Crimean annual celebration of authors’ song has opened at three sites in Sevastopol – at the summer stage of Primorsky Boulevard, in Balaklava park and the village of Orliny.

For fans of the bard creativity singer-songwriters from Russia, Ukraine, Israel and the United States will be performing for five days.

"Each day of the festival is special. We have prepared a rich programme, every concert has its own name and its own theme. Among them there is "The Requiem" at the 35-th battery, "The Holy Stones of Chersonesos", "By Lukomorye" dedicated to the origins of our poetry and Russian word and much more. That is why, having seen one concert, you would like to go to another one", – says the president of the festival "Balaklava vacation "Andrey Sobolev.

The international festival of bard songs "Balaklava vacation" will last until August 16 and end with the participamts’ gala concert "Balaklava vacation – the songs of our century" at Cape Khrustalny (starting at 19.00).

The event is held with the support of the Ministry of culture of Russian Federation

The source: the Press-service of the Ministry of culture of Russian Federation