Cultural programme
Go to excursionsCultural and entertainment events included in the programme International Russia — Islamic World Economic Forum: "KazanForum 2025"
Date
13 May 2026
Available languages:
Russian, English
Modest Fashion Day* Shows of decent Fashion
Admission by invitation only
Date
13-17 May 2026
Address
Kazan, 74, Khadi Taktasha St.
Visit to the Tatar State Academic Theatre named after G. Kamal
Tatar State Academic Theatre named after G. Kamalfree admission with Forum accreditation badge
Date
13-17 May 2026
Address
Kazan, 16, Mushtari St.
Visit to the Kazan Art College named after N. Feshin with a visit to the School of Creative Industries
Kazan Art School named after N.I. Feshinfree admission with Forum accreditation badge
Date
13-17 May 2026
Address
Kazan, 86, Pushkina St.
Visit to the National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan
National Library of the Republic of Tatarstanfree admission with Forum accreditation badge
Date
13-17 May 2026
Date
13-17 May 2026
Address
Republic of Tatarstan, Bolgar
Visit to the Bulgarian State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve
Bulgarian State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reservefree admission with Forum accreditation badge
Date
13-17 May 2026
Address
Republic of Tatarstan, Sviyazhsk village
Visit to the territory of the State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve "Ostrov-Grad Sviyazhsk"
State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve "Ostrov-Grad Sviyazhsk"free admission with Forum accreditation badge
Date
13-17 May 2026
Address
Kazan, territory Kremlin
Visit to the Kazan Kremlin State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve
State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve "Kazan Kremlin"free admission with Forum accreditation badge
Date
13-17 May 2026
Address
Kazan, 12, Sheynkmana St., territory Kremlin,
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian, English
Exhibition of works by Baki Urmanche
State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, National Art Gallery Khazinefree admission with Forum accreditation badge
Date
13-17 May 2026
Address
Kazan, 57, Karla Marksa St.
Available languages:
Russian, English
Exhibition of paintings by Batukhan Baymen (Kazakhstan)
State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, Gallery of Contemporary Artfree admission with Forum accreditation badge
Date
13-17 May 2026
Address
Kazan, 64, Karla Marksa St.
Available languages:
Russian, English
A New Perspective: An Exhibition of Western European Art
State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, main buildingfree admission with Forum accreditation badge
Date
13-17 May 2026
Address
Kazan, 64, Karla Marksa St.
Available languages:
Russian, English
Exhibition of Russian fine art from the 16th to 19th centuries.
State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, main buildingfree admission with Forum accreditation badge
Date
13-17 May 2026
Address
Kazan, 12, Sheynkmana St., territory Kremlin,
Available languages:
Russian, English
Exhibition "Direction: East"
State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, National Art Gallery Khazinefree admission with Forum accreditation badge
Date
13-17 May 2026
Address
Kazan, 2, Kremlevskaya St.
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian, English
Master class "Arabic calligraphy"
National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstanfree admission with Forum accreditation badge
Date
13-17 May 2026
Address
Kazan, 2, Kremlevskaya St.
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian, English
Exhibition ‘Voices of the Millennium of Kazan’
National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstanfree admission with Forum accreditation badge
Date
12-17 May 2026
Address
Kazan, 13, Sheynkmana St., territory Kremlin,
Available languages:
English and Russian labelling
Exhibition dedicated to the 140th anniversary of Tatar poet Gabdulla Tukay
State Budgetary Institution ‘Kazan Kremlin Museum-Reserve’ Museum of Islamic Culturefree admission with Forum accreditation badge
Date
12-17 May 2026
Address
Kazan, 13, Sheynkmana St., territory Kremlin,
Available languages:
English and Russian labelling
Exhibition of Tatar printed prayer rugs from the collections of the Federal State Budgetary Institution State Museum of the History of Religion (St. Petersburg)
State Budgetary Institution ‘Kazan Kremlin Museum-Reserve’ Museum of Islamic Culturefree admission with Forum accreditation badge
Date
15 May 2026
Time
18:00
Address
2 Ploshchad Svobody, Kazan
“Shurale”
M. Jalil Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet TheatreBallet in 3 acts
Shurale" by Leonid Yakovson is a colorful ballet fairy tale. The music, rich in ethnic intonations, was written by Tatar composer Farid Yarullin, and the libretto was based on wise Tatar fairy tales. On stage, birds are magically transformed into beautiful girls, evil spirits frolic in the dense forest - jinns, shaitans and witches entertain their lord, the wood goblin Shurale, with dances, and a wedding is celebrated with great pomp in a Tatar village...
Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes. The performance has two intermissions.
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
16 May 2026
Time
12:00
Address
57 Peterburgskaya Street, Kazan
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian
“Abugalisina”
Tatar State Academic Puppet Theatre „Ekiyat“Musical fairy tale
In ancient times, in the village of Shajeg, not far from Bukhara, there lived a husband and wife. One day, they had twin boys. One of the sons was named Abugalisin, and the other was named Abulharis. Abugalisin stood out from other children with his sharp mind and wisdom beyond his years. Abulkharis, although he was Abugalisina's twin, was completely different from his brother in his ability to study. Several more years passed. The main characters, Abulgalisin and Abulharis, locked themselves in a dark cave and spent a year acquiring new knowledge.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
15 May 2026
Time
13:00
Address
57 Peterburgskaya Street, Kazan
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian
"The Tale of Tsar Saltan"
Tatar State Academic Puppet Theatre „Ekiyat“Musical fairy tale
The story of Guidon, the Swan Princess, the Thirty-Three Heroes, and Uncle Chernomor is well known to all viewers. It is one of Pushkin's most magical fairy tales! Three maidens were spinning late in the evening under the window and dreaming, and when their wishes came true, a whole series of extraordinary adventures began. The play raises eternal themes: love, the struggle between good and evil, and family values. The heroes of the fairy tale are constantly faced with choices. The production is dedicated to the 220th anniversary of the birth of the great poet A.S. Pushkin.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
14 May 2026
Address
57 Peterburgskaya Street, Kazan
“Su Anasy”
Tatar State Academic Puppet Theatre „Ekiyat“According to the fairy tale, a village boy, while bathing in the river, sees the Water Spirit on the bridge. She is combing her hair with a golden comb. The ruler of the underground kingdom, seeing the boy, dives into the water, forgetting her golden comb on the bridge. The boy quickly grabs it and runs away. The Water Spirit, very upset, heads to the village in search of... With simultaneous translation into Russian, an instructive fairy tale, 5+
Duration: 1 hour
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
13 May 2026 12:00
Time
12:00
Address
57 Peterburgskaya Street, Kazan
"Aladdin"
Tatar State Academic Puppet Theatre „Ekiyat“Aladdin is a play based on an Arabian fairy tale from the collection One Thousand and One Nights. Who among us would not want to get a magic lamp so that the Genie would grant us three of our most cherished wishes? But is magic always appropriate? Maybe some things should be earned through hard work, struggle, and diligence? For example, love! After all, true love is magic, a real miracle.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
16 May 2026
Time
19:00
Address
Kazan, 74, Khadi Taktasha St.
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian, English
“Mothers Await Their Sons,”
Galiasgar Kamal Tatar State Academic Theatre The play “Mothers Await Their Sons” based on the drama by Asgat Mirzaghitov, is dedicated to the memory of soldiers... The action takes place on the eve of May 9, thirty years after the announcement of unconditional surrender. But no matter how much time has passed, the echoes of war still resound clearly in the souls of the characters, the past is resurrected in the present, and mothers are still waiting for their sons, because all they have left is love, hope, and memory...Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
13 May 2026
Time
19:00
Address
Kazan, 74, Khadi Taktasha St.
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian, English
“Jawdat and Zubarzhat”
Galiasgar Kamal Tatar State Academic Theatre The musical drama“Jawdat and Zubarzhat” was written in 2016 and, after participating in the “New Tatar Play” drama competition, won a special jury prize. The author dedicated the play to the 110th anniversary of Tatar theater, and in it, albeit invisibly, theater is present, reflecting and intertwining world stories of love in a national plot!
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
16 May 2026
Time
18:00
Address
Kazan, 48, Baumana St.
Available languages:
Russian, with English synopsis
“Uncle’s Dream”
Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre of V.I. Kachalov An ordinary story in two acts
A play based on the story by the great Russian writer, Fyodor Dostoevsky. This is a story about how the first lady of the provincial town of Mordasov tried to marry off her daughter to a Knyaz (Russian for Prince, or Duke) who happened to be in their house. An ordinary story, taking place throughout just one day. One day in the life of the town, in the life of the Knyaz, Maria Alexandrovna, her beautiful daughter Zina… A day, the end of which could in no way have been predicted by its beginning. One day like the whole life, balancing laughter and tears, greed and sacrifice, love and manipulation, birth and death.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
13 May 2026
Time
18:00
Address
Kazan, 48, Baumana St.
Available languages:
Russian, with English synopsis
“The Queen of Spades”
Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre of V.I. KachalovTheatre fantasy.
Young officer Hermann accidentally learns that the old countess Anna Fedotovna Tomskaya possesses an amazing secret: she can name three cards which, when played one after another in a game, will inevitably win. Hermann decides that he will find out the old countess's secret at any cost. In order to get into the house, Hermann begins a love affair with Lisa, the poor ward of the old countess. But fate has other plans. “A brilliant but fatal tango” is how the French newspaper Provence described Kachalov's production of The Queen of Spades. A faithful adaptation of Pushkin's text, combined with stylized costumes and original sets. The theater reveals to the audience a world in which everyone is a participant in this crazy and eccentric masquerade called “life.”
Duration: 2 hoursTickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
12 May 2026
Time
18:00
Address
Kazan, 48, Baumana St.
Available languages:
Russian, with English synopsis
“The Government Inspector”
Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre of V.I. Kachalov
Comedy in two acts
Written in 1836, the play has not left the theatre for two centuries, remaining one of the most significant phenomena of Russian dramaturgy. The comedy about the officials of a district town, who took a young penniless hustler as a Government Inspector, still sounds like a modern story about the inevitable need for a man to answer for what he has done, a conversation about the soul, about the country, about life.
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number:
Date
15 May 2026
Time
18:00
Address
Kazan, 48, Baumana St.
Available languages:
Russian, with English synopsis
“Flight”
Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre of V.I. Kachalov
Phantasmagoria in two acts
This is a phantasmagoria play, where, in a striking waltz, tragedy merges with farce, reality with mystical visions, the absurdity of circumstances with the sincerity of feelings, love with longing for the homeland.
Written in 1928 but never staged during the author’s lifetime, the play “Flight” still remains a reflection on the people, their choices dictated by time, the fate of the country and the love for the humankind, for the origins, for the motherland.
Duration: 3 hours
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
12 May 2026
Time
19:00
Address
Kazan, 74, Khadi Taktasha St.
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian, English
“The Blue Shawl”
Galiasgar Kamal Tatar State Academic Theatre
Melodrama
The play, written by Karim Tinchurin, has a poetic cipher that encodes the eternally young and eternally beautiful images of the male and female national ideals, the rebellious, freedom-loving spirit of the people, and the love for the native land that unites the Tatars of all Russian regions.
Duration: 2 hours 50 minutes
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
14 May 2026
Time
18:00
Address
Kazan, 48, Baumana St.
Available languages:
Russian, with English synopsis
“Hamlet”
Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre of V.I. Kachalov
Tragedy in two acts
The great tragedy of the genius of world drama, staged by Alexander Slavutsky, is a conversation about, first and foremost, the tragedy of a man endowed with conscience, endowed with power, on whom “the life of many others depends”; about the complexity of moral choice and the necessity of answering this eternal question, “to be or not to be”, “to transgress or not to transgress”; it is a reflection on life and death, before which all are equal, and on the brevity of our stay on Earth.
Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
14 May 2026
Time
18:30
Address
Kazan, 13, M. Gorkogo St.
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian
“Following the Dream”
Karim Tinchurin Tatar State Drama and Comedy Theatre MusicalYoung builder Haidar, who came to Kazan from his village, is ready to fly to his star, because he has been in love with space since childhood. But one day, in the city lights, he meets Chulpan, an artist from Moscow. And at that moment, his heavenly dreams turn into earthly love.
“Following the Dream” is a musical performance about friendship, sincere feelings, and how a dream becomes the driving force of life. The unique atmosphere of the 60s comes to life on stage: lively dances, songs, humor, and touching dramatic episodes. Youth, faith in the future, and the power of fragile dreams intertwine in a story that inspires the audience to believe that by dreaming, you can fly higher than any skyscraper.
Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes.
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
15 May 2026
Time
18:30
Address
Kazan, 13, M. Gorkogo St.
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian
“My Topolek in a Red Headscarf”
Karim Tinchurin Tatar State Drama and Comedy Theatre A drama about betrayal, loyalty, and love, based on the work of Chingiz AitmatovTickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
16 May 2026
Time
18:30
Address
Kazan, 13, M. Gorkogo St.
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian
"Mum has arrived"
Karim Tinchurin Tatar State Drama and Comedy Theatre TragicomedyA play about family problems and moral choices based on the real-life story of one family.
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
17 May 2026
Time
19:00
Address
Kazan, 13, M. Gorkogo St.
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian
"The price of happiness"
Karim Tinchurin Tatar State Drama and Comedy Theatre In pursuit of a career, social recognition, and material wealth, modern people sometimes forget about the most important things in life: family and loved ones.Only after losing everything—love, family, children, health—does the main character of the play The Price of Happiness, the famous composer and founder of the musical theatre Zarif, begin to reflect on his past life. But at the twilight of his life, fate gives him one more chance. Will Zarif take advantage of it? Will he manage to correct the mistakes of his youth?
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
13 May 2026 18:30
Time
18:30
Address
Kazan, 13, M. Gorkogo St.
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian
“The Loved Ones”
Karim Tinchurin Tatar State Drama and Comedy Theatre
Melodrama.
“The Loved Ones” is a real-life story based on a Tatar village in the 1950-70s, as recorded verbatim by Ilgiz Zainiev, the director, after his grandmother. The prototypes of the characters are also real people with their own personalities, destinies, and feelings. The intertwining of fates, the clash of characters, love and hate – all of this is reflected in the new play. In addition, it also demonstrates the strength of the Tatar woman: her fortitude and resilience. Seeing this play, everyone can recognise the features of their loved ones who lived in the harsh post-war time, and who maybe are still alive today. Our life consists of global events, big scientific discoveries. However, the life of most people consists of small, domestic scenes: means to feed a child, ways to heat the stove, basic needs for security. These concerns occupy 90% of our everyday existence, our daily routine. “The Loved Ones” is a play about how to spend these 90% of our life with no regrets.
Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
14 May 2026 19:00
Time
19:00
Address
Kazan, 74, Khadi Taktasha St.
Available languages:
Tatar, Russian, English
“The Return of Tukay”
Galiasgar Kamal Tatar State Academic Theatre General HallDrama.
The life story of the great Tatar poet, whose name became a symbol, a brand of the Tatar nation. The tragically short life of the genius and his existence in the history and consciousness of generations will intersect on stage in a new theatrical act, which will become a kind of personal experience of interaction between the authors, participants, and spectators of the performance with the image of the “sun of the Tatar people” here and now
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutesTickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
17 May 2026
Time
18:00
Address
Kazan, 48, Baumana St.
Available languages:
Russian, with English synopsis
“Glumov”
Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre of V.I. KachalovModern story in two acts
An ambitious young man, Yegor Dmitrich Glumov, uses his extraordinary abilities to achieve a prominent position in society, choosing the only possible path to do so: compromising his own conscience. A wealthy bride, a substantial salary, success in public life – a dream for all times, and any means are acceptable on the path to this dream: flattery, forged letters, and deception. But in his game, he makes a mistake that jeopardises everything he has achieved. A contemporary story on the timeless theme of ‘How to get ahead in life’.
Duration: 2 hours 45 minutesTickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
13-17 May 2026
Time
18:00
Address
Kazan, 30, Dostoevskogo St.
Available languages:
Russian with Arabic subtitles
Film "The Silent Cuckoo" (Russia)
Mir Movie Theatre The film is based on the play of the same name by Zulfat Hakim, People's Writer of the Republic of Tatarstan.Description: In the winter of 1939, during the Soviet-Finnish War, a soldier named Zarif from Tatarstan found himself in the crosshairs of a Finnish sniper. Zarif sings a sad Tatar song, which he used to sing with his beloved Kashifa in peacetime. The Finnish sniper Ziyatdin turns out to be a Tatar whose mother sang this song to him as a child. This is how the Soviet soldier Zarif and the Finnish sniper Ziyatdin meet and become friends.
Duration: 97minutes
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
Date
13-17 May 2026
Time
18:00
Address
Kazan, 30, Dostoevskogo St.
Available languages:
English, Arabic
Film "The Mountain of Lovers" (Russia)
Mir Movie Theatre A 2024 feature film based on the novel of the same name by Ildar Yuzeev, the national poet of Tatarstan. It tells the love story of a young couple, Saida and Yasmina. They swear eternal love to each other on a mountain that is symbolic for them, but fate separates them for many years.Duration: 100 minutes
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre box office/ To book a ticket, call the phone number
