MAMAKABO 2010 collects unique musicians from 5 parts of the world

PRESS RELEASE

On August, 26-29, 2010, MAMAKABO International Music&Art Festival is ready to welcome musicians and visitors in ETHNOMIR Cultural and Educational center (90 km from Moscow, Kaluzhskaya oblast, close to Borovsk).

This venue will house the open-air Festival for the second time. The audience, artists and organizers loved the marvelous atmosphere and well-developed infrastructure of ETHNOMIR so much, that the Centre was again chosen to be MAMAKABO meeting place.

MAMAKABO International Music & Art Festival was established as far back as 2004 in commemoration of Andrei Baranov, a musician and composer.

Since then, 23 Festivals have been held in different places of Russia and abroad with more than 100,000 visitors and over 250 participants, including soloists and groups. Many of them have become Festival’s residents.

This summer, due to support of RF Ministry of Culture and Administration of Kaluzhskaya Oblast Governor, MAMAKABO will collect the most impressive in its history entry list. The festival has invited unique and even legendary musicians from the 5 parts of the world.

MAMAKABO Festival will pioneer to introduce to Russian public Howard Levy (USA) and Etienne Mbappe (Cameroon). Tommy Emmanuel, c.g.p. (Australia) will again present his fantastic set. Two years ago it was MAMAKABO Festival who brought him to Russia for the first time. By far, we’ve got confirmations from “Voskresenie”, “Kvartal” and “Quadro” groups, The Festival playbill includes concerts of Irina Bogushevskaya, Maxim Leonidov and ”Hippoband”, Sergei Manoukian, Levan Lomidze, “Jukebox” trio, Enver Izmailov (Ukraine) and others. Timur Vedernikov, MAMAKABO Festival Producer, will also present a new program.

Besides music, MAMAKABO will offer theatrical performances, photo and art exhibitions, master-classes and special programs in the area of cinema and animation, folk handicraft, dance schools presentations, and so on.

The total number of MAMAKABO-2010 participants amounts to over 300 musicians, actors, dancers, artists, animators, clowns and representatives of other creative occupations. Each of them is unique in his or her field and, irrespective of genres and styles; each participant is a bright personality. .

MAMAKABO is the event for the whole family. Everyone is sure to find something new and interesting to his taste. The program is arranged in such a way that even the youngest are not bored. The festival banns vulgarity and aggression – you’ll meet nothing to feel ashamed of in front of your children.

For those who tend to spend a few days at the festival, accommodation conditions are as follows: camping fans can bring a tent; exotics-lovers can live in genuine nomad yurts. Those who prefer comfort, can stay in a cozy hotel. Sports grounds, climb station, rope park, rent of scooters, quadrocycles and segways are waiting for adventure holiday fanciers.

Although MAMAKABO festival is due only at the end of August, preparation work is in full swing. The first event on the list is MAMAKABO stage at “Usadba.Jazz” 2010 open-air in Archangelskoye. On June 5 and 6 “Caprice” area will present over 10 concerts under MAMAKABO banners. The audience will enjoy the concerts of “Neschastny sluchaj”, Evgeny Margulis, Dmitry Chetvergov, Ivan Smirnov, "Groove Hammer's Brass Band", Anna Pingina, "Beat Devils" and others. Both days clown-mim-theater “MirLic” will make the audience laugh.

MAMAKABO-2010 INFRASTRUCTURE:

- Day (“Captain Morgan”) and Night (“MAMAKABO”) musical stages;

- Art-stages for theatre, puppet and animation performances and master-classes, as well as after-parties and jam-sessions;

- Dance floor;

- Art exhibition gallery;

- Night movie showroom;

- Children’s playground;

- Tent camp;

- Excursions around ETHNOMIR;

- Parking;

- Catering;

- Souvenirs trade.

TICKETS:

One-day ticket in advance sale is 500 rubles.

All days (26 through 29 August) – 1000 rubles.

At the time of the event one day ticket will cost 700 rubles.

Advance sale begins on May, 20.

HOW TO GET TO ETNOMIR:

- By car: from Moscow 90 km along Misk or Kiev highway,

- By route bus or local train from Kiev Railway station to Balabanovo,

During the festival, regular bus circulation will be arranged from Balabanovo to ETHNOMIR.

CONTACTS

For accreditation, photo and info submission, interview appointment and so on, please, contact Vilena Krushinskaya: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or 007 926 46 303 46.