Festivals in Russia
Every festival we cover in Russia — where and when to go.
Maslenitsa
Slavic folk Christianity.
Moscow International Film Festival
Annual film festival held in Moscow, Russia.
Intervision Song Contest
An international song contest consisting of both Post-Soviet states and members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
Scarlet Sails
Celebration in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Golden Gramophone Award
Yearly national Russian music award, established by Russian Radio in 1996.
Kinotavr
Film festival in Sochi, Russia.
Song of the Year
Russian annual music festival held before New Year.
Moscow anniversary
Holiday since 1847.
Grushinsky festival
Annual Russian bard song festival.
Nashestvie
Russian Rock festival.
White Nights Festival
Annual arts festival in St. Petersburg, Russia during the season of the midnight sun.
Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema
Muslim festival in Russia.
International Film Festival Message to Man
Annual film festival held in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Spasskaya Bashnya (festival)
Military music event in Red Square, Moscow.
Pirate Station
Drum and bass music festival.
Empty Hills
A jazz festival in Kaluga Oblast, Russia.
Moscow Biennale
Art biennial.
Chaos Constructions
Oldest and largest Russian demoscene festival.
Rock on the Volga
Rock festival in Samara, Russia.
Starcon
Annual entertainment exhibition held in Saint Petersburg.
World Festival of Youth (2024)
2024 event in Russia.
Film Festival Stalker
International Human Rights Film Festival.
Kinoshock
Film festival in Anapa, Russia.
Наадым
A cultural festival in Russia.
Festival of military and historical reconstruction "White City"
Historical reconstruction festival.
Chaliapin festival
A cultural festival in Kazan, Russia.
Seliger
Russian educational forum.
Çük
Holiday that was celebrated by Tatars, Chuvash, and Udmurt peoples.
Geek Picnic
Science and technology festival.
Golden Ostap
International Festival of Humor and Satire; held since 1992 in Saint Petersburg; transformed in 2005 into the comedy film and humor festival “Golden Ostap”.
International Film Festivals of Asian Pacific countries in Vladivostok
Annual film festival held in Saint Vladivostok, Russia.
Side by Side
International LGBT film festival in Russia.
KROK International Animated Films Festival
Animation film festival.
Open Russian Festival of Animated Film
A arts festival in Suzdal, Russia.
Park Live Festival
Annual international music festival.
ЛиФФт
A cultural festival in Russia.
1000th anniversary of Kazan
A cultural festival in Kazan, Russia.
VK Fest
Russian music festival.
Artdocfest
International documentary film festival held in Russia.
Wild Mint Music Festival
Russian music festival.
Зиланткон
Russia's largest international festival for fans of fantasy, Tolkien studies, and role‑playing games.
Kinotavrik
Russian children's film and sports festival.
Lyubimovka
Drama festival in Russia.
Stenograffia
Street art and graffiti festival in Ekaterinburg.
The World Festival of Clowns in Yekaterinburg
Annual festival of world clowning.
Vidfest
Russian festival of video bloggers.
Moscow Jewish Film Festival
Film festival.
May readings
Literary and theatrical festival in Tolyatti.
Maxidrom
International musical festival in Russia.
Aksyonov-fest
A classical music festival in Kazan, Russia.
ComTrans
A cultural festival in Russia.
Nureyev festival
A cultural festival in Kazan, Russia.
Сибирский фестиваль снежной скульптуры
A cultural festival in Russia.
The Creation of Peace
Music festival in Russia.
Боспорские агоны
A cultural festival in Mount Mithridat, Russia.
Journey into Christmas
A cultural festival in Russia.
Tuganlik international festival
A theatre festival in Ufa, Russia.
Seasons of Armenian culture
A cultural festival in Russia.
Kazan International Printmaking Triennial
Printmaking Triennial.
Golden Minbar International Film Festival
Film festival.
Mirror Andrey Tarkovsky International Film Festival
Annual film festival held in Ivanovo, Russia.
Russia
Annual international documentary film festival in Yekaterinburg.
Radiant Angel Film Festival
International Film Festival.
St. Petersburg International Film Forum
A arts festival in Russia.
Lightfest
A cultural festival in Moscow, Russia.
White Mask 2014
A cultural festival in Russia.
World ballet holidays
World Ballet Festival.
Music on the roof VDNKh
Music on the Roof at VDNKh.
Carte Blanche Festival
Street art festival in Yekaterinburg.
Rock-Line
A major Russian open-air rock festival.
Balloon Festivals in Kungur
Air sports festival held in the city of Kurgur.
Сердце Пармы
The ethnofestival near Cherdyn in the Perm region from 2006 to 2009.
Русборг
Russia's largest annual international military-historical reenactment festival.
Ostrov
Rock festival in Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.
Belgorodskaya zabava
International Puppet Masters Festival.
Nebosvod Belogoriya
Annual air sports festival.
Leo Records Festival in Russia
Annual traditional festival of free music and free jazz in Russia.
Sergey Kuryokhin International Festival
Music and arts festival.
Snow Dogs
A cultural festival in Russia.
Весёлая коза
A cultural festival in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
Ilmensky festival
A bard song festival in Miass Urban Okrug, Russia.
Кауп (фестиваль)
A cultural festival in Russia.
Конкордия (фестиваль)
A cultural festival in Kazan, Russia.
Майское древо
A cultural festival in Russia.
Syzran tomato festival
A cultural festival in Russia.
Татар жыры
A cultural festival in Russia.
Rahlin seasons
A cultural festival in Kazan, Russia.
Festival of military and historical reconstruction "Bylinny bereg"
A cultural festival in Russia.
Рок-н-ролл Таврический
A cultural festival in Nova Kakhovka, Russia.
Международный фестиваль современной музыки «Европа — Азия»
A cultural festival in Russia.
Typomania
A cultural festival in Moscow, Russia.
Чеховский книжный фестиваль
A cultural festival in Russia.
Кукла Дона
A cultural festival in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
Золотая капитель
A cultural festival in Russia.
International fireworks festival in Brateevsky Cascade Park
A cultural festival in Russia.
Великий Болгар
A cultural festival in Tatarstan, Russia.
Winter International Arts Festival
Festival in Sochi.
ГенЭкспо
Public project and international annual family history festival.
Петровские ассамблеи (фестиваль)
Annual youth music festival.
Window to Europe Film Festival
Film festival.
Festival of Festivals, St. Petersburg
Film festival held in St Petersburg, Russia.
Disco 80's
Authoradio music festival.
Zhivoy
Music festival.
Belomor-Boogie
All-Russian international rock festival.
Свинг белой ночи
Jazz festival.
Yakutsk International Film Festival
Film festival held in Yakutsk, Russia.
Байкал-Шаман
Music festival in the Irkutsk region.
VOICES
International Film Festival in Vologda.
Славянские театральные встречи
The joint theater festival of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine, held since 1989.
Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art
International exhibition of contemporary art.
Eurasian Bridge
Film Festival in Yalta.
The International Conservatory Week Festival
Annual music festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Левановка
Samara Festival of Contemporary Drama.
DetectiveFEST
Russian film festival.
International Kansk Video Festival
A cultural festival in Kansk, Russia.
Flahertiana Documentary Film Festival
A arts festival in Perm, Russia.
SHORTS Independent Film Festival
A arts festival in Tula, Russia.
Perm International Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival
A cultural festival in Russia.
Saint Petersburg International Film Festival
Film festival.
Rap Music
Annual Russian hip-hop festival taking place in Moscow.
Alfa Future People Festival
Annual electronic music festival in Bolshoye Kozino, Russia.
Brendojev Festival
A cultural festival in Russia.
Vampilovskij festival
A cultural festival in Russia.
Stereoleto Festival
Music festival in Russia.
Indushata
A cultural festival in Russia.
Stars over Donbass
A cultural festival in Russia.
DOKer
International Documentary Film Festival in Moscow.
День города Екатеринбурга
Festival celebrating the founding of Yekaterinburg.
Yota Space
International digital art festival.
Фестиваль науки NAUKA 0+
A cultural festival in Moscow, Russia.
Ural Open Festival of Russian Cinema
Annual film festival.
Chernozyom
Russian Rock festival.
Утро Родины
Russian Festival of Multi-Part Feature Films.
The Golden Ring of Russia (hot air balloon festival)
Annual festival of hot-air balloons, takes place in Russia, in towns of Pereslavl, Rostov, and Suzdal.
Saint Petersburg 2020 Blogerfight
A creative festival for schoolchildren where they can build their skills through workshops in video filming, editing, and studio work.
SPBTransportFest
Transport Festival in St. Petersburg.
Tat Cult Fest
Festival of modern Tatar culture.
Uroki rezhissury
Annual all-Russian theater festival.
Бумборамбия
Theater festival in Russia.
Золотая провинция
Theatrical festival in Russia.
Diaghilev Festival
Music and arts festival held in Perm.
Знаменка
All-Russian Student Construction Teams Song Festival.
Jazz в усадьбе Сандецкого
A music festival in Kazan, Russia.
Бархатное подполье
A cultural festival in Moscow, Russia.
Берег Грина
A cultural festival in Primorsky Krai, Russia.
Всероссийский фестиваль визуальных искусств в ВДЦ «Орлёнок»
A cultural festival in Russia.
Гринландия (фестиваль)
A cultural festival in Kirov, Russia.
Door into Summer
A cultural festival in Russia.
Золотой Витязь
A cultural festival in Russia.
Киберфест
A cultural festival in Russia.
Krylya festival
Russian rock music festival.
ПУСТО
A cultural festival in Moscow, Russia.
Поющий металл (фестиваль)
A cultural festival in Ulyanovsk, Russia.
Поющие дворы
A cultural festival in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Primorskye Struny
Russian music festival.
Пятница 13 (рок-фестиваль)
A cultural festival in Russia.
Пять вечеров (фестиваль)
A cultural festival in Russia.
Carnival of Samara
Festival in Samara, Russia.
Sitar in Petersburg
A cultural festival in Russia.
Moscow International Biennale for Young Art
A cultural festival in Moscow, Russia.
Earlymusic
Russian music festival.
Фестиваль ГЭС
A cultural festival in Russia.
Chaliapin festival, Gagino
Annual music festival in Gagino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
Social Revolution festival
A cultural festival in Russia.
Новый Горизонт
A cultural festival in Russia.
РИ-фест
A cultural festival in Russia.
Festivals of Belgorod Oblast
A cultural festival in Russia.
Красноярская музейная биеннале
A cultural festival in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
Фестиваль «Дягилев. Постскриптум»
A cultural festival in Russia.
ЛитератуРРентген
A cultural festival in Russia.
Ekaterinburg Jewish Film Festival
Film festival.
Майатул
A cultural festival in Russia.
Всемирный фестиваль циркового искусства «ИДОЛ»
A cultural festival in Russia.
Московские каникулы
A cultural festival in Russia.
Царские дни
A cultural festival in Russia.
Brendojev Festival 2026
A cultural festival in Russia.
Two Rivers 2025
Water sports event in Moscow.
Russian Woodstock
Russian music festival.
What SUP, Moscow
Open paddleboarding event in July 2025.
Чистое поле
A multidisciplinary arts festival held annually in Rostov-on-Don since 2023.
Teatralny Boulevard 2026
Open-air theater festival in Moscow.
YauzaFest 2026
Open paddleboarding festival in Moscow.
Aksha Kelu
Mordovian festival.
Russian Film Festival "Literature and Cinema"
Annual film, animation, and series festival.
Kinoproba
Festival-workshop of film schools in Yekaterinburg.
Мир гитары
International Guitar Music Festival.
Festival `Bravo!`
Sverdlovsk regional competition for the best theatrical work of the year and festival.
Международный кинофестиваль «Победили вместе»
Annual documentary film and program festival in Sevastopol.
Yelagin Park
Street Theatre Festival.
KONIK Film Festival 2012
A film festival.
Glinka Music Festival
Classical Music Festival.
Петербургский аккорд
Bard Song Festival.
Zodchestvo
International architecture festival in Russia.
Аниграф
Computer Graphics and Animation Festival in Moscow.
Шукшинский кинофестиваль
Altai Krai Film Festival.
Международный фестиваль военного кино имени Ю. Н. Озерова
Annual film festival held in Tula.
Tsiolkovsky
The annual Kaluga festival of space-themed films and programs.
Amur Autumn
International Theatre and Film Festival in Blagoveshchensk.
Ruskeala Symphony 2023
Music festival in Russia.
Moscow-2030
2024 festival in Moscow.
Artkino
A cultural festival in Russia, Russia.
Московский фестиваль кино Латинской Америки
A cultural festival in Moscow, Russia.
Русское зарубежье (кинофестиваль)
A cultural festival in Moscow, Russia.
Санкт-Петербургский международный молодёжный кинофестиваль
A cultural festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Святая Анна (фестиваль)
A cultural festival in Russia.
Фестиваль Актуального Научного Кино 360°
A cultural festival in Russia.
Faces of Love Film Festival
Film festival.
Belaya siren
A classical music festival in Kazan, Russia.
КИНО сначала
A rock music festival in Sudak, Russia.
Международный литературный фестиваль «Петербургские мосты»
A cultural festival in Russia.
Aria Fest
Russian metal festival.
Potential
Russian film festival.
Ural-Mono
International music festival.
Джаз на Байкале
A cultural festival in Irkutsk, Russia.
Метафест
A jazz festival in Samara, Russia.
Avant Festival
Russian music festival.
Rok-Fevral
A rock music festival in Ivanovo, Russia.
Gamma
A cultural festival in Russia.
Present Perfect Festival
Electronic musical festival in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Russia-Italia Film Festival
Film festival.
Мастера Музыки
A cultural festival in Moscow, Russia.
ВолгаФест
A electronic music festival in Samara, Russia.
Фестиваль тюльпанов Калмыкии
A cultural festival in Kalmykia, Russia.
Locals Only
A cultural festival in Russia.
Волжский путь
A cultural festival in Ivanovka, Russia.
Пилот
A cultural festival in Russia.
Уральская Засада
A cultural festival in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.
Dreamflash in Moscow, 2013
A cultural festival in Exhibition of achievements of national economy, Russia.
Декабрьские вечера Святослава Рихтера
A cultural festival in Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Russia.
2025 Moscow Bike Parade
Public festival held on 17 May 2025.
Олотау йыйыны
A cultural festival in Kutuyevo, Russia.
Bibip-Bibop 2026
A cultural festival in Russia.
Kinohackathon
Russian Young Filmmakers Forum.
Золотой Феникс
Film festival in Smolensk.
Mayak
Festival of Contemporary Russian Cinema, Gelendzhik.
Gorky Fest
New Russian Cinema Film Festival (Nizhny Novgorod).
Одна шестая
International Festival of Debut Films of the Eurasian Continent (Yekaterinburg).
Arkhstoyanie Land Art Festival
Russian festival.
Международный фестиваль уличного кино
A cultural festival in Russia.
VIVAT Cinema of Russia
A arts festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Камва
International Festival of Contemporary Ethnic Cultures.
RosCon
Science fiction convention.
Baltcon
Science fiction convention series held in Northern Europe.
Фестиваль «Шкинь-Опера»
The International Opera Music Festival held in the village of Shkin, near Kolomna, in the Moscow Region, Russia.
Средневековые дни в Выборге
A historical festival held in Vyborg.
ULCAMP
IT conference and summer festival in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia.
TatCultFest
Festival of new Tatar culture.
Kinoostrov Film Festival
A arts festival in Russia.
Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer
A arts festival in Moscow, Russia.
Kinolikbez International Film Festival
A arts festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Visualis Film Festival
A arts festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Zero Plus Film Festival (International Festival Of Films For Children And Youth)
A arts festival in Tyumen, Russia.
VKRATZE! - International Short Film Festival
A arts festival in Volgograd, Russia.
International Film Festival for Children and Youth “Hero”
A arts festival in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
Silver SCAD Film Festival
A arts festival in Russia, Russia.
Pechan bazary 2024 festival
Festival in Kazan.
Kansk International Video Festival
Annual international video art festival in Kansk, Siberia, Russia.
Zimny
Open russian film festival of auteur cinema (Moscow).
Original+ Content Festival
Original content festival from streaming platforms (Moscow).