Glanstbury and Burning Man are not one! In the short Russian summer, you want to catch as much as possible, including listening to your favorite music on a large platform in a crowd of the same fans and connoisseurs. Where to go to visit the best music festivals in Russia - SMAPSE experts will tell you in the article!
Invasion
- Tver region
- First weekend in July.
A mastodon and a veteran of the Russian music and festival scene, it is annually the most visited open-air venue for rock music lovers from all over the country. Spectators live mainly in tents, weather conditions are not always favorable, but nothing can stop fans of the Russian rock scene!
Grushinsky festival
- Samara, Mastryukovskie lakes
- Around the middle of summer.
The Grushinsky festival has long become a tradition and a legend, and although it regularly becomes the object of jokes and irony, the number of guests at the main bard festival in Russia has not decreased since 1968 (!). Yes, Grushinka became famous for its bardic songs, but today, on the panorama of the beautiful Mastryukovsky lakes near Samara, there is a place for a variety of styles, so the festival has become a single cultural celebration. One of its famous details is a stage-platform on the water, a wooden guitar, the neck of which goes to the shore.
Picnic "Afisha"
- Moscow, Kolomenskoe
- End of July.
Once "Afisha Picnic" was practically the only festival with fashionable foreign music and the main summer indie scene of the country. In fact, despite the emergence of "competitors", it remains so: on the banks of the Moskva River in the Kolomenskoye estate, now there are no decorous royal balls, but unrestrained dances on Arctic Monkeys and Foals (all the headliners will be enough for a separate article). The program grows every year, and now not only informal teenage hipsters come here, but also families with children: quests and open-air museums, exhibitions, seminars, lectures, meetings with famous people, a weekend market, a food court with a dozen other points - everything for a great holiday in the summer weekend.
"Manor Jazz"
- Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Voronezh, Konakovo, Sochi (Esto-Sadok)
- June and July.
The largest jazz and blues festival in the country thunders as many as 6 times over the summer - in 6 different cities in June and July. A stunning cast of musicians, including Russian and foreign stars, a sea of entertainment, design exhibitions and fairs, a unique brass band show, fireworks, playgrounds - the Jazz Estate is rightfully considered one of the main summer holidays.
Alpha future people
- Nizhny Novgorod
- July.
The largest electronic music festival, organized by Alfa-Bank, in record time has become one of the most fashionable venues not only for Russians, but also for foreign tourists! The reason for this is a carefully selected cast of musicians and DJs (up to 100 performers per season!), Colorful performances and impressive scenery, the largest stage in Russia. Additional bonuses: beautiful Volga landscapes, organized camping with amenities, yoga workshops and a huge food court in over 30 restaurants.
Park live
- Moscow, Gorky park
- July.
One of the largest events in the musical life in Russia, founded only a few years ago, was first held at VDNKh in 2013. But the quality of the organization and the interest of the public was so high that over the past few years Park Live has amassed an impressive collection of headliners:
- The muse
- The killers
- System of a Down
- three days Grace
- Red hot chili peppers
- Paramore
- Twin Atlantic and others.
Ural musical night
- Yekaterinburg
- June.
The festival with its own mobile application in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Urals and Ural rock, includes only officially more than 100 places for music lovers. The choice of styles is impressive: if you want - you will have rock and roll, if you want - Vivaldi and the immortal "Seasons". It remains to choose the right site!
"Spasskaya Tower"
- Moscow Red Square
- Aug. Sept.
At the end of summer, a festival of music and culture is held in the very heart of Moscow. "Spasskaya Tower" combines music and theater, history - what is only the traditional march of brass bands worth!
