Entertainment program schedule
Every day of the FIFA Fan Fest™ has its own theme and acquaints the guests with the culture of the countries, the national teams of which are playing that day.
The most exciting Festival day! On the program: live broadcasts on a giant screen of the Opening Ceremony of the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 ТМ in Luzhniki, a grandiose flags parade, bright audio-visual shows and performances and the main evening event will be performance of ARASH, a Swedish singer and composer!
The Fest working hours on June 14: 15:00 – 23:30
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
16:00 The Official Opening Ceremony of the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018
18:00 Live broadcast of the match Russia-Saudi Arabia
20:00 ARASH’s performance
21:00 DJ Set by Adelina Sotnikova - DJ Sotka
ARASH – Is a Swedish musician, an international pop-star, the author and singer of his own songs, Laureate of Grammy award. Arash took the third place in the Eurovision Music Contest in 2009 with his single “Always” that immediately became a hit. The musician has released 4 albums and 30 singles that became world-famous. Arash gave performances with such stars as Shaggy, Sean Paul, T-Pain and Snoop Dogg. His singles “Boro Boro” and “Temptation” entered the MTV-top in more than 35 countries. Specially for the FIFA Fan FestTM in Volgograd Arash and his group have prepared an immense music show.
The day is devoted to friendship that unites football fans all over the world. We demonstrate that Volgograd is a friendly and open-hearted city which is glad to welcome tourists and guests from the entire planet. The FIFA Fan Fest guests will be entertained by thematic competitions and performances of the Volgograd ensembles. The FIFA Fan Fest guests will get acquainted with the charm of the Cossack national culture thanks to a bright concert program “The Cossack Soul” of the Volgograd ensemble “The Cossack Will”. On the Fest stage the guests will also enjoy a festive performance “Broadway” – one of the pearls of the “Tsaritsin Opera” onstage repertoire.
The FIFA Fan Fest working hours on June 15: 12:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
15:00 Live broadcast of the match Egypt-Uruguay
17:00 Concert program “The Cossack Soul” of the Volgograd ensemble “The Cossack Will”
18:00 Live broadcast of the match Morocco-I.R. Iran
20:00 Concert performance “Broadway” of soloists of the Volgograd State Theatre “Tsaritsin Opera”
21:00 Live broadcast of the match Portugal-Spain
Ensemble “The Cossack Will” was created in 1990 and already in 1993 the team got the status of the State ensemble of folk singing and dancing. Today the State ensemble of folk singing and dancing “The Cossack Will” is a multifunctional creative team – 40 professional performers: musicians, dancers, singers in a bright spectacular form reconstruct songs, dances, games of the Don and Volga Cossacks.
The Volgograd State Theatre “Tsaritsin Opera” is a modern approach to the immaculate heritage of art and search for new ideas and solutions. The Volgograd soloists honored artists of Russia - Natalia Semenova, Nikolay Cherepanov, Anna Devyatkina, Elena Barysheva - did not give place in their skills to Opera singers from other cities.
A day dedicated to the large and different world of the fan movement – who are the fans, how to become a fan, which distinctive attributes have football fans, how to support favorite teams and how fans from various parts of the world understand each other wordless. The program comprises contests, workshops, artists’ performances and games held by the fan clubs. In the evening electronic project Mustelide will perform for the guests of the FIFA Fan FestTM.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan FestTM on June 16: 11:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
13:00 Live broadcast of the France - Australia match
16:00 Live broadcast of the Argentina – Iceland match
18:00 Concert of the Volgograd group "Chronicy craya"
19:00 Live broadcast of the Peru-Denmark match
20:00 Mustelide performance
22:00 Live broadcast of the Croatia – Nigeria match
Mustelide is a solo project of Natalia Kunitskaya from Minsk, who produces and performs experimental pop-music by herself.
The leading music editions of Russia and Belarus call Natalia an “electronic princess”: her debut album “Secret”, recorded by Mustelide on her won enters the top list of the honored critics of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland and Latvia and is recorded at Soyuz Music. Mustelide is also one of the mail representatives of the live electronic Belarus stage as she performs her music solely in a live-format.On this day we will travel in time and learn how football developed over the centuries and how it has won the entire world in a peaceful way. The program contains competitions between skilled and young football players, ball games that had existed before football appearance. In the evening the guests are welcome to watch a musical concert of the Russian performers – “Babba” group.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan FestTM on June 17: 12:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
15:00 Live broadcast of the Costa-Rica – Serbia match
18:00 Live broadcast of the Germany-Mexico match
20:00 Performance of “Babba” group
21:00 Live broadcast of the Brazil – Switzerland match
“Babba” group is a young Samarian boys-free duo by Olga Tchubarova and Alla Farmer – members of the two most famous Samarian groups: Cheese People and Bajinda Behind The Enemy Lines. All new girls’ songs are performed in Russian: Olya and Alla “Babba” group is a young Samarian boys-free duo by Olga Tchubarova and Alla Farmer – members of the two most famous Samarian groups: Cheese People and Bajinda Behind The Enemy Lines. All new girls’ songs are performed in Russian: Olya and Alla uncompromisingly talk about women's fate, move to rigid electronics. It is a strong fresh word on the music stage, a purely self-confident female team. The songs of “Babba” are same as short romances - verified, laconic, subtle, feminine, living stories, sincere and honest, often based on personal experience.
On this day we celebrate a triple holiday in Volgograd – the first World Cup match on the “Volgograd Arena”. It will be the match between England and Tunisia, that is why the struggle promises to be spectacular and exciting! Moreover, the main mascot of the World Cup 2018, Wolf Zabivaka™ arrives this day. We will welcome the symbol of the World Cup 2018 and dedicate this day to Zabivaka™. The Festival guests will meet Wolf Zabivaka™ and will have a unique opportunity to take a mutual photo, to play football and other games; meanwhile on the stage a great concert will be held in the honor of Zabivaka™.
The Festival working hours on June 18: с 12:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
15:00 Live broadcast of the match Sweden - Korea Republic
18:00 Live broadcast of the match Belgium - Panama
19:45 Mascot of the World Cup Wolf Zabivaka™
20:00 PLAZMA group performance
21:00 Live broadcast of the match Tunisia - England
PLAZMA group team members were born and grew up in Volgograd! This is the favorite music group of the Volgograd citizens, the most frequent participant of concerts and events.
The group composition: Roman Chernitsyn (vocal, music, lyrics) and Maxim Postelniy (back-vocal, piano, music, acoustic backing), all songs are in the English language. The frst PLAZMA single “Take My Love”, released back in the 2000-s, immediately entered the Tops of all Russian hit-parades and till nowadays it is the group’s visit-card.
The new PLAZMA album with a mysterious title “607” totally difers from all previous materials. It is a more serious music with complicated melodies which is, in its essence, a real step forward in the group’s creative life. This is a real proof that PLAZMA has the right to be considered one of the best Russian pop-groups.
The main hits: You'll Never Meet An Angel, Take My Love, The Sweetest Surrender, Angie (Gimme Fire), Jump In My Car, Fading Like A Rose, Lonely, One Life, Lonely-2.
This day is one of the key days of the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018™, today plays Russian national team! In order to support our national team, we arrange in Volgograd the Day of the Ball and the Goal. Today fans kick the ball and show beautiful goals on interactive sites along with wishes of the excellent game to the Russian team. The day program contains contests, workshops and artists’ performances. The main event of the FIFA Fan Fest will become a big flash mob “Russia, go ahead!” where volunteers and fans of our national team will create the biggest fan wave.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan Fest on June 19: 12:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
15:00 Live broadcast of the Columbia – Japan match
17:00 Performance of the Volgograd’s group “Nebo ryb”
18:00 Live broadcast of the Poland – Senegal match
20:00 Performance of the “Folk Express” ensemble
21:00 Live broadcast of the Russia – Egypt match
The “Nebo ryb” group is a team from Volgograd under the direction of Alexander Kaftanov which appeared on the musical stage in 2006 and had been earlier called “Insomnia”. New musicians joined the group and now guys make experiments with different styles, mixing several styles in one song, mostly in Art-Rock.
The “Folk Express” ensemble was created in 2000 under the initiative of the honored worker of the Russian culture Vladimir Konshin, who is an Art director of the ensemble now. A laureate of All-Russian competitions, a participant of international fests of the art masters in many countries of the world. An instrumental ensemble and a vocal quartet are in the collective composition. The repertoire consists of the styled musical compositions of the Folk and Pop genres along with favorite songs of the modern performers.
On this day we demonstrate that all football lovers all around the world as well as in Volgograd are being united not only by the football but also by kind hearts. This day is dedicated to the supporting of the social projects and initiatives. Also on this day Russian musical teams will perform on our stage.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan Fest on June 20: 13:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
Key milestones:
15:00 Live broadcast of the Portugal – Morocco match
17:00 Performance of the Volgograd’s group “Plastic”
18:00 Live broadcast of the Uruguay – Saudi Arabia match
20:00 Concert of the chamber orchestra “Combo-Jazz-Band”
21:00 Live broadcast of the I.R. Iran – Spain match
The “Plastic” group is a mega drive Volgograd team, nominee in the “Breakthrough of the Year” of the Starway 2010 Fest, finalists of VORCFEST 2012, participants of the sensational NIRVANA TRIBUTE 2014. Psycho-romance and expression, impulse, flexibility and eccentricity of the group musical repertoire will become a real present for all the lovers of the high-quality rock music.
“Combo-Jazz-Band” in its creative activity traditionally addresses to the “golden” ringtones in “Mainstream” style. The Art director and a Kapellmeister is the Honored worker of the Russian culture – Anatoly Voronov. Many graduates from the orchestra became “stars” of the Russian jazz and now participate in some state orchestras. This orchestra is famous for its widespread concerting activity and goes on touring across Russia and abroad. Performances of “Combo-Jazz-Band” always become a bright decoration of the fests and city holidays.
The quay of this Fest will turn into a big gym with its traditional equipment, where any person of any age can complete the school PE standard and get their grade. The main event of the day will be a water challenge flash mob “get healthy by dousing with water”
The working hours of the FIFA Fan Fest on June 20: 13:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
Key milestones:
15:00 Live broadcast of the Denmark - Australia match
17:00 Performance of the Volgograd’s group “Prisma”
18:00 Live broadcast of the France - Peru match
20:00 Concert of Mujuice
21:00 Live broadcast of the Argentina - Croatia match
This date is very significant for Volgograd; today two events being of importance for the city are taking place. We recollect the sad day in the history of our country which is called in the calendar as Memorial Day, and at the same time we celebrate a joyful occasion – the match day of the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018™ in Volgograd, an organizing city. On June 22 we will unite to become stronger together and to remind each other that there is no future without the past. On the program – action “Candle of memory” and uniting in terms of football and the forthcoming match. The day will be completed by a great flash mob “High five!” where according to a sports tradition we will make a wave of hand shakings, starting it with the Ambassadors and officials. And in the evening a Russian music group from Saint-Petersburg – Billy’s Band – will perform for you.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan Fest™ on June 22: 12:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
15:00 Live broadcast of match Brazil - Costa-Rica
18:00 Live broadcast of match Nigeria - Iceland
20:00 Performance of BILLY'S BAND group
21:00 Live broadcast of match Serbia - Switzerland
Billy’s Band is a group playing Blues, Swing, Jazz and Rock. The team members define their style as “romantic underground”. Cover-versions of Tom Waits’ songs were slightly exchanged to their own material combining the American Gothic scenarios with totally local life observations, stories and city myths. BILLY'S BAND became a bright newcomer to the club stage of Saint-Petersburg in 2002. The musicians immediately won their fame in both capitals of Russia and later in Europe and North America. Billy’s Band discographic counts 5 studio, 3 concert albums, 3 singles and several collections; moreover, the group has experience in participating in major world Jazz festivals.
The main hits: “Otorvemsya po-piterski”, “200 kubikov agdama”, “Blues v golove”, “Parizhskie sezoni”.
The group composition: Billi Novik – vocalist, Andrei “Ryzhik” Reznikov – guitarist. Mikhail Zhidkikh – multi-instrument, composer, sound arranger.
It is traditionally considered that women and football are the two incompatible concepts. We neglect this boring stereotype and arrange a bright week “Women and football” dedicated to the endless love of ladies for the legendary game. On this day workshops for pretty ladies will be held, girls’ sports teams will perform on the stage as well as star guests and winners of the TV shows. In the evening Moscow team Guru Groove Foundation will perform.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan FestTM on June 23: 13:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
15:00 Live broadcast of the Belgium-Tunis match
18:00 Live broadcast of the Korean Republic – Mexico match
20:00 Performance of the Guru Groove Foundation
21:00 Live broadcast of the Germany-Sweden match
On this day we reveal to all guests and fans from all over the world a real authentic Russian charm. The program comprises contests and workshops based on the Russian traditions, big gaming program “People’s game” where guests and fans will have an opportunity to play Russian national sports games. A football folk rhymes contest will take place on the stage. We do not focus on the old Russian traditions only and also show the modern ones. On this day a rock school “High road School” will arrange a big concert at the site; also a big rap-battle among the best performers of the region will be held.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan FestTM on June 24: 13:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
15:00 Live broadcast of the England – Panama match
17:00 Performance of a rock school “High road School”
18:00 Live broadcast of the Japan-Senegal match
20:00 A rap-battle between Volgograd’s performers
21:00 Live broadcast of the Poland-Columbia match
On this day Volgograd again hosts the teams of the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018тм, that is, national teams of Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
June 25 will be dedicated to world football – we will tell you much about the World Cup and FIFA history, acquaint the guests and fans with symbols and mascots of previous games. A great entertainment program will be organized and it will be devoted to the variety of the football world, the guests will learn many interesting facts about previous World Cups and Fests. On the venue a major dance flash mob will be held; it will be called “Dancefootball” and its essence will be repeating movements of legendary football players. Local music groups will perform on the stage; the party will be completed with a concert of a cult Russian rock-group “Masha & Medvedi”.
The Festival working hours on June 25: с 14:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
15:00 Concert program of the vocal ensemble Volgogradtsy.
17:00 Live broadcast of the match Uruguay – Russia
19:00 Performance of the rock-group “Masha & Medvedi”
21:00 Live broadcast of the match IR Iran - Portugal
“Masha & Medvedi” rock-group is famous for its hits, such as: “Liubochka”, “Rejkiavik”, “Earth”, being the soundtracks to a cult Russian movie “Brother 2”. “Masha & Medvedi” has been in the Top-20 rock-groups in Russia for about 20 years. The group is a regular participant of major rock-festivals in Russian and the near abroad.
This day is dedicated to people, countries and traditions of our planet. On the Agenda: an interactive game program “With FIFA around the world”, in frames of which guests and fans will experience an adventure of 5 continents: they will learn to use African tam-tams, art of Eastern calligraphy, they will take part in workshops on Latin-America dancing, will compete in North-American Streetball, will learn baseball and demonstrate knowledge in competition of European traditions. The best music of 5 continents and top-5 national dances that conquered the world.
The Festival working hours on June 26: с 14:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
15:30 Performance of the dance folk group "Stanitsa"
17:00 Live broadcast of the match Denmark - France
19:00 Performance of the group "Skazki na noch"
21:00 Live broadcast of the match Nigeria - Argentina
On this day the entire world celebrates an international Youth Day that is why on the Fan Fest venue the most trendy and actual lines of youth culture are on the agenda. In the program – performances and broadcast of the top bloggers and vloggers, rap-battles, break-dance and street-dance competition, skate-board and rollerjumping shows, workshops on graffiti and urban-culture. In the evening a big concert RAP&DANCE will take place, where rap and hip-hop performers will take compete.
The Festival working hours on June 27: с 15:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
17:00 Live broadcast of the match Korea Republic - Germany
17:00 Live broadcast of the match Mexico - Sweden
21:00 Live broadcast of the match Serbia - Brazil
21:00 Live broadcast of the match Switzerland - Costa Rica
Youth groups:
Todes - choreography
Denstr - Rap
Nash stil - choreography
Gasik - Rap
RAVE ANGELS - vocals + rap
Max Klochkov - beatbox
Volgograd Rock Group:
Gavaiskiy kot
Nebo ryb
Chronici kraya
Astronauts' n All
The TveansThis day we will acquaint the Fest participants with the origin of hospitality culture of our country and Volgograd, will tell about the traditions of guests’ reception, will share interesting facts on the Volgograd traditions. This day will be devoted to everyone who makes Volgograd such a comfortable and a pleasant city to visit. On the program: presentation of the most amazing tourist routes of Volgograd, reception traditions and ceremonies of the peoples of Russia with singing and dancing. The evening headliners – performance of the group ZDOB SI ZDUB and a greetings flash mob in the Polish and Japanese languages in the honor of the match participating countries.
The working hours of the Festival on June 28: 14:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
17:00 Live broadcast of the match Japan - Poland
17:00 Live broadcast of the match Senegal - Colombia
19:00 Performance of the group ZDOB SI ZDUB
21:00 Live broadcast of the match England - Belgium
21:00 Live broadcast of the match Panama - Tunisia
ZDOB SI ZDUB – is a cult Moldavian rock-group. A legendary song “Videli noch” (“Saw the night”) by this group first sounded in 2000 and immediately entered the list of gold hits of the Russian rock world. In June 2004 the group album entered the World Music Chart Europe, taking the 12th place of the chart. In 2005 the Moldavian group presented its country at the Eurovision Music Contest and won the 6th place. Today ZDOB SI ZDUB has millions of fans and tours over the entire world. The tour schedule of the group is full for the coming several years. Specially for the fans and Fest guests the rock-group will perform a single open concert on the stage of the Central Embankment.
The main hits: “Videli noch”, “Nevesta”, “Chobenash”, “Zdubiy batets tare”, “Balkana Mama”.
The group composition: Roman Yagupov (vocal), Mikhay Gynku (bass guitar), Svyatoslav Starush (guitar), Andrei Chebotar (drums), Valeriy Mazylu (trump, cimpoi), Viktor Dandesh (trombone).
On this day the FIFA Fan FestTM site will turn into a grandiose dancefloor of all genres and types. Music and football are uniting the entire world! On the sites workshops and dance contests will take place. In the late afternoon the most massive and fun flash mob – orchestra “FAN-ORCHESTRA” will be held: using improvised materials, palms, shoes and own fantasy the guests of the Festival will play FIFA 2018 anthem. It has never sounded like that! In the evening a group from Saint-Petersburg SPTNK will perform for the guests.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan FestTM on June 30: 15:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
15:30 Performance of the dance group "Ulybka"
17:00 Live broadcast of the 1/8 of the FINAL France - Argentina
20:00 Performance of the group SPTNK
21:00 Live broadcast of the 1/8 of the FINAL Uruguay - Portugal
SPTNK – is a young team from Saint-Petersburg, specializing in a minor electronic music with a bias for techno. For a short time, the group has managed to release two EPs, several live-videos. The group opened concerts of GusGus and Infected Mushroom in Saint-Petersburg; the team also took part in the Tallinn Music Week and Gamma festivals
Today Volgograd and us will appear in the future: we will learn about perspectives and the most challenging city projects, will discuss what innovative solutions have already been implemented in Volgograd by this time. For the fans and guests a great program “Game in Reality” will be organized and proper futuristic music will sound from the stage. In the evening the guests will have a chance to enjoy “Zimavsegda” group performance, which had initially based in Volgograd but was officially launched in Saint-Petersburg in 2009.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan Fest™ on July 1: 15:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
15:20 Jazz improvisations from Sergei Yegorov
17:00 Live broadcast of the 1/8 FINAL match Spain - Russia
19:45 Drawing of an Official Ball signed by Oleg Veretennikov
20:00 Performance of “Zimavsegda” group
21:00 Live broadcast of the 1/8 FINAL match Croatia - Denmark
“Zimavsegda” – is a Russian group established in Saint-Petersburg in 2009. The group combines depth and emotions with elements of various styles – from Soul and Hip-Hop to Pop and Jazz. The team entered the “Top-20 new Russian musicians” according to Time Out magazine as well as a tribute-project “Re: Aquarium” of “Lenta.ru” portal. The active touring music team performs both, in a “standard” format (vocal, guitar, bass, drums, piano) and being accompanied by a string quartet. They co-performed on one stage with such famous Western stars as Paul Banks (Interpol), Brazzaville, Yoav.
Today the entire world celebrates an international Day of the Sports Mass Media. So, therefore, today’s program will be dedicated to a complicated but extremely amazing profession of a sports journalist. You will learn stories about famous sports commentators, football competitions and games, enjoy ensembles’ performances. The evening headliners will be Parks, Squares and Alleys group.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan Fest™ on July 2: 15:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
17:00 Live broadcast of the 1/8 FINAL match Brazil - Mexico
21:00 Live broadcast of the 1/8 FINAL match Belgium - Japan
20:00 Parks Squares and Alleys group performance
Parks, Squares and Alleys is a dream-pop project that has conquered the Moscow stage venues and entered the TOP-10 according to “Afisha” magazine rating. Parks, Squares and Alleys is a project by Sergey Khavro. The love ballade by Parks, Squares and Alleys have sung all famous music projects: The air, Mother Land, Foggy Youth, Snapbox, GreenGo.su, Rolling Stone Russia. Recently the band has performed for the entire country on the air of the “Silver rain” radio station; moreover, they could be heard on the air of the London Amazing Radio.
This day we will dedicate to the Volgograd’s environment and reveal picturesque and unusual nature sights of the region.
Our DJ will create a music mood, and in the evening a Volgograd’s brass orchestra will perform on the stage.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan Fest on July 3: 15:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
17:00 Live broadcast of the 1/8 Final match Sweden - Switzerland
19:00 Performance of the Volgograd’s brass orchestra
21:00 Live broadcast of the 1/8 Final match Columbia - England
A Volgograd’s brass orchestra was created in 2005 and is considered to be the Volgograd visit-card. The orchestra participates in the city’s annual events, international fests and city holidays.
The orchestra has performed more than 400 times for the period of its existence. Its repertoire makes up more than 300 compositions: classic, pop music, jazz, folk music, modern melodies, traditional plays for the brass orchestra and much more.
The Day of Unlimited Abilities is devoted to the strongest in spirit fans! Today we intend to inspire them by examples of heroism and courage demonstrated by our Paralympians and Para football players as football is a game uniting all people not depending on their abilities. For children a special playing area will be organized where everyone will have an opportunity to play table games related to football. This day you will enjoy the concert with participation of local groups and the invited guest from Saint-Petersburg - Electric Princesses group.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan Fest™ on July 6: 15:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
17:00 Live broadcast of the 1/4 FINAL match Uruguay - France
19:00 Electric Princesses group performance
21:00 Live broadcast of the 1/4 FINAL match Brazil - Belgium
Electric Princesses is a young group from Saint-Petersburg performing in the Russian Rock style.
On July 8 Russia celebrates the Family, Love and Faith Day. The day before this wonderful date the FIFA Fan Fest 2018 in Volgograd organizes a great family event. The guests and fans will be entertained by a major gaming program “Family football” in a format of a “School sports day”, acquaintance with great football and sports dynasties, fan-zone of family aqua-painting and various workshops. A show program will also be performed on the stage. The evening headliners will be EIMIC group.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan Fest™ on July 7: 15:00 – 01:00
The key milestones:
17:00 Live broadcast of 1/4 FINAL match Sweden - England
19:45 Drawing of an Official Ball signed by Peter Schmeichel
20:00 EIMIC group performance
21:00 Live broadcast of 1/4 FINAL match Russia - Croatia
EIMIC is a Russian Indi-group launched in 2005. In the second half of the 2000-s EIMIC have combined several relevant styles – Shoegaze, Post-Rock, IDM and Ambient. In such style the first 2 albums of the group were created; with these albums the group successfully performed at such Festivals as: EXIT, Ilosaarirock and Opener. Starting with “Amber” album the team has changed its style in the direction of electronic-dance music.
The group composition: front man Maksim Fedorov and drummer Sergey Govorun.The Volgograd Symphony Orchestra will create a music mood with hits of the ABBA, Beatles.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan Fest™ on July 10: 18:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
19:30 Concert of the Volgograd Symphony Orchestra
21:00 Live broadcast of 1/2 FINAL match France - Belgium
On this day the entire world celebrates the Day of a Sports Referee. We honor the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018™ arbiters and arrange a holiday dedicated to the sports refereeing. On this day visitors of the FIFA Fan Fest™ will get acquainted with this fascinating profession. We will conduct a big Quiz “The best referee” where the fans will test their knowledge in refereeing questions. Musical teams will perform on the stage, including the invited group from Saint-Petersburg – “Affinage”.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan Fest™ on July 11: 18:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.The key milestones:
19:00 Performance of “Affinage” group
21:00 Live performance of the SEMIFINAL match Croatia - England
“Affinage”is a Russian music team performing in a synthetical style of noir-chanson gathering mixture of many genres of pop- and rock music. As for the sound, this group is considered to be unique and one of the most authentic groups in Russia. A multilayer powerful button accordion, ornate bass lines, melodic trombone, acoustic guitar, voice varying from tender half whisper to emicor tear, general polyphony makes the group sound sometimes like a full orchestra. The group exists in various genres – from a light Indi to extreme directions, from pop-rock to dark-folk, but it always keeps its unique personality and sound. From the moment of creation the group issued 5 full format albums and 6 mini-albums, took part in many fests (“Nashestvie”, ”VKFest”, “Chernozem”, “Motherland”, “Wild mint”, “Old New rock”, “TusovkaRock”), a group is actively touring.
The group composition: Alexander Koryukovets (button accordion, harmonica, melodica, percussions, backing vocal), Sasha “Оm” Evdokimov (trombone, second vocal, percussions, keyboard), Michael “M” Kalinin (lyrics, vocal, guitar, ukulele), Sergey “Sergeich” Shilyaev (bass, backing vocal).
The main hits: “A hero of my child dreams”, “Jumping – standing”, “A dream”, “Funny”, “Affect”, “Spark”, “Sasha”, “Kittens”.
The pre-Final day of the FIFA Fan Fest 2018™ is dedicated to Volgograd, hospitable and hearty city - organizer of the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018™. The program comprises an immersion into the historical past of Volgograd hosting folk teams of the Volga region, and meeting with Ambassadors of the World Cup and the honored guests of the FIFA Fan Fest™. The visitors of the FIFA Fan Fest™ will participate in workshops, games and contests. An evening part of the holiday comprises performance of a “Total” group.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan Fest™ on July 14: 15:00 – 01:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
17:00 Live broadcast of the match for the 3rd PLACE Belgium - England
20:00 Performance of “Total” group
“Total” is a Russian group performing in a pop-rock style. In the early 2000s a group “TOTAL” headed by a vocalist Marina Cherkunova turned up to be the one of the brightest debuts of that time. The first performance of the group took place in SC “Olympiyskiy” at the warm-up during Marilyn Manson’s performance. The founder and producer of the group was Maxim Fadeev. The group's stylistic orientation is characterized as soft-rock or pop-rock. Remarkable low timbre of the soloist, music parallels with Guano Apes and “Skunk Anansie” caught the fancy of the audience at once and definitive, that is acknowledged by numerous performances of the group at the largest sites of the country. The Russian fests “NASHEstvie”, “Maxidrom”, MegaHouse, German “PopKomm” - all this makes up the rich history of the “Total” group.
The group composition: Marina Cherkunova (vocal), Ilya Andrus (guitar, acoustic guitar), Alexander Gavrilov (bass-guitar), Stanislav Aksenov (snare).
The main hits: “Adrenalin hits the eyes”, “Leaving into sunset”, “Heart in a hand”, “Don’t hurry”, “Unimportant”, “Shiva”, “Caught”.
The FIFA Fan Fest™ 2018 in Volgograd will come to an end with a bright Closing Ceremony called “This story is about you!”. This day we say good-bye to the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018™: we thank the football players for perfect job, volunteers and organizers for their care and warmth, FIFA for unforgettable Mundial moments. Ambassadors and honorable guests will do congrats to the fans and guests on the special day and wish to become the winner to the Final participants of the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018™. Cheerleaders and acrobats will make an immense sports performance; the program will be completed by the world pop-star: Russian-Swiss group KADEBOSTANY and a DJ-set by the ex-goalkeeper of the Russian team Ruslan Nigmatullin.
The working hours of the FIFA Fan Fest™ on July 15: 15:00 – 23:00
Entrance to the FIFA Fan Fest™ Venue is closed beforehand, not later than an hour prior to the event end.
The key milestones:
16:00 The Official Ceremony of Closing of the FIFA Fan Fest 2018
18:00 Live broadcast of the Final game of the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018™ France - Croatia
20:00 Performance of KADEBOSTANY group and a DJ-set by Ruslan Nigmatullin
A Russian-Swiss group KADEBOSTANY is a music group, new colonists of the pop-empire. The project was launched in Geneva in 2008 by a Swiss DJ and producer William JEREMIAH. By the way, the FIFA Headquarters also locate in Switzerland! That is why at the Official Ceremony of Closing of the FIFA Fan Fest 2018 KADEBOSTANY group will symbolize the nations’ friendship: Russia and Switzerland. Glory found KADEBOSTANY after their cover-version of Beyoncé’s hit “Сrazy In Love” conquered the world movie-screens being the soundtrack to the film “50 shades of grey”. Such hits of the group as “Teddy Bear”, “Castle In The Snow”, “Mind If I Stay”, released in 2017 are in the TOPs of all the existing charts, inspiring DJs from all over the world to make a huge amount of remixes. On March 16, 2018 the group released its new album “Monumental”.
The group composition: William Jeremiah (DJ, producer), Kristina Yakovleva (vocal, guitar, bass), Ross Butcher (trombone), Marc Veuthey (drums).
Ruslan Nigmatullin – is a Russian football player, a goalkeeper and a star of the musical industry. A participant of the World Cup 2002 as a member of the Russian national football team. At the present time he is a TV-presenter and a DJ. After finishing his football career Nigmatullin claimed himself as a musician and a DJ with his debut dance single «Symphony». This composition quickly gained high ranks in radio-charts and Ruslan started touring actively. For 8 years of touring he has made more than 400 performances in the cities of Russia and the entire world, and caused by that a big interest to himself as to the DJ among foreign promoters. He works with such styles as: Club House, Deep House, Disco House, Dutch House, Electro House, Electro Progressive, Progressive House, Vocal House. In honor of the World Cup DJ Nigmatullin comes to Volgograd.
