On July 26, at the Tatneft Arena a charity performance of the Pilgrim show prepared for the solemn opening of the 16th FINA World Championships took place with as many as 8,100 spectators from all over the republic: orphans and children with disabilities, children from boarding schools, families with many children and adoptive children, gifted children, young athletes, winners of the World Summer Universiade 2015 in South Korea, representatives of non-profit organizations, veterans of war and labor attending the event.