Where to go on September 9th. Victory Day - Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill
Russia will celebrate the 73rd victory over the fascist invaders. In honor of the great victory, festive events will be held in all cities. On May 9, sunny weather is expected in Moscow and the Moscow region. On such a day, you can’t sit at home - you need to pay tribute to the veterans and actively spend time with family or friends. Portal "Live Sport" has compiled a program of events for May 9, 2018, in which everyone will find an event to their liking.
Take part in the procession of the "Immortal Regiment"
Since 2015, the procession of the Immortal Regiment has been held in Moscow on Red Square, which every year sets records in the number of participants. In 2018, the procession participants will begin to gather in Moscow at 12:00 at the Dynamo stadium. The action itself starts at approximately 15:00.
Over a million people are expected to attend the event for the first time. During the action, people carry photographs of their relatives, veterans of the Great Patriotic War.
There is no need to pre-register for the event. It is enough to come to the meeting point with a photo. More information about the procession at the link.
Congratulate veterans in Gorky Park and play lightning
Gorky Park is one of the largest parks in Europe and the main gathering place for veterans on the holiday. Unfortunately, every year fewer heroes are able to go to the holiday, but still the veterans are still alive. Several dozen great people can still give advice to the younger generation and talk about the hardships of war. For the younger generation, this is one of the last chances to thank the heroes during their lifetime.
For children, the event will not be boring. They are invited to play the famous lightning game, which was part of the military training system for schoolchildren in the USSR. The organizers in the park will help the children understand the rules of the game and divide the participants into teams. In addition, as an addition to active recreation - dance master classes. Naturally, on a military theme with a bias in those areas that were popular in the 40s.
Chess and needlework master class
On May 9, 2018, Kuzminki Park will host a program aimed more at fans of intellectual entertainment. With the support of the children's school "Center", a special chess tournament will be held among several age groups. In addition, it will be interesting for children and adults to take part in the creation of a collective postcard for Victory Day. A special handicraft workshop is organized for girls. Everyone will have the opportunity to make their own souvenir at handicraft workshops.
Horse riding on Poklonnaya Hill
Pobedy Park on Poklonnaya Hill will host a varied program of events dedicated to the holiday. In addition to various sports entertainment, there will be a concert by the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra, songs from the war years will be heard from the stage throughout the day.
A special feature of the event will be a horse show. There will be a thematic parade of hero cities. In addition, everyone is invited to demonstration performances of riding schools.
You can end the evening by watching fireworks. On Poklonnaya Gora is the most spacious platform, which offers a magnificent view of the fireworks dedicated to Victory Day.
Muscovites will celebrate City Day on September 8 and 9. The Moscow authorities have prepared a rich entertainment program. The two-day festivities will begin with a sports festival at Luzhniki and amateur flower growers' competitions, and will end with fireworks in the parks. City parks will become the epicenter of the holiday. The highlight of the entertainment program will be the Flower Jam festival, which will unfold in every district of Moscow. The program includes 1150 free master classes in floristry, botany, design and cooking, 280 concerts and performances by artists, 50 excursions in parks and green areas of Moscow, skateboarding lessons and a DJ school. Three thousand gaming and sports attractions will be installed for outdoor enthusiasts.
Excursions
During the holidays, the city will host the action "Moscow excursion". You can visit free tours in museums, galleries, exhibition halls, historical corners of Moscow. You will be accompanied by both professional guides and TV stars.
The walking tour "Once Upon a Time at the Patriarchs" will be held by the Mikhail Bulgakov Museum. Participants will go in search of a tram next to the Patriarch's Ponds area, go to the Griboedov restaurant, and then to Bolshoy Gnezdnikovsky Lane, where, according to the plot of the novel, the Master and Margarita first met. The program also includes a visit to the main exhibition of the museum. The tour is scheduled for September 8 at 14.00 at the main entrance to the square of the Mossovet Theatre.
The Vysotsky House also organizes a walking tour "On the Bolshoi Karetny". The guides will show and tell you where the poet spent his young years, wrote poetry, made acquaintances in the period from 1949 to 1955. The event is scheduled for September 8 at 12:00 noon.
For "extreme" Muscovites, the organizers offer a running tour of the Danilovsky district. The gallery "On Shabolovka" will host cardio training in the open air. First, the participants of the excursion will learn the history of the city, and then go on a run, on bicycles or scooters to the sights located nearby (Shukhov Tower, St. Danilov Monastery). Citizens of any sports training can take part in a running walk - the guides will periodically pause for rest. The tour will take place on September 8 at 12.00.
Citizens interested in fashion were also not spared. A tour of GUM will be organized for them, where the guide will talk about the main trends of this autumn. You will be expected on September 9 at 15.00 at the Fashion Museum, which is very close to GUM.
State Biological Museum named after K.A. Timiryazeva will tell you about inedible porcini mushrooms and edible fly agaric, about the history of the two-headed dog and about other mysterious exhibits. Hurry up for the Skeletons in the Closet tour on September 9 at 12.00 and at 14.00.
Some tours will be led by show business and television stars. Will meet you at the Moscow Museum Tutta Larsen and tell about the history of the city to children and adults, a singer and actor will be waiting for you in the House of N.V. Gogol Dmitry Bikbaev. About “How a bully knows how to love” and about women Sergei Yesenin the choreographer will tell you Egor Druzhinin at the Poet's Museum. Host of the program "Time" Ekaterina Andreeva will accompany you to the M. Bulgakov Museum, and the singer Petr Nalich will give you a walking tour through the streets of Kitay-Gorod.
You can find out more about the time and venues at the link. Some tours require pre-registration.
You can also learn more about the capital by joining the Walking Around Moscow project, which runs from August 15 to September 9. Within its framework, 52 walks along 26 routes have been prepared for Muscovites. So, you will learn about the history of Triumfalnaya Square, Tverskaya Zastava Square, Yakimanskaya Embankment, etc. To participate in these excursions, you also need to register.
Movie
During the holidays, you can also watch Soviet films about Moscow in the 1930s and 1980s for free. 16 films will be shown in the network of cinemas of the Moscow Department of Culture "Moskino".
You will have the opportunity to once again hear the legendary "Mulya, don't make me nervous!" and look at Faina Ranevskaya in "The Foundling" in the cinema "Salute" on September 8 at 14.00.
At the same time, the film will be screened at the Polet cinema. Karena Shakhnazarova"Courier" (1986) about the ironic Ivan, who fell in love with the professor's daughter Katya. Soviet-Japanese melodrama "Moscow, my love" directed by Alexandra Mitta watch on September 8 at 16.00 at the Saturn cinema. This is a film about how the main character Yuriko, who was born in Hiroshima, flew to study the art of ballet at a school at the Bolshoi Theater, wins competitions, falls in love, but then doctors discover she has a terrible diagnosis - leukemia.
The famous film "I'm walking around Moscow" (1964) will be shown on September 9 at 17.00. This is a director's film George Danelia about the adventures of the young Siberian Volodya, who happened to be passing through Moscow. Here he gets acquainted with the city and finds new acquaintances.
Concerts
On September 8, from 12.00 to 21.00 at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, a real gift awaits lovers of classical music. Famous works performed by the symphony orchestra will be performed here, and choral ensembles will present a separate program. You can also listen to opera music in Sokolniki. There will also be installed art objects “Generator of good deeds”, which will give everyone a list of good deeds to perform.
In the Tsaritsyno estate during the holidays, music will sound from morning to evening. Many hours of concerts will be held here: symphony orchestras and pianists will perform music from Russian operas and ballets, Russian waltzes and world classics.
Three festivals will take place in Gorky Park at once: Hills - a festival of performance and land art, Rivers - a music festival on a barge on the Moskva River and Fields - a music festival of modern experimental music in Muzeon Park. The street theater will be presented in Zaryadye Park. Dancers and musicians and a drum orchestra will perform for you. Competitions and quizzes, interactive performances and master classes will be held. The holiday will end with a big fireworks display. The festival of new art and creativity will unfold in the park of the 50th anniversary of October.
Sport
A large-scale sports program was prepared by Gorky Park and Muzeon. On Saturday from 11.00 to 19.00 on the site near the Andreevsky bridge, you can practice qigong health-improving gymnastics. At 14.00 at the cinema "Pioneer" choreographer Evgeny Papunaishvili organizes for you a master class on mastering modern dances and zumba.
The Moscow authorities will prepare festive events in all regions.
Read about where it will be interesting for Moscow Day 2019, where to go first of all, about the program in parks and districts, read in this article.
Program of events
The main events will be: the Festival on the streets, a holiday in Luzhniki, festivities on Poklonnaya Hill and evening fireworks.
On Saturday, parks will offer an interesting program, and on Sunday, come to the sites of the city Festival.
sports holiday
September 7 at 10-00 will begin a big holiday for everyone. The schedule includes family competitions, dance performances, lessons from famous athletes and performances by artists.
City Day on Poklonnaya Hill
Come celebrate City Day on Poklonnaya Hill. It promises interesting entertainment and evening concerts.
City Festival
On the festive weekend, master classes, sports competitions, street performances, concerts with the participation of famous artists will be held on the streets of Moscow. In the chalets, you can buy delicious food and souvenirs.
Excursions
Free walking tours are prepared for Muscovites and guests of the capital. Tourists will walk along Triumphalnaya Square, along the lanes of Chistye Prudy, along Varvarka, Nikolskaya and other streets.
Free museums on City Day
80 Moscow museums will become free, many of them will conduct tours of expositions and exhibitions in honor of the capital.
Choose - Darvinovsky, Kolomenskoye, Tsaritsyno, the center of Gilyarovsky, the house of Marina Tsvetaeva and others.
Celebrating in neighborhoods and parks
Celebrations in the districts will begin on September 7 at noon. In the evening, concerts of popular performers are scheduled at all venues.
On September 9, the concert in honor of the City Day will last until 20.00. Irina Dubtsova, Konstantin Krymsky, Kristina Orbakaite, Oleg Kaledin, Alexei Vorobyov, the Degrees group and rapper Mot will perform in the combined festive concert together with Polina Gagarina.
Lilac Garden
15:40-16:20 Dezery group
16:00-17:00 Workshop on creating feeders
16:30-17:10 Moscow time cover band
17:20-18:00 Bali Band
Free movie screenings
Cinema "Saturn", 16:00 - "Office Romance" (1977, 151 minutes, USSR, director Eldar Ryazanov, 0+);
Cinema "Sputnik", 17:00 - "I'm walking around Moscow" (1964, 78 minutes, USSR, director Georgy Daneliya, 0+).
Tverskaya Square
Until 21.00 you are waiting for dance master classes, which will be held by 40 professional dancers. City Day participants will be able to learn a variety of dances and then perform them together with professionals.
Old Arbat
On September 9, in the program of the City Day on the Old Arbat at 16:00, the House-Museum of Marina Tsvetaeva together with the Vladimir Mayakovsky Museum and the MOST Theater will present a theatrical tour "The Bridge between Mayakovsky and Tsvetaeva". In the final part of the festive program, the audience is waiting for the performances of contemporary musicians who will perform their best songs.
Gorky Park
Openwork gazebo
16:00-23:00 16:00 ADMI 17:00 Kymatic Ensemble
18:00 Fogh Depot 19:00 Nikita Zabelin & Petr Theremin
20:00 Laraaji (USA)
21:00 Alexey Bobrovsky - live techno drumming 21:40 Islam Chipsy & EEK (Egypt)
Muzeon
On September 9, at 3 pm, Lina Dembikova's master class starts and will continue with a show of children's clothing from Russian designers: Galina and Nikolai Biryukov, Polina Golub, Christina Kibovskaya, Piccino Bellino and Eveline kids. After that, international photographer Ksenia Krutova will hold her master class, it will be at 16:00. The team of directors Nikolai Zatylkin will start a master class on model gait at 16:30. At five o'clock in the evening there will be a fashion show by Yulia Dalakyan, and Vlad Lisovets will continue the program with a master class on fashionable urban style. Then Alexey Bazhenov and Karina Nikiforova will give their master class at 18:00. The second urban style master class will be from Elena Kravtsun. At seven o'clock in the evening there will be a collective show of Moscow designers from Vyacheslav Zaitsev's Fashion Laboratory. The evening will end with a performance by Tesla boy and Nastya Kudri.
Tsaritsyno park
14:45 -15:45 Sergey Zhilin "Phonograph-Sympho-Jazz"
16:00 – 16:30 Vadim Eilenkrig
17:00 - 18:00 "Tenors of the XXI century"
18:15 – 19:15 Igor Butman Orchestra
19:30 – 20:00 Quatro Group
Sokolniki Park
On September 9, the holiday will continue with performances by ZOZH cover bands and R-Band, DJ sets, an open-air film screening, as well as vocal and dance performances from various schools.
Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill
On September 9, at 15:00, Muscovites and guests of the capital will enjoy a festive program with the participation of the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, the Moscow State Academic Dance Theater "Gzhel", Natalia Ivanova, Vasilisa Nikolaeva and Vladislav Kiryukhin, Maria Voronova, Vladi Blaiberg, Alexander Elovskikh, vocal group "Five", Gosha Kutsenko, Tatyana Golubka and art group "Turetsky Choir". The celebration of the City Day will be completed by the concert of radio "Dacha", which will begin at 18:00. It will be attended by: Anna Semenovich, Sogdiana, Rada Rai, Alexander Aivazov, Viktor Rybin and Natalya Senchukova, Vadim Kazachenko, Sultan Hurricane, Elena Terleeva, Alex Malinovsky, Timur Temirov and the Fabrika group.
