Nettle Festival. Nettle festival in the Tula region starts tomorrow

On June 2, 2018, the village of Krapivna will host the International Nettle Festival (0+) for the sixteenth time. At the beginning of summer, when the burning plant is just gaining its healing powers, the Shchekino region traditionally gathers guests for a holiday in his honor.

How informs press service of the Shchekino administration, historical center ancient county town, almost unchanged for one and a half hundred years, craftsmen, artists, musicians from all over the country will gather to recharge with the power of nature for the whole year and transfer this energy to the guests of the holiday. The main goal of the festival is the revival of ancient trades and crafts, so each of its sites is associated either with the symbol of Krapivna, or with folk art and the history of this place. Ethno and jazz music will be played throughout the day at the festival.

Festival program:

Excursions and exhibitions in the Krapivensky Museum. 9:00 – 20:00

Visitors will be able to get acquainted with the history of Krapivna as a fortress and a county town and see the exhibition of competitive works "Nettle History".

Museum Street. 12:00 – 22:00

One of the streets of Krapivna will become a museum under open sky where guests will get acquainted with the history of the city and the holiday.

Nettle fights. 12:00 – 19:00

Armed with nettles, the contestants will determine who is the most enduring of them. You can try your hand both in a pair fight and in a team competition. There is only one restriction: you cannot hit the face with nettles.

Fair and master classes. 12:00 – 20:00

Once Krapivensky fairs were famous throughout Russia, merchants from the most remote provinces tried to get to them. Reviving the memory of these distant times, a crafts fair will be located on the central square of Krapivna, where you can buy handicrafts, numerous souvenirs from different regions of Russia, paintings by Tula and Krapivna artists, as well as participate in unique master classes.

– Making nettle thread (12:00 – 19:00). Based on the experience of masters from different regions of Russia, a unique technology for creating a nettle thread was restored, which our guests can learn. Ekaterina and Maxim Zernov, the authors of the Traditional Tula Weaving project, will be among the master class participants.

– Drawing workshop: nettle still life and nettle portrait (12:00 – 19:00). Under the guidance of teachers and students of the design department of Tula state university everyone will be able to create a nettle still life or portrait. Those who are not ready to try their hand at drawing will be able to order their caricature "portrait in nettles". An exhibition and sale of paintings by Tula and Krapivensky artists “Krapivna – the City of Artists” will also be organized.

Food zone: food with nettles. 12:00 – 20:00

Guests of the festival will be able to eat and appreciate the taste of the main symbol of the holiday in the food zone, where dishes and drinks with nettles according to cuisine recipes will be prepared different peoples.

Site of historical reconstruction "County Assembly". 12:00 – 18:00

In this photo zone, our guests will be able to travel back a century and a half, to late XIX century - the heyday of the county town.

Cossack site of historical reconstruction. 12:00 – 18:00

Farm Cossack Society of Shchekino District and Central Cossack army they will present real Cossack amusements: lessons on how to use a sword and cutting a vine under a hat. Those who wish will be able to take a photo in the Cossack right. A special atmosphere at this venue will be created by the Mischievous Busts Ensemble.

Popular science platform "Nettle microworld". 12:00 – 19:00

To the most inquisitive guests of the festival, the teachers of the Tula Pedagogical University them. L. N. Tolstoy will tell you why the nettle burns, what happens to its leaves when we touch them, how to get natural dyes from nettles and much, much more.

Music scene. Start at 12:00

Throughout the day, ethno and jazz music will sound on the stage.

12:00 - Adelina Moiseeva - quarter-finalist of the Voice project, laureate of the Young Sing Jazz contest.

13:00 - Vasily Senichev - Tula musician, lyricist and vocalist of the Happiness Inside group, participant in the project " main stage 2" and the festival "Wild Mint".

14:30 - Mila Kirievskaya and the Letopis group - Moscow musicians will present author's songs-legends in which the past and the present are intertwined.

16:00 - "La Verdun" - a Tula group performing traditional Scottish and Irish melodies and European medieval music

17:30 - Inna Bondar and the Balkanitsa group will present musical journey across the Balkans, including the music of Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and Moldova.

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Every year in the small town of Krapivna, in the Tula region, at the beginning of summer, an unusual and fun party- Nettle Festival.

This event attracts the attention of guests with different corners our country. Thousands of people come to the holiday, who know firsthand about the healing properties of nettle, which is completely unfairly called by the people nothing more than a weed.

Nettle Festival – Tula Region – 2019

So, Nettle Festival 2019 in that year will pass according to tradition at the beginning of summer, namely June 1, 2019 in Krapivna, a town in the Tula region.

We invite you to the most unusual and most interesting nettle event of the year #Nettle Festival

It will be interesting.

About the Festival

Once a year, a small but very beautiful town called Krapivna becomes noisy and bustling. The reason for everything is a very interesting and cheerful holiday - the Nettle Festival, which is held here in early June, when this healing herb is especially useful and full of juices.

Nettle gave the name and special charm to this cozy city, which has a rich history.

Locals say that the nettle grows here is special. Thanks to this herb, you can recharge your health and natural forces on whole year. And it is not in vain that this burning grass is so praised, because, in fact, nettle has healing properties, it is full of vitamins and microelements, which are so necessary for a person after a long and cold winter.

Undoubtedly, this herb evokes unpleasant memories for some. Almost every one of us has been burned by nettles.

And for someone, on the contrary, the nettle smell evokes pleasant memories from childhood. Remember how often in the spring our grandmothers in the villages treated us to delicious and fragrant cabbage soup from nettles. From such a delicacy it was simply impossible to drag by the ears.

But, nevertheless, hundreds and even thousands of guests gather for the holiday. All of them are connected by one thing - love for this fiery grass. Why? - you ask. We will try to tell you.

Program

The program of the festival is always interesting and filled with bright events.

Perhaps it’s worth starting with the fact that the place here is really magical. Here, amazingly beautiful views serve as decorations: green meadows and expanses surrounded by fresh greenery of forests.

Every time the organizers of the festival try to surprise their guests with unusual entertainment and fun.

The hallmark of the holiday are nettle fights, in which only the most daring and brave take part. The guests whip each other with nettles until someone gives up. But, it is worth warning: if you have contraindications for health or allergies, you should not take part in this fun. It is better to remain a spectator at the festival. You will have many interesting activities in addition to nettle fights.

The Nettle Festival is, above all, great music. Here you will hear wonderful jazz and ethno style.

It is especially worth noting the efforts of the hostesses, who try to surprise with nettle dishes, the diversity of which here can only be marveled at.

The fair is represented by an impressive number of craftsmen and artisans who present their creations. Here you can also buy interesting souvenirs for your loved ones.

The most inquisitive will be able to take part in master classes.

Video

We invite you to see for yourself how the nettle festival is held in the Tula region. Enjoy watching!

What needs to be done to get health, prosperity, love, good luck for a whole year? To be charged with the power of the earth and to realize oneself as a part of time, nature, life? Just leave everything for one day, come to Krapivna and burn yourself with nettles here!

An amazing town, almost unchanged for a hundred and fifty years, to which the nettle gave the name. And also - strength, stamina and beauty. Krapivna is a unique open-air museum where legends from the Middle Ages and the leisurely 19th century come to life. And where a special nettle grows, bringing happiness.

Every year, at the beginning of summer, when the town is immersed in fresh greenery and the nettle is gaining healing power, we arrange a holiday in its honor. The Nettle Festival is a lot of good ethno and jazz music, unique nettle fights, all the most delicious original recipes (and, of course, a lot of food with nettles), all the best from craftsmen from different regions of Russia at the fair, where you can buy a souvenir for every taste or participate in unique master classes, for example, in making nettle thread, all the best interesting things about the history of Krapivna and nettles in the museum and popular science sites, all the most historical on the site of historical reconstruction ... In general, everything is the most excellent and nettle!

Program XV International Festival Nettles (additions are possible in the program):

Main stage:

• Governor's Brass Band
• Igor Kamenskikh and Alexey Shcheglov (guitar) - Italian songs
• Backstage group
• Electricsoul group and Svetlana Zhavoronkova
• Group "Megapolis"
• DJs and theater of fire "Era"

13.00. – 19.00. - nettle fights

• Nettle fights - unique look sports, which can only be competed at the Nettle Festival.

Fair and master classes
During the festival, the central square of Krapivna turns into a fairground.
All the best from craftsmen and companies from different regions of Russia - handicrafts, numerous souvenirs, unique master classes.

festival cooking
Nettle cooking is the most delicious with nettle and not only for the guests of the Festival. All participants of the culinary component of the holiday prepared special nettle menus. At the festival, it will be possible to taste dishes and drinks with nettles according to the recipes of the cuisine of different nations. Nettle and cooking this year is delicious food with nettle, master classes, tastings.

Museum programs
Museum programs at the festival are the history of Krapivna. And it's all about nettles. Want to learn how to make nettle thread and weave nettle lace? Participate in the creation of a cartoon about nettles? Looking at nettles under a microscope? Find out why the nettle appeared on the coat of arms of the town? Participate in entertaining quests, walkers and contests? See nettle beds? To be photographed in historical costumes in the interiors of the museum? Walk around Krapivna with a guide? Try pen and ink and send a postcard from the museum? All this and much more - in the Krapivensky Museum on the day of the festival.

• Nettle lace - Nettle glovesA unique master class from the nettle craftswoman Evgenia Rogozina! In the Krapivensky Museum on the day of the Festival.
• Intellect show "Amazing nettle" - Popular science platform of the Tula State Pedagogical University. L.N. Tolstoy - intelligence show "Amazing Nettle".
• Museum tours
• Excursions in the historical center
• Historical costume. Photo in the interior
• Museum postcard

Festival in Krapivna

– Exhibitions – History of the city, “ merchant life», « Peasant life"," Nettle G.-Kh. Andersen" ( best work competition "Nettle story")

- Historical costume. Photo in the interior. Take pictures in the interiors of the museum in retro costumes, feel like a lady in a hat or a schoolgirl in a strict blouse, a hussar in a uniform or a merchant in a frock coat, a sister of mercy or a peasant woman in a festive outfit. Do unique photo as a memento in the interiors of the museum - behind an old piano or near a samovar, near a stove with a tong or behind a spinning wheel. To see your child as a young lady or a boy in a sailor suit.

- "Greetings from Krapivna!" - write and send postcard from the festival. Krapivna is the postcard center of the region. About a hundred types of museum postcards.

– Excursions in the historical center of Krapivna (group of 15 people)

Master classes:

- Nettle lace. A unique master class on creating a nettle thread and weaving nettle lace will be held by a Vologda craftswoman Evgenia Rogozina.

- "Krapivna - the city of artists." see hundreds artwork, capturing Krapivna, and try to become an artist yourself - under the guidance of a master, draw a nettle still life or a nettle portrait.

– Intellect show “Amazing Nettle”. Teachers of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Tula State Pedagogical University. L.N. They will be happy to tell Tolstoy - and they will even be able to show why the nettle burns, whether it has non-burning relatives, how to get natural dyes from nettles and much more.

Historical reconstruction

Farm Cossack Society of the Shchekino District (Central Cossack Army), the club of reenactors "Frontier Hundred" and the Tula ensemble of harmonists "Mischievous busts".

Demonstration battles with edged weapons, chopping vines under a hat, throwing knives, lessons on how to use a saber, photos in a Cossack right and wonderful Russian songs.

Amusement town "ZakrutiKha"

Here you will be able to ride round and pole swings, test your dexterity in walking on stilts, compete in sack fights on a log and play the old Russian game “twist”.

For visitors to the festival on June 3, from 10:00 from the square of the Moscow railway station (Tula) to Krapivna, a fixed-route taxi will run. average cost fare - 150 rubles, minibuses will depart as they fill up. You can go back from the building of the Krapivensky administration (last minibus at 22:30).

For reference:

The first Nettle Festival was held in 2003 on the initiative of the director of the museum-estate " Yasnaya Polyana» Vladimir Tolstoy. His main task was to involve the general public in the revival of the city of Krapivna, the former county center associated with the activities of Leo Tolstoy. Since 2007, the holiday has acquired international status - from that moment on, both Russian and foreign musicians were invited to participate in it.

On the territory of the Tula region on the first weekend of summer starts traditional festival nettle, the venue of which will be the village of Krapivna. Participants will find a lot of entertainment, delicious food and a charge of excellent mood.

Forecasters promise clear weather without precipitation and +25 degrees Celsius. It's time to go out of town, relax, breathe fresh air and, of course, take part in various competitions and entertainment.

All the best festival traditions will be observed: soup and pies with nettles, a fair of handicrafts, exhibitions, attractions and, of course, nettle fights! This time special attention is paid to the musical component of the festival. The headliner will be the Meydelech art group: double bass, drums, button accordion, guitar, clarinet and three charming female vocalists. They perform songs in ten languages: Russian, Armenian, Georgian, Italian, Finnish, Hebrew, Yiddish, Japanese, broken English and Komi. Trust me, it's worth listening to!

Krapivna, Nettle Festival 2018: all the best festival traditions will be respected

At the beginning of summer, when the burning plant is just gaining its healing powers, the Shchekino region traditionally gathers guests for a holiday in his honor.

“In the historical center of the old county town, which has hardly changed for a hundred and fifty years, craftsmen, artists, musicians from all over the country will gather to recharge with the power of nature for the whole year and transfer this energy to the guests of the holiday,” the press service of the administration of the Moscow Region Shchekinsky notes. district of the Tula region.

Krapivna, Nettle Festival 2018: ethno and jazz music will be played at the festival

The main goal of the festival is the revival of ancient trades and crafts, so each of its sites is associated either with the symbol of Krapivna, or with folk art and the history of this place. Ethno and jazz music will be played throughout the day at the festival.

Program of the XVI Festival of Nettle

Music area:

12.00 - Adelina Moiseeva with a musical group
13.00 - Vasily Senichev (Tula)
14.30 - Mila Kirievskaya and the group "Chronicle"
16.00 – Group La Verdun (Tula)
17.30 - Inna Bondar and the group "Balkanitsa"
19.30 — Meidelekh Group (Moscow)

Entertainment areas:

Nettle fighting area - from 12.00 to 19.00.
Master class on making nettle thread - from 12.00 to 19.00.
Site of historical reconstruction "County Assembly" - from 12.00 to 18.00.
Cossack site of historical reconstruction - from 12.00 to 18.00.
Drawing master class (nettle still life and nettle portrait) – from 12.00 to 19.00.
Popular science platform "Nettle microcosm" - from 12.00 to 19.00.
Craft fair and master classes - from 12.00 to 20.00.
Excursions and exhibitions in the Krapivna Museum - from 9.00 to 20.00.
Museum Street - from 12.00 to 22.00.