Moscow authorities announced that 2012 City Day will be held on September 1 and 2. A distinctive feature of the holiday will be that the venue will not be one, clearly limited place - this year its program includes several hundred events that will take place in all districts of the capital, on its streets and squares. The holiday program promises to be very eventful, and you will have plenty to choose from.
The organizers of the festival are going to hold it in the form of a carnival, which, according to their bold idea, should become a competitor to Rio de Janeiro and Venice. This will be a celebration of culture, where they are going to use all the facilities of this department, regardless of whose care they are.
Any guest or resident of the capital will be able to find for himself on this holiday what is interesting to him - the program is designed for the widest range of preferences and interests. These days, the musical "Festival of Moscow Festivals" will take place, within the framework of which it will be possible to listen to the festival of independent music "Avant", and "Usadba Jazz", and "Afisha Picnic", and "Wild Mint", and "Muz-TV Prize" ". The program of the City Day will also include a pop-up culture festival "The Best City of the Earth", its name became the motto of the whole holiday.
Naturally, the capital's museums, which have prepared various exhibitions and expositions for this day, will not be left out. They, like the libraries, will be open for free these days. The cinemas will host the Moscow Premiere Film Festival, which will show films about the capital, many of the screenings will be charitable. On Pushkinskaya Square and in the Muzeon Park, performances prepared by artistic troupes from various Moscow theaters will take place. Circus performances can be viewed in the park in front of the Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. Large galleries "Winzavod", "Red October", "Flacon" and the cultural center Artplay will provide their sites for a series of cultural events, united by the common name "Places of Power".
Those who find themselves on Petrovsky, Tsvetnoy, Neglinny or Rozhdestvensky boulevards will be able to take part in the youth art festival "Boulevard of Arts", the work of its master classes. This is a social project that enables young fashion designers, artists, musicians and photographers to present their works to the judgment of the discerning metropolitan public. Petrovsky Boulevard is given to those who represent cinema, literature, arts and crafts. On Tsvetnoy - the territory of music, dancing and active activities for the whole family, arts and crafts will be presented on Neglinny Boulevard. At Rozhdestvensky, samples of visual art, design, fashion will be demonstrated, and here you can also watch the performances of dancers. On the territory of the entire Boulevard Ring, residents of the capital will be able to see the works of painters and designers, appreciate the art of reciters, singers and dancers.
The festival will open on Red Square, where a dance performance will be shown, telling about the last 200 years of the city's history, then a parade of military bands will take place here and on Tverskaya Street. The closing of the holiday on the evening of September 2 will be marked by a fireworks display of 12 fireworks, which can be seen anywhere in the city.
