8th grade. Unit 7. Lesson 5. What is on this month?

 👉Communicative area: discussing different music events and advising what to attend

1. What are the most popular ways of learning about new music events that are on (take place) in your city / town / village? 

2. How did people use to learn about upcoming (предстоящих) music events before the wide use of the Internet and mobile phones? 

3. Where do you usually buy tickets for the music event that you want to attend?

1. What kind of music can you hear if you attend …? 

2. Which musical events have you ever been to? 

3. Which music event would you like to attend? 

4. What music fans is it for?

a) The International Festival of Arts “Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk”; 

b) J:Mors Concert; 

c) “Carmen” Opera at the Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre; 

d) Dmitry Koldun Solo Concert; 

e) Jazz Nights at Minsk Town Hall; 

f) Rock Festivals of Belarus; 

g) BeZ bileta Concert. 

What other music events, which aren’t on the list above, are popular in Belarus?

1. What is the connection between the Belarusian Bolshoi Theatre and the Radziwill Castle? 

2. Which festival traditionally gathers the most talented DJs from Europe and post-Soviet countries? 

3. Which of the 2 music festivals would you prefer to go to? Why? 

4. What world-wide music festivals do you know? Where are they held? 

5. Open-air festivals usually draw full house. Why do people like going to such music events?

6. Which music event would you recommend your foreign friend to attend? Why?