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According to tradition, on the first Saturday of September the capital Russian Federation- the city of Moscow celebrates its birthday on a grand scale - City Day. This year will celebrate its 867 birthday. Traditionally, the day on which the main wave of holiday events occurs is the first Saturday in September. On this day in 2014 the year will be 6 September.

According to government decree, in 2014, City Day celebrations in Moscow will fall on September 6 and 7. It has become a matter of honor for the capital's leaders to turn City Day 2014 into a bright and memorable event, which will be full of many exciting events: parades, fairs, carnival processions, holiday concerts, as well as performances by Russian and foreign stage at hundreds of outdoor holiday venues. The climax The holiday will traditionally include a grandiose fireworks display, which will certainly fill the hearts of all residents of the capital with unprecedented delight!

City Day, a little history

In the capital, the first City Day celebrations took place back in the 19th century. It was decided to coincide with the 700th anniversary of the founding of Moscow. The greatest Russian Emperor Nicholas the First issued a decree according to which Moscow Day was celebrated on January 1, 1847. By today's standards, the holiday was quite modest in those days. Festive illumination was held in the city center, and prayer services for the glory of Moscow were held in all Moscow cathedrals and churches. Exactly one century later, in 1947, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin ordered on September 7 to organize large-scale celebrations in the capital dedicated to the 800th anniversary of Moscow.

In Moscow, starting from September 1986, celebrations of City Day began to take place annually. In many ways, this became possible thanks to the active support of Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin, who in those years held the high post of head of the capital committee of the CPSU. Every year on this day, food fairs were organized throughout Moscow, which were incredibly popular among the local population. After the breakup Soviet Union, in 1997, on the 850th anniversary of the founding of Moscow, with the support of city mayor Yuri Luzhkov, a large-scale celebration of City Day was organized. Since then, all Muscovites and guests of the city have had a glorious tradition of celebrating this day with general folk festivities, fireworks and all kinds of concert programs.

How to celebrate City Day in Moscow

Moscow- this is one of the most beautiful cities a world that can rightfully be proud of its historical and cultural heritage. Today they open in the capital limitless possibilities for hundreds of thousands of people. Moscow, with its ambitious and large-scale development plans, is truly looking to the future! This 2014, the white stone will celebrate its 867th anniversary. On the first weekend of September, during the celebration of City Day, all Muscovites will not only be able to feel like one big Moscow family, but will also have a wonderful opportunity to feel well-deserved pride in Moscow - the beautiful capital of Russia!

If you have never seen how City Day is celebrated in Moscow, then you have missed a lot in your life. After all, here they are used to celebrating this holiday on an incredible scale. Every year, at least a thousand various entertainment events are organized for residents and all guests of the capital dedicated to the founding day of Moscow!

Traditionally, all celebrations on the occasion of City Day begin in the Alexander Garden. A solemn ceremony takes place near the Kremlin, during which Unknown Soldier, a monument to Marshal Zhukov, twelve memorial signs to hero cities and an obelisk military glory Flowers and wreaths are laid. The event is attended by the mayor of Moscow, members of the capital's government, deputies from the Moscow City Duma, veterans, as well as representatives of most city youth organizations.

In addition, the official opening of City Day in Moscow is preceded by the annual festival of military bands, which received the sonorous name “Spasskaya Tower”. Starting from ten in the morning, all festival participants march in a parade from Pushkin Square along Tverskaya.

Then, on Red Square at exactly noon, a bright, solemn and exciting event begins - the opening ceremony of Moscow Day. At the celebration, the first speaker is the President of the Russian Federation, who not only congratulates the residents of the capital on the anniversary of the founding of Moscow, but also opens the festive concert program, which combines centuries-old history, the present and future of the Russian capital. Thousands of guests who have received special personalized invitations can enjoy this unforgettable spectacle. For many years now, the opening of City Day on Red Square in Moscow has been attended by veterans, honorary residents of the capital, guests from near and far abroad, winners of various All-Russian competitions, honored artists, as well as representatives from social protection authorities and city schools. On this day main square Russia unites children's theaters and orchestras, pop stars and opera stage, show ballet soloists and Bolshoi Theater. One of the main highlights of the festive concert is songs about the capital, performed by the most famous Russian musicians.

After the official part of the opening of Moscow Day ends, all the main festive events, which have never been without the most interesting premieres, traditionally move from Red Square to the most popular places among citizens and guests of the capital, for example, to city parks, nature reserves, to the central squares, as well as to Poklonnaya Gora, the Boulevard Ring and Sakharovsky Prospekt. Military bands perform in Moscow estates and parks. Massive events are being created on Pushkinskaya and Teatralnaya squares festivities. On Poklonnaya Hill take place throughout the weekend music festivals, and most of the capital’s boulevards in honor of Moscow Day are transformed into thematic sites for history buffs, writers, artists and gourmets. Sakharov Avenue these two days reminds fairytale city, in which numerous children's entertainment activities smoothly flow into unforgettable carnival processions. All celebrations end with stunning fireworks, which are simultaneously launched from several sites in Moscow.

City Day 2014 program

In Moscow, the celebration of City Day is a grandiose event that can amaze anyone not only with the scale of preparation, but also with the number of participants involved in its organization! This year the program of events scheduled for Saturday and Sunday (September 6 and 7) will be truly diverse. City Day 2014 in Moscow will be remembered by everyone for its various fairs, colorful theatrical carnival processions, concerts, festive fireworks and much more. As for the venues, they remained virtually unchanged. Just like last year, citizens will be able to see a lot of memorable and interesting things on Poklonnaya Hill and, of course, on Tverskaya. Colorful fireworks displays are expected as dusk falls.

Saturday, September 06, 2014

Sunday, September 07, 2014

On Moscow's 867th Birthday there will be many bright festivals, 200 festive sites will be installed in the city, free excursions will be sent every hour, there will be more than a hundred of them, and fireworks will be held at 29 points in the city.

What's worth seeing? The most interesting!

Since the beginning of September pleases the residents of the capital with fairly warm and sunny weather, almost all events and concerts in honor of Moscow Day will traditionally be held in numerous open areas. According to official sources, this year it is planned to organize at least two hundred festive venues in different areas of the city, including on the Boulevard Ring, Tsvetnoy Boulevard, Poklonnaya Gora, Vasilyevsky Spusk and Tverskaya Street.

So where is it worth going and what to see? Of course, first of all, everyone dreams of attending the opening of City Day, which is to take place on Red Square. There the president will congratulate the townspeople, and after that the entertainment show program with the participation of the most famous stars stage.

If you don’t manage to get to Red Square, then under no circumstances rush to get upset! After all, on September 6 and 7, carnival processions, festivals, fairs, performances, children's entertainment events and concerts will take place throughout Moscow. Muscovites and visiting guests are guaranteed to be pleasantly seen and pleased interesting performances, circus performances, meetings with your favorite artists, children's performances, concerts of opera performers, many attractions and, of course, entertaining competitions. The largest festive events will be held in the Kolomenskoye and Tsaritsyno museum-reserves, at the All-Russian Exhibition Center, in Luzhniki, on Poklonnaya Hill, on Novaya, Lubyanskaya, Teatralnaya and Pushkinskaya squares.

If, by the will of fate, you find yourself in Moscow celebrating City Day, then you should definitely visit Sakharov Avenue, where during the day there will be festivals, entertainment events for kids, an unforgettable parade-carnival, and in the evening - watching films right under open air. Concerning Theater Square, then there you can fully enjoy the performance of the Bolshoi Theater artists. Poklonnaya Gora is worth a visit for those who love jazz and classical music, but parents with small children are better off going to the Biryulevsky Arboretum, where kids can have a good time watching thousands of kites. Youth art festivals, concerts and theatrical shows will be held on such popular Moscow boulevards as Rozhdestvensky, Tsvetnoy, Strastnoy and Petrovsky.

The program of events will appeal to all guests who want to watch the performance of military bands. The parade of orchestras will first take place on Tverskaya, and after the performances will continue in Moscow squares, estates and parks. On the Garden Ring, in Kolomenskoye, at the All-Russian Exhibition Center, in Kamergersky, as well as on Manezhnaya Square at the monuments to Russian poets and writers, according to official poster there will have to be an aerial acrobatic show and parade theatrical arts, a concert of Moscow bards and jazz teams, a street art festival for youth, as well as poetry readings. Sokolniki Park and Kuskovo Estate, popular among Muscovites, will turn into music venues for the weekend, where foreign and domestic performers. Saturday's festive evening will end with large-scale fireworks. With the onset of Sunday, the festivities will continue in the Central Park of Culture and Culture named after. Gorky, on Poklonnaya Hill and, of course, in the Kolomenskoye and Tsaritsyno parks.

Where to watch fireworks on Moscow Day

Moscow City Day in 2014 promises to be diverse - the program of entertainment events is very rich. But no matter how interesting and exciting the holiday events are, many still look forward to the fireworks that usually end the celebrations.

This year the night sky will be illuminated with fairy lights at 22.00 on Vorobyovy Gory, on Poklonnaya Gora, on Bolshaya Akademicheskaya, in Izmailovo and Kuzminki parks, near Kursky Station, in South Butovo, Solntsevo, Nagatino, Otradnoye, Mitino, in Zelenograd and in Troitsk.

The festive extravaganza will last 15-20 minutes. Where to observe it depends on many factors. If you have not yet decided on this issue, when choosing a place from where you will admire the fantastic sky, keep in mind that the most stunning views of the festive fireworks open from Red Square, Sparrow Hills, the Moscow City observation deck and on the bridges across Moscow. river

How to get home after the holiday

The poster of events dedicated to City Day in Moscow is striking in its diversity. All of us will undoubtedly want to immerse ourselves in the atmosphere of general fun by visiting as many more concerts, exhibitions and exciting show programs. But after the evening sky over Moscow lights up with the last flashes of fireworks, every resident and guest of the capital will be faced with the question of how to get home on the evenings of September 6 and 7.

Until the end of mass celebrations in the city, traffic will be closed on the following streets: Ilyinka, Tverskaya, Moskvoretskaya, Varvarka, Mokhovaya, Lubyansky proezd, Okhotny Ryad, Vasilyevsky Spusk, Teatralny Proezd, Bolotnaya Embankment, Krymsky Val, Tverskoy Boulevard and . Among the optimal detour routes you can choose: Novy, Vozdvizhenka, Garden Ring, Shabolovka, Nikitsky Boulevard, Third Transport Ring, Komsomolsky Prospekt, Frunzenskaya embankment, as well as such streets as Maroseyka, Mytnaya and Solyanka. At the same time, there should be no restrictions on the movement of public transport along the outer ring, but along the inner ring it will stop at the sidewalks.

We wish all Muscovites and guests of the capital, local residents and visitors, a pleasant weekend and sunny weather. Happy City Day!

DatsoPic 2.0 2009 by Andrey Datso

On September 6 and 7, 2014, Moscow celebrates City Day. This year the capital will turn 867 years old.

These days, Moscow streets will be decorated with posters, steles with views of the capital, and tricolor illuminations. In the city center there will be stand-screens with an interactive quiz about the history of the capital, responding to hand movements. If you wish, you can sing a song about Moscow at karaoke, take a photo with the wings of a tricolor butterfly, a symbol of celebration.

All residents and guests of the capital will enjoy a grandiose festive show, which will include more than a hundred events in different districts and districts of the city. Among them are festivals, concerts, fairs, sports competitions, and excursions. Many museums will welcome visitors for free. The festive event will end with colorful evening fireworks.

Main events:

12.00 – 13.00. Grand opening City Day on Red Square (entry by invitation)

10.00 – 22.30. Pushkinskaya Square is the venue for the Moscow Press Festival.

11.00 – 22.30. Time for free excursions. Details here: mosbureau.com.

12.30 – 13.30. Along Tverskaya Street there will be a parade military bands participating in the competition international festival"Spasskaya Tower".

13.00. For everyone concert venues The Moscow Anthem will sound.

13.00. Red Square. The opening of the annual international festival of military bands “Spasskaya Tower” will take place.

13.00 – 22.30. Festive events will begin on Kuznetsky Most, Arbat, Pyatnitskaya.

13.00 – 22.00. At this time, Tverskaya Street will become a huge area for a citywide picnic. Art objects, recreation areas, and shopping arcades will await visitors. Street concerts will also be held here.

18.00. Performance by the groups “Surganova and Orchestra”, “Bravo” and others. On September 7, viewers will see “roving” artists - those who entertain citizens on the streets of different countries, “Asea Sool”, Peter Nalich and others.

Teatralny Proezd (from Teatralnaya Street to Lubyanka Square) is the venue for various relay races and family competitions. The race of waiters with trays and meeting with Guinness World Records record holders will be very interesting. There will be a Russian mass wrestling championship and a concert.

13.00 – 22.30. On Moscow boulevards (Tsvetnoy, Gogolevsky, Nikitsky, Chistoprudny Tverskoy, Petrovsky, Yauzsky Strastnoy, Rozhdestvensky, Sretensky, and Pokrovsky) a “Boulevard-length table” will unfold. There will be street concerts theatrical performances, fairs and master classes.

13.00 – 22.30. Suvorov Square and the green areas between Olympic Avenue and Samotechnaya Street are the venue for the Good Moscow charity festival of charitable foundations. Its program includes bicycle racing, a fair, master classes, a concert, and various quests.

13.00 – 22.30. Neglinnaya Street is the site for the festival “Bright People”, that’s the name of the festival of street art and family creativity. Musicians, actors and mimes will gather here, theater studios and groups, there will be street performances and carnivals. There will be a large cardboard city and workshops.

13.00 – 22.30. The Bulgakov Festival on the Patriarch's Street is a meeting place for second-hand book dealers and jazz bands. Brass bands will play and a retro photo studio will operate.

19.00 – Beginning of a grand opera concert on the water at the Patriarch’s with the participation of diva Khibla Gerzmava.

13.00 – 22.00 Children's Day in the city. A children's playground will be organized at VDNKh, where every child will be able to certain time become an adult - a firefighter, a doctor, a rescuer. On Children's Boulevard you can dance, take part in a doll show, and ride on a carousel. On Tsvetnoy Boulevard you can watch circus performances.

13.00. Arbat. Thematic platforms will be organized that will “connect” them into a common celebration moving from one to another circus performers and orchestras.

15.00 – 22.30. Bolotnaya Square. There will be a board games area, a kicker championship, and you can learn to dance in the Lindy Hop and Boogie Woogie style. The music is performed by young MetroonStage musicians.

20.00 – 22.30. A classical music concert “Eternal Music to the Eternal City” will be held on Pushkin Square against the backdrop of a colorful light show. Spectators will be able to see performances by Evgeny Kungurov, Khibla Gerzmava, the group “Kvadro”, artists of the Bolshoi Theater, and the orchestra of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

22.30. Fireworks festival “Lights in honor of your beloved city” – extraordinary beauty the spectacle will take place in parks and on the streets.

23.00. "I'm walking around Moscow." The broadcast of Georgy Danelia’s film will begin in open-air cinemas in the capital’s parks.

13.00 – 22.00. On Tverskaya Street there is a continuation of the citywide big picnic.

16.00. Tverskaya Square. Concert with the participation of “wandering artists”, the group “Asea Sool” and Peter Nalich.

16.00. Hermitage Garden. Holiday show"Youth in the city."

This year Moscow will celebrate its 867th birthday. Traditionally it is celebrated on the first weekend of the first autumn month, so on September 6-7, be prepared for a huge number events dedicated to this event. They are already saying that more than 110 million rubles have been allocated for them, and there will be more than 1,000 events themselves. Is it possible to choose in such quantity exactly those that will be remembered for a long time and will definitely lift your spirits? Of course, you won’t cover everything, but you can certainly choose your own.

1. Opening of Moscow City Day

Traditionally, the opening of the holiday is held on Red Square with congratulations from the President of the Russian Federation and city authorities. Then a show program will unfold here, in which the most famous artists will take part. This is, of course, the biggest event of the day.

2. City Day at the Flacon design factory

A festival will be a gift for Moscow’s birthday from the Flakon plant young art"Will". The main idea of ​​the event is a combination of classical and contemporary arts. Moreover, in four directions: cinema, music, theater, dance. Therefore, the festival program is rich in musical performances and performances. In addition, guests will be surprised by interactive art objects.

3. Butterfly is one of the symbols of Moscow City Day

If you want to feel like this colorful creature, you will have the opportunity to do so with modern technologies: you take a photo against the backdrop of huge butterfly wings, which, by the way, can easily be adjusted to any height, then your photo will be projected onto one of three 9-meter-high media facades located in the center of Moscow. And in city parks and squares there will be structures on which they will attach colorful butterflies with a wingspan of about 70 centimeters.

4. Game "Scrabble"

In two places in the capital, everyone will be able to answer questions about Moscow, which can be answered by pressing their hands on a touch screen. If you want to receive prizes for your knowledge, then come to the game.

5. Moscow Day on Sakharov Avenue

Be sure to visit Sakharov Avenue during the day, as during the day there will be a carnival parade, festivals and other entertainment, and in the evening you can watch a movie right in the open air.

6. Moscow Day in the squares and boulevards of the capital

On Tverskaya Square you can witness a parade of military bands, on Teatralnaya - performances by Bolshoi Theater actors, on Manezhnaya - concerts of bards and jazz bands. On the Boulevard Ring you will enjoy theatrical performances, concerts and circus performances.

7. Moscow Day in the parks

On Moscow's birthday, crowds await in city parks entertainment events. Bolshoi Theater productions, poetry readings by Diana Arbenina and Vera Polozkova, an exhibition of retro bicycles, musicals, drummer shows, sports competitions and, of course, festivals. Main program in parks will take place 6 September.

8. Karaoke venues on Moscow Day

As you know, holidays are not complete without songs, so on September 6, 4 karaoke venues will operate in the capital, equipped with red carpet and soft poufs, on which you can sit and sing your favorite songs about Moscow.

9. Festivals on Moscow Day

On City Day, you can become a participant or witness of festivals taking place in the capital. "Bright People" is one of them. Its feature, first of all, is exclusively premiere content, and it will also involve such a number of participants that it is possible to hold not just one carnival procession, but several.

10. Day of excursions

Moscow Day this year will be very rich in excursions. This wish was expressed by Muscovites themselves based on the results of a survey about their entertainment preferences on this holiday. In this regard, on September 6, the Department of Culture will offer more than 170 excursions to Muscovites and city guests. Hourly from nine points in the city (within Garden Ring) there will be walking tours. Along with this, youth centers took upon themselves the organization of bicycle excursions and bicycle quests. Tour guides will be waiting for everyone who wants to learn more about Moscow near the entrance to the central metro stations.

11. Sports events on Moscow Day

If you want to play sports or cheer while watching the competitors, come on September 6 to sport's event“We are together”, which will begin at 10:00 at the Yunost interschool stadium.

12. Fireworks on Moscow Day

But, as it became known from surveys of Muscovites, the most anticipated event of City Day is festive fireworks. In 2014, it will begin simultaneously at 10 pm in the Kuzminki and Izmailovo parks, in Nagatino, Yuzhny Butovo, Otradnoye, on Vorobyovy Gory, Poklonnaya Gora, near the Kursky Station, on Bolshaya Akademicheskaya, in Mitino, Solntsevo, Troitsk and Zelenograd. This colorful and bright event it will be 15-20 minutes. Don't go to bed until you see this beautiful sight! For the best viewing, we advise you to take seats on Red Square, on Vorobyovy Gory, on observation deck"Moscow City" and on bridges over the Moscow River.

On the first Saturday of September, Moscow traditionally celebrates City Day. More than 1,000 events will be held at various venues: in parks, cultural centers, cinemas, museums, on boulevards and streets in all districts of the capital.

The opening ceremony of City Day will take place on September 6 at 12.00 on Red Square. 7,500 Muscovites were invited to the ceremony, including honorary citizens Moscow, veterans, representatives public organizations, winners of various citywide competitions, official delegations from sister cities, including Sevastopol. Viewers will be presented with a colorful show that will tell about the landmark projects implemented over last year.

The festive events will start at 13.00, when the Moscow anthem will be played at all venues. Traditionally, on City Day, a procession of orchestras participating in the Spasskaya Tower festival will take place along Tverskaya Street. For two days the main street the capital will become pedestrian. There will be lawns for picnics, various art objects and shopping arcades. Festive concerts will be held on Tverskaya Square for two days. On September 6, the concert will feature the groups Therr Maitz, Surganova and Orchestra, Bravo and singer Yana Blinder. On September 7, Tverskaya will host the “City of Meeting - Moscow” festival, during which residents of the capital will be able to get acquainted with music of different genres from all over the world.

Another traditional project City Day - “A table the length of a boulevard”, which will be organized along the entire Boulevard Ring. Each boulevard will receive its own theme during the holiday: Gogolevsky will become artistic, Nikitsky - bookish, Strastnoy - retro, and Chistoprudny - children's.

Poklonnaya Gora will be the venue for a large 8-hour concert. In the afternoon there will be a festival of songs about Moscow, at which 6 new songs about our city written by Muscovites will be performed. The songwriters will perform duets with participants in the “Voice” project. In the evening, performers included in the TOP 10 of the country's main music charts will perform at the venue.

At the Patriarch's Ponds, as part of the "Classics in the City" festival, a unique gala concert on the water will take place, during which the golden soprano of Russia Khibla Gerzmava, who took part in the closing ceremony, will sing Olympic Games. Classical music concerts will also be held in Tsaritsyno, Sokolniki and on Teatralnaya Square. The concert “Eternal Music to the Eternal City” at the Bolshoi Theater will be accompanied by a light projection on the façade of the building.

On City Day, festive areas will be organized on all pedestrian streets in historical center capital Cities. On Arbat, pedestrians will find a poetry platform and a “free microphone”; on Kuznetsky Most, passers-by will be able to play along with the ensemble; on Pyatnitskaya Street, everyone who likes to sing in chorus will be able to take part in a vocal flash mob. The “Bright People” festival will be held on Neglinnaya, and pianos will be installed along Nikolskaya.

All city parks are preparing special projects for City Day. Gorky Park will present the program “ Singing Park", in "Museon" will be held fashion festival for young people " Youth", and in Taganskoye - the festival of contemporary music "Afisha.Volna". In the Garden named after Bauman on September 6, Slava Polunin’s “Color Carnival” will be presented to the audience for the first time.

On City Day, Muscovites and guests of the capital will be able to get acquainted with the history of Moscow by visiting museums and excursions. By order of the Minister of the Moscow Government, head of the Moscow Department of Culture Sergei Kapkov, on September 6 and 7, 67 Moscow museums will operate free of charge. Among them are the Museum of Moscow, Multimedia Art Museum, literary museum Pushkin, "Manege", Darwin Museum and many others ( Full list of museums).

Many venues will host free film screenings. The Center documentary film festival will be held in the courtyard of the Museum of Moscow, and the Moscow Film Festival will be held in the Moscow Cinema chain of cinemas from September 1 to 7. On September 6, the Cinema Association for Children and Youth will present a series entertainment programs.

The culmination of the holiday will be festive fireworks, which will start at 22.30 and last 8 minutes. Salvos will be fired from more than 20 Moscow sites.

The City Day celebration will end on September 6 with a screening of Georgy Danelia’s film “I’m Walking Through Moscow,” which will begin at 11 p.m. in open-air cinemas in 9 Moscow parks: Gorky Park, Muzeon, Hermitage, Sokolniki, Babushkinsky, Krasnaya Presnya ", "Lianozovsky", "Perovsky", as well as the garden named after. Bauman.