Festivals overview — large public gastronomic event in an urban setting

Festivals

Vkusy Rossii & SVOYE

Large-scale gastronomic festivals focused on local products, regional brands and direct connection between producers and urban audiences

Technical Director

Project Introduction

Vkusy Rossii and SVOYE are gastronomic festivals focused on local products, regional brands, and family farms from across the country. Both projects combine market, food, and cultural programs, turning regional gastronomy into a large-scale urban festival format.

Quick Facts

Role

Technical Director

For the project by Lyra Agency, the festival organizing agency

Peak attendance

Over 500,000 visitors

at a single event

Festival scale

11 festivals

across different cities, 2019–2022

Peak product volume

164 tonnes

of farm products sold at a single event

Vkusy Rossii

Vkusy Rossii (literally “Tastes of Russia”) is a federal gastronomic festival that brings together food producers and brands from dozens of Russian regions on a single venue.

The project is complemented by tastings, food courts, workshops, live performances, and a program built around the idea of a gastronomic journey across the regions.

Vkusy Rossii Video

SVOYE

SVOYE (literally “One’s Own”) is a farmer festival by Rosselkhozbank aimed at supporting small farms and enabling direct interaction between producers and urban audiences.

The format is implemented as a series of traveling festivals in different cities, combining sales of farm products with food zones and an event program.

SVOYE Video

Scope of Work