On 27-28 August, 2016 the First Ethnic Festival “Music of the World” was held in the courtyard of the Sheremetev Palace. It was dedicated to Siberia and North-Western regions of Russia – Buryatia, Tyva, Altai, Karelia – the regions with strong national traditions combined with contemporary music culture. The festival’s headliners were Buryatian band NAMGAR, a throat singer Bolot Bairyshev from the Altai Republic and YAT-KHA band with its frontman Albert Kuvezin, a brilliant throat singer. The music of the Russian North was presented by amazing bands from Karelia, Moscow and Saint Petersburg and other regions: Tatyana Kalmykova’s project LIVE EARTH (ЖИВАЯ ЗЕМЛЯ); YARGA SOUND SYSTEM from Petrozavodsk with a unique instrument – stringed boat; a bright band TROLL GNYOT EL’ (ТРОЛЛЬ ГНЁТ ЕЛЬ ); a family folk band BELORYBITSA (БЕЛОРЫБИЦА), a famous gusli player Maksim Anukhin-Gudimir. The festival was a real treat for all ethnic music lovers, both children and adults. Besides, the he audience had a unique chance to take part in different master-classes on playing rare musical instruments, to take an interactive tour around the Sheremetev Palace and to see its gorgeous collection of musical instruments. The festival featured lots of entertaining activities for our guests during the two-day open-air marathon.

The 3d festival was celebrated on 11-12 August, 2018. The best ethnic groups from Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Tyva Karelia and other regions and countries gathered again in the yard of Sheremetev Palace. That year, the festival took place on the both sides of the Sheremetevs’ mansion – in the courtyard and in the garden of the Fountain House. A two-day music marathon was held in the open air, in the Palace’s yard, alongside with various activities in national yurts and tents with ethnic instruments players; a fair and numerous master-classes for children.

The participants were chosen by the audience in online voting . The winners of different music competitions, young and promising groups performed on the same stage with well-known musicians.

Khoomei Beat, a promising band that won the Open Contest performed on the open-air stage, as well as Soima, a band from Velikiy Novgorod with its extraordinary interpretations of folklore of Northern Russia. A bright and vibrant folk band Al’tanka from Minsk (Belorussia) and Sattuma, a well-known band from Petrozavodsk (Karelia) performed in the festival. Additionally, a trip-hop project Naidga from St. Petersburg was a special guest on the 1st day of the festival.

Ingervala and Wind for All (Veter Vsem) bands (the winners of audience voting), Seven Eight Band, a brilliant ethno-jazz project from Moscow and Argymak, a renowned group from Bashkortostan performed on the festival.

20-21 August 2019 St Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music arranged the 4^th Festival “Music of the World”.

9 ethnic bands from Russia, Latvia, Azerbaijan and Moldavia performed on the stage in the Sheremetev Palace’s yard. About 2.000 people attended the event.

A famous ethnic punk band Zdob si Zdub; Khoomei Beat, an ethnic rock band from Tyva; ethnic jazz band from Moscow Seven Eight Band were the Festival’s headliners. An electronic duet from Latvia ZeMe presented their music, accompanied by national Latvian gusli; Cengi, ethnic jazz band from Azerbaijan; Gipsy Grai , a gypsy rock band from Nizhny Novgorod and other bands performed on the Festival.

Besides, the festival featured a lot of fascinating activities: master-classes and meet-the-artist events with the musicians and instrument makers, as well as ethnic dances, games, musical improvisation performances with ethnic instruments and many other activities.

On 8 August, 2020 there was the 5^th Festival an online live stream.