23 May
06:00–00:00 
Kirov Central Park of Culture and Recreation
The Central Park of Culture and Recreation named after Sergei Kirov is the oldest park in St. Petersburg. Its architecture and layout are a masterpiece of the early 19th century landscape design, created by the famous architect Carlo Rossi. In its contemporary period, the Park combines beauty and sophistication of the previous centuries with possibilities of casual recreation for residents and guests of St. Petersburg. Every year the Park hosts the best open-air events of the summer. Tulip blossom season is a highlight of Yelagin Island. In 2018, the tulips are in blossom on 10–26 May.
The Park has two entrances: from the Stary Teatr Square through the 1st Yelagin Bridge and from Primorsky Prospect through the 3rd Yelagin Bridge.
On weekdays, the admission to the park is free.
26–27 May: Premium Package Participants can enter the park upon presenting the badge.
Tours and other additional services are covered by the participants.
The Park has two entrances: from the Stary Teatr Square through the 1st Yelagin Bridge and from Primorsky Prospect through the 3rd Yelagin Bridge.
On weekdays, the admission to the park is free.
26–27 May: Premium Package Participants can enter the park upon presenting the badge.
Tours and other additional services are covered by the participants.
23 May
09:00–20:00 
Peterhof State Museum-Reserve
The Peterhof State Museum-Reserve is the capital of fountains. It attracts thousands of tourists every year. Forum guests will be able to enjoy the Lower Park, one of the most beautiful parks in Europe. It is graced by 150 completely different fountains: from colossal cascades, including the Grand Cascade that features the famous statue of Samson in the centre of the ensemble, to trick fountains, which delight children and adults alike.
The Grand Cascade is officially switched on at 11:00 every day.
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Please note that participants must pay for guided tours and other additional services (including admission to the Grand Peterhof Palace) separately.
The Grand Cascade is officially switched on at 11:00 every day.
Premium Package participants can present their badge to gain access.
Please note that participants must pay for guided tours and other additional services (including admission to the Grand Peterhof Palace) separately.
23 May
09:00–22:00 
Catherine and Alexander Parks
The magnificent palace complex at Tsarskoye Selo would not be complete without its parks, the most important of which, Catherine and Alexander, are named after the palaces that grace their grounds.
Catherine Park is divided into two parts – the regular Old Garden and an English landscaped park. Symmetry lies at the heart of the design of the Old Garden, with the palace at its centre, and strictly mapped out avenues, squares, pavilions, and sculptures.
Alexander Park spans around 200 hectares and flanks the courtyard of Catherine Palace. It is also divided into a regular part (the New Garden) and a landscaped park.
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Catherine Park is divided into two parts – the regular Old Garden and an English landscaped park. Symmetry lies at the heart of the design of the Old Garden, with the palace at its centre, and strictly mapped out avenues, squares, pavilions, and sculptures.
Alexander Park spans around 200 hectares and flanks the courtyard of Catherine Palace. It is also divided into a regular part (the New Garden) and a landscaped park.
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Please note that participants must pay for guided tours and other additional services separately.
23 May
10:00–12:00 
The Fabergé Museum
The Fabergé Museum, in the Shuvalov Palace, houses the world’s largest collection of works by the House of Fabergé. Here you can not only appreciate the exquisite jewellery masterpieces from the Imperial Easter Series commissioned by the two last Russian Emperors, but also cabinet gifts, lapidary art, silver, enamel, and jewelled Russian icons, all crafts in which Fabergé specialized.
Premium package holders can present their SPIEF 2018 badge to gain access to the museum.
Please note that participants must independently pay for excursions and other additional services.
Premium package holders can present their SPIEF 2018 badge to gain access to the museum.
Please note that participants must independently pay for excursions and other additional services.
23 May
10:00–22:00 
2018 Sand Sculpture Festival
An annual sand sculpture festival is held outside on the beach at the Peter and Paul Fortress, amazing visitors year after year with its grand scale and superb craftsmanship.
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Please note that participants must pay for guided tours and other additional services separately.
Premium Package participants can present their badge to gain access to the festival.
Please note that participants must pay for guided tours and other additional services separately.
23 May
10:00–17:00 
The Arsenal of Tsarskoye Selo: The Imperial Arms Collection
The Arsenal of Tsarskoye Selo: The Imperial Arms Collection exhibition, curated in conjunction with the State Hermitage Museum, first opened in 2016. The exhibited items include a collection of Eastern bladed weapons, firearms from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and European arms and equipment from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including armour, helmets, halberds, swords, and horse harnesses. The State Hermitage contributed some rare items from its collection for temporary display, including some sixteenth-century armour from Nicholas I’s collection.
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23 May
10:00–17:00 
Tsarskoye Selo 1917: On the eve ...
This exhibition describes the life of the Tsarskoye Selo residence from February to October 1917, the period between the two revolutions. This was a time when one era (the monarchy) was drawing to a close and a new era, full of revolutionary upheavals, was dawning. At that time, the residence at Tsarskoye Selo still existed but it had already lost its imperial status. The last Russian emperor and his family were still living in the Alexander Palace, but he was now citizen Romanov, held under house arrest by the Provisional Government. Starting in spring 1917, an Artistic and Historical Commission was set up at the Imperial Palace of Tsarskoye Selo to inventory the newly nationalized property and create a museum in the former residence.
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Please note that participants must pay for guided tours and other additional services separately.
23 May
10:00–18:00 
Pavlovsk State Museum
Pavlovsk Palace and Park constitutes a monument to the architecture of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The prominent architects, decorators, and painters of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who contributed to its creation include Charles Cameron, Vincenzo Brenna, Andrey Voronikhin, Giacomo Quarenghi, Carlo Rossi, Pietro Gonzaga, and others.
Pavlovsk Palace served as the residence of emperors and grand dukes. The names of Paul I and Maria Feodorovna, and the Grand Dukes Mikhail Pavlovich and Konstantin Konstantinovich are associated with this residence. Today, Pavlovsk Palace is a museum with a collection of more than 57,000 items. It includes collections of Russian and Western European arts and crafts, paintings, and drawings, as well as a collection of antique sculptures.
The halls of the palace house a number of expositions devoted to various topics: The Costume Museum, A Woman’s World and Her Hobbies, Church Vestments and Church Plate from the Collections of the Pavlovsk State Museum, and The Russian Residential Interior of the Nineteenth Century.
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Pavlovsk Palace served as the residence of emperors and grand dukes. The names of Paul I and Maria Feodorovna, and the Grand Dukes Mikhail Pavlovich and Konstantin Konstantinovich are associated with this residence. Today, Pavlovsk Palace is a museum with a collection of more than 57,000 items. It includes collections of Russian and Western European arts and crafts, paintings, and drawings, as well as a collection of antique sculptures.
The halls of the palace house a number of expositions devoted to various topics: The Costume Museum, A Woman’s World and Her Hobbies, Church Vestments and Church Plate from the Collections of the Pavlovsk State Museum, and The Russian Residential Interior of the Nineteenth Century.
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Please note that participants must pay for guided tours and other additional services separately.
23 May
10:00–18:00 
Sport in Soviet Porcelain, Graphic Arts, and Sculpture
Drawn from the collections of the Russian State Museum, the State Hermitage, and private owners, the approximately 350 examples of domestic ceramics dating from the 1920s to the beginning of the 1990s in this exhibition trace the new artistic approaches and motifs applied by artists over various periods of national history, and explore how the portrayal of sports and a healthy lifestyle in the visual arts has changed.
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Premium Package participants can present their badge to gain access to the exhibition.
Please note that participants must pay for guided tours and other additional services separately.
23 May
10:00–18:00 
Catherine the Great in Russia and Beyond
Diverse in materials and themes but with a single cultural and historical focus, this exhibition tells the story of significant events in Russian history using over 400 exhibits from the visual and applied arts. It features paintings and graphic works, sculpture, porcelain, glassware, works of applied art, costumes, and archival documents.
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Please note that participants must pay for guided tours and other additional services separately.
23 May
11:00–17:00 
Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera)
The museum presents the traditional cultures of peoples from around the world (Native Americans, Eskimos, Japanese, Indians, Mongols, etc.) as well as some of the first natural science collections, which date back to the time of Peter the Great. The Mikhail Lomonosov and the Eighteenth-Century Academy of Sciences exhibit offers visitors an opportunity to learn about the history of Russian science. There is also an option to enjoy guided tours of the First Astronomical Observatory of the Academy of Sciences and the Gottorp (Greater Academic) Globe exhibits. The museum is currently presenting the following temporary exhibit: Dervishes: Images and Words.
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Please note that participants must pay for guided tours and other additional services separately.
Premium Package participants can present their badge to gain access to the museum.
Please note that participants must pay for guided tours and other additional services separately.
23 May
14:00–21:00 
Caution: Children at Play! Exhibition Project
Over 110 artisans, including painters, drawing artists, sculptors, and video artist participate in this exhibition project. All of them belong to different generations representing different traditions: traditional classical art, underground art, primitivism and hyperrealism, as well as many other trends gaining ground in contemporary visual art. Among the participants, one can find both famous names and young authors: Nikolay Ionin (1890-1948), Nikolay Andronov (1929-98), Oleg Tselkov (born 1934), Ilya Kabakov (born 1933), Oskar Rabin (born 1928), Solomon Rossin (born 1937), Maxim Kantor (born 1957), Vladimir Dubosarsky (born 1964), Leonid Tskhe (born 1983) and many others. Every artist has their own journey, their own childhood and their own memories of it.
Premium and Standard Package Participants can enter the exhibition upon presenting the badge.
Tours and other additional services are covered by the participant.
Premium and Standard Package Participants can enter the exhibition upon presenting the badge.
Tours and other additional services are covered by the participant.
23 May
18:00–19:30 
A charity concert at the Fabergé Museum
The eve of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum will be marked by a concert with the participation of world-renowned pianist Mira Yevtich and the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Valery Gergiev. The charitable evening has been organized to support the programmes of the Fabergé Museum and the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre.
The Fabergé Museum in St. Petersburg is home to the world’s largest collection of pieces by Peter Carl Fabergé, which form the basis of its permanent exhibition. The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre is devoted to the history of Russia from the reign of Catherine the Great onward as seen through the experience of the Jewish people.
The Fabergé Museum and the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre frequently hold temporary exhibitions which are of the utmost importance to the social and cultural development of the country.
Entry to the event is by invitation from the organizers only.
The Fabergé Museum in St. Petersburg is home to the world’s largest collection of pieces by Peter Carl Fabergé, which form the basis of its permanent exhibition. The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre is devoted to the history of Russia from the reign of Catherine the Great onward as seen through the experience of the Jewish people.
The Fabergé Museum and the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre frequently hold temporary exhibitions which are of the utmost importance to the social and cultural development of the country.
Entry to the event is by invitation from the organizers only.
23 May
19:00–22:00 
The Summer of One Year
Fantasies based on the play On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson.
Stage manager and director: Andrei Prikotenko.
The Summer of One Year is a story full of sincerity, joy, laughter, and virtuosic acting. It is the story of how one family is pulled apart only to be later reconciled; about the search for a common language between different generations. Starring: Alisa Freindlikh and Oleg Basilashvili.
A ticket is required to attend this event; tickets can be purchased via your personal web office.
The price of these tickets is not included in the package.
Stage manager and director: Andrei Prikotenko.
The Summer of One Year is a story full of sincerity, joy, laughter, and virtuosic acting. It is the story of how one family is pulled apart only to be later reconciled; about the search for a common language between different generations. Starring: Alisa Freindlikh and Oleg Basilashvili.
A ticket is required to attend this event; tickets can be purchased via your personal web office.
The price of these tickets is not included in the package.
23 May
19:00–21:45 
The Marriage of Figaro
Love, passion, intrigue, comic situations, and practical jokes. The players of the On Mokhovaya Academic Theatre offer a modern reading of Beaumarchais’ brilliant vaudeville The Marriage of Figaro. Students from the Institute of Performing Arts bring their youthful enthusiasm, creative excitement, and improvisation skills to bear in their portrayals of the characters in this timeless work of eighteenth-century literature. Director: Alexander Stavisky.
A ticket is required to attend this event; tickets can be purchased via your personal web office.
The price of these tickets is not included in the package.
A ticket is required to attend this event; tickets can be purchased via your personal web office.
The price of these tickets is not included in the package.
23 May
19:30–22:00 
Gala concert at the Mikhailovsky Theatre
This gala concert in aid of the fight against cancers of the female reproductive system is the final stage of an interagency and interregional social awareness project ‘Live Without Fear. Live Through Art,’ which seeks to prevent cancer and promote early screening.
The main goal of the project is to detect cancers of the female reproductive system at an early stage and to attract wide public attention to this problem in a bid to dramatically increase awareness among the population and medical professionals about how the disease can be prevented and treated. In 2018, the project covered 11 regions and reached tens of thousands of women.
The performance will feature ballet stars.
Premium Package participants may attend the event by invitation. Detailed information is available in your personal web office.
The main goal of the project is to detect cancers of the female reproductive system at an early stage and to attract wide public attention to this problem in a bid to dramatically increase awareness among the population and medical professionals about how the disease can be prevented and treated. In 2018, the project covered 11 regions and reached tens of thousands of women.
The performance will feature ballet stars.
Premium Package participants may attend the event by invitation. Detailed information is available in your personal web office.
23 May
20:00–22:20 
Falstaff
Opening of the 26th Stars of the White Nights International Music Festival
After a long absence, Verdi’s last opera, Falstaff, returns to the Mariinsky stage. A team of Italian theatre designers is preparing for the premiere, and leading soloists from the opera company are rehearsing their roles. Director Andrea De Rosa, who previously directed Falstaff, based on the Shakespearean character, for drama theatres, is working with artists on each line and on the mise en scène, as he would for a dramatic production. Valery Gergiev will conduct the orchestra at the premiere.
A ticket is required to attend this event; tickets can be purchased via your personal web office.
The price of these tickets is not included in the package.
After a long absence, Verdi’s last opera, Falstaff, returns to the Mariinsky stage. A team of Italian theatre designers is preparing for the premiere, and leading soloists from the opera company are rehearsing their roles. Director Andrea De Rosa, who previously directed Falstaff, based on the Shakespearean character, for drama theatres, is working with artists on each line and on the mise en scène, as he would for a dramatic production. Valery Gergiev will conduct the orchestra at the premiere.
A ticket is required to attend this event; tickets can be purchased via your personal web office.
The price of these tickets is not included in the package.
23 May
20:00–22:00 
Rodin
This ballet features the music of Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Jules Massenet. It is about the fate and creativity of the great sculptor Auguste Rodin and his pupil, lover, and muse Camille Claudel. The production has enjoyed great success at leading theatres in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Paris, London, Berlin, Vienna, Madrid, Budapest, Moscow, Beijing, and many other cities. It has received the Golden Mask and Golden Sofit awards.
Reviewing the production, the authoritative British ballet critic Margaret Willis wrote: "The French artist Auguste Rodin sculpted with clay. Russian choreographer Boris Eifman sculpts with bodies. Both are master craftsmen at their art and their differing styles have similarly produced memorable images of beauty and brilliance."
A ticket is required to attend this event; tickets can be purchased via your personal web office.
The price of these tickets is not included in the package.
Reviewing the production, the authoritative British ballet critic Margaret Willis wrote: "The French artist Auguste Rodin sculpted with clay. Russian choreographer Boris Eifman sculpts with bodies. Both are master craftsmen at their art and their differing styles have similarly produced memorable images of beauty and brilliance."
A ticket is required to attend this event; tickets can be purchased via your personal web office.
The price of these tickets is not included in the package.
23 May
21:00–22:30 
Grand opening of the 26th St. Petersburg Palaces International Music Festival
The Outstanding Voices of the Twenty-First Century concert. Soloists: Nicole Cabell, soprano (USA), and Stephen Costello, tenor (USA). Programme: classic hits by Gershwin and Bernstein as well as masterpieces by Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, and Puccini.
Conductor: Constantine Orbelian, multiple Grammy Award nominee.
Nicole Cabell is an American opera diva and one of the best lyric sopranos in the world. International critics have hailed her as "the voice of a new generation”. Stephen Costello is a unique lyric tenor who possesses a voice that is rich in timbre. Costello is an acclaimed star of the Metropolitan Opera, and he regularly performs in the best theatres in Europe.
A ticket is required to attend this event; tickets can be purchased via your personal web office.
The price of these tickets is not included in the package.
Conductor: Constantine Orbelian, multiple Grammy Award nominee.
Nicole Cabell is an American opera diva and one of the best lyric sopranos in the world. International critics have hailed her as "the voice of a new generation”. Stephen Costello is a unique lyric tenor who possesses a voice that is rich in timbre. Costello is an acclaimed star of the Metropolitan Opera, and he regularly performs in the best theatres in Europe.
A ticket is required to attend this event; tickets can be purchased via your personal web office.
The price of these tickets is not included in the package.
