Moscow Spring Festival
The Moscow Spring festival is being held from May 1-11. Twenty-three city fairgrounds, located in each district, feature six periods from Russian history — the Silver Age, the New Economic Policy during the 1920s, Industrialization and the Great Patriotic War, the Thaw, the era of developed socialism, and Perestroika.
Each site features an extensive cultural programme — concerts, exhibitions, and fashion shows — in keeping with the selected theme. At these fairgrounds, Moscow residents and visitors have the opportunity to go back in time and immerse themselves in the Soviet lifestyle. Courses and master classes are available on everything from making propaganda posters to photography and cooking.
There are also many activities for sport fans, including volleyball, badminton, ping pong, karate, and gymnastics. Visitors will have the opportunity to take part in competitions in street ball, board games, checkers and chess, mini golf, table tennis, air hockey and sumo wrestling. They will also be able to ride retro-style bicycles and play children's outdoor games.
About 200 Moscow restaurants prepared menus featuring historical and national cuisines.
The ‘6 pm After the War’ event will be held on May 9, on Victory Day. The event will feature special cultural programmes at all festival venues, and fireworks in the evening in honour of the festivities. Those who perished during the Great Patriotic War will be honoured with a moment of silence and a candlelight vigil with the release of 1,945 balloons.