Ticket sales for the concerts of the XXV International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" will begin on February 26.

This was announced at a press conference held in the regional center by Alexander Sidorenko, head of the Vitebsk Culture Center, which also serves as the forum's directorate. This summer, the "Slavianski Bazaar" will take place a little later than in previous years, namely from July 14 to 18. However, traditionally, festive events will begin two days earlier and end just as many days later.

The first stage of ticket sales includes concerts for the grand opening and closing of the festival, two days of the pop song performers' competition finals, solo concerts by Kristina Orbakaite, Sergey Lazarev, Valery Leontiev, Diana Arbenina, Maxim Galkin, as well as compilations from "Europa plus TV" and "Shanson-TV". Alla Pugacheva is also planned to participate, who will be a special guest at Maxim Galkin's benefit performance. And at the opening concert, a world-class pop star, a two-time Grammy winner for Best Male Vocal, American singer Michael Bolton, will perform.

– Despite all the difficulties, we have kept ticket prices at last year's level so that people of any financial means can attend an event they are interested in and see their favorite artist's concert, – noted Alexander Sidorenko.

It is also important that the festival is increasingly moving out into the city streets. The number of open-air venues will increase, and the "On Seven Winds" project, which includes a theatrical procession-performance, a miracle play in the setting of a night city, and performances, will expand its space.

street performers, musicians, poets.

The festival map of Vitebsk will feature the City of Masters, homesteads of all districts and, for the first time, regions of Belarus. The program of "Theater Meetings", "Puppet Quarter", and art exhibitions promises to be interesting, and the film program will return to the festival. On the Day of the Union State, a concert by the Alexandrov Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Russian Army is planned, and Youth Day will traditionally be held. In total, about a hundred events are planned, with 17 programs in the Summer Amphitheater, including 2 night concerts.

The vocal competition will be held in three stages, each of which will be a full-fledged concert with television broadcast. The finalists will perform on the main concert stage, and the awards ceremony will be included in the closing program of the forum, during which jury members and pop stars will present awards to the contestants and congratulate them with their songs. The children's competition will be attended by one representative each from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, instead of two previously. This, according to Alexander Sidorenko, will allow performers from more countries to participate in the creative competition.

"Slavyansky Bazar" will celebrate its 25th anniversary with several projects. The program includes concerts "25 Moments of Festival Summer" and "Vitebsk Gathers Friends", which will feature Grand Prix winners and laureates of past years, well-known domestic artists, and natives of Belarus from different countries. In addition, the art group "Khor Turetskogo" and the TV channel "Shanson-TV" will celebrate their anniversaries on the Vitebsk stage. An exhibition dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the birth of the legendary songwriter Vladimir Mulyaev is planned.

Tatsiana Pasternak, "Vitebskiye vesti".