Clear Dancing: orchestras on Red Square, Gotsman in Sovremennik

Movie

Gel, 16+

Director: Stas Ivanov. Starring: Ilya Malakov, Anton Vasiliev, Viktor Dobronravov, Anton Kuznetsov, Daria Melnikova, Lyudmila Artemyeva, Anna Arefyeva, Vitaly Kovalenko

Sanya is a trucker who combines his main job with stealing stolen cars. His wife Anya is due to have a baby any day now. Suddenly, Sana receives an urgent order: delivery of a "Hyundai" (or simply "Gels"). For the sake of a comfortable future for his family, he agrees, promising his wife to be in time for the birth. But everything is not going according to plan, and the case turns into a conflict with a criminal group of premium car thieves.

Starting from August 21 at the box office

Spy kids, 12+

Directed by Ivan Arkhipov. Starring: Dmitry Nagiyev, Lyudmila Artemyeva, Sofia Kashtanova, Igor Zizhikin, Kirill Nagiyev, Vitaly Kornienko, Dayana Gudz

The family of special agents is raising a son and two daughters, each of the teenagers has unique abilities. Mikhail is a computer genius, Vita knows hypnosis, Dana is a master of sports in martial arts. Together they created their own spy agency, DaMiNik. Their goal is to become super agents and find their mother, whom the super agent "The Voice", their father, could not find.

Starting from August 21 at the box office

Rhythms of dreams, 6+

Directed by Irina Borovskaya. Starring: Alisa Menyakina, Kulagin Matvey, Eduard Menyakin, Viktor Khorinyak, Valeria Lanskaya, Ekaterina Vilkova, Igor Vernik, Askar Ilyasov, Alexey Yagudin, Stanislav Yarushin

The girl Varya has been fond of dancing since childhood and dreams of performing at the country's largest dance competition. But there is a reason why the heroine will have a difficult time on the way to victory. Nick, a young dancer and famous blogger, becomes her partner. Not everyone shares their desire to dance together, as before the final of the competition, the whole world will learn the main secret of Varvara, which goes against the usual norms for dancers and will prepare children for problems that are not at all childish.

Starting from August 21 at the box office

Seven days of Pyotr Semyonitch, 18+

Directed by Tigran Keos. Starring: Fedor Dobronravov, Olesya Zheleznyak, Lev Malishava, Laura Keosayan, Vladimir Ilyin, Ivan Dobronravov, Alexander Metelkin, Janik Fayziev

70-year-old Pyotr Semenych has lived all his life on the Black Sea coast. He is lonely: his wife died, his daughter went to live in Turkey and does not get in touch. Peter is diagnosed with lung sarcoma. He accepts the disease. However, there is hope that the diagnosis is inaccurate. A luminary from Moscow can provide clarity, and in a week he will give an answer. During these seven days, Pyotr Semenovich will take a different look at his life: he will remember the best and worst events, try to find a new meaning for existence, find the strength to change his life and gain hope.

Starting from August 21 at the box office

Theaters

The Adventures of a rake, 16+

Director: Dmitry Bertman. Starring: Sergey Ababkin, Daniil Garkunov, David Posulikhin, Elizaveta Kulagina, Valentina Pravdina, Lidia Svetozarova, Konstantin Brzhinsky, Yelisey Laptev

"The Adventures of a Rake" is Stravinsky's last opera. Director Dmitry Bertman turns this parable into a poignant story about how easy it is to lose yourself in the pursuit of illusory happiness. About how devastating and destructive vice is, if given free rein. How important it is to remain human in any situation and in any life circumstances. Stephen Hugh Auden, co—author of the libretto, said: "This story is a real mythologeme, a situation in which each of us finds himself insofar as he is a human being at all."

August 21-23, 19:00, August 24, 16:00, Helikon Opera

The Three Musketeers, 12+

Directed by Mark Rozovsky. Starring: Nikita Zabolotny, Igor Skripko, Maxim Yakimov, Stanislav Fedorchuk, Dmitry Pugachev, Mark Kondratiev, Valery Sheiman, Yana Prygankova

The plot is familiar from childhood. An immortal story about love and hate, courage and betrayal, life and death. And, of course, about friendship, which saves a person in any time and space. All these are Musketeers. And they're coming back. "The Three Musketeers" is a vivid reading of eternal themes in the best traditions of the theatrical and musical genre. The audience will enjoy a live performance of familiar melodies, rousing choreography and fencing fights staged by masters of European historical fencing. The production featured poems by Yuri Ryashentsev and compositions by Maxim Dunaevsky.

August 24, 19:00, The Nikitsky Gate Theater

Film marathon of the TV series "Liquidation", 16+

The new space of the Sovremennik Theater, the Green Courtyard, will bring together fans of the cult TV series Liquidation. The event will be attended by the artistic director of the theater Vladimir Mashkov, who played the main role of David Gotsman in the serial film by Sergei Ursulyak. A lot of activity is expected for the audience. Other artists, as well as members of the film crew, are expected to be among the guests. To create an atmosphere of post-war Odessa, a courtyard-style photo zone with a rich feast will open in the "Green Courtyard", where viewers will be able to use various thematic props.

On August 24, from 11:00, the Green Courtyard at Sovremennik

Museums

A.V. Stupin and his students, 0+

2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of the painter and teacher Alexander Stupin (1776-1861). The exhibition will bring together more than 30 works by the artist himself and his students Vasily Raev, Vasily Perov, Nikolai Rachkov, who later became outstanding masters of Russian painting. The exhibition will feature their early works, rarely exhibited graphic works, as well as individual masterpieces of mature creativity.

From August 22 to November 16, Tretyakov Gallery

Movie night, 16+

The Pushkin Museum will show a series of short films "Personal Collection", shot as part of a joint film art project of the State Museum of Fine Arts and the PREMIER online cinema. The audience will see five new films. In them, actors Marina Alexandrova, Ivan Makarevich, Vlad Konoplev, Masha Matzel and Alexandra Kiselyova tell personal stories of love, jealousy, friendship and struggle with themselves, echoing the plots of paintings by Rubens, Rembrandt, Gauguin, Cezanne.

August 23, 20:30, colonnade of the Main Building of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

Russian Cinema Day at the Victory Museum, 0+

On August 23, an immersive film demonstration "Patrol on Guard" awaits Muscovites and guests of the capital in the park near the museum. Guests will be able to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of a Soviet-era film set. On the dance floor, guests will be offered to learn how to dance, take pictures with retro cars, and get acquainted with popular professions of the mid-twentieth century. Numerous musical programs will be held at concert venues.

In total, there will be 80 interactive spaces with elements of historical reconstruction, recreating the atmosphere of the 1940s. The organizers have prepared quests, master classes, sports and creative competitions, excursions, concerts.

August 23 and 24, Victory Museum

Concerts

Sound Power, 18+

The Zvuk music service will hold a second experimental concert for its users. The event will be dedicated to the results of the outgoing summer. OG Buda, SODA LUV, Thomas Mraz, "TRAUMA", "Tima is looking for light", "CASSETTE", "paranoia" and SOLIDNAYA (author of the track "You Smell like") will perform on stage.

The musicians will choose a new mood for their songs: calm tracks will sound in a driving rhythm, and cheerful melodies will be filled with melancholic motifs.

August 26, "The Original"

Festivals

Rock on Sheksna, 12+

The festival-competition will bring together 30 musical groups that have passed the qualifying stage. They will compete for victory, and popular representatives of Russian rock culture will perform on stages in the city park and on the water for residents and guests of Cherepovets. On August 21, the Animation group, on August 22, The End of the Film, and on August 23, the competition part will be completed by a big concert of the bands St. John's Wort, Lomonosov's Plan, Seryoga and Yulia Chicherina. The creative project "Inspiration Industry" continues the event. The festival will end with a music and light show featuring industrial cranes. Admission is free.

August 21-23, Cherepovets

Family festival of engineering creativity "The cause of technology", 6+

The Science and Technology Festival of the Polytechnic Museum, where children and adults can feel like inventors, designers and engineers. At the festival, it will be possible to assemble an "abstruse machine" — an 18-meter-long mechanism, the elements of which act sequentially according to the domino principle. In addition, children will enjoy more than ten engineering workshops of varying complexity, a large physics show, lectures by scientists and leading experts from technological industries, and many more interesting things. Admission is free.

August 23, 12:00 p.m., Yuzhny Rechnoy Vokzal

II Moscow International Film Week, 12+

The event will be attended by representatives of the film industry from more than 20 countries, including China, the UAE, Brazil, France and Egypt. Moscow will turn into an outdoor cinema for five days. Premieres, favorite TV shows — all this can be seen for free at the Moskino cinemas, as well as in almost every park in the city, thanks to a unique plying cinema track — a mobile cinema with films showing in the most unexpected places of the capital. There will also be a film promotion charity auction and a traditional "Movie Night" event. On August 26, at Patriarch's Ponds, Muscovites and guests of the capital will be able to purchase unique artifacts that participated in the filming of popular Russian films and TV series: costumes, decorative elements, props from film sets and much more.

From August 23 to August 27, Moscow

Apple Festival VK Video, 6+

The festival introduces a variety of dishes that can be made from apples, and chefs unite for charity. Guests will enjoy a special menu from chef Vladimir Baranov, where their favorite fruit appears in the most unexpected and unusual forms and combinations. Apple dishes will be prepared by VK culinary bloggers. On August 30, the chefs, together with VK Dobro, will personally donate apple treats to the Dari Food Foundation for those who need support.

From 18 to 24 August, Moscow, Sochi, Gelendzhik

IV International Children's Cultural Forum, 6+

The Forum is a unique opportunity for talented young people from Russia and other countries to get acquainted with world achievements in the field of culture and art. Every day, participants will enjoy daytime and evening concerts with the participation of ensembles and ensembles from all over Russia. A special place in the program will be occupied by the concert of the V. S. Loktev Song and Dance Ensemble and the vocal and literary concert "Songs of Victory" with the participation of Sergei Zhilin and the Phonograph Jazz orchestra. The program of the Forum will include performances by children with special needs and neurotypical artists of the inclusive theater studio "Alice's Dreams". They will show the audience scenes from the play "Pinocchio and the Golden Key", dedicated to the anniversary of composer Alexei Rybnikov. The initiator and cultural ideologist of the project is the singer Jasmine.

August 21-23, Moscow Palace of Pioneers

Circus

Victory Music, 0+

The program is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Acrobats, gymnasts, and acrobats will enter the arena. The audience is waiting for trained pigeons, dogs, horses and seals. Directed by Evgeny Shevtsov, Olga Poltarak and Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Andrey Sharnin. Composer Dmitry Kuznetsov.

August 22, 19:00, August 23, 14:00, 18:00, August 24, 11:00, 14:30, 18:30, Nikulin Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard

Zapovednoye Festival, 0+

A large-scale festival of contemporary art in the Moscow region. Public art objects created by artists can be seen in the open air or in the Zapovednoye Gallery. Among the participants are recognized masters — Sergey Katran, Olga Bozhko, Alexey Luka. A total of 30 artists were selected by the curators and the expert council in an open competition. Guests can watch the exhibition with picks or on their own with a free audio guide, where the artists themselves talk about their work. A parallel program is scheduled every weekend.

From August 23 to August 28, the Museum-Reserve "Gorki Leninskie"

XVII International Military Music Festival "Spasskaya Tower", 0+

In 2025, the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival will be dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the Defenders of the Fatherland. More than 1,000 musicians from around the world came to Moscow to demonstrate their skills. The main decorations of the international holiday of unity and friendship of peoples are St. Basil's Cathedral, the walls and towers of the Moscow Kremlin, the historical paving stones of Red Square. The Military Bands in Parks program is a series of concerts held on weekends and holidays in outdoor areas: squares, parks, squares. And young viewers will be able to attend the festival of children's brass bands.

From 22 to 31 August, Red Square

III Festival of Youth Orchestras of the world, 6+

The guests will hear nine youth orchestras: three concerts and three rehearsals every day. At the invitation of People's Artist of the USSR, Maestro Yuri Bashmet and the All-Russian Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Lebanese National Youth Orchestra and the Yerevan Youth Orchestra will come to the festival for the first time. A special event will be the performance of the guests from Venezuela. Francisco de Miranda's orchestra "El Sistema" will give its only concert in Russia.

August 22-24, Zaryadye Park Grand Amphitheater