Who will perform at the palace on May 27. “Classics on Dvortsovaya. The metro will operate all night, and the Palace Bridge will be raised earlier than usual

It will open with a ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to Peter the Great on Senate Square. The ceremony starts at 10.00. Nevsky Prospekt, Ostrovsky Square and Palace Square will become the venue for the main events of the holiday. The Annual Ice Cream Festival will take place on Ostrovsky Square, which will start at 11.00 and last until 21.00. A grand procession in carnival costumes will take place on Nevsky. The festival will close Festive concert, which will take place at 21.00 on Palace Square. Full program of events planned for May 27:

“Legends of the Norwegian Vikings” festival as part of the City Day - the Foundation Day of St. Petersburg according to a separate plan Hare Island, Kronverkskaya embankment.

26.05 - 28.05.2017

“Creators of St. Petersburg” lecture on the work of M. K. Anikushin, dedicated to City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “State Museum of Urban Sculpture” branch “M. K. Anikushin’s Workshop” Vyazemsky per., 8 05.27.2017

Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg

The solemn ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to Peter the Great as part of the City Day - the Foundation Day of St. Petersburg Senate Square

05.27.2017 10.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg

Live television broadcast of the ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to Peter I on Senate Square TV channel “LIFENEWS 78” Senate Square

05/27/2017 10.00 Committee on Press and Interaction with the Media

“Optimists of the northern capital - Gazprom Cup” All-Russian sailing competition in the “Optimist” yacht class, dedicated to the Day city - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg Yacht Club "Hercules" village. Lakhta, st. Beregovaya, 19 27.05 - 28.05.2017 10.00 Committee on physical culture and sports

“Salt Town - City of Masters” XXI International City Arts Festival dedicated to City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg Solyanoy Lane

05/27/2017 11.00 - 18.00 St. Petersburg State Academy of Arts and Industry named after A. L. Stieglitz

Ceremony and meeting dedicated to the City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg Concert of choral music performed by the Concert Choir of St. Petersburg under the direction of Honored Artist of Russia V. Begletsov Peter and Paul Fortress, Sovereign Bastion, at the Foundation Stone Laying flowers at the grave of the founder of St. Petersburg, Emperor Peter the Great St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution "State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg" Peter and Paul Fortress

05.27.2017 11.00 - 12.30 Public Chamber of St. Petersburg Committee on Youth Policy and Interaction with Public Organizations

Annual Ice Cream Festival Ostrovsky Square, 2 05/27/2017 11.00 - 21.00 Committee for the Development of Entrepreneurship and the Consumer Market of St. Petersburg

The solemn ceremony of the midday shot in honor of the City Day - the Foundation Day of St. Petersburg Peter and Paul Fortress, Naryshkin Bastion

05.27.2017 12.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg

“Sea Capital” festival dedicated to City Day - the Foundation Day of St. Petersburg GBNOU “Academy of Talents” emb. Malaya Nevka River, 1 05/27/2017 12.00 Education Committee

“Lilac Promenade in Pavlovsky Park” holiday - a walk dedicated to City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution of Culture “ State Museum-Reserve“Pavlovsk” Pavlovsk, st. Sadovaya, 20 27.05 - 28.05.2017 12.00 - 18.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg

International festival of non-mass sports Park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg

05/27/2017 12.00 - 21.00 Committee on Youth Policy and Interaction with Public Organizations

"St. Petersburg Ball of Nationalities" a festive event dedicated to City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg Spit of Vasilyevsky Island

05.27.2017 13.00 - 17.00 Committee on Interethnic Relations and Implementation of Migration Policy in St. Petersburg

“City Day - Founding Day of St. Petersburg” concert by students and teachers of the children’s art school on Petrogradskaya St. Petersburg State Budgetary Educational Institution of Children’s Education “St. Petersburg Children’s Art School on Petrogradskaya” Andrey Petrov Square, Kamennoostrovsky Ave., 28-30 05.27.2017 14.00 Committee on the culture of St. Petersburg

“Secrets of the old house” a thematic tour of the museum and the surrounding area of the Bread Museum, as part of the celebration of City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “St. Petersburg Museum of Bread” st. Mikhailova, 2 litera A 05/27/2017 14.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg

“1000 facts about St. Petersburg” quiz as part of the celebration of City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “Central City Public Library named after. V.V. Mayakovsky" Grazhdansky Ave., 121/100 05.27.2017 15.00 - 17.00 Committee on Culture of St. Petersburg

Concert of graduates of the children's music school named after. A.K. Glazunov, dedicated to the City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg State Budgetary Educational Institution of Children's Educational Institution "Children's music school them. A.K. Glazunov" st. Sedova, 32 05.27.2017 16.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg

Quiz dedicated to the City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “Central City Public Library named after. V.V. Mayakovsky" Information and leisure center "M-86" Moskovsky pr., 86 05.27.2017 17.00 Committee on Culture of St. Petersburg

Musical and poetic evening dedicated to City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution "State memorial museum A.V. Suvorov" st. Kirochnaya, 43 05/27/2017 17.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg

“Brilliant St. Petersburg” concert dedicated to City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg SPb GBKDU “Home” folk art and leisure" St. Petersburg RO All-Russian public organization disabled people "All-Russian Society of the Deaf" st. Galernaya, 55 05/27/2017 17.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg

“Listen, Leningrad” concert of soloists of the St. Petersburg Concert, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of V.P. Solovyov-Sedoy and dedicated to the Day city-day foundation of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution "State Academic Capella St. Petersburg » emb. Moika River, 20 05/27/2017 19.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg

“I love you, Petra’s creation” concert of the Center musical culture"Tchaikovsky" Federal State Budgetary Institution "St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic named after. D. D. Shostakovich", Great Hall st. Mikhailovskaya, 2 05.27.2017 19.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg

“Dedication to the city” concert of the jazz group “Leningrad Dixieland” under the direction of Oleg Kuvaitsev “Petersburg Watercolors” concert of the ensemble “Ars-Nova” under the direction of Pyotr Kornev, dedicated to the City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “Philharmonic of Jazz Music” Zagorodny Ave. , no. 27 05.27.2017 19.00 05.27.2017 20.00 Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg

“Classics on Palace Square” festive concert, as part of the City Day - the Foundation Day of St. Petersburg Palace Square

St. Petersburg City Day falls on May 27th. This year marks his 315th anniversary. In honor of such an event, from the 20th they began to hold various holiday events, and today, May 26, a concert will take place on Palace Square.

The organizers of the holiday reported that the 315th anniversary of St. Petersburg will be celebrated brightly, with a rich program, which for a long time won't be able to forget local residents and city guests. Famous artists will perform at today's concert.

Festive events in St. Petersburg continue

On May 27, 2018, St. Petersburg turns 315 years old. The most intense program is planned for the weekend – the 26th and 27th. Today, guests and indigenous residents are invited to take part in the “sweet” ice cream festival: venue – pl. Ostrovsky. All motorcyclists will gather on Nevsky to participate in the parade, on the square. Manezhnaya will host “Motostolitsa”. Scheduled for the evening concert program“Classics on Dvortsovaya”, and then the festivities will continue on Admiralteyskaya Embankment - guests will be entertained by the light and sound show “Singing Bridges”.

Tomorrow, May 27, the solemn program begins at 10:00: at this time there will be a laying of flowers at the monument to Peter I. In honor of the city’s anniversary, everyone will be allowed to attend on Senate Square. Then the events will move to Nevsky Prospekt, where everyone can become a participant in the flash mob for the hashtag #315St. Petersburg.

If there is a motorcycle parade on May 26, then tomorrow there will be a bicycle parade: cyclists will ride from the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall to the park named after. 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg. After the flash mob, the avenue will not be empty: there will be a theatrical parade with the participation of an orchestra. In the evening, everyone will see colorful fireworks at the Peter and Paul Fortress.

During these two days, St. Petersburg will host a circus festival with a parade of retro vehicles, a Ball of Nationalities with a theatrical parade of drummers and orchestras. The main participants of the circus festival will be elephants.

The organizers revealed who will perform at the concert on Palace Square

The long-awaited gala concert “Classics on Dvortsovaya” will take place in St. Petersburg. Every year his program is completely different, this time the repertoire will become multifaceted. Famous artists will perform who will perform masterpieces by Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Bizet, Verdi, Gounod, Strauss.

Tenor Roberto Alagna and soprano Alexander Kurzhak will appear on stage. The concert on Palace Square will be their debut. Also performing will be:

Venera Gimadieva - soloist Bolshoi Theater, laureate of the Golden Mask;
Oksana Volkova - Honored Artist of Belarus;
Pavel Kolgatin - soloist of the Bolshoi Theater, soloist Vienna Opera;
Alexey Markov - soloist Mariinsky Theater and others.

There will also be a dance part, in which “Todes”, ballet dancers from the Theater. L. Yakobson, dance and sports club "Duet".

The concert will feature music by Verdi, Rossini, Bizet, Leoncavallo, Kalman, Lehar, Strauss, and the main event will be the performance of Anna Netrebko.

Ticket: free
Dates: Fri at 21:00
Address: Palace Square
Start date: May 27, 2016
Completion date: May 27, 2016

In honor of City Day, St. Petersburg residents can expect grand concert on Palace Square. In evening St. Petersburg, from a stage decorated in the spirit of a magnificent ballroom, they will sound best works classics: Rossini, Verdi, Bizet, Kalman, Puccini and Strauss.

A symphony orchestra will take part in the event Mikhailovsky Theater conducted by Mikhail Tatarnikov and opera soloists, including People's Artist Russia Anna Netrebko.

Under open air you will be able to listen to opera arias performed by tenor of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia Yusif Eyvazov, soloist of the Mariinsky Theater Ildar Abdrazakov, star soprano Olga Peretyatko, soloist of the Moscow theater " New opera"and guest soloist of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia Georgy Vasiliev and other famous performers.

The incredible performance will be complemented by dance numbers performed by world ballet stars and artists from St. Petersburg theaters. Among them are the theater “Mr. Pageau’s Wandering Dolls”, the St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theater named after Leonid Yakobson, etc.

A real celebration of classical art, held on Palace Square in honor of City Day - the Founding Day of St. Petersburg, over the course of several years it has turned into a vibrant cultural brand that attracts the attention of not only St. Petersburg residents, but also Russian and foreign tourists.

The audience of the “Classics on Dvortsovaya” show is growing every year, and it is expected that on May 27, 2017, the public concert of world opera and choreography will again attract over half a million spectators.

The program of the show, which has never been repeated in five years, promises to be special this time too: soloists of the leading opera stages of the world - La Scala, Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera, Paris and Vienna Opera, including representatives of the Russian opera school, will perform exquisite classical works, ancient Neapolitan songs, fragments from famous operettas. Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Strauss, Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Lehar, Kalman - the works of these and other geniuses of classical art will be performed accompanied by the Mikhailovsky Theater Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Tatarnikov, as well as one of the best youth choirs of the city. The unchanging principle of “Classics on Dvortsovaya” is only live music and live sound.

Happy Birthday to St. Petersburg People's Artist Russia, the unsurpassed Dmitry Hvorostovsky - immortal musical hits performed by the world opera headliner will once again be performed in the concert space of Palace Square. Together with him, world-famous performers who have not previously performed at St. Petersburg open-air will appear on stage: one of the best tenors of our time, Marcelo Alvarez; a star in demand by leading opera houses, the inimitable soprano and the face of popular world brands Sonya Yoncheva; exquisite beauty, American opera diva, lyric soprano Danielle De Niese; an incendiary and bright performer with a worldwide reputation, guest soloist of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theaters Veronika Dzhioeva; soloist of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia, tenor Alexei Tatarintsev, unique in technique and beauty of sound; soloists of the Mariinsky Theater - melodic, expressive tenor Sergei Skorokhodov and deep, regal mezzo-soprano Yulia Matochkina.

This year, “Classics on Dvortsovaya” will surprise you with even greater entertainment. The idea of turning each performance into a mini-performance - with luxurious costumes, full-fledged drama and artistic atmosphere - will be enhanced by bright scenographic solutions. Five large LED video screens will be installed on Palace Square for spectators.

In general, over 200 will be used to create visual art effects on the square and stage. square meters video projection surface.

As a gift to connoisseurs of ballet art, the program of the classical evening includes fragments from choreographic masterpieces performed by famous artists. The evening will be given a special, truly St. Petersburg atmosphere by the performances of the artists of the Theater "Mr. Pejot's Wandering Dolls."

The dance part of the show will be graced by the corps de ballet of the St. Petersburg State academic theater ballet named after Leonid Yakobson, flamenco master of the dance company Ursula Lopez and show ballet TODES.

The concert starts at 21.00. Free admission.

The project will take place on the initiative of the Government of St. Petersburg with the support of the Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg.

Read more about the project on the website.

The main events in St. Petersburg in honor of City Day will be held on May 27, 2016. For one evening in honor of City Day, Palace Square will turn into an improvised ceremonial hall. The stage will be decorated with luxurious decorations: a wide staircase with a gilded forged lattice and candelabra, as well as a magnificent colonnade.

The main attribute of the interior - a central chandelier of 200 lamps - will emphasize the beauty of the facade of the Winter Palace. The diameter of the chandelier frame is 2.5 m, total weight– 620 kg. It consists of 32 small chandeliers, 2500 crystal pendants. It took four people to assemble the chandelier and they worked for about six hours.

On May 27, City Day in St. Petersburg at 21.00, at the gala concert “Classics on Dvortsovaya”, Russian and world opera stars will perform for the citizens and guests of the Northern capital, accompanied by the Mikhailovsky Theater Symphony Orchestra. The headliner of the evening will be the brilliant Anna Netrebko.

“Each performance is a mini-performance with the participation of artists and dancers. And the Hermitage in this concert will be the main character,” Ekaterina Galanova, author of the project and director of the show “Classics on Palace Square,” told Metro.

Gardeners also planted 2 million flowers for City Day in St. Petersburg, reports the Improvement Committee. This volume of planting was achieved thanks to the warm and sunny May.

Peter and Paul Fortress will be captured by the Vikings Festival “Legends of the Norwegian Vikings”
Time. May 27–29, opening at 16.40
Place. Peter and Paul Fortress
For all the days of the festival, Peter and Paul Fortress will turn into a medieval Viking settlement. The event will be attended by more than 300 reenactors from the best military history clubs of this era from all over Russia. For the second time in a row, Vikings from Norway will come to St. Petersburg - from the Lofotr Museum, which is located on the Lofoten Islands in the north of the country. This is one of the most famous Viking museums in the world.

There will be a changing of the guard at the fortress
Divorce of the guard of honor
Time. May 28 at 11.55
Place. Naryshkin bastion of the Peter and Paul Fortress
The first guard of honor ceremony of the year will take place on Saturday. From now on it will be held on Saturdays until the beginning of November. It involves the personnel of the 165th Separate Rifle Honor Guard Company and the orchestra of the headquarters of the Leningrad Military District. As part of the ceremony there will be a parade ground and the removal of the flag Russian Federation and the flag of St. Petersburg and, of course, the traditional midday shot from a signal gun on the Naryshkin Bastion.

The townspeople are called for dessert
Ice cream festival
Time. May 28, 11.00–21.00
Place. Ostrovsky Square
The 21st Ice Cream Festival will delight visitors with more than 50 types of this delicacy. In addition, the Teremok home-cooking restaurant chain will bake a giant-sized pancake cake with banana and chocolate filling for St. Petersburg residents. It will weigh more than 400 kg and will be about 1.5 m in diameter.
Eight pancake bakers will create it online. Spectators will be invited to take part in a charity auction for the right to taste the first piece of pancake.

Dogs will walk along the catwalk
Dachshund parade
Time. May 28 at 12.00
Place. Garden of the Academy of Arts on Vasilyevsky Island
More than 100 dachshunds, together with their owners, will walk along a special 24-meter-long catwalk. The dachshunds will demonstrate amazing carnival costumes, which the owners began sewing several months ago. Viewers will see the heroes " Star Wars", boxer, ballerina, The Little Prince. The special guest is the dog Jose from the first charity animated series “Flying Animals”. The expert in the costume competition will be famous TV presenter Anna Fradkina.

Nevsky will be given to cyclists
Great Bike Parade literary heroes
Time. May 29 at 12.00
Place. From the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall to the Park of the 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg, stage on Malaya Sadovaya Street
The event is timed to coincide with the emergence of the Single Day of Bicycle Parades in Russia, which will now be celebrated throughout the country every last Sunday in May. The total length of the route in St. Petersburg will be 16 km. The bicycle parade will also take place along Nevsky Prospekt.
The parade of literary heroes will take place as part of the St. Petersburg International Book Salon. It is organized by the Juventa Theater.