TransportFest — International Transport Festival (St Petersburg)

Official English name: TransportFest, the 8th International Transport Festival Russian name: VIII Международный транспортный фестиваль «ТранспортФест» Next edition: 20–22 May 2027, Saint Petersburg, Russia Website: https://transportfest.ru/ (EN: https://transportfest.ru/en)

Edition status (verified on the official site, Sep 2026)

The official site publishes the next edition in its header, venue block and 2027 section: "20-22 мая 2027" / "20-22 MAY, 2027" — "VIII международный транспортный фестиваль «ТранспортФест» состоится 20-22 мая 2027 года" / "TransportFest, the 8th International Transport Festival". The 2026 edition has already taken place and the site is now promoting 2027 (partner list and programme still labelled 2026).

Venue

Central Saint Petersburg — the Innovative Transport Exhibition is staged in the open on Manezhnaya Ploshchad (Manege Square) and Klenovaya Street; the business programme, parade and concerts use the same square and the city centre.

Programme of the 2027 edition

• XXIX International Contest of Professional Skills of Bus Drivers — 20 May 2027
• Innovative Transport and Equipment Exhibition (buses, trolleybuses, trams, trucks, cars, special-purpose vehicles) — 20–22 May 2027
• Business programme: plenary session and round tables on transport-industry topics — 20–21 May 2027
• XII St Petersburg International Retro Transport Parade (run through the city centre) and open exhibition of 300+ historic vehicles from private collections, museums and transport companies — 22 May 2027
• Cultural and entertainment programme with pop artists on the stage at Manege Square — 21–22 May 2027

Scale (figures published by the organiser for past editions)

• 323 rare vehicles in the Retro Transport Parade & Exhibition
• 84 units of innovative technology and equipment at the exhibition
• 129,000 visitors at the Innovative & Retro Transport Exhibition

Organisers and contacts

• Organiser: Фонд поддержки духовно-просветительских и социально-культурных проектов и программ
• Supported by the St Petersburg Committee for Transport; СПб ГУП «Пассажиравтотранс»; operator ООО «ВО «РЕСТЭК» (RESTEC)
• Project manager Irina Stepanycheva — i.stepanycheva@restec.ru, +7 921 330 2685
• Official channels: t.me/spbtransportfest, vk.com/spbtransportfest, youtube.com/@spbtransportfest

Series history and note on this record

The festival has been held annually in St Petersburg since 2019 and was renamed from "SPbTransportFest" to «ТранспортФест» / TransportFest from the 2024 edition; the official archive lists SPbTransportFest-2019, -2021, -2022, -2023 and TransportFest-2024, -2025, -2026. This record was originally created from a SPbGASU (St Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering) news item about the IV International Transport Festival SPbTransportFest, 18–20 May 2023 — the university took part with an electric buggy and the AutoEvolution-2023 competition. That 2023 edition is a past edition of the same continuing series, so the record has been renewed with the currently published next edition (2027) and repointed to the festival's own official website.