As summer draws to a close, RBTH looks back at Russia’s biggest celebrations of music and fair weather, and their eclectic audiences.
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Ria Novosti/Ramil Sitdikov
As summer draws to a close, RBTH looks back at Russia’s biggest celebrations of music and fair weather, and their eclectic audiences. Afisha Picnic is one of the oldest music festivals in Moscow. People come here not only for live performances by Russian and foreign musicians, but also for a bit of active recreation.
Ria Novosti/Alexey Kudenko
Nashestvie, which takes place every year in Tver Oblast, is devoted exclusively to Russian rock. The crowd accords with the music.
ITAR-TASS/Evgeny Reznik
Kubana, which takes place on the shores of the Black Sea near Anapa, is the hottest festival in Russia. Revellers here know no boundaries of self-expression, or indeed genre.
ITAR-TASS/Svetlana Bobrova
Usadba Jazz Festival at Archangelskoe outside Moscow is very cultured and civilized. It’s jazz, after all.
ITAR-TASS/Sergey Bobylev
Alfa Future People this year was held for the first time in Nizhny Novgorod. This lover of electronic music did a good job image-wise.
ITAR-TASS/Vyacheslav Prokofyev
Europa Plus Live is a gathering of Russia’s main pop singers and listeners.
ITAR-TASS/Alexander Rumin
Wild Mint is a Russian ethnofestival, which takes place in the suburbs of Moscow. The audience here really is wild.
ITAR-TASS/Sergey Savostyanov
The Grushinsky Bard Song Festival has been held at Togliatti ever since 1968. Oddly enough, it attracts young people, too.
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