Schedule of festive events for May 9. Victory Day: star concerts, tank exhibition and fireworks
Victory Day is celebrated in Russia on May 9. In the capital, festive events were prepared in honor of the holiday. Concerts, exhibitions and other activities will take place in city squares and streets, parks and squares. The Moscow 24 portal has collected information about the main events in honor of the holiday.
Procession "Immortal Regiment"
One of the central events will be the traditional Immortal Regiment procession. Hundreds of thousands of citizens will gather at the Dynamo stadium to carry portraits of their relatives who participated in the Great Patriotic War and honor their memory.
The "Immortal Regiment" campaign starts in Moscow at 15:00
The organizers of the event note that the number of participants in the event in 2018 could reach a million. Citizens will have to cover a distance of 5.9 kilometers on foot. The procession will end on Red Square.
Volunteers will distribute water to people along the way. You will be able to have a snack in 47 field kitchens, which are located along the route of the column.
Victory Day in the Parks
Festive venues will open in 21 capital parks. Visitors of all ages will be able to try their hand at completing a historical quest based on the battles on the Kursk Bulge, watch theatrical performances, and also see military equipment of those years. Guests can also enjoy performances by military bands and retro-style dancing. In addition, everyone will be able to taste real soldier’s porridge from the army field kitchen.
On this day, the Hermitage Garden will be transported to the difficult war years: the atmosphere of the 1940s will be recreated here. From the very morning, a brass band and a men's chamber choir will perform military songs, and at 18:00 a Victory costume ball will begin on the dance floor. Here you will hear the melodies of tango, waltz, the popular Spanish dance Rio-rita in the 1930s, as well as the fast and fiery Polish Krakowiak. Even if you don’t know how to dance at all, don’t be afraid: professional dancers will help beginners.
A military-historical quest dedicated to the battles on the Kursk Bulge will be organized in Tagansky Park. It was one of the largest tank battles in world history: about two million people and six thousand tanks took part in it on both sides. Teams of participants will learn how front-line reconnaissance, defensive operations and counter-offensives took place. The quest will last from 13:00 to 18:00, and you can join it at any time.
A “Wall of Memory” will appear in Babushkinsky Park. At this stand, visitors will be able to write the names of their relatives and friends who participated in the Great Patriotic War. There you can also leave wishes for veterans. By the way, the T-34, the most famous tank of the war years, will be exhibited in the park (this model was widely used in 1942–1947 and later served for a long time on the remote borders of the country).
Vorontsovsky Park will present a theatrical and poetic production dedicated to the Great Patriotic War and Victory Day. Guests of the park will not be left out either - everyone can become a participant in the theatrical interactive program. In the central clearing, a wartime medical center, a field kitchen, and, of course, military equipment will be installed. There will also be an exhibition of works by contemporary photographers who photograph historical reconstructions of battles.
Street events
A festive program of more than 100 special performances was prepared by participants of the Moscow Spring a Capella festival. They will perform songs of the war years on the city streets.
Live concerts will also take place on May 9 at three train stations in the capital. There, musical groups will perform songs about the Great Patriotic War. Events in honor of the holiday were prepared at the Belorussky, Rizhsky and Kazansky stations.
You can watch a light show on the Manege building in the evening. In 2018, films broadcast using video mapping technology were dedicated to the history of the cities of heroes. A similar event will be held on May 9 at the Victory Museum.
Fireworks
Photo: portal Moscow 24/Lidiya Shironina
You can watch the festive fireworks at 33 sites in the city, 17 of them are located in parks. The pyrotechnic show will begin on May 9 at 22:00 and will last about five minutes. During this time, more than 80 thousand salvoes will be fired into the sky over Moscow.
One of the main traditions on Victory Day is the fireworks, which everyone looks forward to. This year, fireworks will be launched from 33 points, so they can be seen in any area of the capital.
The salvos of most of the largest points are always clearly visible from the bridges over the Moscow River, so the main thing is to take your seat on time. You can watch the fireworks from the Pushkinsky, Krymsky and Patriarchal bridges, as well as from the Bohdan Khmelnitsky Bridge, located a stone's throw from the Kievskaya metro station (next to Europe Square).
Another great option to watch several fireworks displays at once is to take a trip along the Moscow River on a river boat. For this, direct routes between Kievsky Station and Novospassky Bridge are most suitable.
Traditionally, most Muscovites watch fireworks at the capital's viewing platforms, and the Victory Day fireworks are no exception. The most suitable sites for this are observation areas near the buildings of Moscow State University and the Russian Academy of Sciences. Advice: usually a lot of people gather there, so in order to avoid unpleasant situations, it is better not to go there with children.
Another excellent observation point, which few people know about, is located on the roof of the gate to Gorky Park. True, for the opportunity not only to see the fireworks, but also to examine them through the binoculars installed there, you will have to pay
Finally, you can enjoy the view of the sky with colorful lights in any of the capital’s parks. A particularly beautiful view will open from Poklonnaya Gora and the “floating bridge” of Zaryadye Park.
In addition, in the central district, fireworks can be viewed from Gorky Park, Bauman Garden, Hermitage Garden, Tagansky Park and Krasnaya Presnya Park.
Public transport operation
Photo: portal Moscow 24/Alexander Avilov
On May 9, Mosgortrans routes will operate according to a Sunday schedule with the maximum number of rolling stock from 12:00 to 19:00. At the same time, during the day, 55 routes were canceled or changed due to the parade on Red Square.
The metro and MCC operate as usual - until one in the morning. During the parade, the metro stations "Revolution Square", "Okhotny Ryad", "Teatralnaya", "Alexandrovsky Sad", "Borovitskaya" and "Lenin Library" were open for entry and transfer only.
Lobby No. 2 of the Park Pobedy station is open only for entrance. On this day it will be possible to exit to the odd side of Kutuzovsky Prospekt towards Victory Park only from lobby No. 1.
After the parade, the central stations "Revolution Square", "Okhotny Ryad", "Alexandrovsky Sad" and "Arbatskaya" of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line, "Borovitskaya", "Lubyanka", "Kuznetsky Most", "Kitai-Gorod", "Pushkinskaya" , "Chekhovskaya", "Tverskaya", "Park Kultury" of the Sokolnicheskaya and Circle lines, as well as at the Oktyabrskaya metro station of the Circle and Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya lines, "Vorobyovy Gory", "University" and "Sportivnaya" stopped accepting passengers. You can go out into the city from them.
Suburban trains on May 9 will carry passengers according to the Sunday schedule. An additional train will be assigned to the Kursk direction. In addition, 64 electric trains will additionally stop at the Moscow-Sortirovochnaya-Kyiv station - this is the closest commuter station to Poklonnaya Gora.
In the capital, there will also be closures throughout the day. What streets in the city are impossible to drive on?
Content: On May 9, 2018, huge screens will be installed in many Moscow parks, on which the parade from Red Square will be broadcast.
In Gorky Park
From 10:00 the performance of the orchestra of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia will begin. Also here on May 8 and 9 there will be an exhibition of military equipment “Weapons of Victory”.On Pushkinskaya embankment
Residents and guests of the capital will be able to see a regimental mortar, a howitzer, an anti-tank gun, tanks, a divisional gun and other wartime equipment. During the day, the KinoZvuk symphony orchestra will perform here, and from 13:00 to 15:00 a French chanson from Philippe Dares will be played.Master classes will be organized for young guests of the event, during which they will be able to make crafts and souvenirs.
Also, according to established tradition, the park will host an Open Microphone and everyone will be able to tell their family stories related to the war and Victory.
At 21:00 the film “Once upon a time there was a girl” will be shown here.
In Victory Park
On May 9, the Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater will perform a big concert on Poklonnaya Hill. It will perform works of classical music, modern compositions and wartime songs by popular performers and groups.The highlight of the holiday will be the horse show “Traditions of Russia”. Cavalrymen will appear in front of the public, and there will be a parade with the flags of the hero cities.
In Izmailovsky Park
On May 9, a procession of veterans, a big concert and an interactive show with dances and songs are planned. The park will show a theatrical production on a military theme and invite you to master classes.A minute of silence will begin at 18:55.
Fireworks will be launched at 22:00.
In Babushkinsky Park
On May 9, creative master classes and classes dedicated to the Great Patriotic War will open. There will also be an exhibition of models of military equipment, and the cooks of the military field kitchen will treat park guests to buckwheat porridge with stew and hot tea.Also in the park there will be an interactive stand “Wall of Memory”, where everyone can enter the name of heroes and participants of the Great Patriotic War, write congratulations on Victory Day and wishes.
In Kuzminki Park
In honor of Victory Day, a military orchestra will perform songs and marches of the 40s and 50s. This will be followed by performances by musical and theatrical groups, a Victory Ball, tea party and an entertaining interactive program. Guests of the event will also be able to try field cuisine.In Perovsky Park
Visitors will be treated to a performance by a military brass band and a concert.Master classes will be organized for children on assembling various models of military equipment from LEGO constructors.
In the Garden named after Bauman
A festive concert will take place on May 9. Soloists and musical groups from Moscow will sing songs about love and war. There will be a photo exhibition documenting the feat of Soviet soldiers.Master classes on designing postcards and cards will be organized for children. The field kitchen will be operational.
In Sokolniki Park
The music program will begin at 13:00. Famous performers and Russian pop groups will perform popular songs. In addition, gaming and dancing competitions and quizzes are planned here.
Tagansky Park
will consecrate the turning point of the Second World War in 1943 - the Battle of Kursk. A military-historical quest-walk will be organized for park guests, during which participants will be asked to follow the trail of events on the Kursk Bulge and answer tricky questions. A big concert and entertainment program will be held on the stage of the park.
In the master class area you will be able to write a front-line letter, make a paper carnation and a greeting card.
Content: This year our country celebrates the 73rd anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War. As before, ceremonial events will be held in Moscow and other cities of Russia - reminders to everyone of those cruel war times. Victory Day will once again show how we remember and appreciate the exploits of those who fought back against the fascist aggressors.
Victory Parade on Red Square in 2018
According to tradition, May 9 will begin with a military parade. It is noted that this year the victory parade will be the largest - 194 units of armored vehicles, 150 helicopters and airplanes, and 14 thousand military personnel will take part in this event.The parade program is still unknown - everything is kept in the strictest confidence. It is known that students from cadet boarding school No. 1 “First Moscow Cadet Corps” and cadet boarding school No. 9 “Moscow boarding school for state girls” will walk along the main square of Moscow.
Immortal Regiment in Moscow May 9, 2018
Participants in the annual procession will carry portraits of relatives of front-line soldiers and those who worked in the rear. The Immortal Regiment starts from the Belorussky railway station along 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya and Tverskaya streets to Red Square.Anyone can take part in this procession. Organizers note that this year the number of participants could reach 1 million people. Let us remember that last year more than 850 people took part.
Please note that it will be possible to print portraits of veterans and compile a questionnaire for free at all “My Documents” public service centers.
Festive events on Poklonnaya Hill
On the eve of the holiday, on May 8, a festive concert is planned on Poklonnaya Hill. It starts at 19:00. In the morning you will be able to watch a broadcast of the parade on Red Square. After this, a concert by the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev is expected.The program also includes a concert where wartime songs and modern compositions will be performed.
And that is not all. Guests on May 9 will be treated to the “Traditions of Russia” horse show. A parade of cavalrymen, demonstration performances of riding schools, a parade of equipment - all this is expected on Poklonnaya Hill.
Victory Day on Theater Square
Veterans have been meeting in the park in front of the Bolshoi Theater for several years now. A big concert will be prepared for them here. Opera singers and Russian pop stars will perform both classic opera arias and wartime compositions.Celebration at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior 2018
Concerts are expected here - representatives of the Russian stage will perform songs of the war years in various genres. On the morning of May 9, a broadcast of the parade on Red Square will be organized.Victory Day 2018 in Kolomenskoye
The museum-reserve also prepared a festive concert. We would especially like to note the performance of the best bell ringers. On the bells of the Church of St. George, bell ringers under the direction of Valery Gergiev will perform the “Ring of Bells” program.
Victory Day 2018 in Tsaritsino
All day long on May 9, wartime songs will be heard here. A live broadcast of the parade on Red Square is also expected.Events in Izmailovo Park
The concert program “Vivat, Victory” will feature famous songs of the war years. There will be attractions for children. The parade on Red Square is expected to be broadcast.Events on May 9 in Kuzminki
The organizers of the holiday prepared the concert program “Salute, Victory”. 200 students from the Center children's art school will demonstrate their skills. An entertainment program will also be organized in the art alley of the art school. Everyone will be able to try themselves as a designer - making collective cards for Victory Day.Events in Sokolniki
Art lovers will be able to appreciate the new exhibition “Dachnaya Sokolniki. Houses and famous owners” Also, the calligraphy museum will display calligraphic works dedicated to the celebration of Victory Day.Events in the Park of Culture named after. Gorky and Museone
Guests of the park will be delighted by the Flajolet ensemble. Children's art school named after V.S. Kalinikova will perform songs from the war years.Addresses of sites where it is best to watch the fireworks on May 9, 2018
Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill - point No. 1 on the Alley of Partisans 400 meters from the Museum of the Great Patriotic WarVictory Park on Poklonnaya Hill - point No. 2 on the hill near the entrance platform
Luzhniki - Luzhnetskaya embankment, opposite the Big Sports Arena
VDNKh - on the square between Selskokhozyaystvennaya Street and the northern gate of VDNKh
Novo-Peredelkino - vacant lot on the shore of a pond, Fedosino street, building 18
Lianozovo - on the shore of Altufevsky pond, Novgorodskaya street, building 38
Izmailovo - a town named after Bauman, a site on the shore of Serebryano-Vinogradny Pond
Kuzminki - ROSTO site, Zarechye street, building 3A, building 1
Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo - territory of the Tushino airfield, 500 meters southwest of the Volokolamsk highway
Mitino - park behind the Aquamarine sports and recreation center, Roslovka street, building 5
Obruchyovo is a sports ground 60 meters southeast of the main building of the RUDN University, Miklukho-Maklaya Street, building 6, building 1
South Butovo - on the shore of Chernevsky Pond, Academician Pontryagina Street, building 11, building 3
Levoberezhny district - Friendship Park, area near the sculpture “Friendship of Continents”, Festivalnaya street, building 2B
Zelenograd - on the shore of the pond in Victory Park, Ozernaya Alley, building 8
Troitsk - on the territory of the Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 300 meters northeast of property 11, Physical street, property 11
Please note that the festive fireworks will begin at 22-00. Well, the program of events in Moscow itself will cover 68 metropolitan venues.
The theme of this year's celebration will be the 80th anniversary of VDNKh.
Where will be interesting on Moscow Day 2019, where to go first, about the program in the center, city festivals and free events, read in this article.
Moscow City Day 2019 program
The main events of City Day in 2019 will be a holiday on Tverskaya, a street theater festival, concerts, sports master classes and evening fireworks.
Holiday on Tverskaya
The central location of the celebration will be Tverskaya. According to tradition, it will be made pedestrian.
On the main street of the capital and in adjacent alleys, 30 art objects will be placed - copies of pavilions, fountains, VDNKh monuments, sports grounds, concert stages, tents for master classes and street cafes.
Venue "Birth of a Legend"- from Kozitsky Lane to Voznesensky. This site is dedicated to the first years of VDNKh. Guests will walk through the arch of the Northern Entrance to the Worker and Collective Farm Woman monument and the Golden Spike fountain. The production “The Pig Farmer and the Shepherd” and a musical program will be shown on stage, and those interested can listen to lectures on crop production at the “Agriculture” pavilion.
"Revival Program" site- from Voznesensky Lane to Tverskaya, building 7. There will be a 14-meter tunnel, the Space pavilion, a model of the Vostok rocket, a U-2 aircraft, a Stalinets caterpillar tractor, pavilions of the union republics, the Friendship of Peoples fountain, and near house 8/1, athletes in fantastic spacesuits will perform on high-altitude ropes.
Venue "Meeting Place"- Tverskaya, building 7 - building 1. A 10-meter high pavilion No. 1 “Central”, an 8-meter high climbing wall in the form of the VDNH “Glavkhladprom” pavilion will be built here. Inside the climbing wall there will be an exhibition of retro sweets.
Children will feel like climbers by mastering a small climbing wall 2.5 meters high. Near house 6 there will be a pump track for riding scooters, skateboards and bicycles. Skating master classes will be held for children over 8 years old and adults. Guests will be entertained by performers dressed as penguins and ice cream sellers.
"New Era" site— on Okhotny Ryad and Mokhovaya streets, Teatralny Proezd. The intersection of Tverskaya and Teatralny Proezd will be decorated with the arch of the Main Entrance of VDNKh, the sculpture “Tractor Driver and Collective Farm Woman” and Moskvarium. Inside the Moskvarium, 40 aquariums will house models of sea inhabitants, ships and bridges.
At the Okhotny Ryad skate park, freestyle skate performances will be shown in the form of a huge robot; professionals will conduct skating and parkour lessons for everyone.
A large 35-meter surfing pool with a “Stone Flower” fountain will be installed on Mokhovaya Street. Children over 8 years old and adults will be able to learn paddle boarding and watch surfing athletes. An 80-meter rope - a zipline - is stretched above the pool at a height of 10 meters. Come ride!
In total, 200 sports master classes will be held for guests. Everything is free, including rental of skateboards, bicycles, rollers and other equipment.
Performances by artists, athletes, master classes and other activities will take place from 10-00 to 22-00, the schedule will be posted on information stands at each site.
What will happen at Manezhnaya
A garden in the form of a VDNKh map will be created on Manezhka with an area of one thousand square meters consisting of four thousand chrysanthemums of different colors.
There will be a Museum City, an Amusement Park, a Knowledge Park, a Landscape Park, a Crafts Park, an EXPO and Ostankino Park.
Concert program
Concerts of classical and modern pop music will be held on four large stages on Tverskaya during the celebration of Moscow Day 2019.
The program includes performances by artists from the Bolshoi Theater, the Theater of Nations, the Gzhel Dance Theater, a symphony orchestra conducted by A. Gindin, and ballet performances.
Viewers will also hear music in the style of rock, indie rock, and jazz.
Street theaters
On the central streets of Moscow these days the Golden Mask in the City festival will be held, in which street theaters from different countries and Russia will take part.
Festival "Flower Jam"
The Flower Jam festival will also celebrate City Day!
Come to Tverskoy Boulevard, Kamergersky Lane, Revolution Square, New Arbat and hundreds of other festival sites in all districts and districts of the capital.
The festival program includes concerts, master classes on arranging bouquets, preparing delicious dishes, pottery and gardening.
September 7 and 8 are the days of musicals on the festival stages, and September 8 is the Flower Ball in Zaryadye Park. September 8 from 10-00 to 18-00 - amateur flower garden competition. The main prize at each site is an iPad. Detailed schedule of the Flower Jam festival is on the website https://moscowseasons.com/ru/festival/flower-jam-2019/
Free museums on City Day
On September 7 and 8, Moscow museums will be free, many of them will conduct tours of exhibitions in honor of the capital.
