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Source: Moscow Government – Moscow Government –
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In 2025, 2.4 million spectators visited Moscow's concert venues. Last year's highlights included the 25th Triumph of Jazz Festival, the 4th Moscow International Jazz Festival, the 3rd Zaryadye Summer Festival, the Christmas Festival, the Moscow Meets Friends festival at the Moscow International House of Music, and others. Sergei Sobyanin announced this on his channel. MAX messenger.
"Numerous concerts, performances, and productions were organized for the SVO soldiers and residents of the new territories. In total, the Mosconcert Cultural Brigade held over 320 events in 2025," the Moscow Mayor wrote.
Source: Sergei Sobyanin's channel inMAX messenger
The public continues to show great interest in classical art, as evidenced by the "Cultural City" festival in Zaryadye Park. Symphony orchestra concerts, ballet, and opera performances were attended by over 500,000 spectators.
International cultural cooperation is also actively developing. In 2025, over 80 international artists and groups from 24 countries performed in Moscow's finest venues.
Among the events planned for 2026 are the first Moscow International Composers' Competition, the modernization and refurbishment of the Pavel Slobodkin Moscow Theatre and Concert Centre on Arbat Street and the Mosconcert halls on Pushechnaya Street, and the revival of the historic Chaliapin Stage concert venue in Sokolniki Park.
Modernization of the Small Sports Arena at the Luzhniki Olympic Complex is also planned. Once completed, it will house a multifunctional youth entertainment center. It will host electronic festivals, music concerts, and other youth events.
Furthermore, in 2025, performances at the Bolshoi Moscow Circus on Vernadsky Avenue attracted 943,000 spectators. Among the main events was the World Festival of Circus Arts "Idol-2025," which ran from July 17 to August 17 for the ninth time. Over 190 artists from 15 countries, including Kazakhstan, China, Mexico, Portugal, Chile, and Ethiopia, performed in the arena. The gala show attracted 41,000 spectators in the auditorium, and another 60,000 people watched the festival online.
The hallmark of the 2025 summer season was circus shows featuring Russia's best performers in tents at outdoor venues across the capital: the Moskino Cinema Park, Izmailovsky Park, and the Yuzhnoye Butovo Landscape Park. A total of 219 performances were held, and the total number of visitors exceeded 143,000.
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