Moscow will celebrate its 874th birthday on the second weekend of autumn, September 11–12. A rich cultural program awaits city residents and guests of the capital. However, the pandemic continues to dictate its terms. It was decided to abandon mass celebrations. Theatres, cultural centers, and parks await guests. Many museums will be open for free on City Day, and some will even allow pets. All precautions are maintained: masks must be worn indoors and social distancing must be maintained. Halls can be filled to no more than 50%. Many events require pre-registration on the organizers' websites.
Movie
"ROSIZO Summer Cinema" (Petroverigsky lane, 4, building 1)
For City Day, Moskino will show Georgy Danelia’s film “I Walk Through Moscow” at the ROSIZO summer cinema. One of the brightest films of the Thaw, based on the script by Gennady Shpalikov, in which young Nikita Mikhalkov played his first leading role. The picture is shown from film from the Moschino archive. The film will be presented by film critic Dmitry Karpyuk.
September 11, 19:30
Cinema "Khudozhestvenny" (Arbatskaya Square, 14 building 1)
Photo: kino-teatr.ru
Still from the film “Moscow Sky”
Everything is gone: the flu, the maniac and the swindlers
What to watch in cinema this weekend
Moschino invites you to the capital’s oldest cinema, which recently opened after restoration. Here on this day the opening of the Military History Film Club will take place. Viewers will be shown the heroic drama “Sky of Moscow” by Yuli Raizman about Soviet fighters who defended Moscow during the Great Patriotic War. The film was shot in 1944. Starring: Pyotr Aleynikov, Ivan Kuznetsov, Nikolai Bogolyubov. The film will be presented by historian Grigory Pernavsky.
September 11, 15:00
Cinema "Zvezda" (Zemlyanoy Val St., 18-22, building 2)
What would City Day be without Vladimir Menshov’s film “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears”? An Oscar-winning film about three friends looking for happiness in the capital. You can feel nostalgic for Soviet cinema and look at recognizable places in your favorite city on the big screen. Starring: Vera Alentova, Irina Muravyova, Raisa Ryazanova, Alexey Batalov, Alexander Fatyushin.
September 12, 15:00
Cinema "Salut" (Kedrova St., 14)
Photo: Mosfilm
Still from the film “July Rain”
Another film about the capital is “July Rain” by Marlen Khutsiev. This is a poetic, stylish and very sixties-in-spirit picture. A classic that will always be interesting. Starring: Evgenia Uralova, Alexander Belyavsky, Yuri Vizbor, Alexander Mitta, Alla Pokrovskaya. The film features songs by Okudzhava, Vizbor, Aznavour, and Utesov.
September 10, 14:30
Master classes
Free master class “Away from the hustle and bustle. A lovely corner of our native land” (6+)
On September 12 at 14-00, children and adults are invited to a master class on watercolor painting, which will be conducted by artist and icon painter Ksenia Panchenko. The teacher will introduce students to the basics and techniques of watercolor painting. Each participant in the event will try to create their own landscape. The lesson is designed for both amateurs without experience and those who know how to draw and want to learn something new. Materials are provided by the organizer of the lesson.
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Address: Nikitsky Blvd., 7A, Arbatskaya metro station (Gogol House)
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Free lesson from the school of storytellers “Autumn Surprises” (0+)
On September 11 at 15:00 the lesson will be taught by a specialist in children's books, blogger, author of book reviews and mother of many children Alexandra Pichul. The lesson is based on the method of the Italian writer Gianni Rodari. The lesson will be devoted to the surprises that autumn brings, namely: what is the difference between autumn and other seasons?
Children will read the book by the Swedish writer Lisa Moroney “Zhuzhin's Treasure”, talk about autumn, come up with their own story about the golden season, play, and then come up with and draw an illustration for their story. Recommended age 4-8 years. Registration here
Address: Nikitsky Blvd., 7A
Free master class “Collage” at the Solntsevo gallery (12+)
On September 11, from 16:00 to 17:00, designer Svetlana Shashlova will conduct a lesson on creating a poster “My Moscow” using collage techniques. Participants will learn various techniques and techniques that can be used to create a bright and interesting collage from magazines and newspapers. The skills of the participants do not matter; the activity is suitable for everyone. Registration here
Address: st. Bogdanova, 44
Theater
Theater named after Ermolova (Tverskaya St., 5/6)
Those who want to watch the birth of the play will have the chance to attend an open rehearsal. Director Danil Chashchin will present several scenes of the play “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk”, which is based on the essay of the same name by Nikolai Leskov. This is the story of a young, beautiful and passionate woman who experienced an all-consuming love that destroys everything in its path. Katerina Izmailova, an arranged marriage, seems to have it all: wealth, respect, position in society. Except for one thing - love. Cast: Kristina Asmus, Stanislav Raskachaev, Georgy Nazarenko, Sergey Vlasenko, Victor Vorzonin and others. The premiere of the production will take place on September 18.
September 11, 15:00
Et Cetera (Frolov Lane, 2)
Photo: RIA Novosti/Vladimir Astapkovich
Artistic director of the Et Cetera theater Alexander Kalyagin
Cultural migration: Alexandrinka in Pskov, Buzova in the Moscow Art Theater
What were lovers of beauty talking about these days?
Alexander Kalyagin invites you on a tour of the theater. Participants will be able to stand on stage, go behind the scenes, and visit the workshops where sets and props, props and actors’ costumes are created.
September 11, 16:00
“Theatrium on Serpukhovka” (Pavlovskaya St., 6)
The theater under the direction of Teresa Durova invites fans to watch the premiere of the play “On a Busy Place.” Director Irina Pakhomova presents the sharp and intriguing plot of A.N. Ostrovsky’s play at the intersection of melodrama, comedy and detective story. Here you have revelry, robbery, deceit, and love. While they are treating you in one room, they are robbing you in another. And in every impulse, good or bad, there is real spiritual passion, true Russian fearlessness. Cast: Pavel Povalikhin, Natalya Samsonova, Vladimir Sedletsky, Daria Lukyanchenko, Sergey Batov and others.
September 12, 19:00
“Helikon Opera” (Bolshaya Nikitskaya str., 19/16 building 1)
Photo: RIA Novosti/Evgenia Novozhenina
On City Day, the audience will be presented with the concert “Brahms. About eternal love." In the historic White Column Hall of Princess Shakhovskaya, Honored Artist of Russia Svetlana Sozdateleva and accompanist Mikhail Yeghiazaryan are waiting for guests. The program includes works by Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann.
September 12, 20:00
“Workshop of Pyotr Fomenko” (Taras Shevchenko embankment, 29)
In the Small Hall of the New Stage of the Workshop, theater actors and musicians will sing songs about Moscow and for Moscow. “The Best City on Earth”, “Moscow Windows”, “I Walk in Moscow” and other familiar and favorite melodies will be performed at the afternoon party performed by Vladislav Tashbulatov, Igor Voinarovsky, Alexandra Keselman, Ekaterina Smirnova, Nikolai Orlovsky, Veniamin Krasnyansky, Yuri Titov and others.
September 12, 14:00
Moscow parks
City Day at the Skazka amusement park
On the occasion of City Day on the weekend of September 11 and 12 at the Skazka amusement park, everyone will be able to become time travelers and visit the past, present and future.
For two days in a row in Krylatskoye, the era of dinosaurs will be replaced by the world of artificial intelligence, and then by an exciting disco in honor of the 874th anniversary of Moscow.
The festive show program called “Time Machine” will begin at 15:00 in the heart of the Skazka park and end at 18:00 there. First of all, guests of the holiday will be transported to the era of dinosaurs, where they will meet inhabitants of different periods, get to know them and make friends.
With gifts from the past, time travelers will travel to the future and find themselves visiting robots. In the new reality, the show's participants will have to fight with balloons and defend their right to return home. In the present, the heroes will be greeted by an explosive disco with guests from the past, future and memorable prizes.
In addition to the exciting show, guests of the holiday will enjoy concerts with the participation of popular artists.
On September 11, the choir of the Children's Musical Theater “Constellation of Good” will take the stage, in which multiple participants of top projects perform: “Junior Eurovision”, “Children. Voice", "Battle of Talents", "Best of All", "HeatKids", "Party Zone", "Children's New Wave" and many others.
On September 12, the creative studio for children and teenagers Muha Music will create a festive mood. Among the artists are participants and winners of major vocal competitions, festivals and projects “Voice.Children”, “Blue Bird” and “Best of All!”
Another special event will take place on September 12 near the main stage, where a massive asphalt painting competition will take place. Everyone will be able to draw their own “Happy Birthday, City!” card on the ground, and the youngest artists will be awarded tickets to the Ferris Wheel.
In addition, on these days from 11.00 to 19.00 the Clean Line Dairy Academy will open.
Guests will be invited to participate in family culinary battles and demonstrate their skills in making cocktails and desserts, watch shows and theater performances, and take dairy sommelier lessons. Free tastings of Clean Line products are also prepared for visitors.
Entrance to the park is free. Participation in the program is free
Location: the main square of the Skazka park near the Ferris Wheel
VDNH
Championship for unmanned aircraft "Aviarobotech - start" (6+)
When: September 11, 11:00 Address: Mira Ave., 119, pav. No. 55 Admission is free, only registration is required.
The tournament opens at 11:00. Interactive areas are open from 11:30
On September 11, pavilion No. 55 will host the 1st unmanned aircraft championship “Aviaroboteh - Start”. Sixteen teams consisting of college and university students will participate in the tournament.
At the 1st stage of the competition, athletes will need to assemble and prepare a drone for flight from components provided by the organizers. Next, you will need to use it to deliver the cargo to the marked points.
At the 2nd stage, participants will configure software for a group of drones. 8 drones will have to build various geometric shapes.
For championship guests: a photo zone near a real airplane cockpit and a flight on a flight simulator. There will also be various free master classes on aircraft modeling for children from 6 years old.
You can watch the competition via online broadcast on YouTube.
Extreme Sports Cup
Cup for skateboarding, wakeboarding, scootering and cycling. VDNH cups await the winners. Admission to the competition is free for spectators.
The competition will take place on September 11 and 12 from 11:00 to 21:00
Also, during the competition, from 10:00 to 22:00, behind pavilion No. 61 there will be a specially equipped children's extreme zone, in which professional trainers will conduct more than 150 sports master classes for children and teenagers on skateboarding, scooters and balance bikes.
Admission for spectators is free. Pre-registration is required to participate in master classes: skateboarding, scootering, balance biking
Address: VDNH. Cycling zone - in front of pavilion No. 57 “Russia - my history”; Scooter zone - Industry Square in the scooter park near the exhibition model of the Yak-42 passenger aircraft; Skateboarding area - near pavilion No. 574; The wakeboarding area is at Kamensky Pond No. 3 near the Golden Spike fountain.
Petanque tournament and free games
On September 11 at 12:00 and 14:00 they offer to play Petanque - one of the most popular street games in the whole world. It has no age restrictions and does not require special training - an experienced instructor will tell you the basic rules and subtleties of the game and ensure that they are followed.
Address: VDNH; area between pavilion No. 64 and the food court
Table tennis tournament and free games
September 12, Sunday at 12:00 and 14:00
Participation is free, get electric tickets via the link
Address: VDNKh, near pavilion No. 57
Festive program at the Children's Embassy
On September 11 and 12, from 11:00–16:00, master classes, sports games, concerts and performances will be held on the territory of the Children's Embassy child development center. Admission is free, no registration required.
Address: VDNH, building 137
"Moscow Model"
On September 11 and 12, from 11:00–20:00, the new lighting show “I Walk in Moscow” will be held in the Interactive Complex “Moscow Model”
Address: VDNKh, Sirenevaya Alley
Children's play "Fly-Tsokotukha"
When: September 12 at 12:00 Address: , Mira Ave., 119, pavilion No. 58 Registration for the event
The musical puppet theater “Taratumb” invites children and their parents to attend a free performance-tea party for children and their parents based on the fairy tale “The Tsokotukha Fly” by Korney Chukovsky.
Free performance “Moscow: you can’t leave love” (12+)
When: September 11 at 14:00 Where: roof of the “Worker and Collective Farm Woman” pavilion
We invite children over 12 years old to attend a free performance in the genre of documentary storytelling. The actors will tell the audience the story of the emergence and formation of Moscow. Viewers will listen to interesting stories about Yuri Dolgoruky, Andrei Bogolyubsky, Dmitry Donskoy and other historical figures who played an important role in the development of Moscow. If the weather is rainy, the performance will be moved to the lecture hall.
Izmailovsky Park
Free lesson “Creative life hacks” in Izmailovsky Park (0+)
When: September 11 and 12 Tel, Address: Narodny prospekt, 17, building 1, building 13, Bibliopark pavilion Registration required
We invite children over 3 years old with their parents to a free master class where participants will be taught how to create various crafts. For example, they will show you how to make a “Dream Catcher” amulet and decorate it as you wish. The lesson will also teach you how to make origami: simple and complex. Materials are provided by the organizers free of charge.
Free entertainment programs for children in Izmailovsky Park (0+)
When: September 11 and 12 Tel, Address: Narodny Avenue, 17 k1 st10, Studio Park pavilion Registration via link
We invite children of all ages and their parents to attend interesting events as part of the City Day celebrations in Izmailovsky Park. On Saturday there will be free performances for children, and on Sunday there will be meetings with fairy-tale characters. x fairy tale characters. It will be more convenient to get to the pavilion from the entrance to the park from the Partizanskaya metro station.
Northern Tushino Park
Free excursion “Moscow - the port of five seas” in the park “Northern Tushino” (14+)
When: September 11-12 Tel Address: st. Svobody, 52 Registration for the event
On September 11 and 12 at 14:00 and 16:00, an excursion telling about the Northern River Port will be held at the site of the Museum of the History of the Navy and on the territory of Zakharkovo Bay. The guide will share with participants interesting facts about the famous canals: the White Sea-Baltic, Volga-Don, Moscow Canal, and other interesting facts about the Navy.
Museums
Museum of Moscow (Zubovsky Boulevard, 2, building 1)
Photo: Museum of Moscow
All sites will be free to visit during the holiday. You will be able to watch a movie in the museum’s courtyard and visit the exhibition “Moscow - Seoul: General Concepts” with your dog. On September 11 at 14:00 an amateur ping-pong tournament will be held outdoors. Visitors will be able to play a part with the actors of the Praktika theater. All necessary equipment will be provided on site. The winners of the tournament will receive gifts from the organizers. On September 12 at 14:00 at the Gilyarovsky Center, the Praktika Theater and the Museum of Moscow will present the concert program “20:20:20”, dedicated to poetry and songs of the 1920s, performed by twenty-year-old students of the Brusnikin Workshop. The museum also invites you on excursions around the city.
Multimedia Art Museum (Ostozhenka St., 16)
Beautiful ladies: The Tretyakov Gallery shows the works of Yuri Pimenov
How an artist became the main “feminist” of Soviet art
On City Day, the museum opens a posthumous large-scale exhibition of artist Oleg Tselkov, “I’m not from here, I’m a stranger.” A bright representative of Moscow unofficial art, he is known for his large-scale canvases, which combine expression and monumentality, bright colors and subtle halftones. Tselkov’s unmistakably recognizable heroes—deformed faces, ominous “masks,” “faces,” “faces,” or “muzzles,” as he himself called them—appeared in the 1960s and became a distinctive feature of his painting.
Darwin Museum (Vavilov St., 57)
Photo: Darwin Museum/Oksana Kamenskaya
If you are planning to celebrate the capital’s birthday with children, then at the Darwin Museum you will definitely want to interact with a formidable lion and playful lemurs, see animated dinosaurs, and measure your weight in pythons and parrots using augmented reality technology. The museum also hosts the Wild Underwater World festival. Fifty photographers from different countries provided more than 100 new underwater photographs taken in different seas and oceans.
Museum-Reserve "Tsaritsyno" (Dolskaya St., 1)
The park and museum will host classical and contemporary music concerts, chess and football tournaments, Cultural Plogging (a garbage collection race) and a Ceramic Picnic. On September 11 at 13:00, young pianists Tzuyu Shao (China), Artemy Sokolovsky and Egor Oparin will perform at the Opera House. This concert can be watched online. September 12 at 13:00 - concert of contemporary music. Jazz musicians from Moscow and St. Petersburg will perform popular film hits and pop hits.
On September 12 at 12:00 a ceramic picnic will begin at the site of the Festival of Historical Gardens. Artists who are ready to abandon the restrained atmosphere of a museum will show their work in a relaxed atmosphere, just sitting on the grass.
Zaryadye Park (Varvarka St.)
Photo: IZVESTIA/Konstantin Kokoshkin
On City Day, Zaryadye will turn into the main venue for contemporary art. Here, on September 11, an exhibition of nominees for the second Moscow Art Prize will open – the exhibition will bring together landmark projects and key works of 2021, created, according to the rules of the award, “in Moscow, about Moscow, for Moscow.”
The Media Center will feature fragments of significant exhibition projects and art series, sound sculptures and large-scale installations.
More than 80 museums will operate free of charge. Among them: the Museum of Cosmonautics, “Izmailovo”, “Kuskovo”, the house-museum of Marina Tsvetaeva, the Museum of the History of the Gulag, “House on the Embankment”.
Walking tours around the city
Free walking quest “From Sukharevskaya to Triumfalnaya” (6+)
On September 12, as part of the City Day celebrations, the Garden Ring Museum will hold a city walking quest. Participants will need to follow the route from Sadovaya-Sukharevskaya Street to Triumfalnaya Square and complete the quest tasks. Registration here
Phone for information
Address: Prospekt Mira, building 14, building 10
Free scooter tour “Secrets and Legends of the Sukharev Tower” at the Garden Ring Museum (12+)
On September 11, from 16:00 to 18:00, the Garden Ring Museum invites children and adults to a scooter excursion. In the first part of the excursion, participants will learn interesting facts about the history, myths and legends of a unique monument of Russian architecture - the Sukharev Tower. And in the 2nd part, participants will ride scooters through historical places and get acquainted with the architectural ensemble of Sukharevskaya Square. Registration here
Phone for information
Address: Prospekt Mira, 14, building 10 (Start and end of the tour at the museum)
You must have your own scooter to participate.
Walking tour “In the footsteps of a black cat” (0+)
On September 11 and 12 from 10:00 to 21:00 there will be exciting excursions for the whole family. The excursion starts from Tverskaya Gorka. The participants then move to the Nirnzee House. On Tverskaya Street, excursion participants will listen to stories about the ghosts of the Kozitskaya Palace and about walking houses. On Tverskaya Square, the guide will tell participants urban legends that are closely connected with this place. Next, the walk will take place along Stoleshnikov Lane, and then continue on Bolshaya Dmitrovka. Participants will visit Kuznetsky Most, where they will be told about two more city ghosts - the gray cab driver and Mademoiselle Zhuzhu. The tour will end near the State Duma, where Vasily Golitsyn’s chambers were located a long time ago, and today there are still rumors that you can encounter the ghost of Princess Sophia there.
Address: Tverskaya st. , 12, building 2 (Museum-apartment of I.D. Sytin)
Duration: 45 minutes.
Pre-registration required by phone
Free walking tour “Two Gogols” (12+)
On September 11 at 16:00 in the center of the capital, not far from each other, 2 monuments to Gogol were located. The first (from the sculptor N. Andreev) was located on the territory of the Talyzin-Tolstoy city estate, where Gogol spent the last years of his life. The monument was erected in 1909, but in 1952 it was replaced by another, created by the sculptor N. Tomsky. Both monuments are completely different in their artistic message and author's idea.
The excursion will be led by the museum’s senior researcher, candidate of philological sciences Daniil Ryasov. He will talk about the history of the creation of the two works and how the sculptors’ contemporaries reacted to them.
Address: Nikitsky Blvd., 7A,
Telephone
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes. Registration here
Festivals
“Flower Jam” (Manezhnaya Square)
An annual event beloved by Muscovites. The central platform will be Manezhnaya Square. Here landscape designers created a park with walking paths and flower islands. At the fairs you can buy jam, farm products and try dishes from chefs. 19 district sites are waiting for their visitors. Also on City Day you can take part in an amateur flower gardening competition. Amateur gardeners will be invited to create their own unique landscape project. Everything you need for the flower garden will be provided by the organizers.
Moscow City Day 2021 at VDNH
A varied and promising program is planned at VDNKh in honor of Moscow City Day 2021.
Festive concert at VDNKh in honor of Moscow City Day 2021
On September 11, 2021, a festive concert organized by the Moscow 24 TV channel will take place at VDNKh in the Green Theater.
Admission to the concert is free , but you must first register on the VDNH website.
Concert program:
- 12:00–13:30 Violinist Danila Lukovkin and cover band Boom Brass Band.
- 15:00–17:00 Participant of the show “The Voice” Agnessa Koroleva, cover band SOHO and “Underwood”.
- 19:00–22:00 Mitya Fomin, Vanya Dmitrienko and Manizha.
In addition, in honor of Moscow City Day, prize drawings and interesting competitions will be held on the stage of the Green Theater.
But that is not all. The following events are planned on the territory of VDNKh on September 11 and 12:
Concerts
As already mentioned, there were no large show programs for City Day in 2021, but there were concerts by Mitya Fomin, Vanya Dmitrienko, and Manizhi . They were free.
On September 11, the House of Music gave the program “Happy Birthday, Moscow!” In the Svetlanov Hall the orchestra played its most popular program “Classics of Energy. Destroying stereotypes." The audience heard well-known masterpieces, as well as works by Moscow composers, in a very unexpected arrangement.
