Analytical agency TurStat has compiled a rating of the best and most popular gastronomic festivals in Russia in the fall of 2017. The rating of "delicious" festivals in autumn 2017 is headed by gastronomic events in Moscow, Veliky Novgorod and.

The top 10 autumn gastronomic events popular with tourists and locals are the Golden Autumn gastronomic festivals (), gourmet festival "" (), Sochi Fish Market (Sochi), Tambov Potato (Tambov), Taigafest ”(Primorye), Tyumen gastronomic festival (Tyumen), Fish-AMUR-Fest (Komsomolsk-on-Amur), Evfrosinevskaya fair (, Vladimir region), Yelets feast for guests from all volosts (Cossacks, Lipetsk region) and Tarussky gastronomic festival (Tarusa, Kaluga region).

Gastronomic festival "Golden Autumn" takes place in Moscow from September 22 to October 8, 2017. As part of the festival "Golden Autumn" cycle street festivals"Moscow Seasons" in all districts and parks of the capital host tastings, concerts and culinary master classes and sell farm products, meat and fish delicacies, honey and beekeeping products, canned vegetables and fruits. At the Golden Autumn cheese festival, more than 100 varieties of cheese were on sale, and 100 tons of pumpkins of 12 varieties were brought to Moscow from the regions. Over 5 million people visited the Golden Autumn festival in 2016.

VI International Gourmet Festival "" will be held from October 7 to November 12, 2017 in Veliky Novgorod. As a result of tastings in cafes and restaurants of the city and the popular vote, the "Best Novgorod dish-2017" will be chosen from 8 recipes: dessert "Rakhmaninov's lilac" (restaurant "Dom Berg"), Kalya in Novgorod with sturgeon and pike perch, stewed in a Russian oven with rye wickets (“Zavod-bar”), pea porridge with homemade fat-tailed lamb sausage (cafe-guest “Varenie”), honey pork ribs a la merchant (Ile-de-France restaurant), Ilmen bream ribs with ash turnip and onion marmalade (Flagman restaurant), Northern Sturgeon (Portland pizzeria), creamy veal tails with chanterelles and smoked potato mousse (HURMA restaurant) and sausages with cabbage broth (Malinovka cafe ").

The fish festival "Sochi Fish Market" will be held from September 27 to October 1, 2017 in Sochi. Shopping arcades will open on the South Mall Square and tastings and open master classes on cooking fish dishes will be held, and in Sochi restaurants there will be a “fish ball”: a special fish menu, tastings and professional master classes. Within the framework of the festival, the All-Russian tasting competition of fish products “Fish Wealth” will be held.

The Tambov Potato Gastronomic Festival will be held on October 15, 2017 in Tambov as part of the VII International Intercession Fair from October 13 to 15. Tambov is 381 years old this year. Therefore, 381 kg of potatoes will be boiled in a large saucepan, and 150 kg of potatoes will be fried in a large frying pan. Districts and cities of the Tambov region will present potato dishes and master classes in its preparation. On the Embankment - a fair from the best rooms and participants of similar fair events throughout the region.

The taiga festival Taigafest will be held from September 24 (Tiger Day) to October 1, 2017 in Primorye. In 16 restaurants of Vladivostok and Ussuriysk from September 24 to 30 - a special menu of taiga products, October 1 - a fair of taiga products with a tasting in the Shtykovsky Prudy Art Park in Shtykovo.

IV Tyumen gastronomic festival takes place from September 15 to October 15, 2017 in 15 restaurants in Tyumen. As part of the event, a gastronomic set of three dishes ordered at the restaurant, made from the three key products of the festival - rabbit, carrots and lingonberries, costs 900 rubles.

III gastronomic festival "Fish-AMUR-Fest" will be held on October 21, 2017 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur on the territory of the recreation and entertainment center "Silinsky Park". The festival program includes a fair of Amur fish and fishing tackle, an exhibition and sale with a tasting of fish dishes and master classes in folk crafts and sushi making.

Euphrosyne Fair will be held on October 7, 2017 in the city Vladimir region. On the day of the fair Trade area In Suzdal, you can buy agricultural products from Vladimir and neighboring regions: vegetables, fruits, meat and dairy products, fish, eggs, bakery products, honey, seedlings, haberdashery and clothing, as well as souvenirs. Rural settlements area offer tastings of local dishes.

The regional gastronomic festival "Yelets feast for guests from all volosts" will be held on September 30, 2017 in the village of Kazaki, Yelets district, Lipetsk region. The festival program includes tastings of local dishes, a master class on cooking dumplings, an exhibition and sale of agricultural products, a concert of creative teams of the region and games for children.

III Tarusa gastronomic festival national cuisines will be held from 4 to 5 November 2017 in the city of Tarusa, Kaluga region.

Many believe that with the advent of autumn cold, the festival season has come to an end. However, the capital poster convinces us of the opposite. This fall, many festivals for the whole family will start, which will help you to join classical music, establish a dialogue with grandparents, and learn more about new American cinema.

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- Festival for older people Young Old

November 3 and 4 at cultural center ZIL will host the second festival for older people “Young Old: New Seniors”. The purpose of the festival is to create a platform for discussions about ageism, to show people the strategies for success after 50 and give them real tools and opportunities for development. Here people of different generations will be able to find common interests and overcome stereotypical ideas about age. Especially for this, “pair formats” of activities are launched, designed for older parents and their adult children. This will allow members of the same family to establish a dialogue and rethink the relationship between generations. Guests are waiting for discussions and master classes - about career, freedom of choice, fashion, health, creativity, technology and contemporary art. Everyone will be able to try their hand at blogging, become a volunteer, critic, designer or programmer. Also this year, the festival will host a presentation of “tinder for seniors” - the Young Old social game. Throughout the year, members of the thousands of Young Old community will communicate not only in the media, but also offline: get to know each other, share experiences, learn something new and create personal strategies for success.

- Festival of Actual Classics Re:Formers

The II International Festival of Actual Classics Re:Formers will be held in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The organizers of the project, Maria Nemtsova and Vitaly Vatulya, set as their goal to show the combination of music and other types of art, declaring this the main theme for the festival in 2019. Stars of modern classical music from America and Europe will come to Russia especially to participate in the event. The legendary pianist from the United States Margaret Leng Tang, who was the first to raise the toy piano to the rank of a real professional musical instrument, will open the festival with a concert “Miniature meets monumentality”. On November 29, the Zaryadye Concert Hall will host the premiere of the unique author's program "Joint Actions" by the writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya and the winner of the Triumph Prize, the famous pianist Polina Osetinskaya. The Russian premiere of "Metamorphoses" by George Crumb will be dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the famous American composer and will remind you of the masterpieces of painting by Klee, Dali, Kandinsky and other artists who inspired the author. The festival will also feature world and Russian premieres of works by Takashi Yoshimatsu, Rio Noda, Alexei Kurbatov and other contemporary classical composers of the 21st century. The main event will be the world premiere of the sonata for saxophone and piano by contemporary French composer Jean-Denis Misch.

- The First Biennale of Contemporary Art of the Caucasus “In Search of Identity”

For the first time, Moscow will host the First Biennale of Contemporary Art of the Caucasus “In Search of Identity”, a week-long marathon of contemporary art, which will be accompanied by a musical experimental program, lectures, public discussions and master classes based on traditional crafts. Works by more than 100 contemporary artists from seven republics will be exhibited in the small hall of the Artplay Design Center North Caucasus, the countries of Transcaucasia and other states. More than 500 works of art will present all genre diversity: guests will see an installation by the Ossetian artist Tembolat Gugkaev, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Beslan tragedy and created based on the memorial installed in Turkey in the village. Poyrazly, the exhibition will also feature “live” graffiti by the artist Ruslan ØDÎNTRÏ Magomedov, who will create a new work right at the Biennale. One of the most anticipated exhibitors will be the #FollowMeTo resonant photo project created by Murad and Natalia Osmann. It will be his first time participating in an art exhibition.

Where: Artplay (Small Hall)
When: from 25 to 31 October
Free admission

- Children's theater festival "Marshak"

Voronezh will host the 5th Marshak International Children's Theater Festival, which will show productions for all ages and all possible formats and genres. Guests will see puppet theater, storytelling, sketches, micro-musical, interactive, wordless and classic children's performances. The opening of the festival was entrusted to the musical “12 Months” of the musical theater “Karambol”. This production was nominated for the "Golden Mask" in five categories. Within nine festival days 15 theaters in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Khabarovsk, Yekaterinburg, Voronezh, Rostov-on-Don, Brussels, Jerusalem will present 19 performances. The performance “My grandfather was a cherry” from the Bolshoi Puppet Theater (St. Petersburg), the SNARK Theater (Moscow) will show “Anna-Liza and the Bear” for children from 3 years old, the Belgian theater “NYASH Co” will come with a dance performance “10:10”, the monohistory “DARAYA” will be performed by the “Foule Theater” (Belgium), the program also includes performances by the Israeli theater “Train Theater” and other groups. One of the main events of the festival will be the premiere of a new play "Cinderella" directed by Nina Chusova, which was prepared by the Theater for Young Spectators (Voronezh).

When: from October 26 to November 3
Tickets: from 300 to 1100 rubles
Festival website: http://marshakfest.com/

- AMFEST

At the end of September, the 14th AMFEST American Film Festival kicks off, within the framework of which the Russian audience will be presented with new films from the USA, covering the innumerable genre diversity of the industry. In Moscow, at the Karo 11 October cinema, viewers will see Brad Pitt in James Gray's melancholy space odyssey "To the Stars", the autobiographical film by Abel Ferrara "Tommaso", a lover of scandals and Hollywood's main bully Shia LaBeouf in the adventure comedy "The Peanut Falcon" (it was he will be the opening Gala film of the festival), Joaquin Phoenix's "benefit performance" in the long-awaited "Joker" and much more. All films will be shown in their original language with Russian subtitles. In addition, on October 3, within the framework of the festival, a master class will be held by the American director and screenwriter Abel Ferrar, who is called one of the best newsreels of the mafia environment and criminal stories.

- New European Theater Festival NET-2019

The festival of the new European theater NET-2019 will be held in Moscow and St. Petersburg, which every year reveals to Russia the names of the leading artists and directors of the European theater. This year, the Russian public is waiting for priceless theatrical gifts. As part of the 21st festival, the Theater of Nations will show the play “Why?” 94-year-old English director Peter Brook, who will personally come to Moscow. This production is dedicated to the life of another theatrical genius, Vsevolod Meyerhold, and to finding out the reason for his execution in 1940. In addition, the famous choreographer from Bulgaria, Ivo Dimchev, will present his “Selfie Concert”, the choreography of which is completely tied to the audience. The public is in for a big surprise. One of the participants of the festival will be the Stanislavsky Electrotheater with the most anticipated production directed by Boris Yukhananov in two parts: “Pinocchio. Forest” and “Pinocchio.Theatre”. Also, this theater will present in Moscow and St. Petersburg the play “ The World History directed by David Espinosa. At the Center. Sun. Meyerhold, the Spanish director Angelica Lidell will present a production of Rib on the Table: Mother, which is a must-see for those interested in the rituals and traumas of humanity.

- BRUSFEST Documentary Theater Festival

In November, as part of the First International Festival-Workshop named after Dmitry Brusnikin BRUSFEST in Moscow, Russian and foreign documentary performances of recent years will be shown. Performances can be seen at the Winzavod, the Voznesensky Center, the Na Strastnoy Theater Center, the Praktika Theater and other venues in the capital. On the first day of the festival, the play “Death at Work” will be staged by the Finnish theater “Baltic Circle” and the Russian Pop-up theater. This is the story of workers of ritual services, who by the nature of their activity are very close to death and are the direct guides of people to another world. The theater company Berlin from Belgium will present an unusual performance "Perhaps all dragons ...". The production does not use a stage, instead of it there is only one round table, 30 seats and 30 screens, which display recordings of 30 different narrators. The material for this performance was collected in periodicals, in social networks and specialized sites. “Brusnikin’s Workshop” will also present several performances in collaboration with various theater groups: “Border Condition”, “Multiple Clinic Time”, “Right to Rest”, “Transsib”, “V.E.R.A.” and others.

- Festival of board games "Igrokon"

The capital's Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Center will host the largest festival of board games and home entertainment for people of different generations and interests. Visitors will get acquainted with countless table games from all over the world, true connoisseurs will be able to purchase collectible card games, and those who will be at the festival for the first time will be able to sort out a huge game library with the help of experienced game masters. For those who want to try their hand and compete with other board game fans, a special tournament with nice prizes will open. Many developers will present their original games at the festival, which can be tested right on the spot. A special area with animators, board games for kids and face painting will be equipped for children. There will also be a fair where you can buy themed game goods at discounted prices.

- Festival of Contemporary Choreography Context. Diana Vishneva

This autumn, Moscow and St. Petersburg will host the seventh festival of contemporary choreography Context. Diana Vishneva. This year, the winners and finalists of the Young Choreographers Competition will perform at the best venues in the country in the cycle of concerts “Evening of Young Choreographers”. The festival program includes a new production of Equal Elevations by the Spanish company La Veronal, created specifically for a special hall National Museum Reina Sofía Museum of Fine Arts, where the cult work of the talented painter Richard Serra is located - the sculpture Equal-Parallel / Guernica-Benghazi. Equal Elevations is a delicate and honest dialogue between a sculpture and a choreographer directed by choreographer Martin Morau, which will show the limitlessness of the human body and the absence of gravity on stage. The second major performance of the festival will be the famous Grand Finale directed by the outstanding choreographer Hofesh Schechter. This is a ballet that has conquered iconic venues in Paris, Melbourne, London and other modern cultural centers.

- X International Festival of Arts “Diaghilev. P.S.”

Anniversary X International Festival of Arts “Dyagilev. P.S.”, within which at different venues cultural capital there will be performances of ballet performances, operas, presentations of photo exhibitions, lectures, and a scientific conference “The Legacy of the Russian Seasons”. XXI century” and much more. The festival will present the performance “Dedication to Nijinsky”, which includes three new choreographic versions of the 21st century Ballets Russes masterpieces: “Daphnis and Chloe” (choreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot), “Vision of the Rose” (choreography by Marco Hecke) and “Petrushka” (choreography Johan Inger). This production is dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the Ballets Russes and the 130th anniversary of the birth of the legendary dancer and innovator in the field of choreography - Vaslav Nijinsky. The festival will host an evening of one-act ballets, where you can see Stravinsky's The Wedding directed by Tatiana Baganova, which won the Golden Mask. Also included this evening is The Rite of Spring, a drama production by the Irish theater company Ériu Dance Company, directed by Brendan de Galli, who specializes in modern interpretations of Irish national dance.

From September 22 to October 8, Moscow will host the Golden Autumn festival, whose guests will go on a great gastronomic journey throughout Russia.

On festival venues, regional and interregional fairs, agricultural markets and shops in all districts of Moscow awaits guests wide choose quality farm products - meat, fish, cheeses, vegetables, fruits. And also - unusual dishes from the capital's restaurateurs, culinary master classes, spectacular food shows, concerts, performances, competitions and other entertainment for the whole family.

At the main gastronomic festival of the year, everyone can not only buy the freshest products, but also learn how to cook delicious and healthy seasonal dishes from them. As part of the Golden Autumn, six culinary schools will start working at the venues at once. Adults and children can learn original recipes for breakfasts, lunches, dinners and desserts under the guidance of experienced chefs.

Culinary school venues:

• Revolution square;
• Tverskaya Square;
• Klimentovsky lane;
• Semyonovskaya Square, Vlad. 4;
• City of Zelenograd, Yunosti Square, Vlad. 2;
• city ​​of Troitsk, Lilac Boulevard, vlad. 1.

Tverskaya Square

Tverskaya Square will turn into an autumn veranda of a country house: here you can listen to music while sitting among autumn garden flowers, wrapped in a blanket, do needlework in the Living Room pavilion, and bake pies and cook delicious dishes from seasonal vegetables in the Kitchen.

A special site project is a large cheese fair. In the shopping chalets, guests can purchase the best cheeses from domestic producers, farm products and rare varieties for gourmets. Make fondue outdoors in the courtyard, bake homemade bread and cook seasonal marmalade in the Kitchen pavilion.

The site will host themed days dedicated to the countries and regions that are home to the most famous cheese varieties that Russian producers brought to the fair. The program of thematic days will include open tastings of various types of cheese, lectures and master classes of cheese sommeliers.

Everyone is invited to a cultural and gastronomic program dedicated to the country or region. Concerts of musical groups with a thematic program on stage, master classes and creative classes are planned here.

Europe Square

As part of the festival, an art school will open on Europe Square, where digital technologies and folk art will unite into a single whole. The children will draw a Russian nesting doll in Photoshop, study digital painting, and create a cartoon about forest dwellers in the Anime Effects program.

At the master class "Cities of Russia in Autumn" children will learn about the basics of programming, and the most daring and creative will be able to take on the development of a Russian folk computer game.

Kuznetsky Most

At Kuznetsky Most, citizens will be able to taste and purchase seafood, Far Eastern oysters, and caviar. Employees of the best Moscow fish restaurants culinary master classes in the format of a gastronomic show will be held daily.

Visitors are waiting for "Special Days" dedicated to the beginning of the oyster season. During this period, sea shellfish can be purchased at discounted prices. There will be an osteria on the site, where chefs will talk about the varieties of oysters, as well as teach how to choose them and serve them to the table.

Revolution square

On Revolution Square, you can taste meat, fish and cheese of different varieties from all over the country, as well as learn how to cook delicious dishes, participate in creative workshops and have fun with your family.

The Gastronom culinary school is located on the square, where young guests are introduced to street food. Children will learn how to cook delicious and quick dishes from different cuisines of the world - Greek gyros, Chinese noodles, Korean pyan-se, Spanish pastries bocadillos de tortilla, English fish and chips.

In the art studio, visitors can attend creative master classes where they will teach the art of curly slicing fruits, vegetables and cheese and tell you how to create a berry panel, a vegetable bouquet, a pumpkin lamp and much more.

In the House of Fairy Tales, children will be able to meet their favorite characters and take part in an interactive program, and on the open stage, they can watch performances with elements of a gastronomic show.

New Arbat

The venues on Novy Arbat will present a special Eco-Autumn program dedicated to the Year of Ecology. There will be bins for separate collection of waste, containers for receiving used batteries, and waste paper will also be collected.

During the Great Autumn Eco-cleaning campaign, guests will help Moscow become an even cleaner and more comfortable city for life. In the pavilion of the children's library at the address: Novy Arbat, possession 13, a children's ecological school will start working. At free master classes, experienced teachers will tell young visitors about nature and simple actions that will help the planet be cleaner, greener and safer.

In addition, free tours start every day from the site on Novy Arbat. Pre-registration is not required: you just need to come to the Children's Library pavilion ten minutes before the start of the walk.

Festival venues:

• Manezhnaya Square
• Revolution Square (transition to Manezhnaya Square)
• Revolution square
• Stoleshnikov lane, houses 6-8
• Tverskaya Square
• Novopushkinsky square
• Klimentovsky lane
• Novy Arbat street, 13
• Novy Arbat street, 15
• Novy Arbat street, 19
• Novy Arbat street, 21
• Leningradsky Prospekt, possession 62 (near the monument to E. Telman)
• Khachaturyan street, building 13
• Gorodetskaya street, possession 14
• Marshal Chuikov Street, property 3
• Nut Boulevard, 14
• Profsoyuznaya street, 87
• Europe Square
• Skhodnenskaya street, property 56
• City of Zelenograd, Yunosti Square, possession 2
• City of Troitsk, Lilac Boulevard, possession 1
• Kuznetsky Most Street, property 7 (square in front of the Central Department Store)

Another name for the holiday is the Moon Gingerbread Festival. It is the second most important in the Middle Kingdom after the Chinese New Year (celebrated on lunar calendar). On this day, families gather together, and millions of flying lanterns are launched into the sky. Bright parades are held throughout the country with "dances" of lions and dragons.

It is believed that on this day the moon is the most beautiful of the year: in ancient times, people revered it with incense and prayed for family happiness.

As for the mysterious mooncakes, they are more like a mixture of cookies and a pie, called yuebin, and are the hallmark of the festival all over the world.

Beneath the thin layer of pastry is a rich filling, traditionally made from lotus seeds (the most sophisticated option), sweet beans or nuts, and sometimes duck egg yolks. These days, toppings can be just about anything, from foie gras to ice cream. Patterns or inscriptions with the wishes of harmony and longevity are applied to the gingerbread. Yuebings are both a souvenir and a delicacy, it is customary to give them to the closest people or colleagues in order to establish strong business ties.

Oktoberfest in Munich (September 16 - October 3)

The very German beer festival that every person on the planet has heard of! It has been held for more than 200 years, annually attracts more than 6 million visitors and is so popular that it is "celebrated" all over the world, including in Moscow.

Grandiose festivities in Munich begin with an eight thousandth carnival procession from the city center to the meadow where the festival will be held. After the chief burgomaster solemnly uncorks the first festive beer barrel, the fun begins: feasts with many varieties of drinks and snacks, attractions, dancing to music - both traditional Bavarian and modern. Brewers and chefs share their recipes, and the Alps can be seen from the 50-meter Ferris wheel in fine weather. The atmosphere is simply unforgettable!

New York Halloween Village Parade (October 31)

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One of the most fun, colorful and spooky holidays in the world, Halloween originated among the Celtic tribes, but thanks to the United States, its popularity has spread all over the world. It's no surprise that the US hosts the largest Halloween parade on the planet!

Only costumed characters are allowed to participate in the New York procession. They go side by side with hundreds of fantasy dolls, including giant ones that depict both scary (but also funny!) fairy-tale creatures and, for example, pop culture characters. Among the dozens of musical groups - this year there will be 53 of them - all kinds of performance styles are presented.

It should be noted that, despite the “horror” theme, it is quite possible to come to the parade with children, who will definitely enjoy the bright and noisy performance. You just need to keep an eye on them and book a table in advance in one of the cafes nearby to relax and have a bite to eat after the procession.

Day of the Dead in Mexico (October 31 - November 2)

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A little more autumn and completely fearless horror. Speaking of the festivals of this time of year, one cannot fail to mention the famous Day of the Dead. It is popular in many countries Latin America, but became famous mainly thanks to Mexico.

These days, Mexicans remember their departed relatives not with sadness, but with joy and fantasy - they arrange a bright carnival, make colorful costumes and masks, and prepare desserts in the form of skeletons and skulls. They also visit and decorate cemeteries.

Children love the holiday - they draw cartoons and dance in the streets, receiving sweet treats.

Rakfisk Festival in Norway (November 2-4)

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Dedicated to lovers of salted fish and northern nature! Every year in the beautiful village of Fagernes in the east of Norway, the festival of rakfisk, a Scandinavian fish delicacy, is held. It is prepared from trout, keeping for several months in a special brine. During the two days of the festival, as many as 500 tons of this dish are eaten.

Rakfisk of the new salt is served with sour cream and fresh onion rings, the tasting is accompanied by fun games and live music. Imagine now how picturesque views the guests of the festival observe at the same time, and you will definitely want to go to autumn Norway. And in late autumn you can see here northern lights. The Lafontaine Islands in the northwest of the country are one of the best places in the world to do this.

Eurochocolate Festival in Italy (October 13-22)

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Every autumn in the Italian town of Perugia, a paradise for chocolate lovers opens its gates. Exquisite classic varieties, as well as nut, mint, pepper, caramel, coconut chocolate; dozens of treats in all sorts of forms, from shoes and smartphones to detailed sculptures. Here you can find all the dishes of Italian cuisine in a chocolate version and warm up with delicious chocolate drinks. And also - to go through exclusive chocolate cosmetic procedures and purchase chocolate cosmetics.

The organizers of the holiday hold master classes in chocolate making and proper tasting of chocolate, all this is accompanied by clown performances, musicians, street performances and fireworks.

Artists create large chocolate statues and structures before the eyes of visitors: in past years, an igloo was built in the city using more than 3.5 tons of chocolate and a climbing wall in the form of a chocolate bar.

Gastronomic festival "Golden Autumn" in Moscow (September 22 - October 8)

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"Golden Autumn" is the largest gastronomic event of the year both in terms of the richness of the program and the coverage of the territory: in addition to 23 venues throughout the city, food markets, fairs and shops. Festival visitors are waiting for tasting the best seasonal products, gastronomic shows, music concerts(for example, on October 5, you can listen to Buranovskiye Babushki for free) and lectures.

The Big Cheese Fair will open on Tverskaya Square, where you can try and buy dozens of types of cheese. On Kuznetsky Most Street will work Fish market with the widest range of fish and seafood from all over the country.

You can buy fresh and high-quality farm products at all other festival sites, and at free culinary master classes you can also learn recipes for delicious and hearty autumn dishes. The festival will open as many as six culinary schools, including quite unusual ones: for example, on Revolution Square, young participants in master classes will be taught how to cook popular street food from all over the world. This site, as well as neighboring ones, will be decorated with unusual pumpkin art compositions, and, for example, in Stoleshnikov Lane, you can admire flower panels of 30 varieties of chrysanthemums.

The Kultura.RF portal tells about interesting festivals that will take place this autumn in different regions of Russia - the Olympic Games, the Fountain Closing Festival in Peterhof, concerts of the world's leading organists and many others.

Moscow: Ladder Festival

Melikhovo village, Moscow region: “Soft-boiled boots, or Melikhovsky Trouble” holiday

St. Petersburg: autumn festival of fountains "Journey beyond three seas"

Sochi: XVIII International Organ Music Festival

Organists from Russia, Germany, Japan, Abkhazia and Ukraine will gather in Sochi this fall. On the stage Concert Hall organ and chamber music named after Alisa Debolskaya musicians will give eight diverse concerts. They will perform works by classical and contemporary composers - Johann Bach, Georg Handel, Franz Liszt, Ottorino Respighi, Max Reger and others.

Yelets: VIII Interregional Event Tourist Festival "Antonov Apples"

In the second half of September, a festival of traditions and customs will be held in Yelets late XIX- the beginning of the 20th century, dedicated to the writer Ivan Bunin. On the streets of the city one can meet strolling high school students, peasants selling at the fair, and young ladies riding carriages. Guests of the festival will see a play based on the novel "The Life of Arseniev", take part in the competitions "Living Word" and "From Grandma's Chest", go on a tour of the Ivan Bunin House Museum, and also visit the fair of folk craftsmen, the apple market and the art exhibition "Buninsky Dace".

Ryazan region, the village of Konstantinovo: festival "Yesenin days - 2017"

State Museum-Reserve S.A. Yesenin will celebrate the 122nd anniversary of the poet's birth with the traditional festival "Yesenin Days". The festival will include a concert by the Radunitsa ensemble, a conference “Yesenin in the Dialogue of National Cultures”, a festival-competition “Leaves whisper in autumn…” and a poetry festival “My golden land!”. Youth theater groups will prepare performances dedicated to the revolution of 1917, which will be presented to the audience at the festival "That image in me has not faded ...".

Rostov region, the village of Karginskaya: the holiday "Kargin Fair on Pokrova"

Rostov region, Nedvigovka farm: theatrical celebration "Day of Tanais"

Nizhny Novgorod: VI International Festival of Contemporary Music "Pictures at an Exhibition"

Omsk: Interregional Festival of Traditional Crafts "Pokrovskaya Fair"

The fair of traditional crafts and crafts dedicated to wedding celebrations will be held in Omsk for three days. The program includes a competition of fair places, a presentation of crafts, master classes, a folk costume defile, as well as games and round dances for the smallest. In the photo zone for the newlyweds, guests will be told about ancient wedding ceremonies, and folklore groups and ethnic musicians will perform at concerts.

Suzdal: VII Competition-festival of musical and artistic creativity "Golden Legend"

On the stage of the Concert Hall of the Main Tourist Complex "Suzdal" there will be a competition of vocalists, dancers, costume designers, artists and circus performers of different ages - from four years old and older. The winners will perform at a gala concert followed by a disco and dance battles.

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