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This world-renowned early music festival features performances of music from the Middle Ages, Baroque, Classical and Renaissance periods, performed by Russian and international musicians. The festival revives the court music of the 18th century and brings to life the musical traditions of the peoples of Russia. Several concerts take place in many places in the city, from the Menchikov Palace to more confidential theatres and churches.

Organized simultaneously with the Night of the Museums in France, the formula is more and more appreciated by the people of St. Petersburg. Numerous sites participate and open their doors free of charge that night.

We celebrate the anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg by Peter the Great (May 27, 1703). The festivities are mainly concentrated in the city centre. The procession led by the mayor of the city is composed of the constituted bodies and the great representatives of the city. Gala concerts in most of the city's theatres and a fireworks display on the Neva River. This festival also marks the beginning of the "White Nights".

The International Day of Workers'solidarity was renamed in 1992. If the time is no longer for the huge parades of the era of the USSR, you will see a lot of nostalgia (and young activists) before Gostiniy Dvor, with red flags, or even a portrait of Lenin or even Stalin.

This immense Soviet achievement from the time of Nikita Khrushchev had created a scandal when the project was revealed. The construction nevertheless took place and the State Palace (Государственный Кремлёвский дворец) in the heart of the Kremlin, still unofficially called the Congress Palace, has since then hosted all the major events of the Soviet state. Its excellent acoustics made it an early Bolshoi concert hall and it is now a concert hall. It is also the venue for the state-organized Christmas party.

The city's most famous and emblematic performing arts company, the illustrious Mariinsky Theatre, is offering this remarkable international festival of the Nuits Blanches Stars on the occasion of the Nuits Blanches. From the end of May to the beginning of August, the festival's rich programme presents the best opera dancers and singers of the moment in two mythical venues: the Mariinsky and the Hermitage Theatre. A must for lovers of great music and dance.

International Jazz Festival in the amphitheatre of the central park of Kaliningrad.