Saint Petersburg events through May 2027

Metal-Expo brings together people who produce, process, buy and supply metals. It takes place at Saint Petersburg’s Expoforum from 10 to 13 November 2026. Come with a working question: to discuss rolled-metal supplies, compare equipment or explore metalworking technologies.

PulpFor brings together businesses working with paper, board, packaging and hygiene products. It is useful if you are looking for equipment, production chemicals, automation or engineering solutions for a plant. You can discuss how a technology would fit a particular production chain.

Sfitex is an exhibition for people who design, install and use security systems. From 24 to 26 November 2026, Saint Petersburg’s Expoforum hosts an opportunity to explore security and fire-protection equipment and discuss it with industry participants.

Peterfood is a food exhibition where producers and suppliers introduce their products to retailers. For a professional visitor, the point is more than walking around stands: it is a conversation about how a product can reach the shelf and find its customers.

The sixth Young Scientists Congress brings together researchers, universities, scientific organisations and technology companies. It creates a setting to discuss scientific developments and connect research with the needs of the economy and society.

The Eurasian Event Forum, EFEA, brings together people who create events and provide the services behind them. Event organisers, venue representatives, hotels and service companies come for professional conversations and ideas for their work.

Petindustry is a business event for companies and specialists working with products and services for animals. Visitors come to discover products and discuss the development of retail and professional services. This is a business forum, distinct from a family dog or cat show.

Ecology of Big City combines professional environmental discussions with an exhibition of environmental solutions. Researchers, public authorities, equipment manufacturers and technology developers attend. It is relevant if your work involves environmental protection and resource use.

Stroim Dom, or “Building a House”, suits both people planning a home or renovation and construction-industry professionals. The exhibition lets you compare offers in person and ask suppliers questions that photographs and catalogues cannot fully answer.

IPhEB is an exhibition and forum for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. It brings together products, equipment and professional discussions, making it suitable for a business visit with meetings and time to explore industry solutions.

Dental-Expo Saint Petersburg is a professional exhibition for dentists, dental technicians and industry companies. It can be part of a business trip if you want to explore equipment and materials and speak directly with suppliers.

The Russian Housing Congress brings together property-market professionals: estate agents, developers, banking representatives and related businesses. This is a multi-day business visit combining learning, professional discussions and opportunities to meet partners.

InterStroyExpo is a professional exhibition covering construction, renovation and restoration. It is relevant if you select materials and equipment for projects, work with suppliers or look for ways to improve existing buildings.

Design&Decor is an exhibition for people who create interiors and select their objects, materials and lighting. It lets you see products in person, compare solutions and speak to suppliers beyond the pages of a catalogue.

Defectoscopy / NDT Saint Petersburg is a specialist exhibition of instruments and equipment for non-destructive testing. It addresses professionals who assess materials and structures, identify defects and discuss technical diagnostics with solution providers.

Ivan Shishkin: The Russian Forest explores woodland landscapes in different forms, from broad, almost tangible spaces to more intimate observations. It is an opportunity to see the variety the artist found within a single theme.

Velikaya: The Image of Woman in Russian Art explores art through a shared theme. Formal portraits, family images and personal stories sit alongside one another, inviting comparisons between the ways artists portrayed their subjects.

Nikolai Akimov is closely associated with theatre, but the Marble Palace exhibition reveals a broader artistic world. Directing, stage design, portraiture and book illustration become parts of one story about an artist who thought in images.

This exhibition explores Shostakovich’s formative years, when his musical language was developing in a changing city. It covers Petrograd and Leningrad in the 1910s–1930s: early compositions, encounters and creative experiments.

The sea is the central character in the Aivazovsky exhibition: stormy or calm, sunlit or threatened by the elements. The project at the Benois Wing places familiar paintings alongside other works to explore the artist’s changing approach to the seascape.

Gioachino Rossini’s William Tell is one of the Mariinsky’s major autumn opera premieres. November brings further performances of Giancarlo del Monaco’s production at Mariinsky II. An opera evening can become the centrepiece of a cultural visit to Saint Petersburg.

A Long and Happy Life of the Artist Dmitriev, 1900–1948 tells the story of a man who created the visual worlds of performances. It offers a glimpse of the theatre that usually stays beyond the stage action: the designer’s idea, the sketch and the search for an image.

Radio Record’s Superdisco of the 90s returns to the Ice Palace with its show It’s Fantastic! It is an evening for people who want to hear familiar songs, dance and step into the visual world of the 1990s.

The band Pelageya invites audiences to a concert-mystery at the Ice Palace. Fans can make a live performance the main event of their trip and choose how they want to experience the evening.

Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde explores a legend in which love comes into conflict with duty. Isolde is to marry King Marke, but her journey with Tristan and a love potion change the characters’ fates. It is an opportunity to immerse yourself in an extended operatic story.

Piknik brings its new show Eternal Motion to Saint Petersburg. For fans, a concert evening can be a reason for the trip in its own right, with time to enjoy the performance rather than fit it between several other activities.

Melnitsa’s anniversary programme connects with Hellawes’s 50th birthday and the world of the Alkhimeira diptych. The concert centres on the band’s song worlds, time and dreams, giving the evening a theme beyond its place in a tour calendar.

Aladdin and the Lord of Fire combines a musical fairy tale with figure skating. A young artist finds an old lamp, a genie appears, and the familiar story unfolds on the ice of the Ice Palace.

Philipp Kirkorov gives a series of six Saint Petersburg concerts in spring. Fans can choose an evening that suits them and combine the musical programme with a visit to the city.

TransportFest makes urban transport the theme of a major Saint Petersburg festival. Compare modern vehicles with historic ones and look more closely at machines usually treated simply as a way to get from one place to another.

Two SKA home games offer opportunities to add hockey to a November visit to Saint Petersburg. The team hosts Spartak on 9 November and Dinamo Minsk on 13 November. Visiting fans can choose between two opponents and two evenings at the same arena.

Northern Palmyra Trophies is an international team tennis tournament. Its format brings together current ATP and WTA players and sporting legends, making the developing team contest part of the interest alongside individual matches.