St. Petersburg is expecting guests at its Icebreaker Festival, which will take place on April 29 and 30. This is a relatively new event, the history of which began only a few years ago. Attending the festival is free. The organizers have prepared a varied and interesting entertainment program.
The event is organized under the patronage of the Committee for Tourism Development of St. Petersburg. The entire holiday will take place from 11:00 to 20:00. The event is free, so you can have fun with friends or family.
The spectacular and large-scale event is planned for two days. The start is scheduled for 11:00. The venue is the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment in the Central district of St. Petersburg.
This year is an anniversary for the Icebreaker Festival, as it will be held for the fifth time. Guests can enjoy the action from the Promenade des Anglais or the Lieutenant Schmidt Promenade.
Several impressive icebreakers are involved in the show: “Ivan Kruzenshtern”, “Mudyug”, “Nevskaya Zastava”, “St. Petersburg”, “Novorossiysk”. This year, the organizers have prepared a real surprise for everyone in the form of the legendary icebreaker Krasin.
The opening ceremony of the festival is planned for 13:00 on April 29. The entire program is divided into interactive and entertaining activities.
The organizers did not forget about the children. They will be able to take part in interesting master classes, competitions and quizzes on specific festival themes. Artists and animators will perform on the street.
All those present will be able to enjoy the parade in the Neva waters and the unforgettable waltz of the tugboats.
If you wish, you can walk along the deck of any of the icebreakers, starting from 13:00 until 18:00 during the festival. “Krasin” will be available for visiting from 11:00. You will already have to pay for staying on the lower decks of the branch of the Museum of the World Ocean (icebreaker Krasin).
Organizers warn that to visit the ships you need to wear comfortable shoes. All fashionistas will have to forget about high heels for a while.
How to get to the Icebreaker Festival venue
The unforgettable icebreaker festival can be observed from the Promenade des Anglais and the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment.
“The Icebreaker Festival is a unique event, which has no analogues in the whole world. This year the Festival celebrates its first anniversary. Every year more and more tourists, including foreign ones, come to watch the icebreaker parade,” said one of the organizers.
Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment is located on the right bank of the Neva and stretches from the Blagoveshchensky Bridge to lines 23-22 of Vasilyevsky Island. To get here you can use the metro. Get off at Vasileostrovskaya station.
The Icebreaker Festival 2018 in St. Petersburg will be special. After all, it is the fifth anniversary. For this occasion we came up with a special program.
CAPITAL OF THE ARCTIC
The festival will take place in the Northern capital for two days - April 29 and 30. How St. Petersburg turned into an Arctic center, what can be seen on the largest operating icebreakers in the city and where is the most convenient place to watch the “Icebreaker Parade”, the organizers of the event told - for this they came to the press center of “Komsomolskaya Pravda in St. Petersburg”.
– Under our management, two large linear icebreakers will participate in the Festival - “St. Petersburg” and “Novorossiysk”, as well as the port icebreaker “Ivan Kruzenshtern”, the auxiliary icebreaker “Mudyug” and the icebreaker “Nevskaya Zastava”, built specifically for work in the Northern waters capital, says Deputy Director for Maritime Safety of the North-Western Basin Branch of Rosmorport Andrey Balashov.
According to him, the icebreaker parade is a kind of completion of winter navigation.
This event is very important to us because it promotes the hard work of icebreaker sailors and creates images of heroes. This is true,” Andrei Balashov is sure.
The specialist claims that St. Petersburg is the capital of the Arctic because our icebreakers operate all year round, including in the Arctic regions.
By the way, one of our small icebreakers, “Captain Zarubin,” helped in the construction of the Kerch Bridge. Now it opens up navigation on inland waterways and is in great demand,” added Andrey Balashov.
FOLLOW ME
A special part of the holiday will take place on the legendary icebreaker-museum “Krasin”. Everyone will be able to visit the interior and engine room. In addition, the festival program includes entertaining master classes, competitions and quizzes. Also on April 29 at 15.00 in the waters of the Neva the traditional “Waltz of the Tugboats” will take place, a wonderful view of which opens from the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment and the English Embankment.
One of the highlights of the anniversary festival is the world-famous flash mob #followyourself. Guests of the festival will be able to take part in a format specially adapted for the Festival: dance, internet and festival. Based on the results of the flash mob, the organizers will select the best photos with the hashtag and award the winners.
– As part of our entertainment and educational program, lectures, master classes and film screenings will be held in 7 pavilions. Concerts will take place on both days of the Festival: the headliner on April 29 will be the St. Petersburg group “Russian Size”. For the first time we are organizing a flash mob #followyourself. It will consist of three parts: Internet flash mob, dance and festival, which will take place on the 29th at 16.30,” comments Nika Meshanova, General Director of BCA Marketing, the organizer of the Festival.
Photo: KP archive Last year the Festival was visited by almost half a million guests
At the finale of the Parade, the icebreakers “St. Petersburg” and “Ivan Kruzenshtern” will be towed from their berths, say goodbye to the guests and participants of the Festival with a long whistle and set off to their places of duty.
– The Icebreaker Festival is a unique event, which has no analogues in the world. This is our first anniversary. Last year, half a million people came to our holiday, despite the “Arctic-sea” weather. This year, I hope the weather will not let us down, and we will definitely break last year’s record,” said Andrey Mushkarev, Chairman of the Tourism Committee, under whose patronage the Festival is taking place.
SPECIFICALLY
The most interesting events of the festival
13.00 – Opening ceremony of the festival on the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment
15.00 – Waltz of tugboats in the Neva waters
18.30 - Ceremonial departure of the icebreakers from the berths.
ON BOTH DAYS
11.00 – 18.00 – Sightseeing tours of icebreakers
12.00 – 18.00 – Master class “Numerous indigenous peoples of the North.” The program includes lessons on beading with teaching the basics of the Nenets language. Pavilion No. 1 on the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment.
12.00 – 18.00 – Master class “Crafts made from fur.” Pavilion No. 2 on the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment.
12.00 – 18.00 – Master class on knitting sea corners. Pavilion No. 3 on the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment.
12.00 – 19.00 – Interactive game on the stations “St. Petersburg - the sea capital of Russia.” Pavilions No. 6 and No. 7 on the Promenade des Anglais.
14.30 – 16.30 – Premiere of a film about the first family motorcycle expedition through the Gobi Desert. Meeting with traveler Pavel Kobyak. Cinema hall on the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment.
Admission to all events is free.
You can get acquainted with the detailed program and events of the Icebreaker Festival, as well as purchase tickets on the official website - spbledokolfest.ru.
On April 29 and 30, 2018, an icebreaker festival will be held in the Neva waters for the fifth time. St. Petersburg residents and city guests will be able to watch the parade from the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment or from the English Embankment. The festival will run for 2 days from 11 am to 20 pm. The festival is organized by the Committee for Tourism Development of St. Petersburg.
The icebreakers “Nevskaya Zastava”, “Mudyug”, “Ivan Kruzenshtern”, “St. Petersburg”, “Novorossiysk” will take part in the festival. A special gift for the guests of the Festival will be the participation of the legendary icebreaker "Krasin" - a branch of the Museum of the World Ocean in St. Petersburg.
The opening ceremony will take place on April 29, 2018 at 13:00. St. Petersburg residents and guests of the city will enjoy an interactive and entertaining program, children's creative and entertaining activities: master classes, competitions and quizzes on the theme of the Festival, as well as performances by street performers and animators.
In a programme:
The existing icebreakers “Nevskaya Zastava”, “Mudyug”, “Ivan Kruzenshtern”, “St. Petersburg” and “Novorossiysk” will take part in the festival. On all operating icebreakers from 13:30 to 18:00, free access to the open decks will be organized for visitors over 6 years of age as part of sightseeing tours. A special program for guests of the Festival will be presented on the legendary icebreaker - the Krasin Museum - a branch of the Museum of the World Ocean in St. Petersburg.
In addition, the Festival program includes an interactive and entertainment program on both embankments, children's creative and entertaining master classes, competitions and quizzes on the theme of the Festival, as well as performances by street performers and animators and much more.
Start of the holiday:
Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment:
12:00 — people begin to go on icebreaker excursions.
15:00 — “Waltz of the Tugboats” between the Promenade des Anglais and the Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment
16:10 — flash mob #followme at the main stage on the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment
Promenade des Anglais:
11:00 — festival starts
11:00 — people begin to go on icebreaker excursions.
In the evening, to create a festive atmosphere, the icebreakers will be brightly lit and decorate the Neva waters. At the end of the holiday, the already traditional Icebreaker Parade will take place.
The idea of holding an icebreaker festival in the Northern capital arose in 2014. The event, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Russian icebreaker fleet, aroused enormous interest among St. Petersburg residents and tourists. This prompted the organizers to take the next step: making the festival an annual event.
A unique holiday, centered on powerful ships that crush ice and support navigation in freezing water basins, attracts thousands of tourists. In 2019, the icebreaker festival in St. Petersburg will start for the sixth time, the opening date is scheduled for May 4th. The Lieutenant Schmidt and Angliyskaya embankments are being turned into observation and festival platforms. This is the best place to watch this unusual spectacle.
Icebreaker Festival in St. Petersburg 2019: festival program
Festival days provide a unique opportunity:
- see the icebreaker parade;
- visit the decks of Arctic ships;
- watch the spectacle of waltzing tugs and light show.
According to established tradition, the event will be opened by a parade of icebreaking ships. Arctic giants will sail solemnly, greeting St. Petersburg residents and guests of the city. An integral part of the festival program is sightseeing tours on icebreakers. Those interested will be invited to climb onto the open decks of operating ships, experience the realities of naval life, and learn more about polar professions.
Concert performances, thematic lectures, film screenings, competitions, and quests will be held at coastal venues.
The tugboat waltz, which has firmly become part of the annual program, arouses keen interest among spectators. This spectacle takes place in the waters of the Big Neva. River tugs rotate synchronously on the water like toy boats, rearrange themselves, circle in pairs, form a figure in the shape of a four-leaf flower, and then move apart again. With the help of fire extinguishing devices installed on tugboats, jets of water fly into the air, creating dancing fountains in the middle of the water surface. This action cannot be retold, it must be seen and enjoyed. In the evening, when the city falls into twilight, cheerfully illuminated embankments and light shows will create a festive atmosphere.
The V Icebreaker Festival will support the unique worldwide flash mob #follow me.
On April 29 and 30, 2018, a unique, unique Icebreaker Festival in the world will be held in St. Petersburg for the fifth time.
The festival is organized by the Committee for Tourism Development of St. Petersburg.
The Festival venues will be located along the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment and the Promenade des Anglais and will operate for two days from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The existing icebreakers “Nevskaya Zastava”, “Mudyug”, “Ivan Kruzenshtern”, “St. Petersburg” and “Novorossiysk” will take part in the festival. On all operating icebreakers from 13:30 to 18:00, free access to the open decks will be organized for visitors over 6 years of age as part of sightseeing tours.
A special program for guests of the Festival will be presented on the legendary icebreaker - the Krasin Museum - a branch of the Museum of the World Ocean in St. Petersburg. Visiting the open deck of the icebreaker Krasin during the festival will be free from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For those wishing to visit the interior and engine room of the ship, thematic excursions will be organized, tickets for which can be purchased at the museum box office under special conditions.
In addition, the Festival program includes an interactive and entertainment program on both embankments, children's creative and entertaining master classes, competitions and quizzes on the theme of the Festival, as well as performances by street performers and animators and much more.
In the evening, to create a special holiday atmosphere, the icebreakers will be brightly lit and will decorate the embankments and water area of the Neva.
For the first time in history, as part of the interactive program, the Icebreaker Festival will support the unique world-famous flash mob #followzamnoy #follow2me. Everyone will be able to take part in flash mob formats specially adapted for the Festival: dance, internet and festival. Based on the results of the festival, the organizers will select the best photos with hashtags and award the winners with special prizes.
At the finale of the Festival, the now traditional “Icebreaker Parade” will take place.
The icebreakers “St. Petersburg” and “Ivan Kruzenshtern” will be towed from the berths, say goodbye to the guests and participants of the Festival with a long whistle and leave for their places of duty.
The opening ceremony of the Festival will take place on April 29, 2018 at 13:00 on the main stage of the festival on the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment.
“The Icebreaker Festival is a unique event that has no analogues in the whole world. This year the Festival celebrates its first anniversary. Every year more and more tourists, including foreign ones, come to watch the icebreaker parade. The festival is not only a spectacular holiday, but also demonstrates the full power of the Arctic region of Russia,” commented Chairman of the Committee for Tourism Development Andrey Mushkarev.
Detailed information is on the official website of the Icebreaker Festival - http://spbledokolfest.ru, as well as in the official Festival groups on social networks:
https://www.instagram.com/ledokolfestspb
