The head of the Club of merry and quick-witted (KVN) Alexander Maslyakov, said the annual music festival "wailing Kivinen-2015" will be held on the Baltic sea coast in Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad region.

"Today at the meeting of the head of the Kaliningrad region Nikolai Tsukanov and President KVN Maslyakov signed an implementation agreement "Wailing Kivin", Svetlogorsk. The message about the transfer of the festival was made During the shooting of the second game of the season Top of the League of KVN ", - reported in the report on the official Internet representation of KVN.

Until this year, the festival was held in Latvia Jurmala. First it was announced that from Jurmala in Sochi will move the contest of young singers " New wave ". Comedy festivals "yurmalina" and Comedy club will not be held in Latvia in 2015.

"New wave" with participation of stars of the Russian and foreign music since 2002 was held in Jurmala. Last year, yesterday the opening contest of the Latvian foreign Ministry has included in the "black list" of banned in the country of singers Joseph Kobzon, Oleg Gazmanov and singer Valery in connection with their statements about the events in Ukraine and the position on the annexation of Crimea to Russia.

Kaliningrad Governor Nikolai Tsukanov expressed support for the regional initiative KVN community about the transfer of the festival in Svetlogorsk, the resort of Federal value, which, as Jurmala, located on the coast of the Baltic sea. All municipalities in the region, universities, shopping centres and at major youth events campaign to collect signatures in support of the proposal.

expected to fly in Svetlogorsk will be a modern Theater stage 1, 6 thousands of places that will be able to make the festival such a level. In addition to the specific concert hall it will house a Museum exhibition, conference / meeting rooms, a community center with restaurants, shops, a cinema, a pump room, exhibition hall and outdoor terraces with sea views.

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