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In the period from February 20 to February 26, 2017, Orthodox believers celebrate Maslenitsa. The wildest part of this holiday coincided with the long weekend in Russia on the occasion of February 23rd. The city authorities decided not to deny themselves and the townspeople the pleasure of properly celebrating the last week before Lent.
Where to go in Moscow for Maslenitsa 2017
In Moscow, from February 17 to 26, 2017, the annual festival "Moscow Maslenitsa" takes place in Moscow, which is included in the cycle intkbbee street citywide events "Moscow Seasons".
The Glinka Museum is waiting for the celebration of adults with children at the concert "Pancake Week". The cost is 400 rubles.
The Yesenin Museum on Maslenitsa offers an interactive program "Zamoskvoretsky gatherings at the merchant's wife Fekla Dormidontovna". On February 25-26 at 17.30 the folklore program opens and family groups can visit.
"Bulgakov's House" invites you to the program "Pancake festivities in the "Bulgakov's House". The cost is 650 rubles per person.
On February 26 at 12.00 at the ZIL Cultural Center, Maslenitsa is held with performances by groups, a fair, master classes, and treats. Free admission.
Maslenitsa will be celebrated on Sparrow Hills on February 26 at the Moscow Palace of Pioneers, and the Kuskovo Museum-Estate holds a program for children and adults "Kuskovskaya Maslenitsa".
In the Semitsvetik Theater until February 26, you can visit the interactive theatrical holiday for the whole family "Wide Shrovetide 2017".
In the Manor of Father Frost in Kuzminki, Maslenitsa gatherings for organized groups will be held from February 24-25, 2017. Extensive festivities dedicated to these days are also held in the Children's City of Masterslavl masters.
The Museum of Russian Harmonica also invites you to the program. Quest lovers should visit the Museum of Moscow.
Maslenitsa at VDNKh promises to be bright, stormy and fun. No less exciting is seeing off the winter in the Aptekarsky Garden.
Izmailovo will host the Tsar's Maslenitsa, and the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve has prepared a mass tea party, a gastronomic fair, a festive procession with buffoons, games, contests for Maslenitsa.
In the Art Gallery of Ilya Glazunov, you can go to the "Sunny Horse" master class, and in Lyublino, visitors will learn about the traditions of seeing off Shrovetide.
Near the palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich on February 26 at 13.00 a performance "Pancake week: traditions of centuries" will take place.
Shrovetide in 2017: Moscow parks
A fire show will take place in the Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora on February 26 at 20.00. Fili on Maslenitsa 2017 holds an entertainment program. Sokolniki invite from February 17-26, 2017 to the celebration of the "Wide Maslenitsa".
Kuzminki, Krasnaya Presnya Park, Izmailovsky Park, Hermitage Garden, Lianozovsky, Artem Borovik Park, Bratislavsky Park, Tagansky Park, Perovsky Park, Northern Tushino, Babushkinsky Park, Bauman Garden, Muzeon and many other venues in Moscow.
Venue
13 sites in Moscow: Revolution Square, Manezhnaya Square, Novy Arbat, Tverskoy Boulevard and other sites
Date and time of the festival / event
16/02/2017 - 26/02/2017
Ticket price
Free admission
From February 17 to February 26, the most satisfying annual festival will be held in the center of Moscow "Moscow Maslenitsa 2017". More than 30 points selling pancakes will be opened in the capital during the days of the festival. Festival events will be held at 13 venues in the city.
According to the official website of the Mayor of Moscow, visitors to the festival "Moscow Maslenitsa 2017" festivities, round dances, carousels, sports and traditional carnival fun, historical reconstructions, street theater performances, culinary master classes and many pancakes are waiting for you. Straw Shrovetide figures will be installed on the festival grounds.
Venues of the festival "Moscow Maslenitsa 2017"
Revolution square
will be organized here "pancake" shooting gallery,"pancake" frisbee and curling will work culinary master classes, where everyone can learn how to cook a wide variety of pancakes: buckwheat, chocolate, Guryev, as well as pancakes from celery. Pancakes with peanut butter and chocolate ice cream, baked apple and boiled condensed milk, marshmallows and caramel will also be available. Pancake baking workshops will reveal the secrets of pancake recipes from different countries: Chinese choux pastry pancakes with shrimp and tomato dressing, French pancakes with oranges and raspberries, Japanese pancakes with zucchini and sesame seeds. In addition, the Revolution Square will house "Kingdom of Winter" with an ice palace and blue pavilions. At the festival site at the crossing from Manezhnaya Square to Revolution Square winter meets spring. Here, visitors are greeted by buffoons and mummers, who carry guests into round dances, invite them to participate in Russian folk games and amusements.
The schedule of this site is at ALLfest at the link.
New Arbat
There will be four festival venues, decorated in a modern style. Visitors to Novy Arbat will be pleased with two-meter puppets in the form of Kazimir Malevich, Varvara Stepanova, Aristarkh Lentulov and Vasily Kandinsky. The Novy Arbat and Maslenitsa figures will decorate.
Schedule of the festival site at the Center for Contemporary Art on Novy Arbat - at ALLfest.
Tverskoy boulevard
Active entertainment awaits guests of Tverskoy Boulevard: a seven-meter wooden slide, a game of "kolobok-bol"- Maslenitsa analogue of hockey with a broom. Instead of sticks, visitors will be given brooms, and a small ball stylized as the main character of the fairy tale "Gingerbread Man" will become a projectile. Muscovites will also be able to take part in another unusual game - to roll large sham cheese heads at speed. Also here you can play the three-meter xylophone and take pictures against the backdrop of a light tunnel.
Klimentovsky lane
Visitors to this site will get acquainted with the traditions of woodcarving and pottery. Exhibitions of carved window frames and wooden architraves from different cities of Russia, as well as traditional clay toys await guests.
Novopushkinsky square
Cooking school, cheese factory and magic carnival "Tales of the Mistress-Winter". Here, the guests of the festival are waiting for culinary skills lessons and children's theatrical performances.
Manezhnaya Square
Manezhnaya Square will be "Kingdom of Spring" with red pavilions. On this site, guests can enjoy performances by folklore groups and spectacular historical reconstructions. On the last day of the festival, a giant ice figure of Maslenitsa will be "burned" here.
MASLENITSA IN 18 PARKS OF MOSCOW - find out the schedule
Watch the video report on the course of the first days of the Moscow Maslenitsa festival on this page below
- Every day of Shrove Tuesday has its own name and is necessarily accompanied by a feast with pancakes:
- Monday- "Meeting". On this day, an effigy of Shrovetide was made from straw, and then they rolled it around the village in a sleigh.
- Tuesday- "Game". On this day, mummers went from house to house, booths were set up on the fairgrounds, where they gave performances.
- Wednesday- "Gourmet". From that day on, feasts began in all houses! Guests were treated to pancakes.
- Thursday- "Walk, revelry, break, broad Thursday." On this day, fisticuffs, known since ancient Russia, took place.
- Friday- "Teschiny evening." On this day, the newlyweds, dressed up, rode out in a painted sleigh and visited all the guests who were with them at the wedding.
- Saturday- "Zolovkina gatherings." Relatives, including sisters-in-law, came to young daughters-in-law.
- Sunday- "Forgiveness Sunday". This day ended Maslenitsa week. If during the year people offended each other in some way, on Forgiveness Sunday they asked for forgiveness. Having met, people greeted each other with a kiss, and one of them said: "Forgive me, perhaps." The second answered: "God will forgive you!" - and that's where all the insults ended.
Contacts of the organizers
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One of the most fervent, eventful and eventful weeks begins - the week of Maslenitsa festivities. Despite the fact that from February 20 and will last until February 26, events for Maslenitsa in Moscow 2017 will begin on February 17. Such an early start of seeing off winter and meeting spring is due to the fact that in 2017 Maslenitsa week coincides with public holidays in Russia on February 23rd. In order not to miss the opportunity to take a good walk and become part of the national holiday, you should know where to go in the capital in order to catch the most interesting.
What is provided by the festival program for Maslenitsa
Various events will be held not only in the center of the capital, but also in many other places in the big city. Basically, the largest events will be held in squares and parks. The program of the Maslenitsa festival includes performances and productions from street theaters, performances by folk music groups, a carnival parade, historical reconstructions, culinary master classes, and, of course, a pancake fair.
Given the scale of the event, it is no wonder that Pancake Week begins on February 17, because there are so many interesting things that will happen that you want to see everything!
The program of the festival "Moscow Maslenitsa 2017"
The festival starts on February 17 and will last until the very end of Maslenitsa, that is, until February 26. Let's talk about the most important and grandiose events of the holiday and where you can see and visit them.
Manezhnaya Square
Manezhnaya Square in 2017 for the Maslenitsa period will turn into the Kingdom of Spring. Looking at the holiday here, you can see historical reconstructions, as well as hear the performances of folk groups. In addition, it is on Manezhnaya Square that culinary master classes will be held with the distribution of prizes after.
In addition to all of the above, in the Kingdom of Spring you can see a bright and colorful show with ribbons and flags, tales of the Joker grandfather, an eight-meter-high ice figure “Tsar Maslenitsa” and the opportunity to take pictures with it.
And yet, there will be many stalls and tents where you can buy souvenirs and exclusive things from all over Russia. The organizers did not forget about trays with hot tea and pancakes, with a wide variety of fillings.
Revolution square
Revolution Square, as opposed to Manezhnaya Square, will turn into the Kingdom of Winter. In a huge ice fortress, you can take pictures with the sufferings of Winter, as well as sit on an ice throne. For children and adults, there are large ice slides, games in the old way, performances of buffoons and street theaters, performances of dancers and musicians.
And on Forgiveness Sunday, February 26, the fortress will be stormed here, the final battle with winter!
Novopushkinsky square
It is here that a pancake school and a cheese factory, an exhibition of toys made of clay, performances with actors, a fire show, as well as a carnival parade “Tales of the Mistress of Winter” will be located on Maslenitsa, after which a dance flash mob awaits everyone.
Tverskoy boulevard
Three festival venues with different amusements will fit here at once. The sites will be located near the "Armenia" store, at the monument to Sergei Yesenin, and at the monument to Timiryazev. What can be done at these sites? Participate in sports competitions, in the cheese relay race.
Also for outdoor enthusiasts there will be playgrounds for kolobok-ball, croquet and basketball.
In addition, it will not do without master classes. At the lesson they will show how to paint a clay Dymkovo toy, in a dollhouse they will tell and show how to make a ten-handled doll, a spring doll, and even an eco-doll on your own.
Every day on Tverskoy Boulevard there will be processions "Tales of the Mistress of Spring", as well as a children's entertainment program with animators.
And for those who like to take pictures, the organizers have prepared a hundred-meter luminous tunnel!
New Arbat
Festival venues here will be the epitome of contemporary art. On Novy Arbat there will be an exhibition of exclusive scarecrows, many interactive art objects (for example, "Feed the Horse") and the exhibition "Russian Avant-Garde". For fun, you can attend workshops on creating costumes for the carnival, as well as look at street theaters.
It is easy to find festival venues: they are located in the area of houses No. 13, No. 15, No. 19 and No. 21.
Klimentovsky lane
On the lane there will be an exhibition of photographs by Ivan Khafizov called "Carved platbands". In addition, the author himself will be present at the event and will give a lecture on the history of Russian architraves. And everyone who wants to have a chance to learn how to paint platbands, grind flour and decorate gingerbread.
In gastronomic stalls, it will be possible to find pancakes with a variety of fillings: from sweet to salty. As well as pies, sbiten, mead and, of course, hot tea!
And something else interesting for Maslenitsa in Moscow
On February 25, from 12 pm to 8 pm in Muzeon Park, 16 chefs will try to set a new Guinness record in the nomination "The most massive pancake treat", do not miss the chance to witness a historical moment!
And from February 23 to February 26 in Ice Moscow at the entrance to Pobeda Park on Poklonnaya Hill there will be an exhibition of ice sculptures, as well as an entertainment family program with carousels, buffoons, puppet theater performances. Entrance to the event is paid: an adult ticket is 350 rubles, 250 rubles for children, and for kids under the age of 5 - free of charge. The exhibition is open from 11.30 to 22.00.
Maslenitsa in Russia is a truly grandiose folk holiday! Therefore, there is no need to sit at home in front of the TV, because there are so many opportunities to learn something new, to see the capital bright, festive, from a completely different angle. Most of the events will be free of charge, given the diversity of the program. Everyone can find something according to their interests.
Happy Maslenitsa!
Muscovites and guests of the capital will walk Maslenitsa this year on February 25-26. A program for children will be presented in Gorky Park, as well as master classes in folk crafts, in Izmailovsky you can take part in traditional amusements and have a hand in burning an effigy, and in Lianozovsky and Tagansky a whole pyrotechnic show awaits guests, the Hermitage Garden attracts guests with culinary frills. In short, there are plenty to choose from.
Fans of Shrovetide delights should visit Kolomenskoye. They are waiting for a complete collection of ancient rituals that accompanied this holiday in the old regime towns and villages. The gourmet program will be presented absolutely free of charge - admission is free.
Shrovetide in Moscow will be celebrated on February 25 and 26. Large events will be organized in all districts of Moscow with concerts, fairs, and, of course, refreshments. Pancakes can be tasted at almost every event.
More detailed places, and possibly new events that are planned in Moscow can be viewed here.
The program of events is quite extensive.
Manor Tsaritsyno here you will find prize drawings, songs, dances, pancakes and, of course, the burning of Maslenitsa.
Manor Lyublino here you will find Maslenitsa games, as well as dances and songs.
The following program awaits guests in the parks:
In the capital of Russia, the Maslenitsa holiday will be held on February 25 and 26 of the current year 2017. Although the entire Maslenitsa week is held from the twentieth of February. There will be many venues for folk fun. They will treat you with pancakes, pies, tea, jelly. They will burn scarecrows, there will be pyrotechnics. I advise you to go to Sokolniki Park - we were there once, we liked it very much. You can go to Fili. The holiday in the suburbs will be very colorful. There are a lot of places.
Maslenitsa holiday will be celebrated in 2017, as usual, for a whole week from 20 to 26 February.
The main events in Moscow will fall on the weekend - February 25-26. There will be folk festivals in all districts of the city, many entertainment events are planned - pancake fairs, concerts of folk groups, Maslenitsa games and competitions will delight vacationers.
A detailed program of events for Maslenitsa in Moscow can be viewed on this website.
The spring holiday Maslenitsa in 2017 will be held from February 20 to 26. In Moscow these days, festive venues will unfold, where guests and residents of the city will be treated to pancakes, hot tea, and everyone will be able to take part in festive events that include various contests, draws, prize games and so on.
Festive events in the city of Moscow will be held in the following places:
The main farewell to winter will take place on weekends (February 25 and 26), so those who cannot come on weekdays will be able to participate in weekend events.
Wide festivities with pancakes, traditional competitions and performances of various musical groups will be organized in each district of Moscow.
You should pay attention to the farewell to spring, organized in the estates of Kolomenskoye and Tsaritsyno.
In Gorky Park, in addition to traditional entertainment, there will be many events and master classes for children. Folk festivals will be held on the embankments.
You can watch the burning of the effigy in Sokolniki Park. There you can see the performances of artists, animators. Various master classes and culinary fights will be organized.
Maslenitsa is celebrated from the twentieth of February to the twenty-sixth. That is a whole week.
Traditionally, pancakes are prepared for Maslenitsa with different fillings and for every taste. It is customary to visit and receive guests.
There will also be activities in the parks.
A wide Maslenitsa will be celebrated in the Capital in 2017 for a whole week starting from the 20th. The organizers have prepared a lot of interesting events for February 25-26. As always, there will be festivities, folk-style concerts, youthful competitions, entertainment by buffoons. The holiday will be interesting for both children and adults. Of course, you can still enjoy delicious pancakes with herbal tea.
The program of events in the estates of the city of Moscow:
Carnival festivities in the parks of the Capital
At the end, according to tradition, the burning of a doll - Shrovetide, symbolizing the departure of winter and the arrival of spring.
Welcome!
Maslenitsa, beloved by everyone and one of the most delicious holidays, will come in 2017 on the twentieth of February, and will end on February 26th.
All of Moscow will be able to take part on February 25 and 26 in folk festivals. A lot of places will be organized. Parks will take part in the holiday, where there will be folk amusements, drawings of pleasant prizes, songs and dances, performances by artists, animators will work for children, and so on.
If you want to see how a scarecrow is burned, then you need to get into the parks Izmailovskyquot ;, Sokolnikiquot ;,
But if, in addition to a fun entertainment program, you want to taste pancakes, jelly, herbal tea and other goodies, then welcome to the parks ; Lilac gardenquot ;, Kuzminkiquot ;, garden Hermitage other.
And the organizers invite lovers of pyrotechnics to the parks Lianozovskyquot ;, Taganskyquot ;, the garden named after Bauman.
See the link for all the details of the holiday programs.
The celebrations of the Wide Maslenitsa in Moscow will be held on February 25 and 26 (Saturday and Sunday), 2017. Almost the entire program has already been written, I will offer what interested me the most.
There will be the following festivities that you can visit for free:
Grandiose farewells of winter were arranged by our ancestors. Maslenitsa week was one of the most cheerful, noisy and delicious Russian holidays. Are you interested When is Maslenitsa in 2017, what are the events for Maslenitsa in Moscow? We will answer: Maslenitsa 2017 celebrated from 20 to 26 February. And, as always, it will be celebrated in a big way. Main folk festivities on Maslenitsa are scheduled for February 25-26. The holiday will not do without pancakes, skating and noisy concerts. We will tell you where the most massive and fun festivities for Shrovetide 2017 in Moscow will take place. Where to go to Maslenitsa with a child. Where to go to Maslenitsa with friends. And remember that Maslenitsa ends with Forgiveness Sunday, when the church gives instructions about Great Lent, and people ask each other for forgiveness.
On February 25 and 26, 2017, the Wide Maslenitsa will be celebrated in Moscow parks. Stilt walkers and acrobats, a concert of unusual musical instruments, cardboard battles and performances by SBPC, MGZAVREBI, Tina Kuznetsova and Brevis Brass Band. The celebration will be completed by the burning of effigies and pyrotechnic shows.
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa 2017 at VDNKh
On February 25 and 26, 2017, Maslenitsa will be celebrated in the Park of Crafts. The House of Crafts and the Dymov Keramika manufactory will host many master classes where children and adults will be able to make a Maslenitsa doll, a pancake maker, plates, butter dishes and traditional clay toys, and in the Hello, honey store they will taste various varieties of honey and jam. Maslenitsa will culminate in an unforgettable fiery act — the firing of two-meter clay sculptures, which will take place in the open areas of the House of Crafts and the Dymov Keramika school.February 25, Saturday, at 11:00 am in Building 186 at VDNKh, the opening of the Hello, honey gift shop will take place. At 14:00 and at 16:00, the founder of the company, Maxim Peshkov, will speak here about how honey is obtained. And after the lecture, everyone will be able to taste different varieties of honey and jam, taste fragrant sbiten and participate in the drawing of prizes and discounts on store products.
At 13:00 at the "House of Crafts" in the Uniquely studio there will be a master class on assembling modular furniture that does not require additional fasteners. At 2:00 pm, everyone will be able to make a symbol of seeing off winter - a Shrovetide doll (traditionally, a small doll is kept at home until next year and becomes a home amulet). And at 16:00, it will be possible to decorate one of the symbols of the House of Crafts — a plywood pig — using threads and carnations using the string art technique. On Sunday, February 26, at 2:00 pm, rag dolls of Shrovetide will be made at the House of Crafts, and at 4:00 pm a master class on string art will take place.
Festive workshops will be held at the Dymov Keramika school throughout the Maslenitsa week, from February 20 to 26. Children and adults will be able to create a crepe maker or jug on a potter's wheel, make a ceramic birdhouse or bird feeder, make a house keeper - a brownie, pancake plates, oilers and traditional Shrovetide toys made of clay.
At this time, preparations for the main event of Maslenitsa - the firing of clay sculptures - will be in full swing in the workshop. Ceramic artists will create two-meter clay sculptures, and on Saturday, February 25, an unforgettable fiery performance will take place on the square opposite the House of Crafts and in the courtyard of the Dymov Keramika manufactory. The sculptures will be fired on wood-burning stoves, and then the protective materials will be removed - and the audience will see ceramic statues blazing on fire.
When: February 25 and 26, 2017.
Where: Moscow, House of Crafts (in pavilion No. 47), Dymov Keramika manufactory (p. 186), Hello, honey (p. 186).
How to get there: m.VDNH
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa 2017 in Kolomenskoye
On February 25, from 14.00 to 16.00, the theatrical program "Boyar Maslenitsa" will be held. On it, professional artists will acquaint the guests of the museum with the customs, rituals, folk Maslenitsa games and amusements, as well as present the characteristic distinctive features of the celebration of Maslenitsa by townspeople and rural residents. Nearby, in the fair houses, a wide trade in pancakes with various fillings, hot tea, and souvenirs will unfold.On February 26, at 12:00, the theatrical program “Farewell to Shrovetide” will be held - everyone will be able to participate in traditional Russian outdoor games, sing folk songs, ditties and incantations with the artists, dance round dances and learn a lot about the last day of Shrovetide week - forgiven Sunday.
When: February 25-26
Where: Andropov Avenue, 39.
How to get there: m. Kolomenskaya
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa 2017 in Tsaritsyno
Mass festivities and a concert dedicated to the wide Maslenitsa will take place in the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve. The main program will start at 12:00 at Palace Square. The host of the holiday will tell about the traditions of Shrovetide week, invite guests to take part in traditional games, costume photo shoots, listen to folklore groups, a special guest of the program - the UFO Theater - will present an air show. Visitors to the museum-reserve will be able to remember the traditions of the entire Maslenitsa week from Monday to Saturday in two hours and, accompanied by buffoons, take part in the theatrical procession “towards Maslenitsa” from Palace Square to the Visitor Center. Here at 14:20 hot tea will be poured to the guests, at 15:00 the concert of the group “Length of Breath” will begin.At the central entrance to the park, there will be a Bookcrossing point where guests can exchange their book for any publication they like presented at the stands.
In parallel with the main program, at 12:00, a free tea party will begin at the Visitor Center - it is expected that more than 200 liters of tea from thirty samovars will be drunk that day in Tsaritsyno. Also, from February 23 to February 26, a festive fair will operate in the park.
Schedule:
12:00 - Maslenitsa games (Palace Square);
12:00 - Theatrical performances of the Moscow Regional State Theater for Young Spectators (Visit Center);
14:00 - Theatrical procession (from Palace Square to the Visitor Center);
14:20 - Traditional Maslenitsa tea party (Visit Center);
15:00 - Concert of the group "Length of Breath" (Visitor Center).
A special interactive program is designed for both children aged 6-11 and adults. Guests of the holiday are waiting for the games "Boyars", "Wearing pancakes", "Live pictures"; tug of war, round dance, acquaintance with traditions.
Attention! Participation in the interactive program is paid.
When: 23, 25 and 26 February, 12:00.
Where: Dolskaya street, 1.
How to get there: m. Orekhovo, m. Tsaritsyno
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in Gorky Park
Maslenitsa in Gorky Park will be held under the auspices of totem animals. The eagle, wolf, deer and bison will divide the territory into four zones, filling it with treats, adventures and trials. A two-day music festival will unfold on the embankment during Maslenitsa (13:00 - 19:00). The headliners will be SBPC (February 25) and MGZAVREBI (February 26). The holiday will end at 20:00 on Sunday with the traditional burning of a large-scale art installation.
For children and adults Maslenitsa in Gorky Park has prepared educational competitions, workshops on a variety of topics and favorite games of all time along with the Green School. A sports zone will be located on Pushkinskaya Embankment: circular ping-pong, towns, a snowboard contest, a snowboarding school, quest orientation, competitions for impact strength with prizes and a large program from the "Sports Section" with the most diverse activities from fencing and darts to skiing unicycles.
What is Maslenitsa in Gorky Park without pancakes - at the food court you can try pancakes according to recipes collected from all over the world: traditional Russian pancakes with sour cream, fish or jam, French crepes made from chestnut or buckwheat flour, Dutch pannekokens with a variety of fillings and much more.
When: February 25-26, 10:00 - 20:00
Where: Moscow, st. Krymsky Val, 9, 2 - Gorky Park, Muzeon Arts Park
How to get there: m. Park Kultury, Oktyabrskaya or Leninsky Prospekt
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in Sokolniki Park
In Sokolniki Park, the place of the traditional scarecrow on Fontannaya Square this year will be taken by the Spring Mood Constructor art object. It will become a symbol of the inconveniences inherent in winter: cold, apathy, stress, with which it will be possible to “fight” and “defeat” them in a playful way. Visitors will be able to create their own art stuffed animals from the details of the designer, which will be burned at the end of the holiday.
A giant two-meter frying pan will appear in Sokolniki Park, against which you can take unusual selfies. A fair will unfold at the 4th Luchevy Prosek from 11:00 to 22:00. On the stage of the skating rink "Ice" from 14:00 to 18:00 there will be a concert with the participation of the Brevis Brass Band, the group "Masha and the Bears" and the singer Sogdiana.
When: February 26, 11:00 - 22:00
Where: Moscow, Sokolnichesky Val 1, Sokolniki Park
How to get there: metro Sokolniki
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in Kuzminki Park
When: February 26, 13:00-18:00
Events on Maslenitsa in Kuzminki will captivate both adults and children. Maslenitsa will be celebrated in the park in accordance with all the rules - festive festivities in the Kuzminki park on Maslenitsa will be fun and incendiary!
On February 25 and 26, the Vedanina Fair will work: porcelain dolls in national costumes, wooden, clay and woolen products, handmade jewelry. Park guests spend winter on Sunday to the sounds of unusual musical instruments - the concert "Co-co-phony" (from 13:00 to 18:00). Musicians and visitors will play on the belfry made of flat bells - beats, psaltery, zhaleykas and other folk instruments, and even on frying pans, pots and spoons.
Tug of war, sack fight and other winter folk entertainment - from 13:00 to 15:00 at the main stage. At the end of the holiday, a traditional scarecrow will appear: the straw winter will flare up with sparks of cold fireworks.
How to get there: m. Kuzminki
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in the Hermitage Park
The heroes of the holiday will be street performers, mummers, mimes and even polar bears. Guests will be able to get acquainted with the traditions of celebrating Maslenitsa in the 9th century, try their hand at old Russian amusements, ride reindeer and the Zakrutikha swing.
At the Sweet Kitchen site, mimes will prepare cotton candy and lollipops for children in a former military field kitchen, converted by artists into a bright red glazed toy. A theatrical action will unfold on the main stage, culminating in a carnival procession: stilt walkers, acrobats, representatives of different peoples of the world in national costumes, artists of the Ex Theater walking a huge iron dog spewing a sea of soap bubbles. The folk group "Dobranoch" and national groups will perform. The garden plans to set a Guinness record for baking the largest Shrovetide pancake. The finale of the holiday will be the burning of the Maslenitsa doll, which will be made by contemporary artists in the form of an art object.
When: February 26, 13.00 - 19.00
Where: Moscow, st. Karetny Ryad, 3, Hermitage Garden
How to get there: m. Chekhovskaya, Pushkinskaya, Tverskaya
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in Fili Park
There will be a concert with the participation of VIA "Krapiva" and the folklore group "Atria", pancake tasting according to various recipes and competitions from the presenter.
When: February 26, 14:00 - 15:00
Where: Moscow, st. Bolshaya Filevskaya, 32, bldg. 3, Fili Park
How to get there: m. Fili
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in Tagansky Park
The center of the holiday will be the Gateway to Spring art object - an arch made of logs and twigs, untouched and natural on one side and brightly colored on the other. Theatrical processions with the participation of guests will be arranged in the park. Instead of the traditional burning of Maslenitsa - a performance with smoke effects. There will be workshops on creating home decor from natural materials and a noisy street "Pancake Thrower" - a game of hitting pancakes in the mouths of Pancake Eaters. At the end of the holiday, the folklore group YOKI will perform.
When: February 26, 14:00 - 19:00
Where: Moscow, st. Taganskaya, 40/42, st. Taganskaya, Vlad. 15A., park of culture and recreation Tagansky
How to get there: m. Taganskaya
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in the Lilac Garden
Entertainment and fun will be arranged in the Lilac Garden on Maslenitsa. Come to the park with the whole family and celebrate Maslenitsa 2017.Where: Moscow, Schelkovskoe highway, vl. 8-12 Lilac
How to get there: m. Shchelkovskaya or Preobrazhenskaya square
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in the Bauman Garden
The music program includes acoustic and instrumental performances by young folk and indie folk performers. At the fair, you can buy pancakes, teas and handmade souvenirs. As a sign of farewell to winter, the cold fireworks “Fiery Sun” will light up at the end of the holiday.
When: February 26, 14:00 - 19:00
Where: Moscow, st. Staraya Basmannaya, 15, garden named after Bauman
How to get there: m. Baumanskaya or Red Gate
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in Victory Park
Throughout the day, Russian attractions will operate, you can take part in fights with soft spears, learn how to kindle a real Russian samovar, and take part in other Maslenitsa fun. Folk bands Monkey Folk, FOLKBEAT and Yoki will perform. The headliner of the concert will be the singer Tina Kuznetsova (16:30). At 19:50, the Yarilo art object with a pyrotechnic show will light up on the Main Alley.
When: February 26, 13:00 - 20:00
Where: Moscow, Victory Square, Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora
How to get there: m. Victory Park
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in Goncharovsky Park
Amusing fights, comic performances, comic “tests of winter” and the burning of Maslenitsa await visitors. Folk groups "Dikovina" and "Matryona ART" will perform.
When: February 26, 14:00 - 18.00
Where: Moscow, st. Rustaveli, ow. 7, Goncharovsky Park
How to get there: m. Dmitrovskaya
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in Izmailovsky Park
On Saturday, a charity Maslenitsa will be held, organized by the Road of Life fund to help orphans. The program includes master classes for children, a children's disco and real llama and alpaca in the photo zone. European champion in diving, participant of the show "Vyshka" on Channel One, Honored Master of Sports Alexei Kravchenko will hold "champion" outdoor exercises with children and their parents.
On February 26, folk ensembles and folk groups will perform, traditional attractions will operate, and a Maslenitsa effigy will be burned.
When: February 25, 14:00 - 17:00
February 26, 13:00 - 18:00
Where: Moscow, Bolshoy Krug Alley, 7, Izmailovsky Park of Culture and Leisure
How to get there: m. Partizanskaya or m. Highway of enthusiasts
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in the park North Tushino
Maslenitsa festivities in the park "Northern Tushino" will start merrily. On the central square there will be a Shrovetide booth, where buffoons, mummers and musicians will help the guests of the park noisily and cheerfully in the winter. The concert will begin at 4:00 pm, and the holiday will end at 6:00 pm with the traditional burning of the Maslenitsa effigy.When: February 26, 14:00 - 18:00
Where: Moscow, st. Svobody d. 56, park of culture and recreation North Tushino
How to get there: m. Skhodnenskaya
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in Perovsky Park
On February 25, visitors to the park will test their strength in real competitive games - cockfighting, hat games, tug of war and try to remember as many fillings for pancakes as possible.On February 26, the festive program includes round dance and team games, songs, dances, performances of stilt walkers and throwing felt boots. Together with the creative workshop "Horses on the Balcony", guests will create a scarecrow from eco-materials: hay, cardboard, wood. The territory of the park will be stylized as a real village with haystacks and domestic animals.
When: February 25, 12:00 - 14:00
February 26, 12:00 - 18:00
Where: Moscow, st. Lazo, ow. 7, park of culture and recreation Perovsky
How to get there: m. Perovo
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in Lianozovsky Park
The program includes active games in the fresh air, a Shrovetide table with treats, acquaintance with folk rituals and a concert with the participation of folklore groups OYME and "At the Barin".When: February 26, 14:00 - 18.00
Where: Moscow, st. Uglichskaya, 13, park of culture and recreation Lianozovsky
How to get there: m. Altufievo
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in Babushkinsky Park
The park will celebrate Maslenitsa with dances, songs, delicious treats, master classes for children at the Center for Creativity and Leisure. The Cossack ensemble of the folk song "Volnitsa" and the animation theater "Really" will perform.When: February 26, 13.00 - 18.00
Where: Moscow, st. Menzhinsky, 6, park of culture and rest Babushkinsky
How to get there: m. Babushkinskaya
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in the park of the 50th anniversary of October
Maslenitsa in the park of the 50th anniversary of October will be celebrated with a show program. Festive events will appeal to both adults and children.When: February 25-26
Where: Moscow, st. Udaltsova, d. 22a, park of the 50th anniversary of October
How to get there: m. Prospekt Vernandskogo
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in the park of the 850th anniversary of Moscow
On Maslenitsa, guests of the Park of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow will be able to take part in a variety of entertainment. Visitors are invited to a holiday - Like on Shrovetide, pancakes flew out of the oven. Come bake pancakes and eat pancakes!When: February 25-26
Where: Moscow, st. Maryinsky park, ow. 10, building 4, park of the 850th anniversary of Moscow
How to get there: m. Maryino
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in Artyom Borovik Park
You can attend master classes. You are waiting for games and fun in the fresh air: tags with felt boots on a ribbon, tug of war, distillation in a mortar with brooms, running in bags, a stream, towns, funny round dances! Street musicians will sing traditional folk songs and ditties for you.When: February 25-26
Where: Moscow, Artem Borovik park
How to get there: m. Bratislavskaya, the entrance is near the exit from the metro towards the street. Bratislava
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in Vorontsovsky Park
February 25 - children's theatrical program and performance of the Aquamarine group. On Sunday, guests are waiting for "Phoenix-fest" - a festival with a new interpretation of folk art. Ignes Fatui, Karagod, Yoki will perform. Pancake rows will open, handicraft workshops will work. The finale of the holiday will be the burning of the Phoenix bird, created by young Russian designers.When: February 25, 13:00 - 18:00
February 26, 12:00 - 18:00
Where: Moscow, st. Vorontsovsky ponds, Vorontsovsky park
How to get there: m. Kaluzhskaya, Novye Cheryomushki, Prospect Vernandskogo
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in Krasnaya Presnya Park
Spectacular performances await guests at Maslenitsa in Krasnaya Presnya Park, traditional dishes and much more. The approach of spring excites and pleases, but winter should also be spent with dignity.
Guests will ride on huskies and reindeer, there will be games and youthful fun as part of the Yasnaya Maslenitsa festival. Tina Kuznetsova, groups Yoki, "Nomad" and others will perform. At 5:50 p.m., an effigy will be burned on the Big Island.
When: February 26, 12:00 - 13:00
Where: Park "Krasnaya Presnya" st. Mantulinskaya, 5,
How to get there: m. 1905, m. Krasnopresnenskaya
Where to go to Maslenitsa - Maslenitsa in Sadovniki Park
Gardeners will be waiting for guests in the park classic Maslenitsa for the whole family. On February 26, from 13:00 to 18:00, a tournament will unfold on Fontannaya Square to free Vesna from imprisonment. To rescue the captive, visitors will have to build a castle, fight with opponents on cardboard tubes and build armor. The traditional burning of the Maslenitsa scarecrow in the final will replace the solemn procession in honor of the release of Spring from cardboard captivity. The parade will be held to the sound of electric hurdy-gurdy.
When: February 26, 13:00 - 18:00
Where: Moscow, Andropova avenue, 58a., Sadovniki park
How to get there: m. Kashirskaya
Where to go to Maslenitsa in Moscow - city center
Moscow Maslenitsa Festival
At the venues of the Moscow Maslenitsa festival, which will be held in the capital from February 17 to 26, the city dwellers will find a large number of pancakes with sweet, salty and hearty fillings.In total, the center will have more than 30 points selling pancakes. In addition, culinary master classes will be held for guests, round dances and traditional Slavic Maslenitsa fun will be organized. The venues will be decorated with numerous figures of straw Maslenitsa, an eight-meter ice Maslenitsa and carousels in the form of Dymkovo toys.
Participants will have the opportunity not only to taste pancakes and learn their recipe, but also to take part in classic carnival fun. A “pancake” shooting range, “pancake” frisbee and curling are organized on Revolution Square.
There will also be culinary master classes. Everyone will learn how to cook buckwheat, chocolate, Guryev pancakes, as well as celery pancakes. For those with a sweet tooth - pancakes with peanut butter and chocolate ice cream, baked apple and boiled condensed milk, with marshmallows and caramel. Cooks will reveal the secrets of pancake recipes from different countries: Chinese choux pastry pancakes with shrimp and tomato dressing, French pancakes with oranges and raspberries, Japanese pancakes with zucchini and sesame seeds.
On Novy Arbat, where four festival venues will be located, Maslenitsa will be made more modern. Here you can see two-meter puppets. In them, guests will recognize the avant-garde artists Malevich, Stepanova, Lentulov and Kandinsky. With each of the dolls, visitors will be able to take pictures.
The Novy Arbat and Maslenitsa figures will decorate. The process of decorating them will turn into a separate performance, as the artists will work right on the site, in front of the visitors.
Active entertainment awaits visitors on Tverskoy Boulevard. Near the monument to Sergei Yesenin, you can ride on a wooden slide about seven meters long. It is stylized as a traditional Russian sleigh with a painting like a Dymkovo toy.
Guests of the festival will be able to play "kolobok-bol" - Shrovetide analogue of broomball (hockey with a broom).
Instead of clubs, visitors will be given brooms, and a small ball, stylized as the main character of the fairy tale "Gingerbread Man", will become a projectile. Muscovites will also be able to take part in another unusual game - to roll large sham cheese heads at speed.
Also here you can play a three-meter xylophone.
The history and traditions of woodcarving will be presented in Klimentovsky lane. Guests will also see carved window frames and wooden architraves from different cities of Russia. At creative workshops, everyone can learn how to draw and paint trim, decorate gingerbread with icing and even grind flour. It will be interesting for both adults and children. A mini-exhibition of traditional clay toys will be held in Novopushkinsky Square.
At some sites, the theme of seeing off winter and waiting for spring will be reflected in the color scheme of the chalet. For example, the Kingdom of Winter with an ice palace and blue pavilions will be located on Revolution Square, and the Kingdom of Spring with red pavilions will be located on Manezhnaya Square. On the last day of the festival, a giant ice figure of Maslenitsa will be “burned” here. The two seasons will meet at the transition from Revolution Square to Manezhnaya Square: actors in traditional Maslenitsa costumes, together with guests, will lure each other to the side of winter or spring, ride on carousels.
Libraries and cultural centers
The festive program will be held in more than ten cultural and leisure institutions.Children's open folklore festival-competition "Wide Shrovetide" will be held on February 21 at the Cultural Center "Moskvich". Guests are waiting for performances by children's groups, master classes, competitions and festive games, in which everyone can take part. The festival will start at 15.00.
On February 22, an extensive concert program will be held at the Moskvorechye Creative Center. Choral and piano works, poetry and classical music, excerpts from musicals, songs by Russian composers and folk songs will be performed. Also, the audience will see performances of dance groups - from classical ballet to modern street dances. The event starts at 18.00.
February 22 at 15:00 on the square of the House of Culture "Mayak" will be held the national holiday "Wide Shrovetide". The Shrovetide program will be held in the style of a theatrical performance, where guests will be greeted by folklore characters and introduced to the traditions of the Russian people. An interactive program for the audience will be held: all kinds of games, round dances, dances and competitions. Start at 15.00.
On February 25, the celebration of the “Wide Maslenitsa” will take place on the territory of the Schuka shopping and entertainment complex. Throughout the holiday, there will be a theatrical performance of the People's Group "School of Performing Arts" Faces "with the play "How Winter Met Spring", an animation program of the theater of the children's holiday "Ryzhik and Co" and the "UniKid" group. Active and fun games await the audience at the festival: throwing a ball into felt boots, the old Russian fun of hammering nails and tug of war. Start at 12.00.
On February 26, the Severny House of Culture prepared a festive interactive program for residents and guests of the Severny district. Everyone will be able to take part in the folk games dedicated to each day of the Maslenitsa week. The event will end with the solemn farewell ceremony of Maslenitsa. The beginning of solemn events at 12.00.
On February 26, the Zelenograd Cultural Center will host festive events - traditional folk fun and festivities, a tea ceremony and a fair with craftsmen's products. Everyone will be able to take part in a series of workshops on making amulets, bracelets, jewelry and clay toys. A separate place will be given to the carpentry workshop, where each guest of the holiday will be able to make a wooden toy. Start at 13.00.
On February 26, the traditional Maslenitsa celebration will take place in the columned hall of the ZIL Cultural Center. The Yarmarka ensemble of Russian folk instruments, the Young Zilovets choreographic ensemble, the Carnaval variety and sports dance ensemble, the Ozherelye folklore ensemble, soloists of the Orpheus Opera Studio and the Russian song choir will perform for the guests. Start at 12.00.
On February 26, the festive program “Look at you, Shrovetide!” will take place on the square near the House of Culture “Peresvet”. Guests of the holiday are waiting for competitions with kettlebells "Strongmen", "Ice Pillar", tug of war, riding broomsticks and much more. There will also be a win-win lottery and a Veteran's Pancake Table. And the youngest guests will find a children's playground with a giraffe, an elephant and a wise snake. Animators will turn into funny characters and organize fun games and workshops. Start at 12.00.
Museums and exhibition halls
The Moscow State United Museum-Reserve will host a large-scale celebration of Maslenitsa.The Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve on February 25 from 14.00 to 16.00 will host the theatrical program Boyar Maslenitsa. On it, professional artists will acquaint the guests of the museum with the customs, rituals, folk Maslenitsa games and amusements, as well as present the characteristic distinctive features of the celebration of Maslenitsa by townspeople and rural residents. Nearby, in the fair houses, a wide trade in pancakes with various fillings, hot tea, and souvenirs will unfold. On February 26, at 12:00, the theatrical program “Farewell to Shrovetide” will be held - everyone will be able to participate in traditional Russian outdoor games, sing folk songs, ditties and incantations with the artists, dance round dances and learn a lot about the last day of Shrovetide week - forgiven Sunday.
At the Lyublino Museum-Reserve, viewers will be introduced to the history of the Maslenitsa celebration, the traditions and rituals of seeing off winter, and the traditions of Maslenitsa celebrations. Artists, together with young visitors, will remember Russian literary works dedicated to the Maslenitsa theme.
