Concerts, fairs, competitions, opening of a spa complex: where to go in Vitebsk for City Day 2025

Program of festive events for City Day in Vitebsk 2025

Program of festive events for City Day in Vitebsk 2025

June 26 (Thursday) – Day of Liberation of Vitebsk
from Nazi invaders

Victory Square

11.00

RALLY, LAYING OF FLOWERS AND WREATHS at the memorial complex in honor of Soviet soldiers-liberators, partisans and underground fighters of the Vitebsk region, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Vitebsk from Nazi invaders

Military burial sites and memorials

Vitebsk city

according to a separate plan

Ceremonial events at monuments and memorials to soldiers-liberators, at military burial sites

(rallies, laying of flowers and wreaths)

June 28 (Saturday) – Vitebsk City Day

Bridge of the 1000th Anniversary of Vitebsk

throughout the day

"HISTORICAL VITEBSK"

Exhibition

Lenin Street

(near the Town Hall)

12.00

Laying of flowers at the memorial sign installed at the execution site of Soviet patriots during the Great Patriotic War

Suvorov Street

(near the Town Hall)

12.00-16.00

«MUSEUMS IN A SUITCASE SPEAK»

exhibition of school museums

Suvorov Street,
Krylov Street,

Suvorov Street, 12

10.00-20.00

12.30

12.30-13.30

EXHIBITION-FAIR OF ARTISTS, CRAFTSMEN

conducting master classes




«VITEBSK IN THE RHYTHM OF ART»

presentation of arch painting

«DANCING IN THE VITEBSK WAY»

flash mob

Mayakovsky Square

10.00-17.00

12.00-14.00

18.00-20.00

Concert programs

«MY BELOVED CITY»

plein air by the folk studio of amateur artists "Kontur"


Plein air by students of educational institutions.

Exhibition of works







"OUR CITY"

volumetric figures art action


"GIVE THE GIFT OF THE BIRD OF HAPPINESS TO YOUR BELOVED CITY"

congratulatory action




"IN THE CENTER OF CULTURE – IN THE CENTER OF VITEBSK"

open music project.

Folk music evening

Tolstoy Street

10.00-20.00

OPERATION OF TRADE FACILITIES

Pushkin Street

10.00-17.00

20.00-24.00

"VITEBSK. CITY DAY. READING POINT"

library and poetry platform

"THE BEST AND NEW ON THEATRALNAYA SQUARE"

magic of street performances: theaters, musicians, performers, circus and fire show

Area near the Holy Assumption Cathedral

10.00-15.00

"ORTHODOX VITEBSK"

exhibition-fair. Master classes on bell ringing

Zamkovaya Street

10.00-15.00

"CITY EDUCATION – BUILDING THE FUTURE TOGETHER!"

exhibition-presentation of educational institutions

Freedom Square

10.00-15.00

10.00-17.30

10.00-20.00

"WE ARE FOR A SAFE CITY"

operation of interactive platforms, demonstration of EMERCOM special equipment, OSVOD.
Operation of the "Smoke Screen" attraction





Concert and entertainment program


Operation of trade facilities

Site near the Belarusian Puppet Theatre "Lyalka"

(Pushkina Street, 2)

11.00-13.00

"PLANET OF CHILDHOOD" festive program

"PIATRUSHKA"

performance for children.

Master classes, photo zones, interactive platforms, contests, games

Victory Square

11.00-15.00

12.00-12.30

12.00-17.00

12.30-12.50

13.30-14.30

14.30

12:00-17:00

10:00-23:00

YOUTH DAY


"Time of Youth"

Open city competitions in strength sports



Registration of participants of the bike race

Fitness warm-up for bike race participants

Operation of interactive platforms:

NGO "BRSM", private unitary enterprise "Darida",

State Automobile Inspectorate location,
sports grounds from VGTSK,

sports and game program of GFSK,
inflatable complex area from "Laser tag club "COLT",
retro car exhibition,
cars from the "Vitebskavtositi" auto center,
tasting from KUP "Confectionery factory "Vitba"





Opening of Youth Day

"Velo Vitebsk" bike race

Awarding of participants in sports events

"Fire of Youth Talents" regional tour of the national festival-competition of youth creativity, gala concert of festival-competition participants of youth creativity





Operation of trade facilities

Victory Park

12:00-14:00

10:00-01:00


10:00-01:00

"TO OUR BELOVED CITY - OUR TALENTS"

concert and entertainment program


Operation of attractions


Operation of trade facilities

Street
Warriors-Internationalists

13.15

OPENING OF THE SPA CENTER "YUZHNY"

Park of the 1000th Anniversary

16.00-18.00

"I AM PROUD OF YOU, MY CITY!"

festive concert program

Town Hall

(balcony from the Town Hall Square side)

Town Hall Courtyard

17.00-18.00

21.30

"VIOLIN OVER THE CITY"

musical congratulations to the city



FILM SCREENING: cartoon for children, film "Control Test for Speciality", tea from a samovar with Zdravnevsky herbs and treats

Museum of the History of Private Collecting

(Frunze Avenue, 13)

16.30

OPENING OF A MEMORIAL PLAQUE to collector
I.D. Galkevich

Cultural and Sports Complex

of the Summer Amphitheatre

17.00

PRESENTATION of the new multifunctional cultural center.

Summer Amphitheater

(Frunze Avenue, 13a)

(17:30) 18:00-20:00

"VITEBSK IS THE CITY OF OUR LOVE!"

a festive event dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk and the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the city from Nazi invaders. Ceremony of the solemn awarding of the city prize "Vitebsk Citizen of the Year", awarding the title "Honorary Citizen of Vitebsk"

Victory Square

(near Moskovsky Avenue, 8)

20:00-23:00

"LIVE BRIGHTLY! LOVE VITEBSK!"

gala concert of popular performers

Victory Square

(at the monument)

23:00

FIREWORKS

Accompanying events

State Institution "Vitebsk Regional Library
named after V.I. Lenin"

(Lenin Street, 8a)

June 26

12:00

"WORD WITHOUT BORDERS"

Festival – poetic dialogue between representatives of Belarusian and Russian library literary associations (Public organization "Union of Writers of Moscow", State Budgetary Institution of Culture "Smolensk Regional Universal Scientific Library named after A.T. Tvardovsky")

Private Unitary Enterprise "Belarusian Puppet Theater "Lialka""

(Pushkin Street, 2)

June 26

18.00

"PLACES OF MEMORY"

a solo performance dedicated to the
80th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War

"5th Regiment" – Gorodok – Verkhovye microdistrict 

OAO "VZTZCh"

(meeting room)

State Institution "Vitebsk Regional Museum of Hero of the Soviet Union Minay Filippovich Shmyrev"

Victory Square

State Educational Institution "Secondary School No. 9 of Vitebsk"

(Shkolnaya Street, 4)

Organizations, enterprises of the city

June 26

12.00

13.00

14.00

11.00

13.00

during the day

"MOLODZ.BY: UNITING DREAMS, ACHIEVING GOALS!"

Republican Marathon of Youth and Students



"RHYTHM OF MOVEMENT"

"Feat in the Glory of the Fatherland"

auto-bike rally

"TECHNOLOGIES OF TOMORROW"

"Science Picnic"

intellectual open-air

"ART BREAKTHROUGH"

city quest, concert

"SILА SPADCHYNY" (The Strength of Heritage)

Youth participation in a rally, laying flowers and wreaths at the memorial complex in honor of Soviet soldiers-liberators, partisans and underground fighters of Vitebsk region, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Vitebsk from Nazi invaders



Solemn event dedicated to the naming of the State Educational Institution "Secondary School No. 9 of Vitebsk" after Biryulin M.F.


"YOUR TERRITORY"

Professions Festival - career guidance

Sports and Recreation Complex of the State Institution "Vitebsk City Sports Club"

(Sovetskaya Street, 7-14)

June 26

10.00-15.00

Chess and Checkers Tournament among residents of Vitebsk, dedicated to the Day of Liberation of Vitebsk from Nazi invaders

Sports and Recreation Complex of the State Institution "Vitebsk City Sports Club"

(K. Marx Street, 2A)

June 26

10:00-15:00

Swimming competitions among veterans of Vitebsk, dedicated to the Day of Liberation of Vitebsk from German-fascist invaders

Libraries
of the State Institution "CBS of Vitebsk",
museums, exhibition halls of Vitebsk

June 26-29

Thematic events, exhibitions,

dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk, the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the city from German-fascist invaders

Mir Cinema

(Chekhov Street, 3)

Dom Kino

(Lenin Street, 40)

June 26-29

June 26

12:20

June 28

12:20

June 27

14:20


June 29

15:00

Screening of feature and documentary films produced by RUP "National Film Studio "Belarusfilm", dedicated to Vitebsk and the Vitebsk region:



"Time to Return" feature film

"Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve" documentary film


"Memorial Complexes of Belarus – 2" documentary film;


"Abode of St. Euphrosyne" documentary film

Organizations, open venues of Vitebsk

(according to separate plans)

June 26,

June 28-29

Cultural, sports, and tourist events

Town Hall Courtyard

(from the Mayakovsky Square side)

June 27

21:30

Film screening

cartoon for children, film "About the Dragon on the Balcony, About Kids and a Scooter", tea from a samovar with Zdravnevsky herbs and treats

Sports and Recreation Complex of the State Institution "Vitebsk Sports and Recreation Complex"

(3rd Sadovaya Street, 26a)

June 28

10:00-15:00

Billiards competition among working people dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk, and the 81st anniversary of the city's liberation from Nazi invaders

Parking lot near Blokhin Bridge

June 28

10:00-15:00

"DRIFT TAXI"

master class

State Institution "National Academic Drama Theatre

named after Yakub Kolas"

(Zamkovaya Street, 2)

June 28

18:00

"PARACHUTIST"

performance

Viteba River Embankment

(near Yubileiny Bridge)

June 28-29

10:00-18:00

Open Vitebsk City Beach Football Cup among teams
from Vitebsk and Vitebsk region, dedicated to Vitebsk City Day

Open-air Cinema Student Square

(Moskovsky Prospekt)

June 28-29

June 28

13:30

14:00

16:00

June 29

14:00

16:00

"CITY OF INSPIRATION. VITEBSK IN CINEMA"

screening of films shot in Vitebsk






"VITEBSK IN CINEMA"
presentation of Dmitry Rubanik's project with the author's participation






Film screening

film "About the Dragon on the Balcony, About the Kids and the Scooter";


film "Chagall-Malevich"





Film screening

film "Control Work in the Specialty";


film "Starting Point"















Cultural and Recreational Complex named after the
Soviet Army

June 28


11:00-20:00

June 29


12:00-14:00

11:00-18:00

15:00-18:00

"TOGETHER AS A FAMILY ON WEEKEND!"

Mass recreation day.

Operation of the sports equipment rental service, amusement rides complex


"VITEBSK IS OUR NATIVE CITY!"

Festive concert program by the youth estrada theater "Star School"

"SPORT FOR EVERYONE – FROM 0 TO 100 VITEBSK 2025"

Cultural and sports festival

for the whole family

Operation of various sports grounds (kickboxing, football, jumping, yoga, taekwondo)



Demonstrations by sports clubs

Town Hall Courtyard

June 29

18:00-23:00

"Catch the Summer at the Town Hall"

Dance and music program

Bridge of the 1000th Anniversary of Vitebsk

June 29

during the day

"VITEBSK HISTORICAL"

exhibition

Suvorov Street,
Krylov Street,

Mayakovsky Square

June 29

10.00-16.00

EXHIBITION-FAIR OF ARTISTS, CRAFTSMEN

master classes

Musical program

Tolstoy Street

June 29

10.00-16.00

Operation of trade facilities

Sports and Recreation Complex of the State Institution "Vitebsk Sports and Recreation Complex"

(Sovetskaya Street, 7)

June 29

10.00-15.00

Open city chess tournament

Frunze Park

(near the fountain)

June 29

16.00-18.00

"IN OLD RHYTHMS"

dance and entertainment program

Inner courtyard

of the State Cultural Institution "Vitebsk Regional Philharmonic"

(Lenin Street, 69)

June 29

16.00-18.00

"KUPALA-FEST 2025"

final of the music bands competition

State Institution "Yakub Kolas National Academic Drama Theatre"

(Zamkovaya Street, 2)

29 June

18:00

"MUSICAL "VERNISAGE"

musical and poetic evening

Exhibitions

TC "Marko"

20 June - 4 July

throughout the day

"WE REMEMBER. WE HONOR. WE WILL NOT BETRAY"

Exhibition

Exhibition space of the pedestrian crossing

Moskovsky Avenue,

Tereshkovoy-Nikolaevoy Street, city institutions and organizations

26-28 June

"SYMPHONY OF SPACE"

republican competition of digital art.

Exhibition, award ceremony, quest walks

Zheleznodorozhny District

(branch "Palace of Culture of Railway Workers" of the State Institution "Cultural and Information Center "Golden Ring of the City of Vitebsk "Dvina", district organizations)

25 June -
28 August

throughout the day

"OLD CITY, GLORIOUS CITY APPOINTS A MEETING FOR US..."

photo exhibition

State Cultural Institution "Museum of Marc Chagall in Vitebsk"
(Beloborodova Street, 5;
Frunze Avenue, 11),

"Art Space"

(Tolstogo Street, 7),

cultural institutions, educational institutions of the city

24-29 June

"PHOTOCROK"

X Photography Festival
named after S. Yurkovsky in Vitebsk

Museum of the History of VNHU

(Shagala Street, 5a)

June 17-30

"VERA YERMOLAEVA: AMAZON OF THE RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE"

exhibition of paintings and graphics from a private collection (Moscow)

Educational Institution "Children's Art School No. 3 of Vitebsk "Maladik"

Exhibition Hall
(Voinov-Internatsionalistov Street, 19)

June 25

11:00-12:00

"PERSPECTIVA-2025"

XVIII open exhibition-competition of fine arts.

Opening of the exhibition-competition

Educational Institution "Children's Art School
of Vitebsk"

Exhibition Hall

(Suvorov Street, 3)

(Mayakovsky Square)

June 26

12:00-12:40

13:00

"PERSPECTIVA-2025"
XVIII open exhibition-competition of fine arts.

Opening

Awarding of the exhibition-competition winners

Exhibition Hall

branch of the Educational Institution "Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk"

(Beloborodov Street, 5)

June 26

16:00

"THREE ARTISTS WERE FRIENDS: LEONID ANTIMONOV, OLEG ORLOV, ALEXANDER SOLOVYOV"
presentation of a project dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory, in the A. Solovyov Hall

"ADLYUSTRAVANNE"
installations by Valentina Lyakhovich.

Sculpture by Ivan Kolodovsky

Marc Chagall Art Center

(25 Sovetskaya Street)

June 26

17:00

throughout the month

"Bright Line of Constellations" – an evening of poetry and author's songs dedicated to D. Simanovich's birthday

"HAPPY IS HE WHO IS LIKE ODYSSEUS..."
original graphics by Marc Chagall and other artists from the museum's collection

Town Hall

(36 Lenin Street, hall)

June 27-28

11:00-23:00

Ascent to the panoramic viewing platform of the Town Hall tower, excursions

Town Hall

(36 Lenin Street)

June 28

11:00-19:00

"TOWN HALL – THE CENTER OF VITEBSK", "PROFOTO", "OLD TOWN"

exhibitions (free admission)

Excursions

























Historical center of Vitebsk

(Chekhov Street,
Shcherbakova-Naberezhnaya Street,
Komissar Krylov Street,
Kosmonavtov Street)

June 28

10:30-16:00

11.00


13.30

16.00

EVENT "DEDICATED TO OUR BELOVED CITY..."

(free thematic excursions and quests):

Excursion to the Church-Archaeological Office of the Vitebsk Theological Seminary and the Church of the Resurrection of Christ
Vitebsk (start at Komissar Krylov Street, 7)


"ACCORDING TO THE MEMORIES OF BELLA SHAGAL"
excursion (start from the fountain at the railway station square (in the Zadvine district)


"THE STORY OF ONE STREET" (Chekhov Street) excursion (start from Mir cinema, Chekhov Street, 3)

Art Museum

(Lenin Street, 32)

June 28

12:00, 15:00

"A WALK AROUND THE CITY WITH PENOM"

presentation of the excursion, exhibition (by prior arrangement)

Town Hall
(Lenin Street, 36)
– around the city

June 29

12:00

"YES, INDEED, IN THE VITSEBSK WAY"

presentation of an author's thematic bus and walking tour
(by prior arrangement)

City Tram Route

departure point: tram loop on Frunze Avenue near the military unit)

June 28

10:00

June 28

14:00

"ROUTES OF MEMORY"

thematic free excursion on a mobile tram museum around Vitebsk (by prior appointment)



Free excursion with musical accompaniment (by prior appointment)

1000th Anniversary Square

of Vitebsk

June 28-29

20:00-24:00

Hot air balloon ride

Boat trip

(route: Victory Square – Soviet Army Park – Victory Square)

June 28-29

12:00-19:00

Boat trips on the Western Dvina River


Vitbichi