The ice theaters are must-visit places for all festivalgoers! There were two last year, one on Red Square, and another on Novopushkin Square. Here, breathtaking ice shows featuring Russian figure skating stars, including Evgeny Plushenko, Tatiana Navka, and Pyotr Chernyshev, awaited attendees. Traditional festival favorites, including Cinderella, Snow White, Swan Lake, and Chippolino, were performed on these rinks, as well as captivating premieres!

Not only could you try an amazing assortment of pancakes during Maslenitsa, you could learn to make them too! There were several culinary schools at the festival where visitors could learn how to bake pancakes according to recipes from different Russian regions. In addition to cooking classes, the festival is famous for folk craft demonstrations, where you can watch a blacksmith, a potter, a tanner, a jeweler, a chaser, and a weaver at their work. Rich entertainment is always to be found during Maslenitsa week. The most prominent variety is street theater, which has been an essential part of the festivities for centuries. The time-honored tradition continues at the festival with a series of captivating theater performances and parades, as well as folk dancing and music performances.

There was also a rich entertainment program organized for visitors – master classes, street theater performances, sporting activities, and traditional dances.

The festival program on Tverskoy Boulevard could interest all animal lovers. Dog owners could learn a lot of new things about their beloved pets’ abilities at special locations, where experienced dog trainers were teaching visitors how to raise and train their pooch and sharing their knowledge about their health and psychology. If you already had a pet, you could bring it to the Grooming School for a free consultation with a professional veterinarian. And you could also have your pet groomed here, or even treat it to a spa treatment!

The festival program on Tverskoy Boulevard could interest all animal lovers. Dog owners could learn a lot of new things about their beloved pets’ abilities at special locations, where experienced dog trainers were teaching visitors how to raise and train their pooch and sharing their knowledge about their health and psychology. If you already had a pet, you could bring it to the Grooming School for a free consultation with a professional veterinarian. And you could also have your pet groomed here, or even treat it to a spa treatment!

In addition to the performances of the contestants, festival delighted the audience with theater performances, master classes given by famous musicians and artists, outstanding musicals, and a special program to celebrate Victory Day.

At Nikolin Den Festival you could enjoy a plenty of extraordinary modern shows, video art, circus, and musical performances, and various master classes for young visitors. Like at nearly all Moscow Seasons festivals, large sports facilities appeared between Manezhnaya and Revolution Squares. During the Nikolin Den Festival, you could find a pump track and a skate park here.

Several fish markets were set up at this year’s festival, where high-quality fish products were on offer, while visitors could try special fish dishes prepared by the best Moscow restaurateurs at open-air restaurants. The menu featured oysters, mussels with various sauces, many different fish soups, codfish and chips, deep-fried fish, paella, and dozens of other appetizing seafood dishes!

Several fish markets were set up at this year’s festival, where high-quality fish products were on offer, while visitors could try special fish dishes prepared by the best Moscow restaurateurs at open-air restaurants. The menu featured oysters, mussels with various sauces, many different fish soups, codfish and chips, deep-fried fish, paella, and dozens of other appetizing seafood dishes!

The festival enable guests to see gladiators, medieval knights, court ladies, cowboys and Indians, Russian boyars, sailors, pioneers, and other residents of different parts of the world in different eras – right on the streets of Moscow! And most importantly, the participants aren’t actors, but real reenactors, professionals, and enthusiasts who share their knowledge of history and hold master classes on ancient crafts, fencing, historical cuisine, dancing, and much more!

The Flower Jam Festival is also hosting an impressively large amateur competition in which participants creates about 1,500 beautiful gardens all over the city. Gardening fans of all ages and skill levels gather at contest venues located in every district of Moscow to get free flowers and tools with which to create flowerbeds of their own design.

The Flower Jam Festival is also hosting an impressively large amateur competition in which participants creates about 1,500 beautiful gardens all over the city. Gardening fans of all ages and skill levels gather at contest venues located in every district of Moscow to get free flowers and tools with which to create flowerbeds of their own design.

Four festival stages hosted a special entertainment program embracing VDNH’s wide-ranging cultural contributions. Music lovers were able to enjoy ballet performances, orchestral concerts, and open-air gigs featuring indie, jazz, and rock bands right on Tverskaya Street. As with all Moscow festivals, master classes to satisfy every taste were held as well. And, of course, no large city festival would be complete without spectacular sports installations and demonstrations, and this one was no different: a pump track, a skate park, an outdoor parkour course, and a pool for sup surfing were set up on Tverskaya Street.

A large Fish Market has opened at the location between Manezhnaya Square and Revolution Square. Where high-quality fish products were on offer - you could buy Black Sea horse mackerel, red mullet, Karelian trout, Siberian sturgeon, as well as caviar, rape and scallop meat, and much, much more!

Visitors can try special holiday dishes prepared by famous Moscow restaurateurs. The menu will feature traditional and modern fancy meals from all over Russia. Of course, all kinds of crafts and souvenirs will be on offer, too!

The ice theaters are must-visit places for all festivalgoers! There were two last year, one on Red Square, and another on Novopushkin Square. Here, breathtaking ice shows featuring Russian figure skating stars, including Evgeny Plushenko, Tatiana Navka, and Pyotr Chernyshev, awaited attendees. Traditional festival favorites, including Cinderella, Snow White, Swan Lake, and Chippolino, were performed on these rinks, as well as captivating premieres!