International musical festival "Silk Road" ( "İpək Yolu") will pass from June 27th to July 1st in Sheki with the organizational support of Azerbaijan Writers Union.

It was told in the Department of Information and Public Relations of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Festival will be attended by the Azerbaijan State Song and Dance Ensemble named after F. Amirov and the Azerbaijan State Orchestra of Folk Instruments.

On the opening day of the festival there will be a concert of the ensemble of folk instruments of TURKSOY in the hall of Sheki summer theater. The concert, which is a joint project of artists of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Sakha (Yakutia), Tuva and Turkmenistan, includes works of different nations.

The second day of the festival will be completely dedicated to performances of Turkish music groups.

The final concert will take place on the last day of the festival.

Notably, the festival is being held since 2010.