page_title: Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo
section_title: Bands in the Parks
hierarchical_section_title: Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo / Bands in the Parks
caption_attribution_description: English: Military bands from various countries to perform in parks to mark the 870th anniversary of Moscow
context_page_description: The Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival is an annual military music event and military tattoo held in Moscow on Red Square. Participating in the festival are Russian and foreign military bands, folk groups, and honor guard units of foreign countries. More than 40 countries have taken part in the festival since 2006. It is named after the world-famous Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin. Its TV partner is TV Centre. The festival’s motto is "To Revive Traditions and Preserve History".
  In 2020, the directorate of the festival became a full-fledged member of the Asian Marching Band Confederation.
context_section_description: The Bands in the Parks is a program sponsored bt Directorate of the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival and is carried out from May to August in support of the Ministry of Defense of Russia and the Government of Moscow. The first of these performances took place at VDNKh in 2016 and was greeted with a standing ovation by Muscovites and guests of the capital. In the anniversary year a year later, the program of performances was expanded. The number of concerts and city venues involved in the project has increased.
caption: The Military Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Mongolia in its traditional uniform on the VDNKh.
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