Vitebsk residents began queuing for tickets to the "Slavianski Bazaar" concerts three hours before the ticket offices opened

May 13, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Ticket sales for the jubilee XX International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" began today in Vitebsk. Festival fans, aware of this event in advance, lined up at the ticket offices three hours before their opening, BELTA correspondent reports. The first tickets were handed out to the earliest and most persistent at 10:00 AM for the chanson stars concert and the jubilee performances of the M.E. Pyatnitsky State Academic Russian Folk Choir (concert of Russian art masters) and the art group "Turetsky Choir". Among other popular concerts are performances by Meladze, Baskov, Vaenga, and Dobrynin. As advised in the famous comedy "The Diamond Arm," people buy tickets in batches: for themselves, friends, and relatives from other cities. For example, Svetlana Bobrova, administrator of the Vitebsk branch of RUP "Beltelecom," purchased about 30 coveted tickets. "In total, several hundred were sold in the first half hour alone," noted the concert ticket office on Freedom Square. The queue had grown to almost fifty people by then. Tickets are sold for cash at five city ticket offices. In addition, for the first time this year, tickets can be purchased online. Within a few days, ticket sales will begin in the online store of Ticketpro, a company that has been operating in the ticket distribution market for various events in 17 countries, including Belarus, since 1992. Information about the projects of the XX Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" will be posted on the company's website. The terms and conditions for ordering and booking tickets are also available there. Traditionally, the highest ticket prices - from Br160 thousand to Br450 thousand - will be for the opening ceremony concert of the festival, which will take place on July 8. For a minimum price of Br10 thousand this year, you can attend concerts of Ukrainian art masters and the second day of the "Vitebsk-2011" pop song performers competition. A solo concert in the Summer Amphitheater will cost from Br25 thousand to Br100 thousand. The most expensive tickets will be for the performances of chanson stars Elena Vaenga, Lyubov Uspenskaya, as well as the jubilee concert of "Turetsky Choir" with the participation of the art group "Soprano 10". The price range for concerts of female favorites: Nikolai Baskov, Valery Leontiev, and Valery Meladze - will be from Br30 thousand to Br80 thousand. The XX International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" will be held from July 8 to 14. It will be attended by about 5,000 accredited guests from more than 30 countries. The program of the jubilee forum is available on the festival's website: festival.vitebsk.by.-0-