A rowing festival will take place on June 7, starting from Ladoga Lake and ending at the Peter and Paul Fortress to honor Peter the Great’s birthday. The festival includes races involving various types of boats and a contest for homemade vessels called “Comical Fleet”.
The Pavlovsk Museum-Reserve will host the “Lilac Promenade” on June 7-8, where attendees can enjoy the blooming lilacs. This year’s guided tours will focus on the park’s restoration history after liberation from Nazi occupation. Lectures will discuss fragrances created during the Siege of Leningrad.
Elagin Island will host outdoor film screenings as part of the “Lenfilm-Club” film festival from June 6-8. The festival will also include meetings with directors.
The Faberge Museum presents the “Open World” exhibition, showcasing contemporary art from the Perm region, alongside historical artifacts from the Bronze Age.
Mikhailovsky Castle explores the intersection of human emotions and technology with its “Robots and Emotions” exhibition, featuring projects by students from ITMO University.
A free concert of experimental electronic music is scheduled for June 6 near the Central Exhibition Hall “Manege”.
Igor Butman’s club will host a performance by jazz vocalist Andrew MacFadden from New York on June 6.
The Alexandrinsky Theatre will present a unique performance of LA OBRA on June 6, creating the performance live with the audience.
The Bolshoi Drama Theater (BDT) will present a new interpretation of Alexander Vampilov’s “Duck Hunt” on June 7-8, set in a film studio environment.
The “DRAM.PLOЩADKA” theater will premiere “Brother Andrei” on June 6-7, a play based on Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” but told from Andrei’s perspective.
The “Palma” Mansion will be transformed by a performance inspired by 18th-century French art, called “Gallant Festivities,” on June 8.
The Yusupov Garden will host the “Pushkin Fest” theatrical festival on June 7, featuring reinterpretations of the writer’s work by various artists. The Shalyapin Musical Theatre will present excerpts from its upcoming “Queen of Spades” premiere. Entrance is free.