Best concerts, our favorite parties and cozy markets – make room for them in your Google Calendar.
Hide Club Opening
When: March 1, 11 p.m.
Where: HIDE (vulica Kastryčnickaja, 19)
Price: 20 BYN (€ 8)
The first party at the brand-new location on the city map. Hide is opening its doors on the March 1 and is planning to transform in a real club soon.
Line-up: Anthea (UK), Salut 80 b2b Verde, Morgotika & Mihas.
Vinyl Immersion Series
When: March 1, 11 p.m.
Where: Squat (vulica Kastryčnickaja, 16/3, enter through Kastryčnickaja, 10)
Price: 10 BYN (€ 4)
Vinyl Immersion gathers all the vinyl music enthusiasts. This time the headliner is Pavel Iudin, a music producer and DJ from St.Petersburg. Pavel experiments with electronic music and loves classical drum machines and keyboard rhythms. Local support is provided by Reemotto and Organized Vinyl Group.
Open Shkaf
When: March 2, 12 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Where: Squat (vulica Kastryčnickaja, 16/3, enter through Kastryčnickaja, 10)
Price: free
This flea market, that happens at various locations around the city, has already become a true Minsk classics and kind of a cultural phenomenon of the city. Local fashionistas come here to sell their old clothes, shoes, books, vinyl and just hang out and the visitors are allured by a good chance of getting something with a story for a moderate amount of money. By the way, this weekend there are another three fashion markets.
Maslienica
When: March 2, 12 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Where: Museum of folk architecture and ethnography
Price: 9-15 BYN (€ 3.7-6)
You're invited to a Belarusian festival of spring. Folk music, games, pancakes, performances and traditional ceremonies. It may look weird, but it might be fun. The directions are here.
Volski
When: March 2, 7 p.m.
Where: Prime Hall (praspiekt Pieramožcaŭ, 65)
Price: 40–74 BYN (€ 16-30)
The classic of the Belarusian rock is presenting the new album. Check it out here.
Siyanie
When: March 2, 11 p.m.
Where: HIDE (vulica Kastryčnickaja, 19)
Price: 15-20 BYN (€ 6-8)
One of the major raves Minsk is opening its spring season with an interesting line-up: Voin Oruwu and Poly Chain representing Ukranian scene, the mastodon of the Belarusian underground – I/dex, Budzko & his melodic electro set and more. Total black.
DOBRO
When: March 2, 11 p.m.
Where: Squat (vulica Kastryčnickaja, 16/3, enter through Kastryčnickaja, 10)
Price: 5-10 BYN (€ 2-4)
The tenth DOBRO ("kindness") party at Squat space. The organizers promise footwork till the sunrise.
Girls Singing Fest
When: March 8, 7 p.m.
Where: Cultural Center Korpus (praspiekt Mašerava, 9)
Price: 15-20 BYN (€ 6-8)
Four young representatives of the Belarusian pop scene: D.Jaza (Minsk project performing a sensual soul), Ducя (Belarusian singer, who collaborated with Nike Borzov); K3TYVANA (she combines electropop, house and UK garage) and Lisa (a young artist playing abstract pop music).
Ivagination
When: March 9, 11 p.m.
Where: Ruin Bar at OK16 (vulica Kastryčnickaja, 16)
Price: 10 BYN (€ 4)
#Keepminskweird team invites you to dance on the ruins of sexism and beat the stereotypes and prejudices to the rhythm of the music. Line-up: dj Pogodina, Scarlett, Uhead, Kosmonavt.
Vinyl Market
When: March 10, 3 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Where: Dandy Land (vulica Kastryčnickaja, 19/4)
Price: free
Local DJs and vinyl enthusiasts will put up for sale their treasures. A good chance to find something special.
KAZKA
When: March 14, 8 p.m.
Where: Prime Hall (praspiekt Pieramožcaŭ, 65)
Price: 33–83 BYN (€ 14-34)
The Ukrainian trio brings to the capital their lyrical tunes, multiplied by ethnic melodies, and that famous song ranked in the top 10 searches on Shazam.
Nordic Film Days
When: March 20-21, 6 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Where: Cultural Center Korpus (praspiekt Mašerava, 9)
Price: free
Europanorama project is presenting the selection of new European and Nordic short films of different styles and approaches (animation, experiment, fiction, and documentary) from young European film directors. The program offers a glimpse into the contemporary European filmmaking.
DаKooka
When: March 22, 8 p.m.
Where: Hooligan Bar (vulica Kastryčnickaja, 16)
Price: 25 BYN (€ 10)
Ukranian one-girl project Dakooka has become a phenomenon of the modern pop scene. She can feel good in dark pop, funk, drum and bass, in electronic music, and in interpretations of oriental mantras.
Ten Walls
When: March 22, 10 p.m.
Where: HIDE (vulica Kastryčnickaja, 19)
Price: 15-50 BYN (€ 6-20)
Ten Walls is moving walls and canons. His music is a mix of many dance genres with strong classical vibe: techno, Nu jazz, down-tempo electronica, indie & house, broken bits.
LSP
When: March 23, 7 p.m.
Where: Minsk Arena (praspiekt Pieramožcaŭ, 111)
Price: 20–45 BYN (€ 8-18)
In order to understand the scale of LSP's popularity, there will be enough to know just that: in 2017 their video "Monetka" collected 26 million views, becoming one of the main Russian-language hits of the year. Soldout is almost here.
Би-2
When: March 29, 8 p.m.
Where: Minsk Arena (praspiekt Pieramožcaŭ, 111)
Price: 44–250 BYN
This time the duet from Babrujsk will be accompanied by a symphony orchestra.
Rodny Sklon
When: till March 30
Where: National Center for Contemporary Arts (vulica Niakrasava, 3)
Price: 5 BYN (€ 2)
The exhibition is an international project, which brought together 14 authors working with the topic of family. Photos, videos and installations are revealing autobiographical subjectivity to show what is hidden behind the official way of portrayal "the family".
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