June 22 at 19:00 Artmania director Maria Semushkina took part in a roundtable on urban festivals. Venue: Courtyard of the project "Arrow", Bersenevskaya Quay, 14, Building 5, at the factory "Red October". Organizers: Institute of Media, Architecture and Design "Arrow" and the project MILDBERRY INSPIRATION

Organizers of the Moscow music festival, promoters, journalists and representatives of the Moscow Department of Culture discussed the possible formats for the city events, compared the experience of Russia and Europe, spoke about the technical features of the organization, weighed the requirements of the city with the abilities and desires of the festival organizers.

Topics Roundtable:

• particular format of the festival and its perception of the audience (the general and professional), the possible formats of music festivals in Moscow (the comparison between Russia and Europe);
• information policy in relation to urban music festivals: promotion tools, the mission of the press.
• urban / suburban infrastructure as a necessary condition for the development of festivals
• technical features of the organization and conduct a music festival in the city: safety, the legal part, the financial part. (Requirements of the city - the possibility of the organizers);
• the usefulness of holding music festivals in the city (why the city needed music festivals);

Round table participants:

• Maria Semushkina - organizer of the largest annual Russian jazz open-air festival "Usadba.Jazz"
• Yuri Saprykin - Editorial Director Afisha magazine, art director of "Picnic Posters"
• Dmitry Stepanov - Deputy Director, Producer, "Picnic Posters"
• Maxim Silva-Vega - the organizer of the festival of independent music Avant.
• Alexey Shcherbina - founder of the international festival of contemporary music and mediaiskusctva MIGZ
• Alexander Berkovich - founder and organizer of the international festival of contemporary music and mediaiskusctva MIGZ
• Philipp Mironov - organizer and press-agent Transmusicales French festival in Moscow.
• Eugene V. Medvedev - Head of cultural programs of the government of Moscow.