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16 May 2022

Summer music and tourist season to kick off in Minsk on 21 May

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MINSK, 16 May (BelTA) - Vitaly Brel, the head of the culture department at the Minsk City Hall, spoke about the events scheduled for the summer music and tourist season in Minsk as he talked to the media, BelTA has learned.

"The summer music and tourist season in the Upper Town has become a traditional event. This year it will begin on 21 May and will be running until 17 September,” Vitaly Brel said.

The city has planned a number of events to celebrate its 955th birthday and to mark the Year of Historical Memory. "We will do our best to show the whole palette of Minsk's past and also the history of classics, music and dance. The program features jazz nights, classics concerts at the Minsk Town Hall and a dance program by the Khoroshki dance company. This year a theater courtyard in the Monastyrsky Hotel will feature student and professional groups. Open-air film screenings will show popular films of the Belarusfilm film studio,” Vitaly Brel said.

Work is underway to scale up the Upper Town experience in all districts of Minsk, he noted. "Soon we will draw up schedules of various creative projects. Tthis summer we are in for a fairly rich and interesting cultural program," Vitaly Brel added.