NEWS

At one of the zonal concerts of the Festival held in Zainsk in mid-October of this year, it became known that the Festival received the status of intangible cultural heritage of Russia.

“The festival was created for professional and friendly communication between working youth and deserves wide spreading in the country”, said Grigory Ordzhonikidze, Secretary-General of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO and Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

This year, more than 160 teams and individual performers entered the Festival. The qualifying rounds of the Festival are held from October to November 2019 and comprises four zonal qualifying rounds in the cities of Almetyevsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Zainsk, and Kazan, a Super Finals and a Gala Concert in Kazan. The Gala Concert will be held on November 16 at the Pyramid Cultural and Entertainment Centre where the Grand Prix holders and Festival winners will be announced.

The “Our Time - Beznen Zaman” Republic’s Annual Open TV Festival of Working Youth has been held in Tatarstan since 2013. The project invites young people aged 18 to 35 that work in republic’s enterprises and organisations to express themselves in a creative way – in music, choreography, and art of declamation. The Festival is a socially significant governmental project that has no commercial purposes.