The Government of the Irkutsk Region supported holding the third Cultural Capital festival in 2016 to raise it to a new level and promote the regions achievements in culture and art. The festival will serve as a platform for preparing the Baikal Totem International Cultural Forum, planned for 2017. The program includes classical and modern music, folklore, street art, childrens events and a business section.
As reported by the Minister of Culture and Archives of the Irkutsk Region, Olga Stasyulevich, the Government of the Irkutsk Region, in order to promote achievements in the sphere of culture and art, decided to support the holding in 2016 of the third “Cultural Capital” festival in order to take it to a new level.The festival will become a starting platform for preparing the International Cultural Forum under the working title “Baikal-Totem,” which is planned to be held in 2017. The region has been proposed to present it at the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum in December of this year, the press service of the Government of the Angara Region reports.
According to the governor, an international cultural forum on Lake Baikal could become a key reputational project of the Irkutsk Region, which will draw attention to the region and provide an additional resource for its development.
It is planned that the festival will be held in several areas: classical and contemporary music, folklore, street art, a children’s program, and a business section.