St Petersburg City Guide - Special Events

Farewell to the Russian Winter, Feb-Mar, folk concerts and sleigh rides, throughout the city
Pashka Paskha (Easter Sunday), Easter Sunday, Mar/Apr, major religious festival with services featuring incense and traditional chanting, churches throughout the city
Musical Spring in St Petersburg, Apr, international classical music festival, various venues
Dyen Kosmonavtiki (Cosmonauts Day), 12 Apr, a celebration of Russia's role in space exploration, throughout the city
Dyen Goroda (City Day), 27 May, major festival with fireworks, concerts and much merrymaking, city centre
Peterburgsky Pivnoy Festival (St Petersburg Beer Festival), early Jun, begins with a parade down Nevsky prospekt and ends with a fireworks display, throughout the city centre
Festival-festivaley (Festival of Festivals), last week of Jun, international film festival, cinemas throughout the city
Byeliye Nochi (White Nights), late Jun-mid-Jul, throughout the city, especially Palace Square, Peter and Paul Fortress and Yelagin Island
Dyen Voyenno Morskova Flota (Navy Day), first Sunday after 22 Jul, gaily decorated naval boats, River Neva
Prasdnik Fontanov (Celebration of the Fountains at Peterhof), mid-Sep, good, clean fun with a music, light and water show, Peterhof Palace
Teatralnyy Festival Baltiyskikh Stran (Theatre Festival of the Baltic Countries), two weeks in Oct, mass gathering of the Baltic's clowns, pantomime artists and actors, city theatres
Dyen Konstitutsii (Constitution Day), 12 Dec, celebration of the new constitution with firework displays, throughout city
Russian Winter Festival, around 25 Dec, concerts and fireworks, throughout the city