Youth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gindin, reader Alexander Oleshko, conductors - Andrey Rubtsov, Alexander Gindin. MGASO under P. Kogan, soloists of the New Opera Theater: Dmitry Boborov, Andrey Borisenko, Tatyana Tabachuk, Ekaterina Petrova, conductor - Alexander Sidnev. GSO " New Russia» directed by Yuri Bashmet, soloist - Philip Kopachevsky, conductor - Denis Vlasenko.
Izmailovsky Park
Celebrating Moscow City Day in Vostochny administrative district will be held in Izmailovsky Park.
Spectators will be able to see transforming stage structures and videos on LED screens. Guests can expect modern stage technologies and special effects, light and sound performances, and a pyrotechnic show.
On September 9, the traditional final concert of the festival of young musicians “Metro on Stage” will take place on a unique stage on the water. The 10 best finalists will perform under the green logo of the Metro newspaper! In addition to the performances of young groups, famous artists will also take the stage - Olga Kormukhina, Yulia Chicherina, the Chizh and Co group, the Underwood group, the Pilot group and Alexey Belov.
In front of the stage there will be demonstration performances of stuntmen and athletes on the water, flyboard, aquabike, wakeboard, demonstration extreme species sports
On September 10, guests of the park will be able to listen to a musical set by one of the best DJs in Russia - Dj Feel, as well as get acquainted with the repertoire of the young and bright singer EMMA M, hear popular groups“Accident”, “7B”, Dana Sokolova, “Slot Mara”, “The End of the Film”.
On September 9, the program starts at 13:00 and ends at 22:00, and on September 10 it will run from 14:00 to 20:00. The program in Izmailovo will be a gift for the youth of Moscow in honor of the City Day celebration.
Kuskovo Estate
City Day in the Eastern Administrative District will be held at the Kuskovo estate. The estate, which belonged to the Sheremetyev counts, was intended for lavish receptions, theatrical celebrations and festivities.
The program for celebrating Moscow City Day on September 9 at the Kuskovo estate includes classical forms of art. Spectators can enjoy opera, ballet, chamber music and early music ensembles. The art project “Tenors of the 21st Century”, Honored Artist of Russia Svetlana Krinitskaya (soloist of the Moscow Operetta Theater), People’s Artist of Russia Pavel Ovsyannikov (conductor of the S.S. Prokofiev Symphony Orchestra of the 21st Century) will perform for the guests of the estate.
People's Artist of Russia Boris Frumkin (conductor of the O. Undström Orchestra), "New Russian Quartet", historical dance workshop "Entree", Dmitry Pokrovsky's ensemble, chamber orchestra "Moscow Camerata", "New Ballet", chamber ensemble of soloists Lsudes soloist Lyudmila Salei, classical choreography ballet, Rozmanin symphony orchestra, Irina Sukhonova, Yuri Nugmanov, Ivan Shcheglov, Alexander Gladkov, group “Five”.
On September 10, the festive program will be continued by the ballet of classical choreography, Sergei Tatarenko, Ksenia Dezhneva (Soloist of the Bolshoi Theater), Ilya Ushullu, Alla Omelyuta, string Dominant Quartet, State Chamber Orchestra of Jazz Music named after. Oleg Lundstrem.
The audience will see the revived pages of the history of such famous dynasties as the Sheremetevs, Golitsyns, Trubetskoys... In the evening there will be a concert with the participation of famous artists.