Recently in Moscow there was a new cheerful and sweet holiday. This is a summer jam festival. The holiday is still very young, it takes only two years, which, however, does not prevent it from being the sweetest, most fragrant and hospitable event of the hot season and collecting a record number of guests. The jam festival in Moscow is an opportunity not only to enjoy a wide variety of sweets, but also to visit a number of interesting exhibitions and educational master classes.
Jam Festival - time
The Moscow Jam Festival debuted in August last year, continuing the wonderful tradition of gastronomic fairs in the capital. This summer, the organizers decided to continue the holiday and please the residents and guests of the capital with an abundance of tastes, aromas and entertainment. This year, the jam festival in Moscow was held from August 13 to 23.
The holiday gathered in the capital of culinary experts from around the world. In total, manufacturers from twelve countries and twenty-five regions of Russia gathered at the festival, so that Muscovites could taste not only traditional berry and fruit jam, but also the most original overseas sweets prepared according to unusual recipes, for example, treats from cacti, fir cones or rose petals.
The main venues of the festival
Festive events these days cover the entire capital. Therefore, every lover of sweets can come to the jam festival in Moscow - the sites this summer are spread out in all areas. There were 22 of them, of which thirteen were located in the central part of the city.
In total, more than two hundred trading and restaurant establishments, chalets, were located in the capital, in which it was possible not only to purchase, but also to taste aromatic goodies. Each site was given its own name: “Apple Square”, “Juicy Embankment”, “Watermelon Square” and other, no less appetizing names.
Moreover, they all prepared their surprises for Muscovites. For example, the highlight of Tverskaya Square was a grandiose maze, designed on a watermelon theme. And on the Arbat a colorful oriental bazaar grew, where they offered jam made from fragrant melon, dogwood and cherry plum.
Festival Program 2015
Millions of residents and guests of the capital visited this summer the jam festival, the program of which was surprisingly rich. Sweet fairs were amazingly popular. The main events took place on Pushkin Square. Here, more than four thousand square meters were taken for the holiday.
A fruit stadium, spread out here, took a considerable place, where both adults and young visitors to the festival were invited to play their favorite familiar games in an unusual way. For example, play basketball with watermelon or table tennis with plums. In addition, the first Moscow fruit games took place on the square. Guests of the sweet fair could compete in high-speed eating jam or sports dancing.
The sites located in the districts were combined into one fruit town. As conceived by the organizers, each festival day was dedicated to a particular fruit, in whose honor one of the districts was named.
The main action of the sweet holiday was the first show of ballet on roller skates. The production was created based on the favorite for many fairy tales “Cipolino”. Everyone who visited the jam festival could visit it. The closing ceremony took place on August 23.
An abundance of a variety of sweets
The main treat of the festival was, of course, jam. Golden amber apple and sunny apricot, exotic of spruce cones and beloved cherry. Viscous, sweet, thick - only the aroma makes your head spin and a feeling of unearthly happiness appears. Yes, the jam festival in Moscow is a real paradise for the sweet tooth.
In total, during the days of the celebrations, about ten tons of fragrant goodies were sold. However, the organizers promise that next year it will be even more.
For gourmets, jam prepared according to unusual recipes and from unusual ingredients is presented. For example, from cacti, walnuts or ginger. But besides jam, there was something to feast on. At sweet fairs, oriental treats, all kinds of pastries, fragrant healing tea were abundantly presented. A true culinary masterpiece was a giant apple pie weighing a quarter ton. At least one thousand guests will be able to enjoy the treats, the width of which reaches two meters, and the length is four.
Not just jam
At the festival, you could please yourself not only with sweets. During the holiday, many eateries were set up in squares and boulevards, where it was possible to satisfy the hunger properly. For example, homemade sausages or roasted chestnuts are very popular.
On the closing day of the festival, the Lemonade Marathon was organized, which offered to taste over a hundred varieties of a refreshing fizzy drink.
And at the festival, porcelain dishes of amazing beauty were presented. It is the one from which it is pleasant to drink tea with jam on long winter evenings, recalling the sunny fragrant summer.
How to have fun at the festival?
The organizers have prepared a truly grandiose jam festival for Muscovites, where it was possible not only to taste the different types of this delicacy, but also to recharge with an excellent mood for a whole year.
In addition to the already mentioned sports games and ballet on roller skates, many other entertainments were offered to the attention of the festival guests. At the end of the holidays, visitors organized master classes from chefs of famous culinary studios. Everyone who attended the jam festival could participate in them. Guest reviews indicate that it was not only delicious, but also very instructive!
On the Kuznetsk bridge there is a channel of the Flower Blue River, where you could take many beautiful pictures as a keepsake. At each fair, performances of guest artists and musicians were organized.
Art objects
For lovers of large installations and modern art objects, there were also many interesting things. A giant symbol of the festival was established at all venues - a jar of jam with a height of more than two meters. Each of them can be called a real work of art. All banks are painted by masters from the capital's union of artists: they depict fruits and berries, flowers and enchanting alpine landscapes.
Also, large-scale installations were installed at the sites. For example, a light watermelon more than ten meters high or an exposition of fruit and berry sculptures.
