The annual festival of song, dance and folk art «Skhidnytske Summer» will start on June 1 in Skhidnytsya (Lviv region). The festival will last throughout the summer.
On the International Children’s Day in Skhidnytsya is planned the official opening of the annual festival «Skhidnytske Summer». The festival will start with a drawing contest «Skhodnitsa through the eyes of children». Children on a large cloth have to draw their vision of Skhodnitsa. The work of art will be exhibited throughout the summer on the central stage of the resort. Before that, an essay contest entitled «If I were a village head or a deputy» was held among children. The children wrote and artistically designed ways of solving the problems of their native village, and in the drawing contest they could also draw.
On this day it is still planned to hold a children’s beauty contest «Skhodnitskaya Pannochka». Pupils of 5-7 grades will take part in the contest. The program of the competition evening consisted of six outings and will end with «Defile» in evening gowns and awarding of participants. One of the conditions of participation in this competition will be to show their creative abilities, to encourage children to persistent and serious preparation. The entertainment will not end here. Children and adults are waiting for a circus show program from the Gopcompany and clown Maryashka, a concert of Ukrainian pop star youth group «Glamour».
This year each event within the framework of «Skhidnytskyi Summer» will have the character of a separate holiday, which will be significantly different in content from previous celebrations and will be held on a separate scenario. 
During the holidays the center of the resort village will turn into a grandiose open-air stage. The peak of celebrations coincides with the peak of the holiday season, so it includes the following dates: July 12 — Village Day, which is celebrated in Shodnica as a temple feast of the apostles Peter and Paul. The festival will end with a big gala concert with amateur artists of the region and Ukrainian stars on August 24 — the Independence Day of Ukraine.
In the framework of the festival «Skhodnica Summer» will be held festival of balloons Skhodnica FLY QUEST, a master class on painting pysanky, national dog show.