A film chronicle about the celebration of the new 1982 in the Central House of Artists (TsDRI). In the foyer, the guests are greeted by honored cultural workers of the RSFSR, Director of the Central House of Arts Viktor Tarasov and his deputy Emmanuil Samoilovich Raznikovsky. Among the guests - Honored Artist of the RSFSR clown Yuri Dmitrievich Kuklachev, commentator at the Experiment TV studio, host of the TV program “The Club of the Merry and Resourceful” (“KVN”) Alexander Vasilievich Maslyakov, People's Artist of the USSR, actor of the theater. E.B. Vakhtangov Mikhail Aleksandrovich Ulyanov with his wife - Honored Artist of the RSFSR, actress of the theater named after V.I. E.B. Vakhtangova Alla Petrovna Parfanyak, member of the board of the Central House of Artists, singer Zinaida Ivanovna Kirillova, People's Artist of the USSR, academician of the USSR Academy of Arts, sculptor Lev Efimovich Kerbel, employee of the Central House of Artists R.P. Kurakina, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, actor of the Moscow Drama Theater named after A.S. Pushkin Nikolai Konstantinovich Prokopovich, actor of the "Theater on Malaya Bronnaya" Valentin Georgievich Smirnitsky with his wife Elena Grigorievna Shaporina. The evening is hosted by the entertainer, the entertainer Sergei Mikhailovich Dityatev. People's Artist of the USSR, the chief director of the theater named after V.I. E.B. Vakhtangova Evgeny Rubenovich Simonov, People's Artist of the RSFSR, actor of the Moscow Theater named after Vladimir Mayakovsky, Alexander Sergeevich Lazarev and his wife, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, actress of the same theater, Svetlana Vladimirovna Nemolyaeva, poet-parodist Alexander Alexandrovich Ivanov, writer Vladimir Naumovich, actor Tikhvinsky, People's Republic of Russia theater them. E.B. Vakhtangov Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Shalevich with his wife Galina, a fashion designer, and others. The gypsy trio "Romen" sings in front of the guests: singer and composer Igraf Igorevich Yoshka, jazz singer Valentina Dmitrievna Ponomareva, singer, guitarist Georgy Alekseevich Kvik. Yu.D. Kuklachev shows a number with a cat and a dog. Young actors perform scenes from the performances. The evening ends with dancing.