Holiday Events Schedule for Vitebsk City Day 2025

26 June (Thursday) – Liberation Day of Vitebsk
from German-Fascist Invaders

Victory Square

11:00

RALLY, LAYING OF FLOWERS AND WREATHS at the memorial complex in honour of Soviet Liberator Soldiers, partisans and underground fighters of Vitebsk region, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Vitebsk from German-Fascist invaders

Burial sites and memorials
of Vitebsk city

according to a separate schedule

Ceremonial events at monuments and memorials to liberator soldiers, at burial sites

(rallies, laying of flowers and wreaths)

28 June (Saturday) – Vitebsk City Day Celebration

Bridge of the 1000th Anniversary of Vitebsk

throughout the day

"HISTORICAL VITEBSK"

Exhibition

Lenin Street

(near the Town Hall)

12:00

Laying of flowers at the memorial plaque installed at the site of execution of Soviet patriots during the Great Patriotic War

Suvorov Street

(near the Town Hall)

12:00-16:00

"MUSEUMS IN A SUITCASE SPEAK"

exhibition of school museums

Suvorov Street,
Krylov Street,

Suvorov Street, 12

10:00-20:00

12:30

12:30-13:30

EXHIBITION-FAIR OF ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN

masterclasses

"VITEBSK in the rhythm of art"

presentation of arch painting

"DANCING IN VITEBSK STYLE"

flash mob

Mayakovsky Square

10:00-17:00

12:00-14:00

18.00-20.00

Concert Programmes

"MY FAVOURITE CITY"

Open-air exhibition by the folk artist studio "Kontur"

Open-air exhibition by students of educational institutions.

Works Exhibition

"OUR CITY"

3D figure art action

"GIFT 'BIRD OF HAPPINESS' TO OUR BELOVED CITY"

Congratulatory event

"IN THE CENTRE OF CULTURE – IN THE CENTRE OF VITEBSK"

Open musical project.

Folk Music Evening

Tolstoy Street

10.00-20.00

OPERATION OF TRADE FACILITIES

Pushkin Street

10.00-17.00

20.00-24.00

"VITEBSK. CITY DAY. READING POINT"

Library and poetry platform

"THE BEST AND NEW ON THEATRE SQUARE"

Magic of street performances: theatres, musicians, performers, circus and fire show

Area near the Holy Assumption Cathedral

10.00-15.00

"VITEBSK ORTHODOX"

Exhibition and fair. Bell ringing masterclasses

Zamkovaya Street

10.00-15.00

"CITY EDUCATION – BUILDING THE FUTURE TOGETHER!"

Exhibition and presentation of educational institutions

Freedom Square

10.00-15.00

10.00-17.30

10.00-20.00

"WE ARE FOR A SAFE CITY"

Operation of interactive platforms, demonstration of special equipment by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, OSVOD.
Operation of the "Smoke Screen" attraction

Concert and entertainment programme

Operation of trade facilities

Area near the "Belarusian Puppet Theatre Lyalka"

(Pushkin Street, 2)

11.00-13.00

"PLANET OF CHILDHOOD" festive program

"PIETRUSZKA"

performance for children.

Master classes, photo zones, interactive areas, contests, games

Victory Square

11:00-15:00

12:00-12:30

12:00-17:00

12:30-12:50

13:30-14:30

14:30

12:00-17:00

10:00-23:00

YOUTH DAY

"Time of the Young"

Open city competitions in strength sports

Bicycle race participant registration

Fitness warm-up for bicycle race participants

Interactive areas operation:

NGO "BRSM", private production unitary enterprise "Darida",

State Automobile Inspectorate location,
sports grounds from VGTSK,

sports and games program of GFSK,
inflatable complex area from "Laser tag club "COLT",
retro car exhibition,
cars from "Vitebskauto city" auto centre,
tasting from KPUP "Confectionery factory "Vitba"

Youth Day Opening

"Velo Vitebsk" bicycle race

Awarding of sports event participants

"Fire of Youth Talents" regional tour of the national festival-competition of youth creativity, gala concert of participants of the youth creativity festival-competition

Operation of trade facilities

Park of the Winners

12:00-14:00

10:00-01:00

10:00-01:00

"TO OUR BELOVED CITY - OUR TALENTS"

concert and entertainment program

Operation of attractions

Operation of trade facilities

Voïnav-Internatsyjonalistav Street

13:15

OPENING OF SPA CENTER "YUZHNY"

Park of the 1000th Anniversary

16:00-18:00

"I AM PROUD OF YOU, MY CITY!"

Festive concert programme

Town Hall

(balcony facing Town Hall Square)

Town Hall Courtyard

17:00-18:00

21:30

"VIOLIN OVER THE CITY"

musical greeting to the city

FILM SCREENING: cartoon for children, film "Control Test for Speciality", tea from a samovar with Zdravnevsk herbs and refreshments

Museum of the History of Private Collections

(Frunze Avenue, 13)

16:30

UNVEILING OF A MEMORIAL PLAQUE for collector
I.D. Galkevich

Cultural and Sports Complex

of the Summer Amphitheatre

17:00

PRESENTATION of a new multifunctional cultural centre.

Summer Amphitheatre

(Frunze Avenue, 13a)

(17:30) 18:00-20:00

"VITEBSK IS THE CITY OF OUR LOVE!"

ceremonial event dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk and the 81st anniversary of the city's liberation from Nazi invaders. Ceremony of the solemn presentation of the city award "Vitebsk Citizen of the Year", awarding the title "Honorary Citizen of Vitebsk"

Victory Square

(near Moskovsky Avenue, 8)

20:00-23:00

"LIVE BRIGHTLY! LOVE VITEBSK!"

gala concert of popular performers

Victory Square

(by the monument)

23:00

FIREWORKS

Accompanying events

State Institution "Vitebsk Regional Library
named after V.I. Lenin"

(Lenin Street, 8a)

June 26

12:00

"WORD WITHOUT BORDERS"

Festival – a poetic dialogue between representatives of Belarusian and Russian library literary associations (Public organisation "Union of Writers of Moscow", State budgetary institution of culture "Smolensk regional universal scientific library named after A.T. Tvardovsky")

State educational institution "Belarusian Theatre "Lyalka"

(Pushkin Street, 2)

26 June

18:00

"PLACES OF MEMORY"

a solo performance dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War

"5th Regiment" – Gorodok – Verkhovye microdistrict"

Open Joint Stock Company "VZTZCh"

(meeting room)

State cultural institution "Vitebsk Regional Museum of the Hero of the Soviet Union Minay Filippovich Shmyrev"

Victory Square

State educational institution "Secondary School No. 9 of Vitebsk"

(Shkolnaya Street, 4)

Organisations, enterprises of the city

26 June

12:00

13:00

14:00

11:00

13:00

throughout the day

"MOLODZ.BY: UNITING DREAMS, ACHIEVING GOALS!"

Republican Marathon of Youth and Students

"RHYTHM OF MOVEMENT"

"Feat for the Glory of the Fatherland"

car and bike rally

"TECHNOLOGIES OF TOMORROW"

"Science Picnic"

intellectual open-air

"ART BREAKTHROUGH"

city quest, concert

"STRENGTH OF HERITAGE"

youth participation in a rally, laying flowers and wreaths at the memorial complex in honour of Soviet soldiers-liberators, partisans and underground fighters of the Vitebsk region, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Vitebsk from Nazi invaders

Solemn event dedicated to the naming of State Educational Institution "Secondary School No. 9 of Vitebsk" after Biryulin M.F.

"YOUR TERRITORY"

Festival of Professions – career guidance

Sports and Recreation Complex of State Institution "Vitebsk City Sports Club"

(Sovetskaya Street, 7-14)

26 June

10:00-15:00

Chess and Draughts Competitions for Vitebsk City Residents, Dedicated to the Day of Vitebsk Liberation from German-Fascist Invaders

Sports and Recreation Complex of the State Institution "Vitebsk City Sports and Recreation Complex"

(2A K. Marx Street)

June 26

10:00-15:00

Swimming Competitions for Vitebsk City Veterans, Dedicated to the Day of Vitebsk Liberation from German-Fascist Invaders

Libraries of the State Institution "Vitebsk City Centralized Library System", Museums, Exhibition Halls of Vitebsk

June 26-29

Themed Events, Exhibitions,

Dedicated to the 1051st Anniversary of Vitebsk's Foundation, the 81st Anniversary of the City's Liberation from German-Fascist Invaders

"Mir" Cinema

(3 Chekhov Street)

House of Cinema

(40 Lenin Street)

June 26-29

June 26

12:20

June 28

12:20

June 27

14:20

June 29

15:00

Screening of Feature and Documentary Films Produced by the Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belarusfilm National Film Studio", Dedicated to Vitebsk and the Vitebsk Region:

"Time to Return" Feature Film

"Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve" Documentary Film

"Memorial Complexes of Belarus – 2" Documentary Film;

"Abode of Saint Euphrosyne" Documentary Film

Organizations, Open Venues of Vitebsk

(According to Separate Plans)

June 26,

June 28-29

Cultural, Sports, and Tourist Events

Town Hall Courtyard

(Adjacent to Mayakovsky Square)

June 27

21:30

Film Screening

Cartoon for Children, Film "About the Dragon on the Balcony, About the Kids and the Scooter", Tea from a Samovar with Zdravnevsky Herbs and Refreshments

Sports and Recreation Complex of the State Institution "Vitebsk City Sports and Recreation Complex"

(26a 3rd Sadovaya Street)

28 June

10:00-15:00

Billiards competition among workers, dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk, the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the city from Nazi invaders

Car park near the Blokhina Bridge

28 June

10:00-15:00

"DRIFT TAXI"

master class

State Institution "Yakub Kolas National Academic Drama Theatre"

(Zamkovaya Street, 2)

28 June

18:00

"PARACHUTISTS"

performance

Viteba River bank

(near Yubileiny Bridge)

28-29 June

10:00-18:00

Vitebsk City Open Beach Football Cup among teams from Vitebsk and Vitebsk Region, dedicated to Vitebsk City Day

Open-air cinema, Studenchesky Square

(Moskovsky Prospekt)

28-29 June

28 June

13:30

14:00

16:00

29 June

14:00

16:00

"CITY OF INSPIRATION. VITEBSK IN CINEMA"

screening of films shot in Vitebsk

"VITEBSK IN CINEMA" presentation of Dmitry Rubanik's project with the author's participation

Film screening

film "About the Dragon on the Balcony, About the Kids and the Scooter";

film "Chagall-Malevich"

Film screening

film "Control Test in Speciality";

film "Starting Point"















Soviet Army Cultural and Recreational Complex

28 June

11:00-20:00

29 June

12:00-14:00

11:00-18:00

15:00-18:00

"A FAMILY OUTING!"

Mass leisure day.

Sports equipment rental service, amusement complex operation

"VITEBSK IS OUR HOMETOWN!"

Festive concert programme by the youth pop theatre "Star School"

"SPORT FOR ALL – FROM 0 TO 100 VITEBSK 2025"

Cultural and sports festival

for the whole family

Operation of various sports zones (kickboxing, football, jumping, yoga, taekwondo)

Demonstrations by sports clubs

Town Hall Courtyard

29 June

18:00-23:00

"CATCH THE SUMMER AT THE TOWN HALL"

Dance and music programme

Vitebsk Millennium Bridge

29 June

throughout the day

"HISTORIC VITEBSK"

Exhibition

Suvorov Street,
Krylov Street,

Mayakovsky Square

29 June

10:00-16:00

EXHIBITION-FAIR OF ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN

Masterclasses

Musical programme

Tolstoy Street

29 June

10:00-16:00

Operation of trade facilities

Sports and Recreation Centre of the State Institution "Vitebsk Sports and Recreation Complex"

(Sovetskaya Street, 7)

29 June

10:00-15:00

Open City Chess Tournament

Frunze Park

(near the fountain)

29 June

16:00-18:00

"IN OLD RHYTHMS"

Dance and entertainment programme

Inner Courtyard

of the State Cultural Institution "Vitebsk Regional Philharmonic"

(Lenin Street, 69)

29 June

16:00-18:00

"KUPALA-FEST 2025"

Final of the music band competition

ГУ «Национальный академический драматический театр им. Якуба Коласа»

(Замковая Street, 2)

29 June

18:00

"MUSICAL "VERNISAGE"

musical and poetic evening

Exhibitions

"Marko" Trade Centre

20 June - 4 July

throughout the day

"WE REMEMBER. WE HONOUR. WE DO NOT BETRAY."

Exhibition

Exhibition space of the pedestrian crossing

Moskovsky Avenue,

Tereshkovoy-Nikolaevoy Street, city institutions and organisations

26-28 June

"SYMPHONY OF SPACE"

republican digital art competition.

Exhibition, award ceremony, quest walks

Zheleznodorozhny District

(branch "Palace of Culture of Railway Workers" of the State Institution "Cultural and Information Centre "Golden Ring of the City of Vitebsk "Dvina", district organisations)

25 June -
28 August

throughout the day

"OLD CITY, GLORIOUS CITY APPOINTS US A MEETING..."

photo exhibition

State Cultural Institution "Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk"
(Shagala Street, 5;
Frunze Avenue, 11),

"Art Space"

(Tolstogo Street, 7),

cultural institutions, educational institutions of the city

24-29 June

"PHOTOCROOK"

X S. Yurkovsky Photography Festival in Vitebsk

Museum of the History of VNHU

(Shagala Street, 5a)

17-30 June

"VERA YERMOLAEVA: AMAZON OF RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE"

exhibition of paintings and graphics from a private collection (Moscow)

State Educational Institution "Children's Art School No. 3 of Vitebsk "Maladik"

Exhibition Hall
(Voinev-Internatsionalistov Street, 19)

25 June

11:00-12:00

"PERSPECTIVE-2025"

XVIII Open Exhibition-Competition of Fine Arts.

Exhibition-Competition Opening

Educational Institution "Vitebsk Children's Art School"

Exhibition Hall

(3 Suvorov Street)

(Mayakovsky Square)

June 26

12:00-12:40

13:00

"PERSPECTIVE-2025"
XVIII Open Exhibition-Competition of Fine Arts.

Opening

Award Ceremony for Exhibition-Competition Winners

Exhibition Hall

Branch of the Cultural Institution "Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk"

(5 Beloborodov Street)

June 26

16:00

"THREE ARTISTS WERE FRIENDS: LEONID ANTIMONOV, OLEG ORLOV, ALEXANDER SOLOVYOV"
Project presentation dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory, in the A. Solovyov Hall

"ADLYUSTRUVANNE"
Installations by Valentina Lyakhovich.

Sculptures by Ivan Kolodovsky

Marc Chagall Art Centre

(25 Sovetskaya Street)

June 26

17:00

throughout the month

"The Bright Line of Constellations" – a creative evening of poetry and author's songs dedicated to D. Simanovich's birthday

"FORTUNATE IS HE WHO IS LIKE ULYSSES..."
Original graphics by Marc Chagall and other artists from the museum's collections

Town Hall

(Lenina Street, 36, Hall)

27-28 June

11:00-23:00

Ascent to the panoramic viewing platform of the Town Hall tower, excursions

Town Hall

(Lenina Street, 36)

28 June

11:00-19:00

"RATUSHA – THE CENTRE OF VITEBSK", "PROPHOTO", "OLD TOWN"

exhibitions (free admission)

Excursions

























Historical centre of Vitebsk city

(Chekhova Street,
Shcherbakova Street-Embankment,
Komissar Krylov Street,
Kosmonavtov Street)

June 28

10:30-16:00

11:00

13:30

16:00

CAMPAIGN "DEDICATED TO OUR BELOVED CITY..."

(free thematic excursions and quests):

Excursion to the Church-Archaeological Cabinet of the Vitebsk Spiritual Seminary and the Church of the Resurrection of Christ
Vitebsk (starting at Komissar Krylov Street, 7)

"ACCORDING TO THE MEMORIES OF BELLA SHAGAL"
excursion (starting from the fountain on Privokzalnaya Square (Zadvine district)

"THE STORY OF ONE STREET" (Chekhov Street) excursion (starting from the "Mir" cinema, Chekhov Street, 3)

Art Museum

(Lenin Street, 32)

June 28

12:00, 15:00

"A WALK AROUND THE CITY WITH PENN"

presentation of excursion, exhibition (by request)

Town Hall
(Lenin Street, 36)
– around the city

June 29

12:00

"YES, YES, IN THE VITEBSK WAY"

presentation of a thematic bus and walking excursion by the author
(by request)

Tram route around the city

departure point: tram loop, Frunze Avenue near the military unit)

June 28

10:00

June 28

14:00

"ROUTES OF MEMORY"

thematic free excursion on a mobile museum-tram around Vitebsk (by prior appointment)

Free excursion with musical accompaniment (by prior appointment)

1000th Anniversary Square

of Vitebsk

June 28-29

20:00-24:00

Hot air balloon ride

Boat trip

(route: Pobedy Square – Soviet Army Park – Pobedy Square)

June 28-29

12:00-19:00

Boat trips on the Western Dvina River

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