Rotaru and Meladze forced Vitebsk residents to queue up for tickets to the "Slavianski Bazaar" early in the morning

May 29, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. Solo concerts by Sofia Rotaru and Valery Meladze have made Vitebsk residents queue up early for tickets to the XVIII International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk". Ticket sales will begin today at 10:00 AM, and eager spectators are already waiting at the ticket offices, according to a BELTA correspondent. A brief survey of those waiting for sales to start showed that concerts by Sofia Rotaru and Valery Meladze, the festival's grand opening ceremony, and the "Dance Till Dawn" gala concert have generated particular interest. As a rule, people buy several tickets for the "Slavianski Bazaar" – for themselves, relatives, and friends. And not only for those living in Vitebsk, but also for guests from near and far abroad. Eighteen concerts are scheduled to take place on the Summer Amphitheater stage. They are expected to be attended by about 100,000 spectators. Among the stars announced in the concert programs are Lara Fabian, Sarah Connor, Raimonds Pauls, Dolph Lundgren, Valery Leontiev, Nikolai Baskov, Roza Rymbaeva, the ensemble "Belorusskiye Pesniary", Anatoly Yarmolenko and "Syabry", Sofia Rotaru, Yadviga Poplavskaya and Alexander Tikhanovich, Boris Moiseev, Valery Meladze, Nadezhda Kadysheva and the ensemble "Zolotoye Koltso". Traditionally, the festival will feature concerts by artists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, and Moscow. Ticket prices for the festival concerts at the Summer Amphitheater range from Br10,000 to Br350,000. The most expensive tickets are for the festival's grand opening ceremony. Solo performances by Leontiev, Rotaru, Meladze, and Moiseev are priced from Br40,000 to Br100,000. Tickets for Nadezhda Kadysheva's performance with her ensemble and the art group "Turetsky Choir" range from Br30,000 to Br80,000. Tickets can be purchased with cash or by bank transfer. Three ticket offices for cash payments have been opened in the city. Their operating hours are from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM, with a break from 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM. The XVIII International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" will be held from July 10 to 16. The grand opening gala concert will take place on July 10. The first festival concert at the Summer Amphitheater will be given by Valery Leontiev on July 9 at 10:00 PM, and the festival's echo will be "Stars of Radio Shanson" – a concert under this name is the last one in the program of the XVIII "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" and will take place on July 17. -0-