2 Best Performing Arts Venues in Northern Outskirts, Moscow

Buoyed with funding from oligarchs like Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich, the center has become one of Moscow's hottest venues for international and Russian contemporary art. There's a good café here, too.

The Armed Forces Song and Dance Ensemble calls this venue home. If nothing else, this theater is worth a visit for the architecture—a giant star-shaped construction with columns and marble floors.