Afisha's Picnic announces the first wave of artists in Moscow and St. Petersburg

In 2026, the Afisha Picnic festival will be held for the 22nd time in Moscow and St. Petersburg, bringing together even more people in a vibrant atmosphere on June 20, 2026 at the Kolomenskoye Museum Reserve and on August 8, 2026 on the territory of Elagin Island.

The festival is more than twenty years old, and it has long ceased to be just an open-air concert. Once upon a time, "Picnic" began a story about a city weekend, but now it is a place where old friends, casual acquaintances, those who came for music, entertainment, and gastronomy meet. Music is still in the center and creates the mood for a great summer day that you want to stretch out longer.

On June 20, 2026, at the historical site of the festival in the Kolomenskoye Museum Park in Moscow, four stages will perform:

• Feduk, one of the leading pop and hip-hop artists of the generation, will perform time–tested hits such as "Rose Wine", "Flakes Fly Up", "Sailor" and others.

• SLAVA MARLOW + 3G Live band, a hitmaker who has followed the path of creative experimentation, will present a new program with live instruments.

• Showcase FRWRD Music and Carnival Records / Forward Music and Carnival Records – residents and friends of the label will perform on the stage of the festival: musical visionary COOK, hip-hop newcomer ARUSTAMOV, pop innovator Jay Ro, neo-pop singer SABU, as well as young representatives of the electronic scene Jovi and Deforia.

• Martin is a pop romantic of a new generation, who went from participating in the children's "Voice" to the status of one of the most promising and extraordinary lyricists of the modern scene.

On August 8, 2026, the Afisha Picnic returns to St. Petersburg to a cozy and native playground on the territory of Elagin Island. As in Moscow, Feduk, SLAVA MARLOW + 3G Live Band (live band) will perform on four stages of the festival, as well as:

• Sergey Bobunets– the ex-leader of the legendary rock band Semantic Hallucinations, will perform the main songs of the band, which have become the anthems of several generations, as well as present new songs.

• The CUPSIZE guitar band will play a set at the intersection of modern sound and alternative rock and present songs from the album "Make Me Cry", which has been recorded for three years.

• Minaeva– the singer of "Chocolates", "That Very Day" and other hits, returns to St. Petersburg.

• GERA AMEN is one of the main newcomers of 2025, according to Afisha Daily, with music at the intersection of minimalist indie and pop alternative.

• J. Rouh / Jay Ro is a man who worked as a music producer and then walked up to the microphone himself.

The festival program will continue to expand: participants of the second and third waves will be announced in the near future. In addition to the musical component, the Afisha Picnic will offer guests art installations, lectures, a design market, a large sports area for the whole family, as well as beauty solutions for a cool festival look: from styling to aquagrim - for both women and men of all ages.