Fun at LIDBEER 2018 - in pictures

09/09/2018 - 21:38

Russian band Animal Jazz performing at the LIDBEER 2018 festival on 8 September 2018. Euroradio image.

Russian band Animal Jazz performing at the LIDBEER 2018 festival on 8 September 2018. Euroradio image.

The festival kicks off. 8 September, 12:30, the stairs near the Lida Castle. Lidskaje Piva (Lida Beer) CEO Audrius Miksys is greeting the guests of the festival and making a symbolic sip to officially declare the festivities in Lida open. It lasted late into the night.

Зрабілі гучна! Як прайшоў LIDBEER-2018: вялікі фотарэпартаж

Audrius Miksys is speaking.

A couple of hours later, the town started to boil: tens of thousands of people came to attend the beer festival. Everyone seems happy: people are laughing, chatting and singing songs everywhere.

The entertainment program before the concert was impressive: five-meter-long sticks with grilled meat, street musicians, a knight tournament, a beer battle and a chopper that could be hired for a ride for BYN30 ($15).

A kiosk selling Belarusian embroidered shirts was a special hit.

Две сцэны, некалькі гадзін першакламнай музыкі. Людзей так шмат, што некаторым даводзіцца выкарыстоўваць біноклі, каб пабачыць улюбёных музыкаў.

NizKiz, зоркі беларускага року, завялі натоўп.

Animal ДжаZ from the Russian northern city of St Petersburg impressed with their emotions and played their hit "Three stripes" at the end of their act.

An epic band from Ukraine "Vopli Vidopliasova". During the press conference, the band's front-man Oleg Skripka also noted Belarusian music. "I think Belarusians do a great music. Perhaps, it is the best in the world but nobody knows about it. That's something things need to be improved."