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Belarus Events Calendar: MAY 2020
Dear friends! We are sorry to inform you that we have to change the monthly Events Calendar on the belarus.by website. The coronavirus pandemic has led to border shutdowns, travel restrictions, cancellation or postponement of public events. People are willing to refrain from trips and entertainments to protect themselves and their families.
Belarus is taking all the necessary measures to prevent the spread of the infection. The country has neither shut down its borders nor imposed strict travel restrictions. However, Belarus calls on EVERY PERSON to be extremely careful, follow the WHO and doctors’ recommendations, observe personal hygiene rules, and, most importantly, take care of each other. If you have returned from the worst-hit regions and countries, you should seek medical attention in case of the slightest deterioration in your health and, of course, isolate yourselves as soon as possible, in order not to spread any infection, not only COVID-19.
In view of this situation, large public events are canceled or postponed. Please, check out the information in advance. Organizers promise that tickets for all postponed events will remain valid. Please, remember to stay healthy!
Minsk tops CIS list of cities for virtual tours
Exhibition of Russian, Belarusian 18th-20th-century icons in Minsk
The National Art Museum of Belarus will launch a unique project timed to the 85th anniversary of Metropolitan Filaret, Honorary Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus. The exhibition will showcase around 60 Russian icons created in the 18th – early 20th centuries. These works illustrate characteristic features of Russian provincial artists who combined archaic tendencies with methods of realism and European baroque… Copies of icons originating from the capitals to be featured at the exhibition will also be of interest. The Belarusian Exarchate of the Moscow Patriarchate will showcase personal items of Metropolitan Filaret, panagias, staffs, liturgical vestments, including a miter woven from straw.
When: 21 March - 8 June
Where: National Art Museum of Belarus, 20 Lenina Street, Minsk
Pop Art exhibition in Minsk
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in Western Europe and the USA in the 1950s and flourished throughout the 1960s. It was a response to the then-dominant ideas of abstract expressionism. It did not only portray celebrities and political figures. It glorified popular culture by elevating soup cans, comic strips and hamburgers to the status of fine art. It inspired Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Robert Indiana and other representatives of the art movement to explore new forms, themes and techniques. The interest in this genre is coming back with many Belarusian artists engaged in it. The exposition features works by Lyobov Abramova, Ivan Artimovich, Dmitry Belsky, Oleg Belousov, Nadya Buka, Pavel Voinitsky…
When:17 March - 7 June
Where: Libra exhibition hall, 37 Nezavisimosti Avenue, Minsk
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Belarusian Football Championship 2020
In March 2020 the 30th edition of the Belarusian Premier League became the only one in Europe and one of the few on the planet to kick off as usual amid the spread of the novel coronavirus. Matchday one drew a lot of attention from fans across many countries. Matches were broadcast live by a number of sport TV channels and also online. The decision not to cancel the tournament was taken by the Belarusian Football Federation after consultations with the UEFA. The Belarusian Premier League features 16 teams. The tournament is held in two rounds. Teams that place 15th and 16th are relegated to the Belarusian First League. Two top teams are promoted from the First to the Premier League.
Among the favorites for the Belarusian champion title are leaders of the previous season: Dinamo Brest, BATE, Shakhtyor, Dinamo Minsk, Isloch, and Torpedo BelAZ.
Where: stadiums in 12 Belarusian cities
When: 19 March – December 2020
6th tour: 1-3 May
7th tour: 8-10 May
8th tour: 15-17 May
9th tour: 20-23 May
10th tour: 28-30 May
Concert program "Red Letter Day"
When: 7 May
Where: Youth Variety Theater, 18a Moskovskaya Street, Minsk
Ruslan Alekhno and the Academic Song and Dance Company of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus with the program "Heritage"
When: 7 May
When: Central House of Officers, 3 Krasnoarmeiskaya Street, Minsk
9 May – 75th Anniversary of Great Victory
Victory Day parade in Minsk on 9 May to feature 36 aircraft, helicopters
Belarus’ National Library launches internet project ahead of Victory Day
CIS state news agencies launch joint project to mark Great Victory anniversary
Belarus’ Khatyn Memorial welcomes 250,000 visitors from 84 countries in 2019
Hans Zimmer | Ludovico Einaudi | Ramin Djawadi | John Williams in Minsk
When: POSTPONED
Where: Minsk Concert Hall, 5 Oktyabrskaya Street, Minsk
Fyodor Dobronravov and Gennady Khazanov in Spasatel (Self Help) comedy
When: POSTPONED
Where: Central House of Officers, 3 Krasnoarmeiskaya Street, Minsk
Capella Sonorus with concert "Isaak Dunayevsky – 120!"
When: POSTPONED
Where: Upper Town concert hall, 23a Svobody Square, Minsk
Alexander Rosenbaum with show "We are alive!"
When, where:
20 May – Grodno Regional Philharmonic, 17 Gornovykh Street, Grodno
22 May – Public Cultural Center, 17 Lange Street, Gomel
25 May – Palace of the Republic, 1 Oktyabrskaya Street, Minsk
Lev Leshchenko, Syabry band: "Native Land" concert to celebrate 75th anniversary of Great Victory
When: 22 May
Where: Palace of the Republic, 1 Oktyabrskaya Street, Minsk
Pavel Volya’s Big Stand Up
When, where:
27 May – Gomel Ice Sports Palace, 110 Mazurova Street, Gomel
28 May – Palace of the Republic, 1 Oktyabrskaya Square, Minsk
Nikolai Noskov’s live performance with a symphonic orchestra
When: 30 May
Where: Palace of the Republic, 1 Oktyabrskaya Square, Minsk
Music festival Debosh Music Fest
When where:
May 28 – Dynamo Аrena, 52 Yubileynaya Street, Gomel
May 29 – October Сinema, 23 Mira Avenue, Mogilev
May 31 – outside New Castle, 20 Zamkovaya Street, Grodno
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