Belarus Events Calendar

JUNE 2025

Premiere of Black Castle movie based on Vladimir Korotkevich’s novel

The Black Castle is a modern adaptation of Vladimir Korotkevich's historical detective novel ‘The Black Castle of Olshany’. Forty years have passed since its first screen adaptation: a film of the same name by director Mikhail Ptashuk was premiered in 1984. This time, screenwriter Gleb Shprigov and director Kirill Kuzin took on the task of reinterpreting the novel. Even before the official premiere in Minsk, The Black Castle won the Special Jury Prize of the Feature Film Competition and the Special Prize “Cinema without Borders” of the CIS Executive Committee at the Minsk International Film Festival Listapad 2024. According to the plot of the historical drama, young professor Anton Kosmich (Evgeny Shvarts) finds himself in trouble after an ancient gospel belonging to the Olshany family finds its way into his antique store. To save himself and unravel the secrets of the past, he goes to Olshany... The screen adaptation of one of the most famous works of Belarusian literature was attended by Anastasia Krasovskaya, Evgeny Stychkin, Evgeny Shvarts and Vitaly Kishchenko.

When: 12 December 2024 - 2 December 2025
Where: cinemas in Belarusian cities

Exhibition project to celebrate Victory Day in the National Library of Belarus

The exhibition project dedicated to the 80^th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War displays exhibits from 14 museums of the country. It presents the history in reverse chronological order: from the Victory Parade to the beginning of the war. The exhibition presents items of trench art, personal belongings, homemade weapons of partisans, effects of prisoners of concentration camps, homemade books and diaries, medals, archive documents, articles and essays about the exploits on the battlefields. The most striking exhibits include the original entrance ticket to the 1945 Victory Parade, photographs of soldiers near the Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate...

When: 27 February - 21 September
Where: National Library of Belarus, 116 Nezavisimosti Avenue, Minsk.

Breaking the Silence exhibition at National Center for Contemporary Art

The project “Breaking the Silence” at the National Center for Contemporary Art explores communication: how it originates, expresses itself, develops and is cut off. The exhibition includes more than 50 works by contemporary Belarusian artists. The project looks into how the word becomes a powerful tool and visual object, and how silence becomes a way to convey feelings. The curators invite viewers to reflect on how modern technology and human emotions create new forms of dialogue and connections between people.

When: 10 April - 1 June
Where: National Center for Contemporary Art, 3 Nekrasova Street, Minsk

Exhibition about space at National Center for Contemporary Art

The exhibition dedicated to the International Cosmonautics Day and the space flight of Marina Vasilevskaya (the first one in the history of the sovereign Belarus) is a continuation of the international project “100 Smiles of Gagarin. A Smile for the World” created for the 90th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin. The exposition presents several hundred photographs from 30 countries and works by Belarusian artists themed around space. Among the authors are Galina Vasilieva, Aleksandr Zabavchik, Sergei Krishtapovich, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Leonid Khobotov...

When: 12 April - 21 September
Where: National Center for Contemporary Art, 3 Nekrasova Street, Minsk.

Photo exhibition about Great Patriotic War in Minsk

‘From the son of a soldier’, ‘To my mother’, ‘For my family to remember me’, ‘Wait for me and I will come back’… The photos with such memorable inscriptions that survived the Great Patriotic War are on display as part of a special project dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory. Mikhail Art Gallery Savitsky presents about 200 photos of the 1940s - 2000s. These are pictures from the front, memorable portraits to families and friends, from soldiers' family archives, photo newsreels of war correspondents. Correspondents and cameramen on the front did incredible things, conveying emotions, pain and hope through black-and-white photos. The exposition is complemented by thematic works by contemporary photographers, who captured city holidays, parades and processions to commemorate the Great Patriotic War, memorials and monuments.

When: 24 April - 1 June
Where: Mikhail Savitsky Art Gallery, 15 Svobody Square, Minsk

The 23rd international festival of children’s art Golden Bee

The annual children’s art festival Golden Bee will bring together hundreds of talents from different regions of Belarus as well as CIS and non-CIS states in Klimovichi. Within the framework of the forum, which is timed to coincide with the International Children’s Day, young talents will compete for awards in vocal art (pop, folk songs), choreography (modern, folk and stage, folk and stylized dance) and visual arts (painting and graphics). The festival will cover the whole town: guests will take part in street mini performances, visit colorful folk farmsteads as well as learn old Belarusian crafts and, of course, taste national cuisine.

When: 29 May - 1 June
Where: Klimovichi, Mogilev Oblast

Exhibition celebrating People's Artist of Belarus and USSR Stefaniya Stanyuta

The exhibition dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the People's Artist of Belarus and the USSR Stefaniya Stanyuta explores her life and artistic career. The exhibition features photos, texts of roles, manuscripts, drawings, correspondence with the family and friends, critics' and admirers' reviews, documents. Visitors to the museum can see photos of the outstanding artist with her son Aleksandr, a writer, who dedicated a book to her, the documents related to the Second Belarusian Drama Theater in Vitebsk where many Belarusian artists started their careers after training with the great masters in Moscow in the 1920s. Hsving completed the training in the studio of the Moscow Art Theater in 1931, Stefaniya Stanyuta joined the First Drama Theater (now – Kupalovsky theater) where she served for 70 years, starring in about 200 roles and becoming a true legend!

When: from 13 May 2025
Where: Belarusian State Archives Museum of Literature and Art, 4 Cyril and Methodius Street, Minsk

Summer music and tourism season in Minsk

The summer music and tourism season kicked off on 24 May spanning the Upper Town, Trinity Suburb and Rakov Suburb, the historical center of Minsk, and will last until September. The events of the coming months will be build around the theme “We are united by the blessed memory” to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory. The much-loved Classics at the Town Hall project will feature the pieces by the great composers who have earned a place in the musical culture Hall of Fame. The festival of Chinese culture Tea for Harmony (31 May) will wrap up the May program. 7 June will see the finale of the musical project Childhood Dreams. A concert accompanied by the orchestra of the Armed Forces of Belarus and a performance “We will prevail whatever it takes” in Rakov courtyard will be held on 21 June.

When: 24 May - 13 September
Where: historical downtown of Minsk, Town Hall

ARS MAGNA ORGANI 2025 festival

The ARS MAGNA ORGANI 2025 festival [The Great Art of Organ] is held for the fifth time. The new season will feature 68 concerts to be performed on five historical organs of Belarus, one modern and one electric organ. The first concert and the grand opening took place in the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pinsk, the place of celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Pinsk Diocese. Here you can hear the second most historically significant organ in Belarus that has been recently renovated. Every week for the next three months the best musicians from Belarus, Russia, and Hungary will perform concerts in Catholic churches of Brest Oblast and Grodno Oblast.

When: 25 May - 28 September
Where: Pinsk, Medvedichi, Ruzhany, Logishin, Ivanovo, Novogrudok, Ivye

Doors Open Day at Minsk Tractor Plant

Minsk Tractor Plant (MTZ trademark), one of the flagships of the Belarusian industry, is among the top ten producers of wheeled tractors, holding about an 8-10% share of the world market. In honor of the birthday, which is celebrated on 29 May (this year MTZ turns 79), the company will open doors to ten production facilities: tractor assembly building, mechanical engineering buildings No.1, No.2, No.3, No.4, No.5, press, forging and mechanical facilities. The program of the event also includes an exhibition of machines, children's playgrounds, a food court and a concert program.

Within the framework of the national campaign "Travel. Feel. Get Inspired" on 4, 5 and 6 June, MTZ will offer free admission to its museum (9.00-17.00) and walking tours around the industrial grounds for groups of up to 10 people (15.00-16.30).

When: 1 June
Where: MTZ, 29, Dolgobrodskaya Street, Minsk

Fashion Mill 2025 festival in Minsk

Fashion Mill, the national festival-competition of fashion and photo art 34th edition, has drawn together more than a thousand participants, including designers, representatives of manufacturing companies, retail networks and also experts from Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The semi-finals in the nominations Fashion Master and Fashion School and the intermediate round of fashion magazine photography were held in March. The winners will be named in June. The exhibition of the finalists “Memory Transcending Time” will be held at the Belarusian Watchmaking Museum. The National Center for Artistic Creativity of Children and Youth will host educational and business sessions and seminars in fashion and fashion design. The festival will wrap up with the runway show of collections by Belarusian finalists of the festival, the awards ceremony and a gala show.

When: 3-5 June
Where: National Center for Artistic Creativity of Children and Youth, Belarusian Watchmaking Museum, Prime Hall concert hall, Minsk

Ballet Summer at the Bolshoi festival

This season’s Ballet Summer in the Bolshoi Theater of Belarus will be held for the 11th time and will feature pieces by ballet companies from Belarus and Russia. The company of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theater will bring to Minsk (for the first time) A Thousand and One Nights (music by Fikret Amirov), which has been named one of the 100 best theatrical productions in Russia. The production features the Mariinsky Theater Chorus and Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Ayyub Guliyev.

4 and 5 June - A Thousand and One Nights by the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theater, conductor - Merited Artist of Azerbaijan Ayyub Guliyev;
6 June - Cinderella ballet, conductor - Yuri Karavaev;
7 June – Night of one-act ballets: Boléro, Danse Macabre, Carmen, conductor - Vitaly Grishchenko;
8 June - Swan Lake, conductor - Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Belarus Nikolai Kolyadko

When: 4-8 June
Where: Bolshoi Theater of Belarus, 1 Parizhskaya Kommuna Square, Minsk

Vytoki sports and cultural festival in Postavy

This season the popular festival Vytoki, which has been held since 2021, will take place in the town of Postavy, Belarus' Capital of Culture 2026. The town is famous for its historical landmarks - the Church of St. Anthony of Padua and the Tyzenhaus Palace, as well as the famous cheese and dairy brands. The program includes a variety of events: the stART  interactive show, a sports and history quest, the Olympic Quiz. Participants under 14 are invited to take part in 32 sports on 26 sports venues. Visitors will be able to race on rowing machines, ride a cycling track using virtual reality, try their hand in karate, judo, wrestling, and gymnastics.

When: 5-7 June
Where: Postavy, Vitebsk Oblast

Petersburg Operetta in the Nesvizh Palace

Evenings of the Musical Theater will debut in the former residence of the Radziwills - the Nesvizh Palace. Petersburg Operetta was founded over 20 years ago by the Honored Artist of Russia Sergei Shalagin. It started out in 2002 as a small troupe whose only production was The Dog in the Manger, and grew into a full-fledged theater with 12 adult and 8 children's productions in its repertoire. The theater that actively tours around the world will make its next stop in the Nesvizh Palace complex where it will present masterpieces of world classics. Among them are the The Csárdás Princess. Silva operetta, the Truffaldino from Bergamo musical based on the play Servant of Two Masters by Italian writer Carlo Goldoni, the The Dog in the Manger operetta based on the work by Lope de Vega.

When: 6-8 June
Where: Nesvizh Palace and Park Ensemble, 2 Zamkovaya Street, Nesvizh

Motol Regatta 2025 water tourism festival

Motol has become one of the most popular travel destinations in Brest Oblast thanks to the Motalskiye Prysmaki food festival and the Motol Regatta water tourism festival. This year, the participants of the K2 competition will have to cover a distance of 42 km along the Yaselda River: the first leg will start at the village of Bussa and pass through Chemerin to Porechye, the second leg will start at the bridge near the village of Bussa and will go against the river to the agro-town of Motol in Ivanovo District. The program of the festival includes competitions in darts, playboating, bicycle freestyle, an orienteering show, and beach volleyball.

When: 6-8 June
Where: Bussa - Chemerin – Porechye, Bussa - Motol, Ivanovo District and Pinsk District

National Festival of Belarusian Song and Poetry Molodechno

The festival is a showcase event for Belarusian singers, musicians and composers. This music marathon will start on 10 June with concerts, events, presentations of books and literature projects, master classes in arts and crafts, theatrical performances, meetings with famous cultural figures. The Maladzichok 2025 Junior Song Contest will take place on 12 June, and a concert of the string group of the National Academic Concert Orchestra of Belarus under the baton of Mikhail Finberg is scheduled for 13 June. The central event will be the Belarusian Pop Song Competition. Its second round on 14 June will bring together 21 performers from the capital city and all oblast centers of the country in the Summer Amphitheater of Molodechno.

When: 13-14 June
Where: Community Center (4 Tsentralnaya Square), Summer Amphitheater, Molodechno

Seeing off the Mermaid ritual in Khoiniki District

The ritual is held on the Sunday following Trinity according to the Orthodox calendar. Participants dress up in festive attire, collect flowers, weave wreaths and sing as they walk from the center of the village to the field to see off a mermaid. The most beautiful girl is chosen to play the role of the mermaid. The mermaid is driven away into the wheat; the greenery plucked from her is blessed over the fire; people dance in circles and jump over the fire to cleanse themselves. The greenery from the large wreath and the mermaid's 'clothes' is usually spread out across kitchen gardens to secure a generous harvest.

When: 14 June
Where: Veliky Bor village, Khoiniki District, Gomel Oblast

Lipnishki Haymaking Festival 2025

The Lipnishki Haymaking Festival combines a folk festival and a spectacular competition in manual haymaking. Each participant will demonstrate their skills in making an amulet doll to decorate a scythe, and then mow grass on the area of about 100 m2. The jury will assess the speed of work, the quality and height of the mowing. The third challenge is called “Lunch on the Grass” where mowers will have to prepare lunch. Visitors will be able to take part in master classes in wreath weaving and making ritual dolls, and buy treats from Peasant Meal farmsteads. There will be children's amusement rides, an exhibition and sale of arts and crafts. The girl with the longest braid will also be chosen at the festival.When: 14 June
Where: Lipnishki village, Ivye District, Grodno Oblast

The Maid of Orleans opera premiere in Bolshoi Theater of Belarus

The Maid of Orleans opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky will premiere in the Bolshoi Theater of Belarus. This is the story of the young Joan of Arc, who, imbued with the idea of liberating her homeland, commanded the French troops in the Hundred Years' War. According to director Georgiy Isaakyan, this is a complex production he learned about when working at the Perm Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theater. Commenting on the idea of the Belarusian production, he said: “We decided to talk in this piece about what it takes to be a saint in the modern world, and whether today we are ready to believe in the Lord as Joan believed, and to pray as fervently as she did...”

When: 17-18 June
Where: Bolshoi Theater of Belarus, 1 Parizhskaya Kommuna Square, Minsk

Digital Expo TIBO 2025 in Minsk

TIBO is an international exhibition on information and communication technologies in Belarus and one of the largest events in Europe. It is a unique platform to study the world experience, prospects of digital development of the state, and discuss modern trends in the IT sector. The TIBO 2024 Forum boasted more than 6000 m² of exposition area, more than 260 participating companies from 15 countries, over 88,000 visitors. This fact suggests that this year's edition will be no less impressive. Among the participants of the event are representatives of government agencies of all levels, research and educational institutions, enterprises of various industries and forms of ownership, i.e. everyone who has an interest in the new digital reality. Digital Expo TIBO is a forum for demonstrating innovative solutions and technologies, meetings of digital industry professionals, networking and experience exchange.

When: 17-20 June
Where: Exhibition center, 14 Pobeditelei Avenue, Minsk

Countess Mariza premiere in Belarusian State Academic Musical Theater

Love intrigue, vivid characters, subtle humor and intricate plot - Countess Mariza is considered one of the best works of Hungarian composer Imre Kalman. The operetta, which was created in 1924 and had its premiere on the stage of the Viennese theater An der Wien, has crossed the century mark. According to the director - People's Artist of Russia Yuri Laptev, the creative team of the Musical Theater in Minsk worked with special care on the new interpretation of the operetta. “Our main task was to be worthy of Imre Kalman. This performance is a demanding one, because it is an extremely popular and long-standing production. Working on this play were outstanding performers, directors and famous theaters.” The director emphasized that the team working on the operetta wanted to convey the unique atmosphere of an era when human relation standards were different.

When: 20 June, 20 July
Where: Belarusian State Academic Musical Theater, 44 Myasnikova Street, Minsk

Bolshoi Theater Nights in Radziwill Castle

The Bolshoi Theater Nights in Radziwill Castle will be the final event to wrap up the 92nd season of the country's main theater. Nesvizh Castle, one of the most popular tourist and cultural centers of Belarus, its theater hall and central courtyard will become a “live” setting for the Bolshoi Theater performances. Traditionally, the festival program comprises concerts, opera and ballet pieces and, of course, a gala concert featuring the best performers of the Bolshoi Theater of Belarus.

20 June, 16.00 - Inspiration of the Heart concert, theater hall
20 June, 19.00 - Mozart and Salieri opera, theater hall
20 June, 21.00 - The Firebird. Scheherazade ballet, the Radziwill Castle central courtyard
21 June, 12.00 - From Classic to Jazz concert, theater hall
21 June, 14.00 - I Remember the charming Sound of Waltz concert, theater hall
21 June, 16.00 – Nesvizh Present concert, theater hall
21 June, 19.30 - Eugene Onegin opera, central courtyard
22 June, 12.00 - On Harp Strings concert, theater hall
22 June, 14.00 - We Need Only Victory concert, theater hall
22 June, 16.00 - Harmony of Sound with A.M.A.D.I.S.Brass concert, theater hall
22 June, 19.30 - gala concert featuring Bolshoi Theater stars, central courtyard

Where: Nesvizh Castle, 2 Zamkovaya Street, Nesvizh

Day of National Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War

22 June is a mournful date in the calendar of Belarus - the Day of National Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War and the Genocide of the Belarusian People. ...On 22 June 1941 Germany launched an attack on the USSR without a declaration of war. The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union against the Nazis began. It took the peoples of the huge country long 1,418 days and nights to secure victory. During the war more than 2 million people were killed on the Belarusian lands, about 400,000 people were taken to Germany for forced labor. The fascists set up more than 260 death camps and places of mass extermination on the territory of Belarus. According to incomplete data, about 1.5 million people died in the death camps alone.

Brest Hero Fortress Memorial will traditionally host a commemorative meeting at 4 in the morning to recreate the events of that time. Last year, the events marking the 83rd anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War brought together about 20,000 people – both residents and visitors of the country. On the commemorative day, the streets of Brest feature a variety of photo and wartime vehicle exhibitions, war song concerts, and re-enactors' parades.

When: 21-22 June
Where: Brest Hero Fortress Memorial, Brest

Musical Theater in Mir Castle

The tenth season of the Musical Theater in Mir Castle project will kick off with a nostalgic trip to the legendary festival in the Italian town of San Remo. Toto Cutugno, Adriano Celentano, Riccardo Folli, Al Bano and Romina Power... The event will feature great hits of the 1980s performed by leading soloists and the symphonic orchestra of the Belarusian State Academic Musical Theater. The musical event will also offer the summer Carnival Night featuring the hits of Yuri Antonov, Arno Babajanyan, Igor Krutoy, Aleksandr Zatsepin, David Tukhmanov, Igor Kornelyuk, Raimonds Pauls, Maksim Dunayevsky, Vyacheslav Dobrynin...

When: 27 and 28 June
Where: Mir Castle, Mir, Korevichi District, Grodno Oblast

Luninets Strawberries 2025 festival

The agro-town of Dvorets, Luninets District, is rightfully called the “strawberry capital of Belarus”. Out of 420 farmsteads, 350 have beds with berries, and the planting areas increase every year. The place turns into a strawberry paradise for one summer month. All June local farmers are picking berries, which are later transported all over Belarus and abroad. This year’s festival will feature a costume parade, a farming fair, tasting of different varieties of strawberries and national cuisine, a confectioners' contest, creative competitions, artisans’ workshops, a contest of farmsteads, lectures on the healing properties of berries, and a meeting of delegations from Brest Oblast, Gomel Oblast and Minsk Oblast.

When: 28 June
Where: agro-town of Dvorets, Luninets District, Brest Oblast