Ticket sales for the opening and closing concerts of "Slavianski Bazaar" will start on May 3 in Vitebsk.

Vitebsk, 2 May /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. Ticket sales for the opening and closing concerts of the "Slavianski Bazaar" festival will start on May 3 in Vitebsk, the "Vitebsk" Culture Centre informed a BELTA correspondent.

On this day, as well as on May 4, Vitebsk will have priority in ticket sales. From May 5, tickets will be available through the ticketing operators kvitki.by and ticketpro.by, and at the ticket offices of all regional and district centres of Belarus.

In addition to tickets for the forum's opening and closing ceremonies, from May 3, it will also be possible to purchase tickets for the concerts of the two final days of the "Vitebsk-2014" International Pop Song Performers Contest, Philipp Kirkorov's show "Drugoy", the concert within the Union State Day "I Love You, Life!", the "Stars of Europe" programme, the "Tele-assorti" show, and the "Stars of Shanson-TV" gala concert.

According to the latest data, the sales rating for the "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" festival has practically not changed. The top three leaders are the "Parade of Smiles" programme, the art group "Turetsky Choir" with the programme "A Man's View on Love", and Stas Mikhailov with the programme "Joker". They are followed by the "Golden Hit" project and the concert "I Have Returned Home", dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Mark Fradkin's birth.

The geography of the most active sales points has formed as follows. Vitebsk is in first place, followed by online sales, including in Russia, Latvia, Germany, Poland, and Lithuania. Minsk is in third place, followed by Mogilev and Novopolotsk.

In total, over 12,000 tickets have already been sold through the ticketing operators kvitki.by and ticketpro.by.

The XXIII International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" will be held from July 10 to 14. It is expected that representatives from about 30 countries will take part in the forum's events. Ticket sales started on April 18. At the same time, on April 18 and 19, tickets could only be purchased at Vitebsk ticket offices. Online ticket sales began on April 20. -0-