Concerts, fairs, competitions, opening of a spa complex: where to go in Vitebsk on City Day 2025
Schedule of festive events for City Day in Vitebsk 2025
June 26 (Thursday) – Day of the Liberation of Vitebsk | ||||
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 Vitebsk region, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Vitebsk from German-Fascist invaders | ||
Military burials and memorials City of Vitebsk | according to a separate plan | Ceremonial events at monuments and memorials to the liberators, at military burial sites (rallies, laying of flowers and wreaths) | ||
June 28 (Saturday) – City Holiday of Vitebsk | ||||
Millennium Bridge of Vitebsk | during the day | «VITEBSK HISTORICAL» Exhibition | ||
Lenin Street (at the Town Hall) | 12.00 | Laying flowers at the memorial sign established at the site of the execution of Soviet patriots during the Great Patriotic War | ||
Suvorov Street (at the Town Hall) | 12.00-16.00 | «MUSEUMS IN A SUITCASE SPEAK» exhibition of school museums | ||
Suvorov 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 the arch painting «DANCING IN VITEBSK» flash mob | ||
Mayakovsky Square | 10.00-17.00 12.00-14.00 18.00-20.00 | Concert programs «My favorite city» plein air of the folk studio of artists-lovers "Contour"
Plein air of students of educational institutions. Exhibition of works
«OUR CITY» art action of volumetric figures
«GIFT THE “BIRD OF HAPPINESS” TO YOUR BELOVED CITY» promotion-congratulation
«IN THE CULTURE CENTER – IN THE CENTER OF VITEBSK» open music project. Evening of Folk Music | ||
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 poetic platform «THE BEST AND NEW ON THE THEATER SQUARE» the magic of street performances: theaters, musicians, performers, circus, and fire shows | ||
The area near the Holy Assumption Cathedral | 10.00-15.00 | «VITEBSK ORTHODOX» exhibition-fair. Master classes on bell ringing | ||
Castle Street | 10.00-15.00 | «CITY DEVELOPMENT – 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 sites, demonstration of emergency services special equipment, OSVOD.
Concert and entertainment program
Operation of trade facilities | ||
Site at the TZU "Belarusian Puppet Theater" (Pushkin Street, 2) | 11.00-13.00 | "PLANET OF CHILDHOOD" festive program «PATRUSHKA» performance of the play for children. Master classes, photo zones, interactive sites, 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 cycling event participants Work of interactive platforms: The Republican Unitary Enterprise "BRSM", a private production unitary enterprise "Darida", location of the State Traffic Inspectorate, sports and gaming program of GFSK,
Opening of Youth Day «Velo Vitebsk» bike ride Awarding of participants in sports events "The Fire of Youth Talents" regional stage of the national festival-competition of youth creativity, gala concert of the participants of the festival competition 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 | 13.15 | OPENING OF THE SPA CENTER "SOUTH" | ||
Park of the 1000th Anniversary | 16.00-18.00 | «I AM PROUD OF YOU, MY CITY!» holiday concert program | ||
Town Hall (balcony from the Town Hall Square) The Courtyard of the Town Hall | 17.00-18.00 21.30 | «FIDDLE OVER THE CITY» musical congratulations to the city
MOVIE SCREENING: children's cartoon, the film "Specialty Exam", tea from the samovar with health herbs and treats | ||
Museum of the History of Private Collecting (Frunze Avenue, 13) | 16.30 | UNVEILING OF THE MEMORIAL PLAQUE to the collector | ||
Cultural and Sports Complex Summer amphitheater | 17.00 | PRESENTATION of the new multifunctional cultural center. | ||
Summer amphitheater (Frunze Avenue, 13a) | (17.30) 18.00-20.00 | «VITEBSK – THE CITY OF OUR LOVE!» a solemn event dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk and the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the city from Nazi invaders. The ceremony of the solemn presentation of the city award "Vitebsk Citizen of the Year", conferring the title of "Honorary Citizen of Vitebsk" | ||
Victory Square (at Moskovsky Avenue, 8) | 20.00-23.00 | «LIVE BRIGHT! LOVE VITEBSK!» gala concert of popular performers | ||
Victory Square (at the monument) | 23.00 | FIREWORK | ||
Related events | ||||
State Institution "Vitebsk Regional Library" (Lenin Street, 8a) | June 26 12.00 | «WORD WITHOUT BORDERS» Festival – poetic dialogue of representatives of Belarusian and Russian library literary associations (ROO "Union of Writers of Moscow", GBUK "Smolensk Regional Universal Scientific Library named after A.T. Tvardovsky") | ||
TZU "Belarusian Puppet Theater" (Pushkin Street, 2) | June 26 18.00 | «MEMORIAL PLACES» monospectacle dedicated to | ||
«5th Regiment» – City of Gorodok – Neighborhood Verkhovye» JSC "VZTZCH" (meeting room) UK "Vitebsk Regional Museum of the Hero of the Soviet Union Minai Filippovich Shmyryov" Victory Square State Educational Institution "Secondary School No. 9 of Vitebsk" (School Street, 4) Organizations, enterprises of the city | June 26 12.00 13.00 14.00 11.00 13.00 during the day | «MOLODZ.BY: WE UNITE DREAMS, ACHIEVE GOALS!» Republican Marathon of Youth and Students
«RHYTHM OF MOVEMENT» «Feat in the Glory of the Fatherland» auto-bicycle rally «TECHNOLOGIES OF TOMORROW» «Science Picnic» intellectual open-air «ART BREAKTHROUGH» urban quest, concert «THE POWER OF INHERITANCE» youth participation in the rally, laying flowers and wreaths at the memorial complex in honor of the Soviet soldiers-liberators, partisans, and underground fighters of Vitebsk region, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Vitebsk from the German-Fascist invaders
The solemn event dedicated to the naming of M.F. Biryulin at the State Educational Institution "Secondary School No. 9 of Vitebsk"
«YOUR TERRITORY» Career Festival - Career Guidance | ||
FOK GU "GFSK "Vitebsk" (Soviet Street, 7-14) | June 26 10.00-15.00 | Chess and checkers competitions among the residents of Vitebsk, dedicated to the Day of the Liberation of Vitebsk from the German-Fascist invaders | ||
FOC GU "GFSK "Vitebsk" (K. Marx Street, 2A) | June 26 10.00-15.00 | Swimming competitions among veterans of Vitebsk, dedicated to the Day of the Liberation of Vitebsk from the German-Fascist invaders | ||
Libraries | 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 Nazi invaders | ||
Cinema "World" (Chekhov Street, 3) House of Cinema (Lenin Street, 40) | June 26-29 June 26 12.20 June 28 12.20 June 27 14.20
June 29 15.00 | Screening of artistic and documentary films produced by the RUP "National Film Studio 'Belarusfilm'", dedicated to Vitebsk and the Vitebsk region:
«Time to Return» feature film "Berezinsky Biosphere" documentary film
"Memorial Complexes of Belarus – 2" documentary film;
"The Abode of Saint Euphrosyne" documentary film | ||
Organizations, open venues of Vitebsk (according to separate plans) | June 26, June 28-29 | Cultural, sports and tourism events | ||
The Courtyard of the Town Hall (from the side of Mayakovsky Square) | June 27 21.30 | Film screening animated film for children, movie "About a Dragon on the Balcony, about the Kids and the Scooter", tea from the samovar on health herbs and treats | ||
FOK GU "GFSK "Vitebsk" (street 3rd Sadovaya, 26a) | June 28 10.00-15.00 | Billiards competitions among workers, dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk, the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the city from Nazi invaders | ||
Parking near the Blokhin Bridge | June 28 10.00-15.00 | «DRIFT-TAXI» master class | ||
State Institution "National Academic Drama Theater (Castle Street, 2) | June 28 18.00 | «PARACHUTIST» performance | ||
Floodplain of the Vitsba River (near the Jubilee Bridge) | June 28-29 10.00-18.00 | Open Cup of Vitebsk City in Beach Football among Teams | ||
Open-air cinema Student Square (Moscow Avenue) | June 28-29 June 28 13.30 14.00 16.00 June 29 14.00 16.00 | «CITY OF INSPIRATION. VITEBSK IN CINEMA» demonstration of films that were shot in Vitebsk
«VITEBSK IN CINEMA»
Film screening film "About a Dragon on the Balcony, About the Guys and the Scooter";
film "Shagal-Malevich"
Film screening film "Specialty Exam";
film "Starting Point" | ||
Cultural and Mass Recreation Complex named Soviet Army | June 28
11.00-20.00 June 29
12.00-14.00 11.00-18.00 15.00-18.00 | «ON THE WEEKEND – WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY!» day of mass recreation. Operation of the sports equipment rental point, attraction complex
«VITEBSK – OUR NATIVE CITY!» holiday concert program of the youth variety theater "School of Stars" «SPORT FOR EVERYONE – FROM 0 TO 100 VITEBSK 2025» cultural and sports holiday for the whole family The operation of facilities for various sports (kickboxing, football, jumping, yoga, taekwondo)
Demonstrative performances of sports clubs | ||
The Courtyard of the Town Hall | June 29 18.00-23.00 | «CATCH Summer at the Town Hall» dance music program | ||
Millennium Bridge of Vitebsk | June 29 during the day | «VITEBSK HISTORICAL» exhibition | ||
Suvorov Street, Mayakovsky Square | June 29 10.00-16.00 | EXHIBITION-FAIR OF ARTISTS, CRAFTSMEN conducting master classes Musical program | ||
Tolstoy Street | June 29 10.00-16.00 | Operation of trade facilities | ||
FOK GU "GFSK "Vitebsk" (Soviet Street, 7) | June 29 10.00-15.00 | Open City Chess Tournament | ||
Frunze Park (at the fountain) | June 29 16.00-18.00 | «IN OLD RHYTHMS» dance and entertainment program | ||
Inner courtyard State Budgetary Institution "Vitebsk Regional Philharmonic" (Lenin Street, 69) | June 29 16.00-18.00 | «KUPALA-FEST 2025» final of the music bands competition | ||
State Institution "National Academic Drama Theater named after Yakub Kolas" (Castle Street, 2) | June 29 18.00 | «MUSICAL «VERNISSAGE» musical and poetic evening | ||
Exhibitions | ||||
Shopping Center "Marko" | June 20 - July 4 during the day | «WE REMEMBER. WE HONOR. WE WILL NOT BETRAY» Exhibition | ||
Exhibition space of the pedestrian crossing Moscow Avenue, Tereshkova-Nikolaeva St., institutions and organizations of the city | June 26-28 | «SYMPHONY OF THE COSMOS» republican competition of digital art. Exhibition, award ceremony, quest walks | ||
Railway District (branch "Palace of Culture of Railway Workers" of the State Institution "Cultural and Informational Center "Golden Ring of the City of Vitebsk "Dvina", district organization) | June 25 - during the day | «OLD CITY, GLORIOUS CITY APPOINTS A MEETING FOR US…» photo exhibition | ||
UK "Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk" "Art Space" (Tolstoy Street, 7), cultural institutions, educational institutions of the city | June 24-29 | «PHOTO STEP» X photography festival | ||
Museum of the History of VNHU (Shagal Street, 5a) | June 17-30 | «VERA YERMOLAEVA: AMAZON OF RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE» exhibition of painting and graphics from a private collection (Moscow) | ||
State Educational Institution "Children's Art School No. 3 of Vitebsk 'Maladik'" Exhibition Hall | June 25 11.00-12.00 | «PROSPECT-2025» XVIII open exhibition-competition of visual arts. Opening of the exhibition-competition | ||
State Educational Institution "Children's Art School" Exhibition Hall (Suvorov Street, 3) (Mayakovsky Square) | June 26 12.00-12.40 13.00 | «PROSPECT-2025» Opening Awarding of the winners of the exhibition-competition | ||
Exhibition Hall branch of the UK "Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk" (Beloborodova Street, 5) | June 26 16.00 | «THREE ARTISTS WERE FRIENDS: LEONID ANTIMONOV, OLEG ORLOV, ALEXANDER SOLOVYOV» «ADJUSTMENT» Sculpture of Ivan Koladovsky | ||
Marc Chagall Art Center (Soviet Street, 25) | June 26 17.00 within a month | "A Bright Line of Constellations" a creative evening of poetry and author’s song for the birthday of D. Simanovich «HAPPY IS HE WHO IS LIKE ULYSSES…» | ||
Town Hall (Lenin Street, 36, hall) | June 27-28 11.00-23.00 | Climb to the panoramic platform of the Town Hall tower, excursions | ||
Town Hall (Lenin Street, 36) | June 28 11.00-19.00 | «TOWN HALL – CENTER OF VITEBSK», «PROPHOTO», «OLD TOWN» exhibitions (free admission) | ||
Excursions | ||||
Historical center of Vitebsk (Chekhov Street, | June 28 10.30-16.00 11.00
13.30 16.00 | ACTION "DEDICATED TO THE BELOVED CITY..." (free thematic excursions and quests): Excursion to the Church Archaeological Cabinet of the Vitebsk Theological Seminary and the Church of the Resurrection of Christ
«IN MEMORY OF BELLA SHAGAL»
"THE STORY OF ONE STREET" (Chekhov Street) tour (starting from the cinema "Mir", Chekhov Street, 3) | ||
Art Museum (Lenin Street, 32) | June 28 12.00, 15.00 | «WALKING AROUND THE CITY WITH FOAM» presentation of the excursion, exhibition (upon request) | ||
Town Hall | June 29 12.00 | «YES, IN VITEBSK STYLE» presentation of the author's thematic bus and walking tour | ||
Tram route through the city departure point: tram ring Frunze Avenue at the military unit) | June 28 10.00 June 28 14.00 | «MEMORY ROUTES» thematic free excursion on the mobile museum tram in Vitebsk (by prior appointment)
Free tour with musical accompaniment (by prior appointment) | ||
Millennium Square Vitebsk | June 28-29 20.00-24.00 | Hot air ballooning | ||
Boat trip (route: Victory Square – Soviet Army Park – Victory Square) | June 28-29 12.00-19.00 | Boat trips on the Western Dvina River | ||