The KUBANA Festival to be held in Krasnodar Territory from August 1 to 7, 2013 has named its first participants.

      Among them there is the German alternative rock band Guano Apes, the Spanish ska punk group Ska-P and punk rockers Die Arzte from Berlin.

      Guano Apes gave a show in Russia in spring last year, and, according to its vocalist Sandra Nasiс, the musicians look forward to a new meeting with their Russian fans.

      As the festival organizers mention, performances of all the three bands on stage of KUBANA-2013 will become exclusive shows for Russia next year.

      Since 2010 KUBANA has joined the European festival association Yourope. The first festival in 2009 was visited by more than 8 thousand people, next year the festival gathered over 30 thousand music fans, third time it brought together more than 70 thousand people, and the fourth festival beat all the records with the audience of 150 thousand people.