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Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival

Spasskaya Tower is an international festival of music and performance by the best military bands and honor guards from Russia and around the world. Zykov Kirill / Moskva News Agency
More than 140 groups from 40 countries have taken part in the festival since it was created. Here some drummers from the Moscow Military Music College are having some fun. Zykov Kirill / Moskva News Agency
Every year about 1,500 musicians, horse riders and other artists perform at the festival, like these members of India's armed forces military band. Artyom Geodakyan / TASS
Members of the Kazakhstan President’s Band of the State Guard and Aibyn Honor Guard of the Presidential Regiment. Sergei Savostyanov / TASS
A very colorful performer in the Turkish Armed Forces Mehteran Unit. Artyom Geodakyan / TASS
Taoist monks from Wudangshan, China. Sergei Savostyanov / TASS
Switzerland's Top Secret Drum Corps took Edinburgh by storm. Next challenge: Red Square. Zykov Kirill / Moskva News Agency
Fireworks at the opening ceremony of the 2017 Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival on Red Square. Sergei Savostyanov / TASS

The 10th International Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival takes over Red Square from Aug. 26 through Sept. 3 with concerts, kid's activities and special horse riding events.  

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