Sunrise Rock Festival in Pruzhany: Legendary Bands and Unforgettable Performances
Experience the Grand Sunrise Rock Festival in Pruzhany
The highly anticipated Sunrise Rock Festival is set to take place from June 28 to 30 in the charming city of Pruzhany. This grand event promises two evenings filled with electrifying performances by legendary headliners at the Mukhavets Stadium, along with a variety of entertainment options in the city park, a food court, and a camping area. The festival will feature iconic bands such as Kino, Chizh & Co, Park Gorkogo, Braтья Grimm, Smyslovye Gallyutsinatsii, Moralny Kodeks, Goffman, SerьGa, Vadim Samoilov (Agata Kristi), and former Deep Purple member Joe Lynn Turner. The event is organized by the Brest Regional Philharmonic.
A Festival Like No Other
The experience from a similar event in 2023, the Pruzhany.Fest held on July 15, showed that a single concert evening attracted 18,300 spectators. This year, the festival in Pruzhany has a new name, a slightly modified format, and promises to be even more spectacular. Such a lineup has never been seen before on any stage in Belarus. The festival area will include a stadium for concerts and a food court, as well as a city park for trade and entertainment points, and a camping area near the lake.
Preparing for the Festival
In preparation for the festival, Pruzhany will be adorned with new murals on various themes. The city is actively preparing to welcome a large number of guests from all over Belarus and abroad. The Sunrise Rock Festival is planned to become an annual event and the largest open-air festival in the Brest region. According to the organizers, ticket prices start from 23 rubles for one concert evening. Tickets can be purchased at the Brest Regional Philharmonic and from the ticket operator kvitki.by. The price of tickets will increase as the event approaches.
Getting to the Festival
Coordinates of Pruzhany, Brest region — 52.555086, 24.462589
By Car:
- From Minsk — along the Brest highway (E30/M1), exit through the town of Bereza (onto road N-79).
- From Brest:
- Exit onto the R-83 highway to the Vidomlya checkpoint on the R-85 highway;
- Exit onto the R-2 road to the village of Zaprudy and then onto the M-1/P-2 highway to Pruzhany.
By Public Transport:
- From Brest:
- Bus 501 (Brest — Lida)
- Electric train “Brest Central — Baranovichi Polesskie” to Oranchitsy station + Bus 218 “Oranchitsy Station — Pruzhany Bus Station”.
Festival Highlights
The festival will feature 14 musical groups, two days of high-quality live rock music from cult artists, 400 kilowatts of sound, and dances to favorite hits that have grown with generations. On the first day of the festival (June 28), the stage will be graced by a native of Pruzhany, a true legend of domestic guitar playing, virtuoso musician, and teacher May Lian.
Guests will then enjoy dances to the hits of the popular pop-rock group from the 2000s, Braтья Grimm, a bright performance by the group Bravo, and a song about the best city on earth, which will surely be dedicated to Pruzhany. The cult rock group Cherny Kofe will then take the stage with their timeless hits and new songs, led by the indefatigable leader Dmitry Varshavsky. The audience will also be delighted by Moralny Kodeks, led by the Honored Artist of Russia Sergey Mazaev, and the golden lineup of the group Park Gorkogo.
The second day of the rock festival (June 29) will be opened by the group Goffman. The “eternally young” leader of the group Smyslovye Gallyutsinatsii, Sergey Bobunets, will sing his hits “Why Trample My Love,” “Everything is Fine,” and others. With the group Chizh & Co, the entire stadium will sing the song “About Love” and other best-known songs, well familiar to all rock fans.
“A Star Called the Sun,” “Cuckoo,” and other beloved rock hits from the 80s will be performed by the group Kino. In addition, festival guests will have the opportunity to meet with the group SerьGa and a legend of world rock: former Deep Purple vocalist, American singer Joe Lynn Turner. The schedule of all performances is available on the official website of the Sunrise Rock Festival.
