News & Events in Belarus

Events in Belarus in 2010

 January

1 January           New Year celebration

1 – 5 January    VIII religious education fair Christmas (Minsk)

4 – 7 January     VI Christmas international amateur hockey championship for prizes of the Belarus President (Minsk)

7 January               Orthodox Christmas

9 – 12 January       XXII international classic music festival Musical Evenings in January (Brest)

13 January             Old New Year celebration (Shchedrets)

16 January             Sports festivities Snowfeast (Logoisk)

22 – 24 January     Blizzard 2010. The second winter motofestival (Minsk)

30 January             All Kontinental Hockey League stars match (Minsk)

 

February

8 – 14 February      Folk holiday Pancake Week

14 February            Saint Valentine’s Day

23 February            Fatherland Defenders Day

25 – 27 February   Belarus open sambo championship for prizes of the Belarus President (Minsk)

February             XVII Minsk international book fair Belarus Books 2010

 

March

8 March          International Women’s Day

15 March        Belarus Constitution Day

March             Folk rite “Calling for spring”

March             International Grand Prix wrestling tournament for prizes of Alexander Medved (Minsk)

 March            XIII festival Rock Coronation (Minsk)

April

2 April             Parliament spring session opening

4 April             Easter

13 April           Radunitsa (All Souls Day)

13–23 Apr.    2010 IIHF World Junior Championship (Minsk, Bobruisk)

17 – 18 April         Bikers season opening (Logoisk)

25 April                 Elections to local councils of deputies

26 April                 Chernobyl Disaster Commemoration Day

30 April                 Miss Belarus 2010, finals (Minsk)

20 April                 Belarus President’s annual address to the parliament

April                      XXVII international festival Minsk Spring

April                      XXIII international festival of ancient and modern chamber music

April                      International festival of Orthodox Christian songs (Minsk)

April                      Bagpipe festival Flutist Feast (Minsk)

 

May

1 May         Labor Day

5 – 8 May   IX international free calisthenics tournament for prizes of Olympic champion Marina Lobach

5 – 10 May  V international forum of student choirs Fern Flower 2010

9 May            Victory Day (celebration of the 65th anniversary in the Great Patriotic War)

24 May          Slavonic Written Language and Culture Day

May               Festival Fashion Mill 2010 (finals, Minsk)

May               Medieval culture festival Rubon (Polotsk)

May               Belarus Mass Media expo

 

June

4 – 6 June     VIII Belarus’ festival of national cultures in Grodno

22 June    Great Patriotic War Victims Commemoration Day

26 June    Drifting competition (Logoisk)

26 – 27 June        Celebration of the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald (Novogrudok)

June        XIII international festival of folk music May Cembalos and Accordion Play (Postavy)

June        XVII international song and music festival Dnepr Voices in Dubrovno

 

July

3 July        Independence Day

6 July        Folk holiday Kupalle

6 July        Medieval culture festival Zaslavl Tocsin

6–11 July    XVII international Christian music festival Lord Almighty (Mogilev)

9 – 11 July    International festival of ballooners (Logoisk)

July                International trophy raid Drygva (Ivatsevichi)

July                XIX international arts festival Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk

 

August

14 August                   Savior of the Honey Feast Day

28 – 29 August           International fireworks festival Navalnitsa (Logoisk)

28-31 August              the 2010 CEV Men’s Junior European Championship (Mogilev, Bobruisk)

 

September

5 September              Belarusian Written Language Day (Khoiniki)

1-5 September          the 2010 CEV Men’s Junior European Championship (Mogilev, Bobruisk)

11–19 September      International theatre festival Belaya Vezha (Brest)

18 September            Drifting competition (Logoisk)

September                            International student theater festival Theater Chest (Minsk)

September                            Folk arts festival Constellation (Minsk)

September                            International Olympic gymnastics tournament for prizes of Vitaly Shcherbo

September                            Harvesting festival Dozhinki 2010

 

October

2 October                Parliament autumn session opening

October                   Religious education fair Pakrousky Kirmash (Minsk)

October                   Yuri Bashmet’s international festival (Minsk)

October                   International music festival Golden Hit in Mogilev

October          International theater art festival Panorama (Minsk)

 

November

2 November            Forefathers Commemoration Day

7 November            October Revolution Day

20 November          Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 (Minsk)

 

November            International arts festival Belarusian Music Autumn

November            Medieval singing and dancing festival Autumn Legends (Minsk)

November             XIV international organ music festival Sofia’s Bells (Polotsk)

November             XVII international cinema festival Listapad 2009.

                               Children’s cinema festival Listapadzik 2009 (Minsk)

November            XXIII International festival of modern choreography (Vitebsk)

 

December

25 December     Christmas

25 December     Parade of Grandfathers Frost and Snow Maidens (Minsk)

December         XXII Ivan Solertinsky’s international music festival (Vitebsk)

December                                   Belarus’ Alpine skiing centers are re-opened