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DJ Parade 2006
Танцпол · 27.09.2006
By Наоко Энн
Dj Parade
One of Saint Petersburg's main events - DJ Parade - was conceived back in the distant year of 1997 as a purely Petersburg festival, but it grew fairly quickly into an international one. Having become a tradition of the northern capital, the festival established its own customs too: superb light and sound, arguably the best in this city, a stable zoning system (with slight variations) and an interesting Line Up. The festival's line-up is traditionally kept largely secret, so at the moment only some of the participants have been made public.
Time:
14 October 2006
Venue:
Saint Petersburg, Yubileyny Sports Palace
Line-up 2006:
The line-up, as is customary at DJ Parade, is up-to-date and extensive. Foreign and Russian guests will play across 5 dancefloors: Main, House, Drum, Techno and Vip. Among the foreign stars is one of the founders of psy-trance music, Simon Posford (Hallucinogen, Shpongle), as well as Hybrid, who have won fame as Britain's leading sound experimentalists, and Dousk, a Greek talent of the progressive scene. At the festival you will also be able to see the pioneers of New Zealand electronic music Concord Dawn and the most promising Austrian drum-n-bass DJ, Ill Skillz
Ticket prices:
The initial ticket price is 500 roubles, a Vip ticket costs 1000 roubles, and the price will rise later. Tickets can be purchased in Saint Petersburg, at the shops: Titanik, Aisberg, 10-ka and Kudykina Gora. In Moscow tickets are sold at Dj Pro and pitch.ru
How to get there:
You can reach Saint Petersburg by plane (to Pulkovo airport) or by train. An air ticket, depending on the airline, costs from 1700 to 2800 roubles; a train ticket - from 350 roubles (a seated or platzkart carriage). From the station to the festival venue - the Yubileyny Sports Palace - you can take the metro to "Sportivnaya" station, or a bus (a marshrutka minibus) to the Yubileyny Sports Palace. You can also use a taxi service.
Where to stay:
Near "Sportivnaya" station there are several hotels (mini-hotels). The cost of a stay there starts from 1400 roubles per night. For example, a single room in the youth hotel "Prima Sport" costs 2400 roubles (14 Dobrolyubova Avenue, http://www.prima-nomerov.net/). A double room in the hotel "Piter" - 1800 roubles per person (51 Dobrolyubova Ave). "Bolshoy, 32" - 1400 roubles per person (Bolshoy Ave / 1/32 Ropshinskaya St).