The Most Interesting Festivals in Russia

One of the most expensive and luxurious festivals in Russia is Alfa Future People Festival sponsored by Alfa Bank.

One of the most remarkable festivals in Russia, Archstoyanie is a land art event which takes place in the Kaluga region, 200 km from Moscow at Nikola Lenivets, which is a beautiful architecture park in the middle of nature.

Bol is the largest underground festival in Russia.

Forma is an independent music and arts festival, known for its diverse programme featuring experimental music, poetry reading events, theatre performances, exhibitions, and workshops.

The large-scale Russian festival of music and modern culture Gamma will be held for the fourth time in St.

For the second year in a row the roof of the pavillion dedicated to the famous monument of a worker and kolkhoz woman becomes a stage for refreshing music nights under the sky.

Nashestvie is definitely a full-on head-banging experience.

This 3-day festival takes place in the hippest park of Moscow – Gorky Park.

Picnic Afisha, the largest one-day open-air music festival in Moscow, gathers annually more than 50,000 music-lovers.

Stereoleto is a family festival held in Saint Petersburg in a newly opened event space right on the Neva river embankment on the Vasilevsky island – port Sevkabel.

The Mir Sibiri is an international festival of folk music and crafts which takes place in the picturesque area of Siberia in the village of Shushenskoye.

This big international open-air jazz festival in Russia takes place at Kolomenskoye estate and combines various styles of funk, soul, hip-hop, rock and blues music.

Solncestoyanie is a historic reconstruction of the old slavic holiday with beautiful swimming rituals, round dance, big fires and walking on the hot coal.