If you’re in London this Saturday 13 January, why not pop along to the London Russian Winter Festival in Trafalgar Square?
The Winter Festival is a free event, held every year to celebrate the Russian Old New Year and attracts a wide range of people, from curious locals to homesick Russians living in London.
This year’s festival seems to have pretty wide and varied programme, including music from pop group Fabrika and folk group Slavyanye, and dancing by the Buryat National Dance Ensemble Baikal.
The highlight for me, though, will be the festival’s showcase rock bands - Alisa, Sankt Peterburg and Zemlyane. All founded during the 70s and 80s, they represent some of the best of Soviet rock.
So, to whet you’re appetites, here’s a short video of Nebo Slavjan (Sky of Slavs), by Alisa
January 8th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
is Norilsk still a closed city to foreigners?
January 9th, 2008 at 8:24 am
I’m still disappointed I didn’t get to see DDT at last year’s event.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Helen - as far as I know, Norilsk is still a ‘closed’ city. This doesn’t mean that foreigners can’t go there at all - just that they need to get special permission.
Because MMC Norilsk Nickel, one of the world’s largest mining companies, is based in Norilsk, there are quite a lot non-Russian businessmen and consultants going in and out of the town.
You might want to check out this Wikipedia page on Norilsk.
Tim - I actually went to last year’s event, and still didn’t get to see DDT