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New Year night |
New Year in Veliky Novgorod
In the program: greetings by Santa
Claus, traditional decoration of a Christmas tree, round-dancing,
fortune-telling, fireworks.
Location: Sophia square from 00.00
to 4.00, hotels, restaurants and night clubs of Veliky
Novgorod
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January, 6-19 |
Program "Christmas star" with Folklore
Theatre "Kudesy" (Magicians)
In the program: greetings by Santa
Claus, traditional decoration of a Christmas tree, round-dancing,
fortune-telling, young men wrestling, and a meal at a
bonfire.
Location: Winter forest
order 1 week in advance
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January |
Program "Christmas-tide in Vitoslavlitsy"
In the program: folk music performances.
Shows and trade exhibitions of craft and applied arts
works. Authentic games and entertainment. Competitions,
ceremonial feast, and Russian traditions and customs.
Location: Open-air Museum of Wooden
Architecture "Vitoslavlitsy"
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January, 13-18 |
Christmas-tide
with folk theatre "Kudesy"
In the program: Christmas-tide in
the winter forest with New Year wonders, fortune-telling,
round-dancing, folk drama "Maksemyan Tsar".
Location: winter forest
order 1 week in advance
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January |
" Christmas choral assemblies "
In the program: concerts of the
best choral groups of Veliky Novgorod and the region,
and orthodox and catholic motets.
Location: Lyceum
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February |
Art assembly for children and youth "Stars
of the 21 centries "
In the program: concerts of prize
winners of Russian and international musical contests.
Location: Regional Philharmonic
Concert Hall
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February, 23 |
Orphodox Easter with folk theatre "Kudesy"
In the program: Russian Easter traditions
and rites
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February - March
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City's Festival of Shrove-tide
In the program: festival in the
open-air with many side-shows: wrestling, bonfires, pan-cakes,
traditional games, dancing and singing performances by
the best city's folklore groups.
Location: Sophiyskaya ploschad (square),
Kremlin Park, municipal beach
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February - March |
Shrove-tide with folk theatre "Kudesy"
In the program: national Russian
Shrove-tide activities on the lakeside.
Location: Ilmen lake
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February - March
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Municipal model festival "By the
Ilmen lake"
In the program: annual festival
of mode and design, competitions in different nominations,
hairdressers' contest, exhibitions, selling of collections
of women's clothes and accessories.
Location: Municipal Palace of Culture
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March |
Art festival "Russian music "
In the program: concerts of prize
winners of Russian and international musical contests.
Location: Regional Philharmonic
Concert Hall
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March, 20
April, 8 |
Rachmaninov memory days
In the program: dirge to Sergey
Rachmaninov, concerts of leading musicians, exhibitions.
Location: Rachmaninov Music Center
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April |
"Clean Thursday"
with the Folklore Theatre "Kudesy"
In the program: maiden holiday at
the Yaroslav courtyard with ceremonial washing, braiding
of hair, welcoming the Sun and the Spring.
Location: Yaroslav Courtyard, spring
forest
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April |
International Theatre Festival
"Tsar Fairy-tale"
In the program: theatre shows of
children and youth from Russia and foreign countries,
master-classes of acting technique.
Location: Maly Theatre
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April |
Art festival in the memory of Rachmaninov
In the program: concerts and exhibitions.
Location: Rachmaninov Music Center
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April, 18 |
Battle on the Ice
In the program: celebration of the
renowned victory of Prince Alexander Nevsky's army in
the battle on the Chudskoe Lake. War-games and knights'
tournaments between members of the historical clubs of
the North-West of Russia.
Location: bank of the Volkhov river
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April, 23
last week of april |
Concert of prize winners of the govenor
of Novgorod region
In the program: concerts of the
best scholars of Novgorod musical schools and colleges.
Location: concert halls of Veliky
Novgorod
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May, 1-2 |
Summer regional festival of art song
" Msta accords "
In the program: amateur guitar
concerts on the open air.
Location: Borovichy
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Mai
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Hansa Days
In the program: trade fairs, exhibitions,
concerts, forums, Middle-Age cuisine tasting, giving all
the information about Hansa and a great value of cultural
and economical relations between Hansa cities.
Location: Veliky Novgorod
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since May, 24 |
Day of Cyrillic characters and
Slavonic culture
In the program: performances in
the honor of Sts. Cyril and Mephodius, Slavonic enlighteners:
divine liturgy and public prayer, literary readings, festival
of classical music.
Location: St. Sophia cathedral,
Open-air Museum of Wooden Architecture "Vitoslavlitsy"
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June
first weekend |
International Folk Arts Festival
"SADKO"
In the program: performances of
the Novgorod region's folk dancing and singing groups.
Shows and trade exhibitions of craft and applied arts'
works. Authentic games and entertainment. Competitions,
ceremonial feast, and Russian traditions and customs.
Location: Open-air Museum of Wooden
Architecture "Vitoslavlitsy"
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June
second weekend |
CITY DAY
In the program: concerts, exhibitions,
sporting events, competitions, contests, presentation
of awards, side-shows, entertainments and games, carnivals,
festival fireworks.
Location: Kremlin, Sophiyskaya ploschad,
municipal beach, Yaroslav courtyard, stadiums, other open-air
sites of the city.
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Night of July, 6
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Summer night (St. John's day)
with the Folklore Theatre "Kudesy"
In the program: games, round-dancing,
swimming in the Ilmen Lake, making flower diadems. Ceremonial
meal, summer night's bonfire, fortune-telling by wreaths,
and the rite of harvest protection.
Location: at the Ilmen Lake south
from the town
order 1 week in advance
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August
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Summer regional festival of art song "
Nord-West"
In the program: amateur guitar concerts
on the open air.
Location: Valday
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August, 30-31
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Horse holiday in Borovichy
In the program: horse-riding show.
Location: Veliky Porog village in
Borovichy district
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third Saturday of
September |
Autumn fair "Valday round cracknels"
In the program: concerts, exhibitions,
games.
Location: Valday
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September, 17- 18
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Festival of bell-ringing art "Golden bell-ringing
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In the program: bell-ringing concerts
Location: Open-air Museum of Wooden
Architecture "Vitoslavlitsy" , St. George monastery, Kremlin.
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since October, 1st
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Festival of Western-European music
In the program: concerts of prize
winners of Russian and international musical contests.
Location: Regional Philharmonic
Concert Hall
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last week of November
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Concert of prize winners of the govenor
of Novgorod region
In the program: concerts of the
best scholars of Novgorod musical schools and colleges.
Location: concert halls of Veliky
Novgorod
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December
second week |
Shows and trade exhibition of craft and
applied arts' works "Novgorod Fair"
In the program: Shows and trade
exhibitions of craft and applied arts' works, meetings.
Location: Open-air Museum of Wooden
Architecture "Vitoslavlitsy"
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since December,
25 |
Art festival "Christmas present"
In the program: concerts of prize
winners of Russian and international musical contests.
Location: Regional Philharmonic
Concert Hall
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third week of December
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Concert of prize winners of Federal
Agency of Culture and Cinematography
In the program: best concert programs
of prize winners.
Location: concert halls of Veliky
Novgorod
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