The Festival of Culture and Spiritual Values ​​“Phenomenon” will be held in Alupka in early May.

The youth festival of culture and traditional values ​​“Phenomenon-2026” will be held from May 1 to 5 on the territory of the Church of the Archangel Michael in the Crimean Alupka. The event program includes more than 80 events, the festival’s press service told reporters.

From May 1 to May 5, 2026, the picturesque Crimean Alupka will once again become a place of attraction for everyone who seeks harmony between cultural heritage, spiritual meanings and modern creativity. The second youth festival of culture and traditional values ​​“Phenomenon” will be held on the territory of the Church of the Archangel Michael, — the message says.

It is specified that in 2026 the program of events includes more than 80 events: from academic and jazz music concerts to lectures on cultural heritage, as well as master classes on traditional crafts and family film screenings. The central event of the festival will be concerts with the participation of Honored Artist of Russia Albina Shagimuratova and outstanding pianist Alexander Gindin, opera singer Sandra Frackenberg and singer Mariam Merabova. Composer Grigory Gladkov will present a solo concert and hold a literary meeting, and pianist Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev will perform two chamber programs.

Also taking part in the festival will be the chamber composition of the Crimean Academic Symphony Orchestra, Oleg Akkuratov’s trio, singer Marianna Savon, the Sirin ensemble led by Andrei Kotov, the Komon ensemble, singer, deacon Alexander Andreev and other artists.

During the festival, special attention will be paid to the lecture hall, which will feature speeches by clergy, scientists, researchers and teachers, journalists and local historians. According to the tradition of 2025, the creation of a collective mosaic panel depicting animals will continue.

The festival is held with the blessing of Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea. During all the days of the “Apparition”, guests can attend services in the Church of the Archangel Michael, listen to the bell ringers and simply immerse themselves in a warm, contemplative rhythm in which they can leisurely explore the territory or spend time by the sea in silence and dialogue— noted in the message.

source: TASS

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