Autumn in Belarus 2026: almost a hundred reasons to leave the house – gastrofests and open-air fairs

The National Tourism Agency has collected about a hundred events in the Autumn in Belarus 2026 calendar – from regional harvest festivals to cheese-making festivals and literary evenings. If you think that there is nothing to do in Belarus in the autumn, you have not looked at this list. We walked through the most delicious and colorful open-air venues, where you should lay the weekend in September, October and November.

Gastro festivals: where to taste Belarusian autumn

Bulbians Fest and Potato Boom

Potatoes in Belarus are more than food. It is a culture, a brand and always a cause for celebration.

In Mogilev starts the city gastro festival "Bulba-fast", which will be held from September 20 to October 4. Participants of the event – 12 Mogilev institutions. The cost of the set is 40 rubles.

Culinary festivals in Mogilev invariably please both local residents and guests of the city - they are looked after in advance, and then with great pleasure come. Dishes, which are included in the festival sets, eventually turn into a real gastronomic card of Mogilev.

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On September 17, the Gomel region took the baton: in the agro-town of Uritsky, Potato Boom - 2026 thundered with exclusive potato dishes and culinary master classes.

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Cranes and cranes in Miorah

On September 19, the Miori hosted the environmental festival “Jurahli and Mirskag cranes region”. The local Yelnya swamp is the leader in Belarus in cranberry reserves, and during the autumn migration more than four thousand cranes fly here. This is perhaps the only festival where gastronomy goes hand in hand with ornithology: unusual dishes of cranberries, pouring and tincture - and on top, if lucky, a wedge of cranes in the sky.

International Orthodox Festival “Joy”

From September 25 to October 5, an Orthodox festival will open in Mogilev on Unity Square, the carriage of the Atrium shopping center. Working hours: from 11:00 to 20:00 (5 October to 17:00).

The Orthodox Festival will be held in Mogilev with the blessing of Archbishop Sophronius of Mogilev and Mstislava; the event is organized with the assistance of the city executive committee. The main organizers are the St. Elizabeth Monastery and the Orthodox Sisterhood.

Guests of any age have prepared a rich program: you can visit educational excursions – they are dedicated to the life of St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk and the history of the manuscript book. For everyone, creative master classes will be held, performances of the Batleika puppet theater and performances of the clown Moti will be shown. There will also be a book cafe and quizzes.

For adults, spiritual conversations with priests are planned - they will talk about the faith, and nun Maria (Litvinova), who combines ministry with medical activities, will share her thoughts on how to maintain the health of the soul and body.

A charity exhibition-fair will operate throughout all days of the festival. Monasteries and temples from Belarus, Russia, Moldova, Greece, Serbia, Syria and Palestine will present handmade products.

Visitors will be able to submit notes on health and repose – they will be handed over for commemoration in different parts of the Orthodox world.

Come to the festival with the whole family: in autumn it is especially valuable to be together and feel warmth.

Zhabinkovskiy dranik and Pokrovskie evenings

In October, guests will enjoy the gastronomic festival “Zhabinkovskiy Dranik” – a celebration of national cuisine and Belarusian traditions, which was first held in 2025 and is now returning. And closer to mid-October, when the field work is over, the “Pokrovsky evenings” start with divinations, songs and drays based on family recipes, which are prepared right on the street.

Palace ball in Zhilichi

September 26 will be held “Verasnyoнутьski Fest. Palace at Zhylichy” – a chance to literally plunge into the atmosphere of palace balls of the XIX century. This is not quite a gastro festival, but it will not do without treats: the open-air format in combination with historical scenery creates the very autumn vibe for which it is worth going.

Dazhynki-2026: the main agricultural holiday of the country

On September 19, Dzerzhinsk received the regional Dazhynki of the Minsk region – and this coincided with the 880th anniversary of the city. More than 110 million rubles were allocated for improvement, a bronze sculpture of a Belarusian worker with a sheaf in her hands was put on the main square, and in the evening the sky painted fireworks.

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Other regional sites: Pearl (Baranovichi district, Brest region), Kalinkovichi (Gomel), Miora (Vitebskaya), Korelichi (Grodno) and Shklov (Mogilev) - the official date has not yet been announced, but approximately the holiday will be held on October 10.

Farm Fairs in Minsk: stocking up on vitamins and fresh vegetables for the winter

From September 19 to December 6, autumn agricultural fairs are held in Minsk. The main site is a parking lot at Chizhovka Arena on 19 Tashkent Street, open on weekends from 8:00 to 16:00. Another major point is at the Sports Palace on 4 Winners Avenue.

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Additional sites are deployed in all areas of the capital: from Russianova Street, 1 in Pervomaisk to the Peoples’ Friendship Park in the Soviet. In total - more than 90 addresses, where on weekends (and from September 14 to November 15 - and on weekdays) you can buy potatoes, cabbage, honey, farm meat, dairy products and pickles directly from manufacturers.

And from October 6 to 8, the international specialized exhibition “Harvest” will be held in the Football Arena of Minsk for the first time.

Bagach and Kata Pachy: Folk rites in the open air

At the end of September, the Bagach holiday will be held in different parts of Belarus - an echo of the ancient rite of gratitude to the land for the harvest. The symbol of the holiday is a lubricant with grain, in the center of which a candle is put, and each family brings a handful of grain from the first sheaf.

And in the agro-town of Skirmantovo, Dzerzhinsky district, you can see the ritual game “Kata Pyachy” – a comic imitation of baking a “cat”, which is planted in an improvised oven under sentences and songs. The game is carnival in nature and is accompanied by folk festivities.

Film festivals

From September 23 to 25, the XXIX International Animated Film Festival “Animayevka-2026” will be held in Mogilev. Guests are waiting for premiere screenings - including works from competitive and non-competitive programs. In addition, within the framework of the festival, creative meetings with cartoon authors and training master classes will be held.

From October 30 to November 6, Minsk will host the XXXII Minsk International Film Festival Listapad. Its main motto is “History that changes the view.” Film screenings and screenings of competitive films are planned in the cinemas “Moscow”, “Belarus” and “Central”.

Brief guide: where to go before the end of autumn

Late September - early October: regional "Dazhynki" in Shklov, Korelichi, Kalinkovichi and Miorah; "Bagach" in the regions; ball in Zhilichi.

October: "Zhabinkovskiy Dranik"; Pokrovsky evenings with draniks and divinations; the exhibition "Harvest" in Minsk, agricultural fairs on weekends.

November: completion of autumn fairs, Gastrofest.Craft in the cities of Belarus (sets of 39-45 rubles).

Autumn in Belarus in 2026 is not about grayness and rain. This is about potatoes with a haze, cheese straight from the farm, a crane wedge over the swamp and a loaf of new crops.

Take a thermos, call friends and choose a route - there are more reasons to leave the house than you think.

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