In September, Lviv will host the final events of the XVII All-Ukrainian Festival of Contemporary Song and Popular Music “Chervona Ruta 2025.” This is the largest non-commercial music forum in Ukraine, participation in which is free, and admission to all events is free.
Over the course of five days, there will be final competitions, concerts by the winners of this and previous years’ festivals, performances by foreign guests, meetings with representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora, and presentations of new Ukrainian films. Information platforms will raise socially important topics, including veteran policy, the “Train of Life” project, the work of the chaplaincy service, and the interaction between the authorities and the public during the war and in the post-war period.
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More than 300,000 spectators are expected to attend the festival events. The final competition will feature 450 young performers and bands from all regions of Ukraine, including Crimea, among them military personnel. They will compete in six musical genres: from bard songs and folklore to rock and dance music. About 500 new Ukrainian-language songs will be created especially for the competition.
The organizers emphasize that for many years, Chervona Ruta has been discovering new names and promoting patriotic consciousness through music. All events will be broadcast on global news networks, and recordings of the performances will be provided free of charge to television channels, radio stations, and online resources in Ukraine and abroad.
The festival is organized by the Chervona Ruta management with the support of the Lviv Regional Military Administration and its strategic partner, the Resistance Movement of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The event will take place with the assistance of the Office of the President, the Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications, the Parliamentary Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy, and regional military administrations.
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