Vologda is to become home to V International Lace Festival VITA LACE on July 17-20.
V International Vita Lace Festival will be dedicated to the "Heroes of Earth and Sky". The year 2025 was proclaimed by President of Russia Vladimir Putin the Year of Defender of the Fatherland, so the main events of the lace forum will be aimed at preserving history and fostering patriotism. The lace festival will demonstrate the view of modern lace masters on the glorious deeds of heroes and historical events of global importance.
An exhibition "Man. Earth. Space" held within the framework of the festival will be devoted to theme of heroic human exploration of outer space and airspace. The year 2025 marks a number of anniversaries in the history of Russian cosmonautics and aviation: the 60th anniversary of man's spacewalk, the 70th anniversary of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, and the 100th birthday anniversary of Pavel Belyayev, pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union.
The highlight of the lace festival - a mass lace-making event in the open air will be dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Soviet people's victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The program of the lace festival will include lace making competitions and exhibitions, thematic lace making workshops, round-table discussions, fashion shows and numerous accompanying events of a creative and cultural nature.
The International Lace Festival VITA LACE supported by the RF Ministry of Culture was held in Vologda four times - in 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2021.