I've always wondered when the Neptune Festival was. It is impossible to find any information about it on the internet in English. That is one event I would love to attend. :)

I'm bumping this because an OCC member has asked me when Neptune Day 2012 is, and I'm having trouble sleuthing the info. Here are some keywords:

"Праздник (or День) Нептуна" (Neptune Festival or day) 2012 Коктебель (Koktebel) авугст (August)

note that there are several "Neptune Day's" in Russia during the summer, so make sure you get the koktebel and naked one!

anyone able to help us out? thanks!

EDIT: here is a pic and let me tell you that using these search terms in Google will net you lots of naked pics, many of which will be totally new to us. So as an inducement to search for the date of this years event, take a look at past pics and post any you find. Searching in Russian language always reaps rewards!

KLondike

here is a little more info: the festival may also be referred to as "the feast of neptune" (the birth of venus) and was held on august 14th in 2010.

Klondike

The Russian Wikipedia page for Neptune Day gives it 3 meanings, a tradition for anyone crossing the equator for the first time to be dunked in the water, a tradition in children's summer camps (also called "health camps") usually on July 16, where people dress up as Neptune, mermaids and devils and there is much bathing, and a tourist festival held irregularly in which tourists are thrown in water.

Koktebel is a big resort in Ukraine (like Ibiza for western Europe, or Cancun for north America), most famous for it's jazz festival (which attracts lots of young people from Ukraine and Russia interested in more modern music). Obviously there's a lot going on there, but because we only see pictures involving nudity we get the impression there are naked people everywhere, which is probably not the case. From the description it sounds to me like the "Neptune Day" pictures you are looking for are from one of these "health camps" that happens to be nudist (or at least nude on Neptune Day). From what I can gather it isn't a specific annual event across Koktebel or the rest of Ukraine, but an event held on different days in different summer camps or tourist resorts. The tradition of dressing up as Neptune and mermaids and bathing on a specific day isn't limited to Koktebel, or whichever nudist summer camp the pictures are from, but as usual we're only interested in the nudie pics here!

Perhaps one of our Ukranian (or Russian-speaking) members can confirm?

Neptune Day this year on August 12

OK, I read your pm before reading this. Thanks as i wasn't sure how to interpret what you wrote by pm. But this is a lot more definite. I appreciate your help. Arsic, are you listening?

EDIT: Neptune day in 2010 was Aug 14th, which was a Saturday. But Aug 12th in 2012 is a Sunday. I just bring this up because you might expect that they would hold it on the same day from year to year. But what do I know, and it definitely looks like it is this weekend. So get your butt there on Friday, I guess, and be prepared!

KLondike