May 1 is the opening day of spring-summer season in all Moscow parks. Each of them has prepared many interesting and unusual actions for the guests!
SOKOLNIKI PARK
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The Sokolniki Park actively prepares for the summer season 2015. This year, more than 70 services will please guests of the park. Thus, opening of the summer movie theater Pioner, which will settle down in the distance from noisy places will mark the beginning of the season. The restoration of the main entrance, recreating architecture of the 30ies will become one more change. On May 1, the park organizes a music festival May Day Sound, featuring popular bands.
VDNKH
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On May 1, guests of the holiday will be able to ride bicycle or rollers, to work on open sports grounds, to visit a concert at the Green Theater. Those who want some adrenalin can become the first visitors in Skytown Rope Park. Besides, famous fountains will start their work on the holidays. Little guests of the park will be able to have a walk through The City Farm, where it will be possible to see bulls, cows, and hens all the year round.
MUZEON
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The Arts Park Muzeon opens a summer season with presentation of the Luke Amoros French Multimedia Theater. This display is a peculiar connection of surrealistic theater, painting, live music, dance and elements of magic. This unique performance will take place in Russia for the first time.
THE HERMITAGE GARDEN
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This year, spring and summer season in the Hermitage Garden will open with a big sweets festival. It will be a real holiday for sweet teeth – original desserts, natural sugar candies and a lot of chocolate. Guests of the holiday will be able to take pleasure in music of popular bands, visit useful master classes and performances of street theaters and to try various delicacies from chocolate, honey and caramel.
KUZMINKI PARK
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The summer season in Kuzminki Park will open with a big gala concert of Russian bands: Musical band of Pyotr Nalich, the Grimm Brothers and City of Summer. Visitors of the park will be able to take part in creative ColorPeopleShow project, to participate in festive competitions and draws and to make a memorable picture in the photo box. There will also pass Kid’s Time Festival with a great amount of entertainments for the park’s little guests.
THE BAUMAN’S GARDEN
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A festival of flowers, love, peace and new opportunities in stylistics of hippie and the 60th will pass here on May 1. The park will be decorated by huge paper flowers, surf/rock musical collectives will perform. There will be a hippie van with a photo box, and food trucks will bring food for the holiday.
BABUSHKINSKY PARK
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The Babushkinsky Park organizes a festival of tolerance and peace with participation of bands, playing music from all over the world: ensemble of the African music, the drum show and a big jazz band. There will also pass master classes in oriental and Latin dances and karate demonstration performances. Guests of the holiday will be able to make a selfie on a giraffe.
IZMAYLOVSKY PARK
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Opening of the summer season 2015 will begin with Smile Run charitable running. Later, on the dance floor at the Solar platform, the Open Session 2015 dancing marathon will begin. Professional instructors of the ZUMboom project will train everybody in Zumba dance. On the Central Square, from 12:00 lectures about healthy nutrition, yoga classes, children’s performances by Private Theatricals will pass. The fun-zone with inflatable attractions, bowling, Ping-Pong, Frisbee, tatami and a photo box will be equipped. The main symbol of the summer season of park – the boat station will start its work on May 1.
KRASNAYA PRESNYA PARK
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The park will turn into ‘the Island of Happiness’ on May 1. Guests of the holiday will appear in epicenter of carefree pleasure where ‘The kingdom of curve selfies’, pillows fights, races on beds, creative workshops on production of carnival costumes and festive banners for procession of happy people will wait for them. Demonstration of Happiness will not do without music and dances: the whole day musical collectives and dancing master classes from Dancing school of Evgeny Papunaishvili will pass at the scene.
THE VICTORY PARK AT POKLONNAYA GORA
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Retro Weekend will pass in the park on May Day. There will be held a retro bicycle race – participants will wear suits in style of the 50ies. Master classes on retro dances, a cinema hall, broadcasting movies of the 50ies, Games of Our Childhood photo exhibition, The Dandies dancing show and an open-air musical concert will entertain the visitors of the Victory Park.
THE GORKY PARK
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The Gorky Park opens the summer season with an extensive entertainment program. It will be possible to listen to Pushkin’s verses, listen to jazz and learn how to dance. On May 1, sports equipment rental points and summer cafes will open. There will be beautiful art objects soaring over the earth, entertaining the visitors and decorating the park for the May holidays.