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Kurgan Interregional Festival "The Bards’ bonfires"
The festival takes place since 2001. "The Bards’ bonfires" today is significant event not only for the bard movement behind the Urals. All Ural region participates in the festival: once a year authors and performers from Kurgan, Tyumen, Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous territory and Kazakhstan come to the event.
"The Bards’ bonfires" is held in two rounds: in the first round – the jury listens to the authors and performers of songs, creative laboratories operate; in the second round – musicians and song writers give performances. For many authors and performers the festival provides the opportunity to find their audience – at the days of the festival to the bank of the river Utyak up to 2500 followers of bard creativity as well as nature lovers are coming.