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Enjoy Summer of Russian North: find a festival of your choice.
19.06.2024 14:35
A large-scale project "Summer of Russian North" is being implemented in the Vologda Region. It is launched on the initiative of Acting Governor Georgy Filimonov.
This summer Vologda will host several inter-regional and international events - International Drama Festival Voices of History, International Folk Crafts Festival “City of Crafts”, VOICES Festival (VOlogda Independent Cinema from European Screens), Russian Folklore Festival "The Village - the Soul of Russia", to name but a few.
Alongside with these international events, the so called Summer of Russian North project will include several inter-regional festivals covering different genres and styles of music, theatre, literature and crafts.
Vologda will become home to XVI International Drama Festival Voices of History from June 19 to 27. In 2003 it received an international status. The performances are shown not only in the theater buildings, but also in the open air, in the historical setting of the Vologda Kremlin, which is a point of interest itself.
An International Festival “City of Crafts” will be held in Vologda on June 27-30. The festival is aimed at popularization of folk arts and handicrafts among the younger generation. According to the organizers, every day of the festival will be devoted to various programs that reveal to the audience the secrets of one of the folk crafts in the heart of Vologda - Kremlin Square. Artisans will show off their virtuosity in several categories - traditional female crafts, wooden and birch bark craft painting, valenki (kind of felt boots), wood engraving and wicker-work, blacksmithing, potter's craft and forgotten handicrafts.
VOICES Festival (VOlogda Independent Cinema from European Screens) is to take place on July 3-7 in the Vologda Region. Since 2010 VOICES has become an essential event for all European and Russian independent cinema lovers. Hundreds of guests and films, dozens of concerts and workshops were welcomed by Vologda all along these years.
The basis of the Festival is the most interesting novelties of cinema and interesting guests. As always the organizers are preparing different workshops, interesting exhibitions and the traditional Picnic.
The Folklore Festival "The Village - the Soul of Russia" will be held in Vologda District on August 17-18. The festival has been officially organized in the Vologda Region since 2014.
Folklore dancing ensembles, chorus, musical bands are invited to participate in this folklore festival.
The creative project is aimed at preserving cultural identity, creating conditions for the development of traditional folk culture and promoting the cultural and historical heritage of the Vologda Region and various regions of Russia. The main idea is to bring together the groups and ensembles from around Russia in the Vologda Region in order to further the cross-enrichment of cultures and promote cultural cooperation.
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Culture, Tourism, International and Interregional Cooperation, Ministry of Culture