VK Fest was held in St. Petersburg and gathered 70 thousand guests.

On July 5 and 6, the country's largest open-air was held in St. Petersburg. Polina Gagarina, Sergey Lazarev, ANNA ASTI, IOWA, Vanya Dmitrienko, Mary Gu, Three Days of Rain, Husky, Klava Coca, ZOLOTO, Room of Culture, BEARWOLF, Antokha MS and the "unclassified" guest Egor Creed performed for the guests — his name was not announced before the audience. The hosts of the Blue Stage were Ida Galich and Ksenia Sobchak. On the stage of influencers Tamik, Seryozha OMG, Danik and Anya Vinograd participated in challenges with fans.

"It's always cool in St. Petersburg: We come home, everything is dear and sincere here. VK Fest is received here like no other city, and we feel a great return from the guests of the festival. Dozens of artists performed in two days: ZOLOTO, ANNA ASTI, Sergey Lazarev, and the long-awaited "unclassified" guest. For the first time, we prepared such a surprise for VK Fest in the Northern Capital and, judging by the reaction, we guessed the right choice of artist. Thank you to all the 70,000 cool people who spent this weekend with us at the festival!" said Zoya Novikova, head of VK Fest.

Polina Gagarina opened the festival with the Russian national anthem and performed the brightest hits. The music program featured premieres: tracks from new albums were performed exclusively for VK Fest guests by Sergey Lazarev ("Here or There"), Husky ("Kolobok") and ST ("Peter — Moscow"). On the second day, the main secret of the St. Petersburg VK Fest was revealed on the music stage: Egor Creed was hiding behind the mask of an "unclassified" guest. For the last three years, he has been most often asked to be invited to the festival in the official communities of the event. In two days, 135 artists performed on the stages of VK Fest. Among them were the debutants of the festival: Polina Gagarina, Sergey Lazarev, BEARWOLF, ZOLOTO, NEMIGA, Ellie in the poppy field and Marytale sang for the first time in front of his guests.

Betsy, Yulia Godunova, Kamil&Aminka, Leon Kemstach and Anya Rudneva performed on stage in the influencer zone. Presenters Karina Cross, Ilya Kuruch, MILANA KHAMETOVA, Alexey Stolyarov, Nikita Sudar and Natasha Hasankhanova were responsible for interacting with the audience. Autograph sessions with Oksana Samoilova, Dzhigan, Klava Coca, Booster, Rakhim, ZLATA & MIROSLAVA, Adrenaline House, Ilya Kuruch, Nikita Sudar, Anya Pokrov, MILANA STAR, YULIA GAVRILINA, Amina TENDERLYBAE, Betsy, TSU Ye FA, ASLAN SHUKASHA, Vadim Spiridenkov, Karina Cross, "Improvisers", Utopia Show.

This year, the interactive space House of Influencers was opened at VK Fest, where festival guests and bloggers participated in activities together. Tamik, Seryozha OMG, Danik, Anya Vinograd starred with fans in challenges. MILANA KHAMETOVA and your Milasha chatted with fans in the Beauty zone, YULIA GAVRILINA, Anastasia Rudova and Nastya Ryzhik — in the Fashion zone. The studio "Po Kaverochku" worked at the festival: here NANSI & SIDOROV filmed special editions of their show, and the guests recorded covers of their favorite songs.

The festival featured the zones "Creativity", "Entertainment", "Sports", "Drive", "Video Games", "Technology", "Children" and "Cosplay" — hundreds of activities took place here. The VKontakte Fandom Fest presented its program: in the cosplay area, a separate fan space was designed in collaboration with Genshin Impact. The visitors of the festival in St. Petersburg met with the players of the Zenit sports clubs and virtually drove along the main highway of the motorhome Igor Drive. The venues hosted performances by cover dance teams, retro games, and a unique robotic arm was tested at the SPbGUPTD stand. On a special information stand from the MAX platform, guests could use fast Wi-Fi to stay connected at all times.

VK Fest 2025 has already been held in Chelyabinsk, Sirius and Kazan. The festival tour will end in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on July 19 and 20. Tickets are available on vkfest.ru