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FESTIVALS IN ESTONIA

2011

Calendar of Estonian festivals 2011 This booklet offers you a selection of major festivals and cultural events in Estonia in 2011.

From choral singing to punk rock, from folk dance to performance art – Estonia is full of interesting things to see! 2011 is especially important in our cultural life – Tallinn is European Capital of Culture. Festivals in the Capital‘s programme are included in the current booklet; for the whole programme, please check the Culture Capital homepage www.tallinn 2011.ee.

More up-to-date information about all the events in the booklet, and also about many more all over Estonia, is provided at Culture.ee calendar on the Internet.

Wishing you enjoyable moments in Estonia!

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P.S. This booklet is available at the Estonian Institute in Tallinn, cultural venues and cafes in the bigger cities and towns in Estonia.

The calendar was compiled by the Estonian Institute, designed by Design and Ad agency Refleks. Data printed in January 2010.

Estonian Institute Suur Karja 14, 10140, Tallinn.

Tel: (+372) 6314 355, e-post: kultuur.info@estinst.ee

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JANUARY Jan – Nov, Tallinn 4.-8.01, Tallinn 5.-7.01, Viljandi 8.-30.01, Pärnu 20.01-08.05, Tallinn 27.-30.01, Tallinn 28.01-5.02, Tallinn Tartu, Pärnu, Jõhvi

JUST JOHANN SEBASTIAN FOR FRIENDS. A COMPOSER FOR EVERY DISTRICT IN TALLINN DAVID OISTRAKH FESTIVAL IN TALLINN SCHOOLJAZZ = JAZZ SCHOOL PÄRNU DAYS OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND FESTIVAL IN GRAPHICS TALLINN PRINT TRIENNIAL ‘FOR LOVE NOT MONEY’ ‘DOCPOINT’ TALLINN DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL BAROQUE MUSIC FESTIVAL

FEBRUARY 5.-6.02, Tallinn 11.-13.02, Tallinn 11.-13.02, Valga 12.02, Viljandi 12.02-18.03, Tallinn 16.-22.02, Pärnu 18.-20.02, Viljandi 18.-27.02, Pärnu 23.-27.02, Tallinn 24.-27.02, Tallinn 25.-27.02, Jõhvi

SIMPEL SESSION FESTIVAL ‘PERFECT SILENCE’ MULTI-HANDED PIANO FESTIVAL WINTER FOLKDANCE FESTIVAL WINTER JAZZ 2011 ICICLE 2011, INTERNATIONAL ICE SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM STUDENTS' THEATRE DAYS ICE FESTIVAL THE MULTICULTURAL MERRY-GO-ROUND FESTIVAL ‘HELIOSPHERE 2011’ JÕHVI BALLET FESTIVAL

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LITERATURE

VARIOUS / INTERDISCIPLINARY

MARCH 14.-19.03, Pärnu 21.-26.03, Tallinn 21.-27.03, Tartu 24.-26.03, Tallinn

CHILDREN AND YOUTH MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘JAM OF MUSIC’ ESTONIAN MUSIC DAYS TARTU VISUAL CULTURE FESTIVAL ‘WORLDFILM’ TALLINN MUSIC WEEK

APRIL April, Tallinn April, Haapsalu 2.-3.04, Tallinn 7.-9.04, Haapsalu 10.-17.04, Pärnu 13.-15.04, Viljandi 13.-16.04, Pärnu 13.-17.04, Tallinn 14.-15.04, Võru 14.-16.04, Tallinn 16.-17.04, Tartu 20.04-7.05, Tallinn 21.-23.04, Jõgeva 20.-30.04, Tallinn 23.-24.04, Mooste

JAPANESE ANIMATION FESTIVAL ‘JAFF’ HAAPSALU HORROR AND FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL SCHOOLDANCE 2011 (county semi-finals 27.01-20.02, across Estonia) ESTONIAN DANCE PLATFORM ‘NEW DANCE’ KALLASTU FESTIVAL MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘MUSIC TRIAD’ PÄRNU TRADITIONAL MUSIC DAYS CHORAL FESTIVAL ‘TALLINN 2011’ CITY THEATRES' DAYS AT VÕRU INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN AND YOUTH MUSIC FESTIVAL: ‘SONG OF THE STARS 2011’ YOUTH CHOREOGRAPHY FESTIVAL ‘FUTURE-9’ POT TALLINN FESTIVAL WEEKS ALO MATTIISEN MUSIC DAYS AND NIGHT SONG FESTIVAL JAZZKAAR ESTONIAN FOLK MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS FESTIVAL ‘MOISEKATSI ELOHELÜ’

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23.-29.04, Viljandi 25.04-01.05, Tartu 26.04-14.06, Tallinn

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FILM

INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY ‘DANCE WEEK’ TARTU SPRING DAYS CONTEMPORARY ART TRIENNAL FOR SCHOOL KIDS ‘EKSPERIMENTA!’

MAY May, Tartu May – Aug, Haapsalu 5.-8.05, Tartu/Tallinn 9.-18.05, Tallinn 11.-15.05, Tal, Viljandi 12.-13.05, Tallinn 12.-15.05, Türi 13.-14.05, Tallinn 14.05, across Estonia 19.-22.05, Tartu 19.-28.05, Tallinn 20.05, Tallinn 20.-21.05, Haapsalu 20.-22.05, Tallinn 21.-22.05, Pärnu 22.05-4.06, Narva 24.-27.05, Viljandi 25.-28.05, Viljandi 25.-29.05, Tallinn 26.-29.05, Tallinn 26.-29.05, Across Estonia

FOLK ART

AUTHOR SONG FESTIVAL ‘MAY SONG’ HAAPSALU SUMMER MUSIC TARTU LITERATURE FESTIVAL ‘PRIMA VISTA’ KORFEST FESTIVAL OF ORIENTAL MUSIC ‘ORIENT’ FESTIVAL ‘MAY LILY DAYS’ TÜRI SPRING FESTIVAL ‘STARRY SKY’ ERR0RFEST! MUSEUM NIGHT 2011: ‘TREASURES IN THE NIGHT’ FESTIVAL OF ARCHAIC ART ‘REGIÖÖ’ FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘WORLD VLLAGE’ KUMU NIGHT FAIRY TALE FESTIVAL ‘CREATIVITY THROUGH FAIRY TALE’ FESTIVAL OF IMPROVISED MUSIC ‘IMPROTEST’ FOLKLORE FESTIVAL ‘SVETOTŠ’ MRAVINSKI MUSIC FESTIVAL VILJANDI TREFF FESTIVAL FOR PUPPET THEATRES ‘THEATRE IN THE SUITCASE’ YOUTH WINDS FEST – BRASS SPRING FESTIVAL ‘VIVAT BRASS’ ‘HEADREAD’ LITERATURE FESTIVAL SONG AND DANCE FESTIVAL ‘SLAVIC WREATH’

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DANCE

LITERATURE

28.05-01.06, Tallinn 28.05-26.06, Haapsalu 29.05-02.06, Tallinn

VARIOUS / INTERDISCIPLINARY

TALLINN TREFF HAAPSALU GRAPHIC DESIGN FESTIVAL NB FESTIVAL

JUNE Jun – Sept, across Estonia 1.-11.06, Tallinn 2.-4.06, Saue, Tallinn 2.-5.06, Tartu 2.-12.06, Pärnu 3.06-26.08, Pärnu 4.06, Võru 4.06, Haapsalu 4.06, Häädemeeste 4.-5.06, Narva 5.06, Narva 6.-12.06, Tallinn, Maardu 10.-11.06, Valga 10.-12.06, Viljandi 10.-12.06, Viljandi 11.06, Rakvere 12.06, Jõgeva 13.-18.06, Tallinn 17.-18.06, Järvakandi 17.-22.06, Pärnu

NARGEN FESTIVAL OPERA AND BALLET FESTIVAL ‘SUMMER NIGHTS STARS’ JAZZ-IMPROVISATION FESTIVAL ‘VISIOON’ FESTIVAL OF ESTONIAN COMPOSERS PÄRNU OPERA MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘PROMFEST’ PÄRNU ORGAN FESTIVAL VÕRUMAA SONG AND DANCE FESTIVAL FESTIVAL ‘OPEN DOORS’ NORTH-LIVONIAN FESTIVAL DAYS OF NARVA ART HOLIDAY ‘ARTIST'S DAY’ SHORT FILM FESTIVAL ‘NEVER SEEN BEFORE’ VALGA-VALKA TOWN DAYS BAGPIPES FESTIVAL HANSEATIC DAYS PUNK SONG FESTIVAL ‘ANARCHY IN THE EU’ ESTONIAN DANCE FESTIVAL OF WOMEN ‘STORY OF WOMAN’ TALLINN GUITAR FESTIVAL RABAROCK SCULPTURE DAYS

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17.-23.06, Suure-Jaani 18.-27.06, Pärnu 22.06, Tallinn, Tartu 24.-25.06, Tabasalu 25.-29.06, Tallinn

THEATRE

FILM

SUURE-JAANI MUSIC FESTIVAL PÄRNU WATER FESTIVAL MILITARY MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘EST-TATTOO 2011’ TABASALU JAZZ FEST HAND BELL FESTIVAL ‘BELLS ART’

JULY July, Tallinn July, Tallinn 1.07, Saue 1.-2.07, Vana-Vigala 1.-2.07, Tallinn 1.-2.07, Pärnu 1.-3.07, Tallinn 1.-3.07, Kihelkonna 2.07, Kilingi-Nõmme 4.-10.07, Tallinn 4.-24.07, Eesti 4.-24.07, Kohila 5.-10.07, Muhu 6.-9.07, Saaremaa 7.-10.07, Tallinn 8.-9.07, Tõrva 8.-9.07, Karksi 8.-9.07, Tahkuranna 8.-10.07, Hiiumaa

ESTONIAN POPS BARREL ORGAN FESTIVAL HARJU COUNTY WIND FESTIVAL HARD ROCK CAMP MANKA BOUTIQUE POP FESTIVAL PÄRNU HANSEATIC DAYS YOUTH SONG & DANCE FESTIVAL ‘THE LAND AND THE WORLD’ KIHELKONNA CHURCH MUSIC DAYS SCHILLING – BEAUTIFUL MUSIC FESTIVAL SONIC LANDMARKS / TUNED CITY TALLINN PÄRNU DOCUMENTARY AND ANTHROPOLOGY FILM FESTIVAL KOHILA CERAMICS SYMPOSIUM MUHU FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘JUU JÄÄB’ THE SONOROUS SOUNDS OF THE ORGANS OF SAAREMAA MEDIEVAL DAYS IN TALLINN'S OLD TOWN TÕRVA TOWN DAYS KARKSI TEUTONIC ORDER CASTLE DAYS REIU ROCK HIIUMAA CHAMBER MUSIC DAYS

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FOLK ART

DANCE

LITERATURE

8.-10.07, Pärnu 8.-15.07, Ida-Virumaa 9.-10.07, Pärnu 9.-17.07, Pärnu 10.07-13.08, Pärnu 11.-16.07, Viljandi 13.-17.07, Viljandi 13.-17.07, Haapsalu 14.-16.07, Mustjala 14.-17.07, Võru 14.-17.07, Hiiumaa 14.-24.07, Rapla 15.-17.07, Lihula 15.-17.07, Tallinn 19.-23.07, Saaremaa 19.-26.07, Pärnu 20.-24.07, Tallinn 20.-24.07, Tartu 21.-23.07, Viljandi 21.-26.07, Tartu 27.-31.07, Haapsalu 27.07-3.08, Pärnu 28.-31.07, Viljandi 29.07, Haapsalu 29.-31.07, Pärnu 29.07-07.08, Tallinn 29.-31.07, Viimsi 29.07-6.08, Saaremaa

VARIOUS / INTERDISCIPLINARY

MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘A BOW TO VALGRE’ MUSIC OF SEVEN TOWNS ESTONIAN LINEDANCE FESTIVAL CHILDREN AND YOUTH CHOIR FESTIVAL ‘EUROPA CANTAT JUNIOR 6’ SUMMER ARIA 2011. SYNTHESIS OF ARTS YOUTH DANCE FESTIVAL ‘NOTAFE’ AND SUMMER SCHOOL VILJANDI OLD MUSIC FESTIVAL HAAPSALU EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘MUSTJALA PATTERNS’ INTERNATIONAL VÕRU FOLK FESTIVAL HIIUMAA FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL RAPLA CHURCH MUSIC FESTIVAL CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘LIHULA MUSIC DAYS’ TALLINN MARITIME DAYS SAAREMAA OPERA DAYS INTERNATIONAL DAVID OISTRAKH FESTIVAL TANGO PORT TALLINN EUROPEADE, THE BIGGEST FOLK FESTIVAL IN EUROPE ROCK RAMP 2011 FESTIVAL ‘GLASPERLENSPIEL’ STRING FESTIVAL MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘JÄRVIFEST 2011’ VILJANDI FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL‘RHYTHM AND PULSE’ ART FESTIVAL ‘PIGSKIN 3’ PÄRNU HARMONICA FESTIVAL ‘BALTIC-NORDIC’ TALLINN ORGAN FESTIVAL COASTAL FOLK FESTIVAL SAAREMAA MARITIME WEEK

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AUGUST August-October August, Tallinn Aug-Sept, Tallinn Aug-Sept, Tallinn 1.-6.08, Pärnu 2.-6.08, Kuressaare 3-7.08, Märjamaa 4.-8.08, Lihula 5.-6.08, Haapsalu 5.-6.08, Tallinn 5.-6.08, Pärnu 5.-7.08, Kuressaare 5.-14.08, Tallinn 6.08, Tallinn 6.08, Tartu 5.-6.08, Leigo 11.-14.08, Pärnu 12.08, Narva 12.-13.08, Tõrva 12.-14.08, Käsmu 12.-14.08, Türi vald 12.-14.08, Narva 12.-14.08, Haapsalu 12.-14.08, Jõgevamaa 13.08, Pärnu

AUTUMN JAZZ 2011 THE EAST BY NORTHEAST ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL TALLINN FASHION WEEK PLEKTRUM FESTIVAL ‘LIFE?’ PÄRNU BLUES DAYS 2011 KURESSAARE CHAMBER MUSIC DAYS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL MÄRJAMAA FOLK LIHULA CULTURE DAYS ‘LIHULA 800’ BLUES FESTIVAL ‘AUGUST BLUES’ NÕMME JAZZ 2011 SUMMER FESTIVAL PÄRNU GUILD DAYS KURESSAARE MARITIME FESTIVAL NEW CIRCUS FESTIVAL ‘THE CIRCUS TREE’ TRADITIONAL CULTURE DAY ‘PÄRIMUSI’ INDIE MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘PLINK PLONK’ LEIGO LAKE MUSIC FESTIVAL PÄRNU THEATRE FESTIVAL ‘AUGUST’ YOUTH FESTIVAL ‘N+FEST’ TÕRVA SPELL FESTIVAL VIRU FOLK POTATOPRINT FESTIVAL NARVA HISTORY FESTIVAL ‘NARVA BATTLE’ WHITE LADY FESTIVAL MYTOFEST 2011 AUGUST INSOMNIA. NIGHT OF THE ARTS IN PÄRNU

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FOLK ART

DANCE

LITERATURE

13.-21.08, Tallinn 15.-27.08, Tallinn 16.-20.08, Võru 17.-21.08, Tartu 19.-20.08, Valga 19.-20.08, Tartu 19.-20.08, Toila 19.-21.08, Võru 20.-23.08, Tallinn 24.-26.08, Tallinn 24.08-2.09, Tallinn 25.-28.08, Tallinn 27.08, Across Estonia 27.08, Jõgeva

VARIOUS / INTERDISCIPLINARY

BIRGITTA FESTIVAL AUGUST DANCE FESTIVAL VÕRU BRASS MUSIC DAYS WIND BAND FESTIVAL ‘MÜRTSUB PILL’ VALGA MILITARY HISTORY FESTIVAL EMAJÕGI RIVER FESTIVAL PROMENADE IN TOILA ORU VÕRU TOWN DAYS OLD BELIEVERS TRADITIONAL CULTURE FESTIVAL ‘PEIPUS’ STALKING STALKER CULTURE FACTORY FESTIVAL DOVLATOV DAYS IN TALLINN NIGHT OF ANCIENT LIGHTS GARLIC FESTIVAL

SEPTEMBER September, Tallinn September, Tallinn Sept-Oct, Tartu 1.-4.09, Tartu 1.-7.09, Tallinn 1.09-23.11,over Estonia 2.-4.09, Tartu 3.-4.09, Tallinn 5.-11.09, Tartu 9.-10.09, Karksi 9.-11.09, Haapsalu

H2T ESTONIAN FOOD FESTIVAL ‘ART IST KUKU NU UT’ FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART INTERDISCIPLINARY FESTIVAL OF AVANT GUARD CULTURE ‘ECLECTICA’ LUSCHER&MATIESEN FILM FESTIVAL NOKIA MOBILE FILM FESTIVAL MOFF TARTU ACCORDION FESTIVAL NEW WORLD URBAN PROJECT ‘MAKE SOME SPACE!’: STREET FESTIVAL ESTONIAN THEATRE FESTIVAL ‘DRAMA 2011’ KARKSI HONEY FESTIVAL DAYS OF NOSTALGIA 11

ART

13.-17.09, Viljandi 14.-18.09, Lihula ja Haapsalu 14.-24.09, Tallinn 16.-25.09, Tallinn 17.09-2.10, Tallinn, Tartu 26.09-30.11, Narva

MUSIC

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VILJANDI GUITAR FESTIVAL MATSALU NATURE FILM FESTIVAL TALLINN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL DESIGN FESTIVAL ‘DESIGN NIGHT’ AND EUROPEAN INNOVATION FESTIVAL ’IF...’

FESTIVAL OF ORTHODOX MUSIC ‘CREDO’ FESTIVAL OF MUSEUMS

OCTOBER 3.-30.10, Tartu, Viljandi, Tallinn 5.-9.10, Tartu 6.-9.10, Tartu 10.-16.10, Tartu 21.-28.10, Tallinn 27.-29.10, Pärnu 28.-29.10, Tartu

FOLK ART

PAN-FINNO-UGRIAN DAYS TARTU OLD MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘ORIENT ET OCCIDENT’ ANIMATION FESTIVAL ‘KLIK!ESTONIA//KLÕPS’ TARTU AUTUMN DAYS NYYD 2011: ‘SYMPHONIES OF THE FUTURE’ PÄRNU ACCORDION MUSIC FESTIVAL YOUTH AMATEUR FILM FESTIVAL ‘NAFF’

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DANCE

LITERATURE

VARIOUS / INTERDISCIPLINARY

NOVEMBER November, Tallinn November Tallinn, Jõhvi, Tartu 4.-6.11, Tallinn 7.-12.11, Tallinn 10.-12.11, Tallinn 11.-13.11, Tallinn 17.11-4.12, across Estonia 18.-22.11, across Estonia 18.-27.11, across Estonia 19.-23.11, across Estonia 23.-26.11, Tallinn 25.-26.11, Jõgeva

THE JEWISH CULTURE FESTIVAL ‘ARIEL’ ‘GOLDEN MASK’ THEATRE FESTIVAL SERVATAGUSE MUSIC FESTIVAL NU PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL ST MARTIN'S DAY FAIR ESTONIAN PIANO AND EUROPE TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL ‘PÖFF’ ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL ‘ANIMATED DREAMS’ CHILDREN AND YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL ‘JUST FILM’ STUDENT AND SHORT FILM FESTIVAL ‘SLEEPWALKERS’ NEU/NOW: YOUNG TALENT OF THE FUTURE FESTIVAL BETTI ALVER POETRY DAYS ‘STAR BRIGHT HOUR’

DECEMBER December, Tallinn 1.-15.12, across Estonia 1.-31.12, Tallinn 2.-3.12, Tallinn, Tartu 2.-4.12, Tallinn

CHRISTMAS MARKET CHRISTMAS JAZZ FESTIVAL 2011 TALLINN WINTER FESTIVAL BATTLE OF EST CHOREOGRAPHY FESTIVAL ‘NEPOSEDY INVITES FRIENDS’

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ART

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8.-30.01, Pärnu PÄRNU DAYS OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND FESTIVAL IN GRAPHICS Eesti Arnold Schönbergi Ühing schoenberg@schoenberg.ee www.schoenberg.ee The festival offers lectures, concerts, workshops, exhibitions, discussions, performances, joint listening and viewing. Futurist ideas and works are presented; at a symposium, art and music historians, philosophers and historians dis-

cuss futurism. There is also a multimedia workshop, resulting in experimental concert-performance.

20.01-08.05, Tallinn 15TH TALLINN PRINT TRIENNIAL ‘FOR LOVE NOT MONEY’

The Tallinn Print Triennial attempts to record the current situation in contemporary art at the time of worldwide economic crisis. ‘For Love Not Money’ focuses on today’s graphic art in the wider environment of contemporary art. The programme is compiled by the international curator Simon Rees together with Eve Kask and Eha Komissarov.

PRINT TRIENNIAL

SA Tallinna Graafikatriennaal, Jaanika Okk In Tallinn 2011 (+372) 5383 2034 program tallinn@triennial.ee www.triennial.ee

Author: Peeter Allik. Tiiger. 1999

16.-22.02, Pärnu ICICLE 2011, INTERNATIONAL ICE SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM Pärnu Linnagalerii info@linnagalerii.ee www.linnagalerii.ee The competing teams get a large block of ice and make a sculpture in the city centre of Pärnu. All tools

IN GRAPHICS FESTIVAL

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Author: Herlet Elvisto. Gimme, gimme. 2010

Festivals in Estonia

ART are permitted, including domestic appliances, such as an iron, a hairdryer, etc. The most interesting and popular sculpture gets an award.

28.05-26.06, Haapsalu

26.04-14.06, Tallinn

Haapsalu kultuurikeskus (+372) 472 4470 info@kultuurimaja.ee www.kultuurimaja.ee

CONTEMPORARY ART TRIENNAL FOR SCHOOL KIDS: EKSPERIMENTA! Sally Stuudio, Jane Remm (+372) 641 8518 In Tallinn 2011 program info@eksperimenta.net www.eksperimenta.net ‘Eksperimenta!’ is a unique and first ever international event that brings art education out from between school walls and presents contemporary art made by 14-19 year old youngsters from more than a dozen countries. Held in the venue of the famous Song Festival grounds, where Estonian Singing Revolution took place 20 years ago, ‘Eksperimenta!’ represents a similar breakthrough, this time through education.

HAAPSALU GRAPHIC DESIGN FESTIVAL

5.06, Narva ART HOLIDAY ‘ARTIST'S DAY’ Narva Muuseum (+372) 359 9230 info@narvamuuseum.ee www.narvamuuseum.ee Work by artists from Narva and elsewhere in Estonia and abroad is presented at the theatrical art day in the Narva Art Gallery, meeting with the artists also takes place.

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Indrek Aija indrek.aija@lv.parnu.ee This year’s Sculpture Days are devoted to the 55th anniversary of friendship ties between Pärnu and Vaasa.

Sculptors from both cities create wooden sculptures on the topic of friendship, which will stay to adorn the urban space in Pärnu.

4.-10.07, Tallinn SONIC LANDMARKS / TUNED CITY TALLINN Tuned City, MoKS, The Dutch Sonology Institute – Royal Conservatory (The Hague) (+372) 513 8457 In Tallinn 2011 carsten@garage-g.de program www.tunedcity.net/tallinn Listen to Tallinn with new ears!

Buildings and architecture are traditionally described in visual terms, but it is our sense of hearing that assists us in experiencing and navigating through the spaces we inhabit.

‘Tuned City Tallinn’ will organize a program of sound performances, site-specific exhibitions, discussions, workshops, sonic walks and a printed city map investigating the city‘s ‘soundmarks’.

Festivals in Estonia

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4.-24.07, Kohila 11TH KOHILA INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS SYMPOSIUM Kohila Koolituskeskus Tohisoo mõisas (+372) 483 3887, 5663 6895 kohilasymposium@gmail.com The symposium gathers well-known and young talented ceramicists and sculptors from all over the world, united by their love of woodburning.

In the course of three weeks, Kohila becomes a place where various cultures of the world meet.

29.07, Haapsalu

Estonian artists and there is also a diverse art and film programme. The acclaimed curator Johannes Deimling invites 10 world names in performance art.

show Moment and presents the fashion-film performance Trinity.

Visitors can also see the centre of sustainable fashion and various training sessions.

August-September, Tallinn

12.-14.08, Türi parish

TALLINN FASHION WEEK

6TH INTERNATIONAL POTATOPRINT FESTIVAL

Eesti Moedisaini Liit In Tallinn 2011 program The Fashion Week is the biggest ever undertaking of its kind, including an exhibition of fashion drawings, 3D architectural installations and various works about the influence of design. The week hosts the most alternative Latvian fashion

MTÜ Potatoprint, Katri Kuusk (+372) 5661 7210 printpotato@gmail.com www.printpotato.pri.ee The festival introduces and promotes potato print as a primitive and nature-friendly method of

ART FESTIVAL ‘PIGSKIN 3’ Loomekeskus MTÜ (+372) 5660 5860 piret@turundustugi.ee ‘Pigskin’ is an international art festival organised by Jaan Toomik and Johannes Deimling, focusing on Haapsalu‘s urban space and discovers forgotten places with a special milieu. Jaan Toomik curates an exhibition of paintings by young

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ART graphic art, which brings together people of different gender, age, nationality and profession and celebrates potato as the Estonian staple food.

September, Tallinn H2T

In Tallinn 2011 program Tallinna Noorsootöö Keskus, Nukufilmi lastestuudio, Helsingi Noorsootöökeskus This is the first project of audiovisual works and photographic series by young people in Helsinki and Tallinn who tackle the topic of the sea and urban space. It ends with a festival and travels to Helsinki next year. There are also workshops and an internet forum.

SeptemberOctober, Tartu ‘ART IST KUKU NU UT’ FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART Kaisa Eiche, Rael Artel (+372) 510 5575, 5622 9213 info@artistkukunuut.org

www.artistkukunuut.org A new international festival of contemporary art that introduces the best in the art world, curators operating on international arena, and exhibitions of Estonian artists.

There is also an educational programme, organised by various art educational institutions, galleries and the Tartu Art Museum.

16.-25.09, Tallinn 6TH INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FESTIVAL ‘DESIGN NIGHT’ AND EUROPEAN INNOVATION FESTIVAL ‘IF...’

Eesti Disainerite Liit In Tallinn 2011 (+372) 5557 3687 program info@disainioo.ee www.disainioo.ee www.innovationfestival.ee The aim of the festival is to make Estonian design visible and help the public to interpret the essence of design. Besides the usual exhibitions and fashion shows, the festival thus also offers seminars, lectures and workshops, which all wish to demonstrate how creativity

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and design can help produce a better human environment.

7.-12.11, Tallinn 4TH NU PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL MTÜ Uue Performantsi Selts (+372) 646 4704 saal@tants.ee www.saal.ee The festival wanders around in the interdisciplinary wasteland between various fields of art, such as performance and theatre, pop music and modern dance. This is an amorphous and dynamic area that combines different fields of activity, ideas, and traditions. Hybrid culture forms emerge, new author‘s positions are created and novel ideas appear about the essence of culture and what it may become in the future.

23.-26.11, Tallinn NEU/NOW: YOUNG TALENT OF THE FUTURE FESTIVAL Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia, ELIA ema@ema.edu.ee www.neunow.com

ART

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In Tallinn 2011 program

The festival introduces the new work of young European artists in performances, exhibitions, installations, concerts, seminars, workshops and a round table.

for their famous pieces of music to resound in people‘s mind. His neighbours probably called Bach just Johann Sebastian. There are many composers in Estonia whom we still think by their first names, although they are often busy on world stages: Märt-Matis, Piret, Tauno, Erkki-Sven, Urmas or Tõnu.

They get their inspiration largely from home – and perhaps from various urban districts in Tallinn.

4.-8.01, Tallinn DAVID OISTRAKH FESTIVAL IN TALLINN

January – November, Tallinn JUST JOHANN SEBASTIAN FOR FRIENDS. A COMPOSER FOR EVERY DISTRICT IN TALLINN Eesti Heliloojate Liit (+372) 645 4068 heliloojate.liit@gmail.com www.helilooja.ee

5.-7.01, Viljandi SCHOOLJAZZ = JAZZ SCHOOL MTÜ Viljandi Vanamuusika Festival trall@viljandimaa.ee www.kultuur.edu.ee/muusika The 7th camp-festival of young popjazz musicians offers excellent workshops and concerts.

8.-30.01, Pärnu PÄRNU DAYS OF CONTEMPORARY

MTÜ Pärnu David Oistrahhi festival (+372) 502 5753 In Tallinn 2011 oistfest@oistfest.ee program www.oistfest.ee The oldest and biggest music festival takes place in Tallinn for the first time. Started in 1970, at the music days in Pärnu, the first event was dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Beethoven. In 2010 and in Tallinn, the audience can enjoy a gala evening, an Epiphany concert and the best of the choir music from the Baltic Sea countries.

The history of music knows composers whose first name is enough

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Photo: David Oistrakh festival

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MUSIC MUSIC AND FESTIVAL ‘IN GRAPHICS’ Eesti Arnold Schönbergi Ühing schoenberg@schoenberg.ee www.schoenberg.ee The festival offers lectures, concerts, workshops, exhibitions, discussions, performances, joint listening and viewing. Futurist ideas and works are presented. At a symposium, art and music historians, philosophers and historians discuss futurism. There is also a multimedia workshop, resulting in experimental concert-performance.

28.01-5.02, Tallinn, Tartu, Pärnu, Jõhvi 22ND BAROQUE MUSIC FESTIVAL Eesti Kontsert (+372) 614 7733 info@concert.ee www.concert.ee

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The initiator and musical director of the international Baroque Music Festival is the violinist and conductor Andres Mustonen. This year‘s

guest performers are Ensemble La Fenice from France and the German vocal group Die Singphoniker. There is also a gala concert Bach and Sons, together with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and soloists.

11.-13.02, Tallinn FESTIVAL ‘PERFECT SILENCE’ In Tallinn 2011 Tallinna Filharmoonia (+372) 669 9940 fila@filharmoonia.ee www.filharmoonia.ee

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A festival with a chamber-like atmosphere that presents highquality music largely connected with the production of the prestigious record company ECM.

The festival for children and young adults invites schoolchildren between 7 and 16 from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania who play together, in twos, threes or eights.

They are marked by an international jury.

12.02-18.03, Tallinn WINTER JAZZ MTÜ Jazzkaare Sõprade Ühing (+372) 666 0030 info@jazzkaar.ee www.jazzkaar.ee Winter Jazz is beautifully intimate.

The goal is to provide varied musical experiences and to present Estonian musicians new exciting projects, also to introduce foreign artists.

11.-13.02, Valga 16TH INTERNATIONAL MULTI-HANDED PIANO FESTIVAL Valga Muusikakool (+372) 5345 2932 kool@valgamuusikakool.ee www.valgamuusikakool.ee

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24.-27.02, Tallinn FESTIVAL ‘HELIOSPHERE 2011’ In Tallinn 2011 Talk Left-Handed jarmonuutre@gmail.com program www.heliospherefestival.com

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An experimental and psychedelic audiovisual festival, which offers an opportunity to temporarily escape the daily routine.

14.-19.03, Pärnu CHILDREN AND YOUTH MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘JAM OF MUSIC’ Pärnu Filharmoonia, MTÜ Pärnu Kontserdibüroo (+372) 442 6780 helen@parnufilharmoonia.ee maarja@parnukontsert.ee www.parnufilharmoonia.ee www.parnukontsert.ee The first Jam was made in 2003, and ever since there is a fixed recipe for jam-making: a bit of local orchestra, a morsel of choir music, a jot of folk or other music, a handful from the professionals, a mouthful from local musicians, a ladleful of instruction and finally a mighty musical or something else, equally grand...

21.-26.03, Tallinn ESTONIAN MUSIC DAYS

Eesti Heliloojate Liit (+372) 645 4068 heliloojate.liit@gmail.com www.helilooja.ee In Tallinn 2011 program Estonian Music Days has focused on the work of local musicians for over 30 years. The festival balances domestic and foreign, chamber music with bigger forms, and increasingly offers something that transcends style and genre. In 2011, the year of European Culture Capital, EMD expands outside the city centre, trying to find out what the others are doing, in other urban districts of Tallinn and in neighbouring cities.

24.-26.03, Tallinn TALLINN MUSIC WEEK In Tallinn 2011 Musiccase OÜ program helen@musiccase.ee www.musiccase.ee Tallinn Music Week brings all important players together in Tallinn, including music producers and managers from all over the world, to spread the word about Estonian music. The showcase festival is held over two busy days and nights in the best live clubs, theatres and

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MUSIC bars around the city giving local music fans and international professionals a thorough feel for the latest in Estonian pop music.

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10.-17.04, Pärnu KALLASTU FESTIVAL

The festival introduces the music of Kai Kallastu (soprano) and Andrus Kallastu (composer).

13.-15.04, Viljandi 19TH INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘MUSIC TRIAD’ TÜ Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia, Eesti Pärimusmuusika Keskus, Jaani kirik (+372) 5344 9894 muusikatriaad@gmail.com kultuur.edu.ee/muusikatriaad The festival unites three important musical genres: jazz, classical and folk music. On the first day there are

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Pärnu Ooper ooper@parnu.ee www.ooper.parnu.ee www.kallastu.pri.ee

school concerts and a charity concert in the church performed by the lecturers and teachers from the department of music. The second day offers lectures about music and the third day the competition of young musicians, already the 19th.

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This festival brings together the best children‘s groups from Estonia and abroad, with concerts for residents and visitors of Tallinn in a number of venues around the city.

13.-16.04, Pärnu 3RD PÄRNU TRADITIONAL MUSIC DAYS Pärnumaa Rahvakultuuri Keskselts (+372) 447 9768 www.praks.ee

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The festival that so far lasted for two days will expand to four. New concerts and joint jamming sessions are added both for beginners and experienced musicians. The days are filled with workshops about various instruments and singing - focusing on the heritage of Pärnu County. Workshops are taught by the best musicians and teachers. Joint classes are followed by festival parties in the Pärnu Yacht Club.

13.-17.04, Tallinn 12TH INTERNATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL ‘TALLINN 2011’

and young adults in Tallinn schools.

21.-23.04, Jõgeva 15TH ALO MATTIISEN MUSIC DAYS AND NIGHT SONG FESTIVAL Jõgeva gümnaasium kool@joggym.edu.ee www.joggym.edu.ee www.hot.ee/alomattiisen The festival dedicated to the beloved Estonia composer Alo Mattiisen consists of two parts: competitions and Night song festival

dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Alo Mattiisen that includes joint songs with choirs (conducted by Hirvo Surva and Raul Talmar) and patriotic songs performed by Ivo Linna and Antti Kammiste‘s band Easy Living.

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MTÜ Jazzkaare Sõprade Ühing (+372) 666 0030 info@jazzkaar.ee www.jazzkaar.ee

The Tallinn Choral Festival invites the best singers to our concert halls.

This year we expect about 60 choirs and ensembles from all over the world to compete and perform. The venues include Estonia Concert Hall, the Glass Hall at the Song festival Grounds, House of the Blackheads, St Nicholas Church etc.

There are also concerts for children

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In Tallinn 2011 Eesti Kooriühing program (+372) 627 4451, 627 4450 kooriyhing@kul.ee www.kooriyhing.ee

MUSIC The spring Jazzkaar is a wonderful music festival that brings together exciting performers from all over the world, and our own best jazz musicians. Besides concert halls, music is also performed in public places. Various events joining education, art and music take place during the jazz month April, and the best receive the Estonian jazz awards.

23.-24.04, Mooste

FESTIVAL ‘MOISEKATSI ELOHELÜ’ MTÜ Folgisellide Selts, Ülo Needo, Ülle Podekrat (+372) 510 3720, 508 7825 folkfest@polvamaa.ee folkfest.polvamaa.ee The Mooste festival aims to promote Estonian folk music via contemporary projects, thus maintaining the links between the old and the new. The chief event is the competition at Mooste manor.

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May, Tartu 7TH AUTHOR SONG FESTIVAL MAY SONG

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Põim Kama, Keiu Virro (+372) 511 0787, 5596 0213 poimkama@gmail.com keiu.virro@gmail.com www.genklubi.ee

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The aim of the festival is to introduce the audiences to the best author songs and music, both by new composers and already known masters from the angle that is rarely seen.

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May – August, Haapsalu HAAPSALU SUMMER MUSIC Tuuli Metsoja (+372) 614 7760 tuuli.metsoja@concert.ee www.concert.ee

11.-15.05, Tallinn, Viljandi INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ORIENTAL MUSIC ‘ORIENT’ ERP OÜ (+372) 648 4571 info@erpmusic.com www.erpmusic.com

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The first and still the only festival in the Baltic countries solely devoted to Asian music. The programme is highly diverse, as it presents vastly different cultures, nationalities, languages and religions (Buddhism, animism, Islam, Hinduism, etc). This year‘s novelty is that the venue is a tent-concert hall in the territory of the Tallinn Zoo.

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12.-15.05, Türi 5TH TÜRI SPRING FESTIVAL ‘STARRY SKY’ Iren Lill kevadfestival@tyri.ee www.kevadfestival.tyri.ee This year, the music festival inspired by nature focuses on the starry skies and the universe. The audience can listen to music inspired by the sky and the specialists talking about the universe, and see what the sky is like through a telescope.

13.-14.05, Tallinn ERR0RFEST! MTÜ Ideevabrik www.errorfest.com

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The festival hosts the most progressive Err0r musicians and plans a great pop concert with a twist, which would bring together the Youtube generation public and performers into physical space. The keywords are: diversity, different creative positions and joining them into one great work.

of Kumu; the audiences can enjoy bands from abroad and from EstoFOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL nia. This year, visitors have a chance to peep into the nocturnal hall of ‘WORLD VILLAGE’ the new media exhibition called In Tallinn 2011 ‘Gate(way)s‘ and participate in the MTÜ Maailmaküla program interesting and comprehensive pro(+372) 502 5700 gramme, worthy of the year of the kontsert@maailmakyla.ee Capital of Culture. www.maailmakyla.ee

19.-28.05, Tallinn

‘Global Village’ introduces future music from distant millennia, complete with roots, verve and passion.

This year‘s Village takes place in the Old Town, in the forest and by the sea. In the midst of bubbling life without any neighbours nearby. In the cellar, living-room and attic.

Quietly, in order to hear your own thoughts. And loudly enough to sing along and bounce around. There is both cinema and theatre.

20.05, Tallinn KUMU NIGHT Musiccase OÜ helen@musiccase.ee www.musiccase.ee

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Kumu Art Museum transforms itself into a club, concert hall, cinema and a meeting place. The undertaking unites new music and visual art with the architectural environment

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20.-22.05, Tallinn INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF IMPROVISED MUSIC ‘IMPROTEST’ MTÜ Improtest, Kanuti Gildi SAAL (+372) 516 2103 In Tallinn 2011 www.improtest.ee program Improtest is an international festival of improvised music, offering the audience the best of it. The festival encourages discussion, organises workshops and promotes Estonian performers to organisers from abroad.

22.05-4.06, Narva INTERNATIONAL MRAVINSKI FESTIVAL

MUSIC Anatoli Štšura (+372) 5342 5959 kultuur@narva.ee www.narva.ee

music in Tallinn concert halls and on squares in the open air, plus arrangements of songs on maritime themes and mood music.

To commemorate the stay of one of the most prominent 20th century conductors, Yevgeni Mravinski, in Narva and Narva-Jõesuu, the culture department at the Narva city government organises an annual festival. Musicians from Estonia, Russia and elsewhere take part in concerts of symphony and chamber music.

25.-29.05, Tallinn YOUTH WINDS FEST – BRASS SPRING FESTIVAL ‘VIVAT BRASS’ In Tallinn 2011 Aavo Otsa Muusikastuudio www.musicstudio.ee

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The brass spring festival performs

June – September, across Estonia NARGEN FESTIVAL SA Lootsi Koda In Tallinn 2011 (+372) 5101 7123 program tikerpuu@msn.com www.nargenfestival.ee The programme of the festival, initiated by Tõnu Kaljuste, offers opera premieres, symphony concerts, theatre productions and music weeks of Kreek, Oistrakh and Pärt. Bigger projects include the premiere of Timo Steiner‘s opera Two Heads and Wagner‘s opera Parsifal in cooperation with the National Opera Estonia.

In one evening in June, four Pärt‘s symphonies will be performed.

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Rahvusooper Estonia (+372) 683 1210 www.opera.ee National Opera Estonia approaches the warm summer and beach season with the festival ‘Summer Night Stars’. The audiences can enjoy the brightest stars of opera and ballet from home and abroad. Performances include the hugely popular Bizet‘s opera ‘Carmen‘, Delibes‘s fairy-tale ballet ‘Coppélia‘, Harangozó‘s jolly ballet ‘Snow-white and the Seven Dwarfs‘.

2.-4.06, Saue, Tallinn 9TH INTERNATIONAL JAZZ-IMPROVISATION FESTIVAL ‘VISIOON’ Kristiina Liivik (+372) 516 3128 saue.mk@mail.ee www.noortejazz.ee Festival for the young focuses on jazz and improvisation, introducing new Estonian and foreign musicians and their work. This year we can enjoy flamenco-jazz performed

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new jazz music by the band of the guitarist Neff Irizzary.

2.-5.06, Tartu 10TH FESTIVAL OF ESTONIAN COMPOSERS

‘PromFest’ developed from the young opera singers‘ competition named after Klaudia Taev, which still remains the central event. Each time, one original opera is staged, where laureates of earlier competitions perform. This time, an exhibition about the festival‘s history is arranged, as well as films showing earlier opera performances.

4.06, Võru

MTÜ Tartu Jaani Kiriku Kultuuriprojekt Juhani Jaeger (+372) 5662 8741 juhani.jaeger@mail.ee www.jaanikirik.ee

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2.-12.06, Pärnu PÄRNU INTERNATIONAL OPERA MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘PROMFEST’ In Tallinn 2011 program

Maie Pau (+372) 786 8366 maie@mv.werro.ee www.werro.ee Photo: PromFest

The festival aims to introduce the music of younger professional Estonian composers. This year’s premieres include the work of Liis Viira, Tatjana Kozlova, Märt-Matis Lille and many others.

MTÜ PromFest madis@promfest.ee www.promfest.ee

for the Pärnu St Elizabeth Church under the supervision of Hardo Kriisa.

The new organ has significantly expanded the range of music that can now be performed. This year‘s festival focuses on the music of Edgar Arro, celebrating his centenary.

10.-12.06, Viljandi

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3.06-26.08, Pärnu 9TH PÄRNU ORGAN FESTIVAL EELK Pärnu Eliisabeti kogudus (+372) 5559 3749 www.eliisabet.ee In 2010, a new organ was completed

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MTÜ Viljandi Vanamuusika Festival (+372) 5665 9257 trall@viljandimaa.ee Each year, the festival finds another instrument to perform together with bagpipes, thus offering new musical discoveries.

MUSIC 11.06, Rakvere 2ND PUNK SONG FESTIVAL ‘ANARCHY IN THE EU’ In Tallinn 2011 Punklaulupidu (+372) 520 3987 info@punklaulupidu.ee www.punklaulupidu.ee

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The first Estonian and European punk song festival in 2008 focused on Estonian punk classics. In 2011, more attention is paid to significant European representatives: Sex Pistols, The Clash, Damned, Stranglers, Exploited, Boomtown Rats, Pelle Miljoona, Kino. Author of the idea and director is Üllar Saaremäe, with 2500 choir singers.

superb guitarists from Spain, Brazil and elsewhere.

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17.-18.06, Järvakandi RABAROCK

In Tallinn 2011 program

Eesti Rockifestival OÜ (+372) 5451 7677 info@rabarock.ee www.rabarock.ee

In the course of five summers, Rabarock has offered a diverse selection of prominent names in the world music. Rock legends perform next to young musicians, music varies from polka to rock and from metal to indie. As always, this year‘s festival promises many exciting surprises.

13.-18.06, Tallinn TALLINN GUITAR FESTIVAL Tallinna Kitarrifestival MTÜ (+372) 508 6301 tiitpeterson@hot.ee www.kitarrifestival.ee The festival offers a fascinating choice of music and meeting

17.-23.06, Suure-Jaani SUURE-JAANI MUSIC FESTIVAL Suure-Jaani vallavalitsus (+372) 435 5444 suure-jaani@suure-jaani.ee

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INTERNATIONAL MILITARY MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘EST-TATTOO 2011’ MTÜ Est-Tattoo In Tallinn 2011 esttattoo@gmail.com program www.esttattoo.ee The festival presents a magnificent spectacle. Jazz, rock and pop music concerts for the young take place alongside the main events. Performers include Orchestra of the Estonian Defence Forces, Police and Border Guard Orchestra‘s Bigband, gymnasts, dancers, bands, choirs, guest orchestras from Finland, Latvia, Russia, Germany, Belgium and Great Britain.

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24.-25.06, Tabasalu 12TH TABASALU JAZZ FEST MTÜ Tabasalu Kultuuriselts (+372) 507 9123 kalev@tabasalujazz.ee www.tabasalujazz.ee

25.-29.06, Tallinn HAND BELL FESTIVAL ‘BELLS ART’ OÜ Arsis (+372) 662 1855 www.arsis.ee

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The oldest and most extensive music festival in Estonia was started in 1970 when Beethoven‘s 200th anniversary was celebrated in Pärnu.

The festival invites the best performers in the world music, thus offering enjoyable concerts to the viewers.

July, Tallinn BARREL ORGAN FESTIVAL Eesti Teatri- ja Muusikamuuseum (+372) 644 6407 info@tmm.ee In Tallinn 2011 program www.tmm.ee

July, Tallinn ESTONIAN POPS Music group 3Pead

The festival introduces the best of Estonian alternative music and constitutes a live sequel to the series of music collections of the same name that were begun in 2009.

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The festival presents barrel organ music and culture, thus being both

HARD ROCK CAMP

Arsis, the first ensemble of bells in the Nordic and Baltic countries, invites the best similar musicians to a festival.

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19.-26.07, Pärnu INTERNATIONAL DAVID OISTRAKH FESTIVAL ERP (+372) 502 5753

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MUSIC entertaining and educational. Most of the instruments are modern, although they were built after the 19th century mechanical musical instruments. Participants come from various European countries.

1.07, Saue HARJU COUNTY WIND FESTIVAL (+372) 51 6318 saue.mk@mail.ee www.hnpo.ee

The most important event of Estonian hard rock takes place for the 10th time in the beautiful manorial park of Vana-Vigala, gathering thousands of rock and metal fans. The camp is appreciated for its easygoing atmosphere and diverse choice of music. Famous names who have performed here include Amorphis, Soilwork, Satyricon, Cathedral, Mayhem, Finntroll and many others.

1.-3.07, Tallinn

The festival was started in 2009 and coincides with the big Song and Dance festivals, in order to take the festive mood outside the capital city Tallinn. The festival expects about 500 performers from Estonia and abroad.

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Kaido Haavandi (+372) 521 0847 kaido@hardrockclub.ee

Eesti Laulu- ja Tantsupeo SA, Sten Weidebaum In Tallinn 2011 (+372) 523 6239 program sten.weidebaum@kul.ee www.laulupidu.ee 35 000 young people gather at the Song and Dance Grounds in Tallinn.

Their songs, dances and music tell tales about their people and country.

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MTÜ PX Band (+372) 5551 8590 pxman@mail.ru www.manka.pri.ee

Schilling takes place in the small cosy town of Kilingi-Nõmme. The best Estonian alternative music bands perform together with the so far undiscovered talents from the The first festival took place in 2002 wide world. Everything is charming with the aim of introducing young – the venue, the public and even the alternative music to bigger audiences. organisers.

In 2006, a pop festival was added.

The two-day event presents rock, electronic music, surf, ska and indie pop. A CD with the music of 15 bands from Estonia, Russia, Latvia, Sweden and Finland will be released later.

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5.-10.07, Muhu

MTÜ Helisevad Orelid, Vaike Kiik-Salupere (+372) 527 4997 vaike@egoist.ioc.ee www.helisevadorelid.ee The concerts of this summer festival take place in four medieval churches on Saaremaa Island. Estonian musicians perform the music of Bach, Händel, Albinoni, Giordani, Stradella, Tosti, Gounod, Mascagni, Stoltz, Schubert, Süda, Türnpu, Kapp, Sink, Pärt and others.

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1.-3.07, Kihelkonna 16TH KIHELKONNA CHURCH MUSIC DAYS Rene Reinsoo (+372) 517 7350 kihelkonna@eelk.ee

In Tallinn 2011 program Eesti Saarte Kultuuriühendus MTÜ www.nordicsounds.eu/juujaab The festival was started in 1997 and has become a place where musical and audiovisual ideas open to future are realised. Over 100 performers of jazz, classical and world music from 10 countries are expected to attend the festival on an authentic and safe environment of a small Estonian island.

2.07, Kilingi-Nõmme SCHILLING – FESTIVAL OF BEAUTIFUL MUSIC MTÜ Huumus (+372) 5668 1339 www.schilling.ee

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8.-9.07 REIU ROCK info@reiu.ee www.reiurock.ee The second rock music festival on the picturesque banks of River Reiu where bands of alternative music from Estonia and abroad come together.

8.-10.07, Hiiumaa 13TH HIIUMAA CHAMBER MUSIC DAYS

MUSIC MTÜ Hiiumaa Kammermuusika Mart Ernsesaks (+372) 5199 5501 hiiukammer@hot.ee www.hot.ee/hiiukammer The chamber music festival, started in 1999, greatly enriches the music life on the second largest island in Estonia. Concerts take place in ancient churches and other exciting venues.

8.-10.07, Pärnu MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘A BOW TO VALGRE’

8.-15.07, Ida-Viru county MUSIC OF SEVEN TOWNS In Tallinn 2011 Eesti Kontsert program (+372) 614 7733 svea.ideon-marks@concert.ee www.concert.ee The aim of the festival is to find and introduce various concert venues in eastern Virumaa and thus bring the region closer to the rest of Estonia.

The audiences can enjoy classical chamber music, old music, jazz and popular music.

9.-17.07, Pärnu CHILDREN‘S AND YOUTH CHOIRS‘ FESTIVAL ‘EUROPA CANTAT JUNIOR 6’ Eesti Kooriühing (+372) 627 4451, 627 4450 kooriyhing@kul.ee www.kooriyhing.ee The festival takes place for the first time, inviting about 1000 up to 20 years old singers from all over the world.

Since 2002, each summer the festival revives Raimond Valgre and his still popular music. The events culminate with a gala concert in the Ammende Villa garden, where Estonian actors sing Valgre‘s songs accompanied by Urmas Lattikas orchestra.

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10.07-13.08, Pärnu SUMMER ARIA 2011.

SYNTHESIS OF ARTS Pärnu Ooper ooper@parnu.ee www.ooper.parnu.ee Summer Aria is special for everyone who seeks inspiring artistic enjoyment. The concerts offer dreams, love and drama translated into the language of sounds and dramatic art. There are well-known operatic arias, innovative sounds from contemporary composers, sounds of nature and excellent acoustics, which all make up a mystical whole.

13.-17.07, Viljandi 26TH VILJANDI OLD MUSIC FESTIVAL MTÜ Viljandi Vanamuusika Festival (+372) 5665 9257 trall@viljandimaa.ee www.viljandimaa.ee/vanamusa

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18TH HAAPSALU EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL MTÜ Studio Vocale (+372) 529 9117

In Tallinn 2011 program

The festival was born in 1994 in Haapsalu, one of the prettiest Estonian summer resorts, and has attracted the attention of many prominent musicians abroad. The festival aims to take both the professional musicians as well as the public closer to the best achievements in music.

14.-16.07, Mustjala 13TH MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘MUSTJALA PATTERNS’ Mustjala vallavalitsus Kalle Kolter (+372) 5322 9703 kalle@mustjala.ee www.mustjala.ee

The oldest Estonian old music festival was started in 1982. Concerts take place in churches, various halls and other exciting venues.

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7TH HIIUMAA FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL Astrid Böning (+372) 5615 0002 astrid@astridboning.com www.hiiufolk.ee

14.-24.07, Rapla 19TH RAPLA CHURCH MUSIC FESTIVAL Pille Lille Muusikute Toetusfond (+372) 5648 4244 In Tallinn 2011 plmf@plmf.ee program www.plmf.ee The first festival, introducing the wealth of world church music, was organised in 1993. The Mary Magdalene Church is Rapla has excellent acoustics and is thus a perfect venue for performing such diverse music. Concerts are also organised in other county churches. For the second year, the artistic head of the festival is the opera singer Pille Lill.

MUSIC 15.-17.07, Lihula INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘LIHULA MUSIC DAYS’ MTÜ Lihula Muusikapäevad info@lihulamuusikapaevad.com www.lihulamuusikapaevad.com The festival introduces high-level classical music outside the capital city, in the pictoresque West-Estonia.

The visitors can also enjoy workshops, an art exhibition and a play.

19.-23.07, Saaremaa SAAREMAA OPERA DAYS Eesti Kontsert info@concert.ee www.concert.ee/saaremaaopera Saaremaa Opera Days has become a significant opera festival in the entire Baltic Sea region and is the main event in the island‘s culture and tourism. The main guest this summer is the Ankara State Opera and Ballet Theatre.

21.-23.07, Viljandi ROCK RAMP 2011 MTÜ Rock Ramp, Juhan Nöps (+372) 5377 7210 rockramp@hot.ee rockramp.ee/rock Rock Ramp enriched Estonian rock between 1987 and 1996 and is doing it again from 2007. The emphasis is on the music and various styles of Estonian musicians.

21.-26.07, Tartu FESTIVAL ‘GLASPERLENSPIEL’

MUSTJALA PATTERNS

ERP OÜ (+372) 648 4571 info@erpmusic.com www.erpmusic.com

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The annual summer festival is inspired by Hermann Hesse‘s novel of the same title, and hence music is observed and introduced from an unusual angle. The guests can enjoy professional music from all over the world. This year‘s performers include Kronos Quartet, Salzburger Saitenklang trio, Tallinn Sinfonietta, Risto Joost and Irina Zahharenkova.

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28.-31.07, Viljandi

18TH INTERNATIONAL STRING FESTIVAL

19TH VILJANDI FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘RHYTHM AND PULSE’

MTÜ Haapsalu Kontserdiühing (+372) 5564 5969 ingrid.arro@gmail.com www.hmk.edu.ee/kontserdiyhing

MTÜ Eesti Pärimusmuusika Keskus (+372) 434 2050 folk@folk.ee In Tallinn 2011 program www.folk.ee

The festival focuses on string instruments and extensive repertoire, which includes classical music, jazz and pop.

One of the biggest festivals of its kind in the Baltic and Nordic countries aims to preserve customs, heritage and local identity, trying to match ancient intellectual values and modern life. It has 200 performers, 100 concerts, over 20 000 visitors, workshops, a film programme, night university, fairy-tales, handicraft and photographic exhibitions.

This year‘s topic is rhythm and pulse.

The festival organises a harmonicaplaying competition called BalticNordic Open. The programme includes a gala concert, open-air concerts and workshops, plus a folk music concert where the prizes are awarded by the audience.

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27.07-3.08, Pärnu INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘JÄRVIFEST 2011’ MTÜ Järvi Festival www.jarviacademy.ee JärviFest is a festival of symphony orchestras and world famous conductors, which developed from Neeme Järvi‘s master courses and orchestra courses for the young. The festival offers excellent concerts, and besides Neeme Järvi, we will see Paavo Järvi and Leonid Grin. In the great finale, the festival presents the 4th act of Richard Wagner‘s opera ‘Twilight of the Gods‘.

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29.-31.07, Pärnu 10TH PÄRNU HARMONICA FESTIVAL ‘BALTIC-NORDIC’ MTÜ Suupilliklubi Piccolo, Elmar Trink (+372) 5664 3401 parpiccolo@hot.ee www.piccolo.ee

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29.07-07.08, Tallinn 25TH INTERNATIONAL TALLINN ORGAN FESTIVAL ‘ORGAN IN THE TOWER’ In Tallinn 2011 program

MUSIC Eesti Kontsert (+372) 614 7700 info@concert.ee www.concert.ee The Tallinn international organ festival has a long tradition and is one of the central organ music events in the world. This year‘s festival celebrates its 25th anniversary with the project titled Organ in the Tower. An organ is installed in the tower of St Nicholas Church, which can be played live and mechanically.

The festival examines and interprets the contact points between man, modern technology, education and culture through concerts, parties, performances, workshops and lectures. The earlier festivals focused on the topics of virtual and artificial life. Now it takes one step further and asks: ’What is life?”, focusing on bioethics and its treatment in art.

MTÜ Kuressaare KammerFest (+372) 511 3118 kammerfest@kammerfest.ee www.kammerfest.ee Kuressaare festival is an international chamber music festival with the longest tradition in Estonia. This time, the guests include acclaimed ensembles Accord Quartet from Hungary, Fabián Carbone Tango Ensemble from Spain, EON Guitar Quartet from Italy, Capilla Flamenca from Belgium and others.

1.-6.08, Pärnu PÄRNU BLUES DAYS 2011

August-October AUTUMN JAZZ 2011 MTÜ Jazzkaare Sõprade Ühing (+372) 666 0030 info@jazzkaar.ee www.jazzkaar.ee

August-September, Tallinn PLEKTRUM FESTIVAL In Tallinn 2011 ‘LIFE?’ program MTÜ Plektrum Festival www.plektrumfestival.ee

Pärnu Blues yllar.kallau@mail.ee www.parnublues.ee In addition to concerts, the festival organises workshops, led by internationally acclaimed musicians. The main performer of this year‘s Blues Days is Steve Lury from England.

5.-6.08, Haapsalu BLUES FESTIVAL ‘AUGUST BLUES’ Haapsalu kultuurikeskus (+372) 472 4470 info@kultuurimaja.ee augustibluus.ee The festival presents enjoyable blues music and welcomes guests both from Estonia and abroad.

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LEIGO LAKE MUSIC FESTIVAL In Tallinn 2011

MTÜ Nõmme Jazz info@nommejazz.ee www.nommejazz.ee

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In 2011, the Nõmme Jazz organises a grand summer festival under the pine trees of Nõmme. The programme consists of various rhythm music styles, focusing on jazz.

Besides jazz, people can enjoy ethno, rock and pop music that have been influenced by jazz.

6.08, Tartu INDIE MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘PLINK PLONK’ Sõltumatu Muusika Festival festival@plinkplonk.ee www.plinkplonk.ee The sixth festival of independent music, which has become a popular summer event, unites music and green grass. The audience can lie down on the lawn in front of the Tartu song festival stage and enjoy music!

MTÜ Leigo Kontserdid (+372) 509 1344 leigo@leigo.ee www.leigo.ee

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Tallinna Filharmoonia (+372) 669 9940 fila@filharmoonia.ee www.birgitta.ee In Tallinn 2011 program The pearl of Tallinn music in summer offers sublime emotions through first-rate music of different genres within ancient convent walls. The programme contains opera, ballet, oratorios and gala concerts. The artistic director is maestro Eri Klas.

12.-14.08, Käsmu 4TH VIRU FOLK MTÜ Viru Folk, Peep Veedla (+372) 505 6240 In Tallinn 2011 peep@virufolk.ee program www.virufolk.ee Three days offer about 50 concerts, programmes of photography, film, poetry and environment, and a chance to enjoy a trip on a Viking boat and other vessels. The villagers open their gardens to visitors who can also find interesting things in a trading street or spend time on the pretty beach of Kärmu.

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16.-20.08, Võru VÕRU BRASS MUSIC DAYS Ilmar Kudu (+372) 5347 2194 ikudu@hot.ee www.voru.ee

17.-21.08, Tartu 7TH INTERNATIONAL WIND BAND FESTIVAL ‘MÜRTSUB PILL’ MTÜ Puhkpilliorkester Tartu (+372) 528 7915 festival@portartu.ee

MUSIC www.portartu.ee The aim of the biggest brass band festival is to introduce exciting orchestral music from Estonia and elsewhere. There are guests from abroad, bigbands, brass bands, the joint festival orchestra, a drum line summer school, symphonic brass band, a d a wood block band.

19.-20.08, Toila PROMENADE IN TOILA ORU

Eesti Muusikaagentuur (+372) 5559 7937 info@promenaad.com www.promenaad.com

1.-4.09, Tartu INTERDISCIPLINARY AVANT-GARDE CULTURE FESTIVAL ‘ECLECTICA’ info@eclectica.ee www.ecletica.ee

2.-4.09, Tartu 18TH TARTU ACCORDION FESTIVAL MTÜ Tartumaa Rahvakultuuri Keskselts (+372) 5563 8213 tartumaarks@hot.ee

13.-17.09, Viljandi 4TH VILJANDI GUITAR FESTIVAL In Tallinn 2011 MTÜ Viljandi kitarrifestival (+372) 507 9909 info@viljandiguitar.ee www.viljandiguitar.ee

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The festival promotes improvisational guitar-playing and encourages guitar-teaching. This year‘s performers include John Stowell, Stig Westerhus, Risto Toppola, Paolo Angeli and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra together with the best Estonian guitar players.

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14.-24.09, Tallinn 7TH TALLINN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Pille Lille Muusikute Toetusfond (+372) 5648 4244 plmf@plmf.ee www.plmf.ee The festival was established in 2005.

It takes place in the historical halls and churches of one of the most beautiful towns in the Baltic countries, offering a chance to enjoy excellent music at a time when most summer festivals are over. To celebrate the year of the Culture Capital, a chamber opera is performed for the first time.

17.09-2.10, Tallinn, Tartu 18TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ORTHODOX MUSIC ‘CREDO’ In Tallinn 2011 MTÜ Viivo Muusika program (+372) 645 5197 credo@festivalcredo.com www.festivalcredo.com

established in 1994 to research, maintain and develop Orthodox music. It has now become a festival full of excellent performances and diverse concert programmes, including church and monastery choirs, children‘s choirs and secular choirs.

5.-9.10, Tartu 16TH INTERNATIONAL TARTU OLD MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘ORIENT ET OCCIDENT’ MTÜ Festivitas Artium (+372) 509 4612 raho@festivitas.ee www.festivitas.ee The 16th festival focuses on troubadour songs and classical music of Persia and India. The audience can also enjoy fascinating pieces of music from ancient Greece to our present day. In addition to concerts the festival traditionally offers lectures and seminars.

21.-28.10, Tallinn 12TH INTERNATIONAL NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘NYYD 2011’: ‘SYMPHONIES OF THE FUTURE’ In Tallinn 2011 Eesti Kontsert (+372) 614 7700 info@concert.ee www.concert.ee

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The aim of the festival is to introduce the best innovative music, new trends in music and world class interpretation. Prominent composers-conductors conduct their work.

The topic of ‘Future Symphonies‘ is supplemented by a selection of surprising and experimental programmes and performers.

27.-29.10, Pärnu 29TH PÄRNU ACCORDION MUSIC FESTIVAL Accordion Music Group MTÜ tremoloao@hot.ee www.hot.ee/tremoloao Over the past few years, Pärnu has

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The music festival held every autumn is visited by approximately 150 accordion players from Latvia, Lietuva, Finland and Estonia.

4.-6.11, Tallinn SERVATAGUSE MUSIC FESTIVAL In Tallinn 2011 MTÜ Servataguse Muusika

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The festival introduces various ways of musical experimentation and performers intrigued by the sound that reaches beyond the usual format of song and norms and forms of structure. The style-free programme includes noise, industrial, self-made electronic instruments and much more. The aim is not to sparkle, but discover uncut diamonds.

11.-13.11, Tallinn ESTONIAN PIANO AND EUROPE In Tallinn 2011

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The festival promotes the production of Estonian pianos. There will be an exhibition on the history of Estonian piano production and an extensive display of pianos. The annual general meeting of delegates from the Euro-Piano congress, a symposium and a conference will also take place as part of the festival. A diverse concert programme of piano music draws all of these events together.

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1.-15.12, Across Estonia FESTIVAL JÕULUJAZZ 2011 MTÜ Jazzkaare Sõprade Ühing (+372) 666 0030 info@jazzkaar.ee www.jazzkaar.ee The pre-Christmas jazz festival offers intimate concerts in churches and concert halls, excellent singers and beautiful Christmas programmes from musicians from Estonia and abroad.

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Pille Lille Muusikute Toetusfond (+372) 5648 4244 plmf@plmf.ee www.plmf.ee The Winter Festival concerts take place in the exciting late-December atmosphere in various churches and halls of the capital city. This year‘s motto is ’Look up and open your heart”.

18.-20.02, Viljandi STUDENTS' THEATRE DAYS MTÜ Kultuur aitab hingata (+372) 5669 8839 tudengiteteatripaevad@gmail.com www.tudengiteater.ee The amateur student theatre groups arrive in Viljandi for three days of theatre, workshops, excellent mood, friends and parties.

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14.-15.04, Võru TOWN THEATRE DAYS IN VÕRU Võru Kultuurimaja Kannel (+372) 786 8675 www.vorukannel.ee The three town theatres in Estonia (in Tallinn, Kuressaare and Võru) meet at Võru where children and adults can enjoy two days of theatre and exhibitions of theatre art.

25.-28.05, Viljandi 28.05-01.06, 15TH INTERNATIONAL Tallinn FESTIVAL FOR PUPPET THEATRES ‘THEATRE IN THE SUITCASE’ Viljandi Nukuteater (+372) 433 4295, (+372) 527 7129 nukuteater@viljandi.ee www.viljandinukuteater.ee The festival offers fascinating theatre impressions and creative atmosphere. Besides the main programme, a fair and workshops are organised.

24.-27.05, Viljandi VILJANDI TREFF Eesti Nuku- ja Noorsooteater (+372) 667 9555 festival@nuku.ee www.nuku.ee

Eesti Nuku- ja Noorsooteater (+372) 667 9555 In Tallinn 2011 festival@nuku.ee program www.nuku.ee Tallinn Treff is an international festival that includes drama, puppet theatre, circus, dance, performance art and music. It takes place in concerts halls and in the streets of Old Tallinn, always bold and surprising. Treff offers the world's best visual and puppet theatre and introduced the new theatre generation; there are also lectures and workshops.

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Since 2006, the Estonian Puppet and Youth Theatre organises an international festival of performing arts called Tallinn Treff. Before this year‘s event, another festival takes place in Viljandi, where students of drama, dance, puppet theatre, scenography and music perform.

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Assitej Eesti Keskus MTÜ info@assitej.ee In Tallinn 2011 www.assitej.ee program

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An international theatre festival for children and young adults, organised every two years, brings together the best professionals from the Nordic and Baltic countries, Germany and

THEATRE Russia. In addition we expect two guests from outside Europe.

1.-11.06, Tallinn OPERA AND BALLET FESTIVAL ‘SUMMER NIGHT STARS’ Rahvusooper Estonia (+372) 683 1210 www.opera.ee National Opera Estonia approaches the warm summer and beach season with the festival Summer Night Stars.

The audiences can enjoy the brightest stars of opera and ballet from home and abroad. Performances include the hugely popular Bizet‘s opera ‘Carmen‘, Delibes‘s fairy-tale ballet ‘Coppélia‘, Harangozó‘s jolly ballet ‘Snow-white and the Seven Dwarfs‘.

madis@promfest.ee www.promfest.ee ‘PromFest’ developed from the young opera singers‘ competition named after Klaudia Taev, which still remains the central event. Each time, one original opera is staged, where laureates of earlier competitions perform. This time, an exhibition about the festival‘s history is arranged, as well as films showing earlier opera performances.

5.-14.08, Tallinn ‘THE CIRCUS TREE’ NEW CIRCUS FESTIVAL Tsirkusestuudio Folie MTÜ folie@tsirkus.ee In Tallinn 2011 program The festival promotes circus amongst the young, inviting the best young European circus groups to Tallinn.

Over 350 artistes offer an overview of the recent trends in European circus.

2.-12.06, Pärnu PÄRNU INTERNATIONAL OPERA MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘PROMFEST’ In Tallinn 2011 MTÜ PromFest

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Indrek Aija indrek.aija@lv.parnu.ee The August theatre festival unites professionals and amateurs. This time, the emphasis is on street theatre.

5.-11.09, Tartu ESTONIAN THEATRE FESTIVAL ‘DRAMA 2011’ SA Eesti Teatri Festival (+372) 5650 2721 margus@festival.ee In Tallinn 2011 www.festival.ee program DRAMA a is a showcase-type festival where the eight productions in the main programme are always selected by a different curator. The curator of DRAMA 2011 is the artistic director of Baltoscandal, Priit Raud.

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November, Tallinn, Jõhvi, Tartu ‘GOLDEN MASK’ THEATRE FESTIVAL In Tallinn 2011 program MTÜ ART-Forum (+372) 5592 7427, 611 4922 artforum@art-forum.ee www.goldenmask.ee The festival presents the best achievements of Russian theatres in recent years. There is something for every taste: ballet, drama, musical and puppet productions, altogether six-seven that are performed 16 times in Tallinn, Tartu and Jõhvi.

27.-30.01, Tallinn ‘DOCPOINT’ TALLINN DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL MTÜ DocPoint Tallinn (+372) 5656 6605 info@docpoint.ee In Tallinn 2011 program www.docpoint.ee ‘DocPoint‘ has taken place in Helsinki for a decade and in Tallinn for two years. It is an acclaimed film event and the only one in Tallinn that focuses on documentaries. There are vari-

ous events, meetings with foreign filmmakers, a programme showing the best documentaries of the year, a retrospective of film history and a special programme of documentaries of the Baltic countries.

21.-27.03, Tartu 8TH TARTU VISUAL CULTURE FESTIVAL ‘WORLDFILM’ Eesti Rahva Muuseum (+372) 735 0447 festival@worldfilm.ee www.worldfilm.ee ‘Worldfilm‘ is a meeting point of different cultures, presenting visual culture, ethnographic and documentary films in Tartu all year round. The programme includes documentaries with anthropological leaning, which introduce various societies and encourage reflecting on diverse lives and ways to see the world.

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In Tallinn 2011 program

MTÜ Otaku (+372) 5568 4239 animefest@hot.ee www.animefest.eu This is a festival of animated Japanese films during which around 20 feature-length films are screened.

Special events are also held as part of the festival for fans of anime – an anime party, a cosplay show and themed competitions and talks.

April, Haapsalu 6TH HAAPSALU HORROR AND FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL ‘HÕFF’ MTÜ Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival (+372) 631 4640 hoff@poff.ee www.hoff.ee HÕFF aims to introduce horror, fantasy and cult films to Estonian audiences through a new selection of films, restrospectives and notorious extreme shows. There are also special events and much else.

FILM 6.-12.06, Tallinn, Maardu 11TH INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL ‘NEVER BEFORE SEEN’ Stuudio Meksvideo

In Tallinn 2011 program

The festival presents European premieres of young filmmakers‘ work, offering a chance to meet them, participate in workshops led by prominent animation film makers, and try to put together your own animation.

The programme also includes the retrospectives of diploma works by European filmmakers and a special programme of animated films.

festival@chaplin.ee www.chaplin.ee One of the oldest culture festivals in Estonia shows diverse films, from the life and traditions of indigenous peoples to science-fiction experimental films. The festival aims to support the survival of the unique culture of indigenous peoples. Workshops are organised for children and young adults who are also welcome to compete for the best documentary. There is a retrospective of films that have won the main award in 25 years.

August, Tallinn THE EAST BY NORTHEAST ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL MTÜ Asia Forum

In Tallinn 2011 program

The festival encourages the dialogue between Asian and European cultures, presenting about 35 Asian films, focusing on Japan. The festival is a meeting place for film directors, artists, scholars and film fans.

The project takes place in cooperation with a conference of Japanologists organised by the Tallinn University.

4.-24.07, Pärnu;

25TH PÄRNU INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY AND ANTHROPOLOGY FILM FESTIVAL Pärnu Filmifestival (+372) 443 0772

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1.-7.09, Tallinn

14.-18.09, Lihula, Haapsalu

LUSCHER&MATIESEN FILM FESTIVAL In Tallinn 2011 9TH MATSALU NATURE program FILM FESTIVAL Kohvik Luscher&Matiesen www.luschermatiesen.com

The festival offers a selection of features, short and animated films from small seaside countries, including Estonia. The programme is hosted

by Artur Talvik and Priit Tender.

1.09-23.11, Across Estonia 5TH NOKIA MOBILE FILM FESTIVAL ‘MOFF’ MTÜ Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival moff@poff.ee www.moff.ee

MTÜ Matsalu Loodusfilmide Festival (+372) 551 0910 tiit.mesila@matsalufilm.ee www.matsalufilm.ee The festival promotes sustainable way of life and honouring the traditions of indigenous peoples that are closely connected with nature. The best films are shown in Lihula and Haapsalu, and some nature photography exhibitions are organised as well.

6.-9.10, Tartu ANIMATION FESTIVAL ‘KLIK!ESTONIA//KLÕPS’

Nokia Mobile Film Festival MOFF Edvin Aedma (sub-festival of Black Nights Film (+372) 5563 8667 Festival) takes place for the 5th edvin.aedma@gmail.com time. All participating films are www.nelk.ee/animatsioonifestival produced with mobile phones. The festival is web-based – all films are ‘Klik!Estonia//KLÕPS‘ is an animauploaded to the website of MOFF, tion festival featuring a fine selecthe competition and voting also tion of animations from the take place virtually.

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The program features screenings, workshops, discussions and an environment filled with young intellectuals.

28.-29.10, Tartu YOUTH AMATEUR FILM FESTIVAL ‘NAFF’ Anne Noortekeskuse Multimeedia Labor (+372) 746 1763 kristiina.lepa@annenk.tartu.ee tartunoored.ee/naff During the two days of competition, the festival presents films by young people up to 26 years of age. There are also seminars-lectures by Estonian filmmakers and filmmaking workshops.

17.11-4.12, across Estonia 15TH TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL ‘PÖFF’ In Tallinn 2011 program MTÜ Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival

FOLK ART (+372) 631 4640 poff@poff.ee www.poff.ee

(+372) 631 4648 anima@poff.ee anima.poff.ee

One of the major festivals in northeastern Europe introduces the world cinema in all its diversity.

PÖFF presents the year‘s best animations, student and short films, features and documentaries, films for children and young adults, and encourages everybody to reach for their mobile phones to have a go at filmmaking. Altogether 500 short and full-length features from 75 countries are shown.

Animated Dreams, the oldest and biggest Estonian animation film festival, offers Estonian animators a chance to display their art as well as promotes high-quality international animation culture.

18.-22.11, across Estonia 13TH ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL ‘ANIMATED DREAMS’

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18.-27.11, across Estonia 11TH CHILDREN AND YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL ‘JUST FILM’ MTÜ Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival justfilm@poff.ee www.justfilm.ee ‘Just Film‘ is the only children- and youth films festival in Estonia. In addition to exciting youth films, ‘Just Film‘ also has a street culture programme.

The children‘s programme consists of children‘s films from Europe and other parts of the world.

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19.-23.11, across Estonia 12TH STUDENT AND SHORT FILM FESTIVAL ‘SLEEPWALKERS’ MTÜ Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival (+372) 631 4675 sleepwalkers@poff.ee www.swff.ee The festival presents the newest student and professional short films and innovative visual ideas from all over the world.

23.-27.02, Tallinn THE MULTICULTURAL MERRY-GO-ROUND Rahvusvaheline Rahvakultuuride Ühenduste Liit Lüüra info@lyra.ee In Tallinn 2011 program The festival‘s bright and colourful programme represents almost all nationalities living in Estonia who perform in 90 groups. The organiser is Lyre, one of the most important cultural organisations in Estonia dealing with ethnic minorities.

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19.-22.05, Tartu 10TH FESTIVAL OF ARCHAIC ART ‘REGIÖÖ’ Sulev Salm (+372) 501 7775 salm@kultuur.edu.ee www.tartu.ee/regioo Regiöö is an international festival of archaic culture that introduces the fruits of archaic worldviews of many nations, trying to find a place for them amongst today‘s technical solutions. Dancers, singers and musicians are expected from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia, plus of course Estonia.

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14.-17.07, Hiiumaa

program Vene Haridus- ja Heategevusühingute Liit Eestis (+372) 5595 2672 slaavi@hot.ee www.veneliit.ee

astrid@astridboning.com www.hiiufolk.ee

7TH HIIUMAA FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL SONG AND DANCE FESTIVAL ‘SLAVIC Astrid Böning WREATH’ In Tallinn 2011 (+372) 5615 0002

The festival, first organised in 1937, is the biggest international event in Estonia that introduces Slavonic culture.

14.-17.07, Võru 21.-22.05, Pärnu 2ND FOLKLORE FESTIVAL ‘SVETOTŠ’ Indrek Aija indrek.aija@lv.parnu.ee A biennial festival of Russian culture, directed mostly at the young.

17TH INTERNATIONAL VÕRU FOLK FESTIVAL Peeter Laurson (+372) 505 8757 peeter@mv.werro.ee In Tallinn 2011 vorufolkloor.ee program The festival offers something to all members of the family. In addition to performing, people can join various workshops, street dancing and national meals, and enjoy the beautiful concertina sounds.

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20.-24.07, Tartu 48TH EUROPEADE, THE BIGGEST FOLK FESTIVAL IN EUROPE In Tallinn 2011 Ants Johanson (+372) 505 7303 info@europeade2011.eu www.europeade2011.eu

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All European nations are invited to Tartu to cherish and promote their culture and traditions. 5 days full of dancing, singing, playing: grand opening and closing concerts and performances of folk dance groups with musicians on the Tartu Festival Arena, performances of the groups in Tartu squares and streets, concerts of choirs, big parade through the streets of Tartu to Festival Arena, also outings to the different places in Estonia for 1-2 days –

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29.-31.07, Viimsi COASTAL FOLK FESTIVAL In Tallinn 2011 program SA Rannarahva Muuseum (+372) 606 6941 info@rannarahvamuuseum.ee www.rannarahvamuuseum.ee

folk@folk.ee, www.folk.ee

3-7.08, Märjamaa

One of the biggest festivals of its kind in the Baltic and Nordic countries aims to preserve customs, heritage and local identity, trying to match ancient intellectual values and modern life. It has 200 performers, 100 concerts, over 20 000 visitors, workshops, a film programme, night university, fairy-tales, handicraft and photographic exhibitions.

This year‘s topic is rhythm and pulse.

6TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL MÄRJAMAA FOLK

The festival revives coastal life, experienced by our ancestors for hundreds of years. The aim is to show that everything considered forgotten is actually still valid today.

Visitors can see everyday life and work in a coastal village and enjoy a fish market, a fair, workshops, performances-concerts, boat carnival, conference and real coastal village party.

28.-31.07, Viljandi 19TH VILJANDI FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘RHYTHM AND PULSE’ MTÜ Eesti Pärimusmuusika Keskus (+372) 434 2050 In Tallinn 2011 program

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Märjamaa rahvamaja (+372) 329 5420 marjamaa.rahvamaja@marjamaa.ee www.marjamaafolk.ee This year‘s festival expects folk song and dance ensembles from Sweden, Denmark, South-Africa, Turkey, Italy and England.

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meeting with local people, learning about their lifestyle.

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20.-23.08, Tallinn

TRADITIONAL CULTURE DAY ‘PÄRIMUSI’

INTERNATIONAL OLD BELIEVERS TRADITIONAL CULTURE FESTIVAL ‘PEIPUS’ In Tallinn 2011

MTÜ Eesti Rahvuslik Folkloorinõukogu In Tallinn 2011 (+372) 601 5727 program folkloorinoukogu@kul.ee www.folkloorinoukogu.ee The all-day folk concert introduces intellectual cultural heritage in its historical forms of various regions of Estonia and ethnic minorities.

Performers wear national clothes and dance to live music. The concert is conducted and commented by the leading experts of folklore heritage. The guest performer is a folk dance group from Turku.

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The international folk culture festival of Old Believers is quite unique in the world – nowhere else do the Russian Old Believers gather together to introduce their ancient, but still living culture. The event also attracts acclaimed researchers in the field.

3.-30.10, Tartu, Viljandi, Tallinn PAN-FINNO-UGRIAN DAYS

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MTÜ Fenno-Ugria Asutus (+372) 644 5199 info@fennougria.ee www.fennougria.ee The events of the annual Pan-FinnoUgrian Days culminate in the third weekend in October with concerts in Tartu, Viljandi and Tallinn, aiming to introduce the diverse cultures of

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Finno-Ugrian and Samoyedic peoples.

Various Finno-Ugrian folk music bands perform, concerts, exhibitions, film screenings and literary events are organised. The Days are celebrated all over the country with lessons at school, meetings and folklore evenings devoted to Finno-Ugrian peoples.

12.02, Viljandi 13TH WINTER FOLKDANCE FESTIVAL Eesti Tantsupedagoogide Liidu Viljandi osakond (+372) 5664 4989 vaike.rajaste@viljandimaa.ee www.viljandimaa.ee/ talvinetantsupidu The winter dance festival is the oldest and biggest of its kind in Estonia. The tradition was started in 1998 when people competed in dancing around the district of Viljandi‘s community centre. This has become an international event, with participants reaching to 800 dancers.

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The Jõhvi Ballet Festival introduces the fascinating world of classical dance, encourages the Estonian ballet education and finds new possibilities for cooperation. The main guest this year is the Czech National Theatre and some ballet groups from Scandinavia. Students of Estonian ballet schools and studios perform at the gala.

2.-3.04, Tallinn (27.01 – 20.02: county semi-finals across Estonia) 17TH SCHOOLDANCE 2011 Eesti Tantsuagentuur (+372) 660 2524 koolitants@koolitants.ee www.koolitants.ee ‘SchoolDance‘, organized by the Estonian Dance Agency, is the most popular dance competition for children and youth in Estonia with over 6000 participants. This creative dance festival has become one of

the most anticipated large-scale events among Estonian youth. The festival is open to all styles and all levels, the main condition for participation is that the dances must be the original creation of the young people and their teachers.

Just Tants (+372) 5342 0150 nfo@justtants.ee www.justtants.ee/FUTURE1 Future focuses on young choreographers and aims to create a relaxed atmosphere where young people can show and analyse their work, as well as exchange knowledge.

7.-9.04, Haapsalu 10TH ESTONIAN DANCE PLATFORM ‘UUS TANTS’ In Tallinn 2011 program Eesti Tantsukunstnike Liit (+372) 5665 7963 jarmo@tantsuliit.ee www.uustants10.tantsuliit.ee ‘Uus Tants‘ or ‘New Dance‘ is an anniversary festival, offering an overview of Estonian contemporary dance of the past two years. In addition to performances, the program also includes morning dance classes, daily seminars and discussions, evening performances and nocturnal social, work and interest group meetings.

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23.-29.04, Viljandi county INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY DANCE WEEK

years. This year, 7 BA and 3 MA students present their work. In addition to these, some productions supervised by professional choreographers will be performed as well.

MTÜ OMA Stuudio, TÜ Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia (+372) 520 9424 soot@kultuur.edu.ee www.kultuur.edu.ee/tantsunadal

1.-11.06, Tallinn

A week of contemporary dance includes dance courses for schoolchildren, performances in various venues, programme ‘Amongst the Young‘, film showings, open lessons at the Culture Academy dance department, diploma productions and performances in public places.

Rahvusooper Estonia (+372) 683 1210 www.opera.ee

9.-18.05, Tallinn 4TH KORFEST Tallinna Ülikooli koreograafia osakond (+372) 521 4524 karmeno@tlu.ee www.tlu.ee The festival is organised by the Tallinn University choreography department, where a number of BA and MA works have been performed over the

OPERA AND BALLET FESTIVAL ‘SUMMER NIGHTS STARS’

National Opera Estonia approaches the warm summer and beach season with the festival Summer Night Stars.

The audiences can enjoy the brightest stars of opera and ballet from home and abroad. Performances include the hugely popular Bizet‘s opera ‘Carmen‘, Delibes‘s fairy-tale ballet ‘Coppélia‘, Harangozó‘s jolly ballet ‘Snow-white and the Seven Dwarfs‘.

4.06, Võru VÕRUMAA SONG AND DANCE FESTIVAL 50

Maie Pau (+372) 786 8366 maie@mv.werro.ee www.werro.ee

12.06, Jõgeva 1ST ESTONIAN DANCE FESTIVAL OF WOMEN ‘STORY OF WOMAN’ Folklooriselts Jõgevahe Pere (+372) 772 1987 In Tallinn 2011 program Info@naistetantsupidu.ee www.naistetantsupidu.ee

1.-3.07, Tallinn 11TH YOUTH SONG & DANCE FESTIVAL ‘THE LAND AND THE WORLD’ Eesti Laulu- ja Tantsupeo SA, Sten Weidebaum In Tallinn 2011 (+372) 523 6239 program sten.weidebaum@kul.ee www.laulupidu.ee 35 000 young people gather at the Song and Dance Grounds in Tallinn.

Their songs, dances and music tell tales about their people and country.

DANCE 9.-10.07, Pärnu ESTONIAN 12TH LINEDANCE FESTIVAL MTÜ Rääma Noorte Ühing Noorus, Uudo Laane (+372) 445 0070 info@noorusemaja.ee www.linefest.com www.noorusemaja.ee

free dance and for dance groups who do not meet at dance festivals or competitions.

20.-24.07, Tallinn TANGO PORT TALLINN Tango Tallinn MTÜ In Tallinn 2011 program (+372) 521 4524 tango.tallinn@gmail.com www.tangoporttallinn.com

An easy-going undertaking far from the noisy urban environment, offering a chance to learn line dance and watch others perform. The initially ‘Tango Port‘ is the first Argentine tango festival in Estonia, offering small undertaking has become the lessons, dance evenings, concerts foremost linedance event of the and dance performances. The genuyear. Forming a long line of dancers ine Buenos Aires tango welcomes has become a tradition. both experts and beginners.

11.-16.07, Viljandi 19TH YOUTH DANCE FESTIVAL ‘NOTAFE’ AND INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL MTÜ Evestuudio (+372) 433 3774, 517 9773 eve@notafe.ee www.notafe.ee An event for those who cultivate

15.-27.08, Tallinn 12TH AUGUST DANCEFESTIVAL In Tallinn 2011 Kanuti Gildi SAAL program (+372) 646 4704 info@tants.ee www.tantsufestival.ee August DanceFestival is an international contemporary performing art festival introducing old and new

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generation of performing arts artists from the World to the Baltic region and serves as a meeting point and common ground for artists.

7.-12.11, Tallinn 4TH NU PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL MTÜ Uue Performantsi Selts (+372) 646 4704 saal@tants.ee www.saal.ee The festival wanders around in the interdisciplinary wasteland between various fields of art, such as performance and theatre, pop music and modern dance. This is an amorphous and dynamic area that combines different fields of activity, ideas, and traditions. Hybrid culture forms emerge, new author‘s positions are created and novel ideas appear about the essence of culture and what it may become in the future.

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temporary choreography and folklore.

BATTLE OF EST Eesti Tänavatantsu Liit ja Tallinna Tantsuakadeemia In Tallinn 2011 www.boe.ee program Battle of EST is the most prominent street dance festival and competition in Estonia that has attracted much interest abroad as well. It welcomes around 300 performers from 20 countries. Various workshops help to polish the skills.

20.-21.05, Haapsalu FAIRY TALE FESTIVAL ‘CREATIVITY THROUGH FAIRY TALE’

5.-8.05, Tartu, Tallinn 8TH TARTU INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE FESTIVAL ‘PRIMA VISTA’ In Tallinn 2011

Maire Uusen (+372) 534 9 8224 www.lib.haapsalu.ee

program The festival organises an international fairy-tale conference and various events for children all over the town.

MTÜ Kirjandusfestival Prima Vista (+372) 5690 6836 marja.unt@gmail.com kirjandusfestival.tartu.ee

The festival programme contains book launches, meeting Estonian and foreign writers, discussions, a INTERNATIONAL book fair, the Park Library, film evenings and concerts. Traditionally CHOREOGRAPHY the last day of the festival takes FESTIVAL ‘NEPOSEDY place in some other Estonian town – INVITES FRIENDS’ this year the partner town is Tallinn, the European Capital of Culture in MTÜ Tantsuansambel Neposedõ 2011. The main topic this year is neposedo@gmail.com In Tallinn 2011 Change of Course, and the patron is program writer Rein Raud.

The 12th international choreography festival for the young aims to encourage intercultural dialogue. Dance groups from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other countries present diverse styles, from classical and folk dance to con-

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26.-29.05, Tallinn 3RD ‘HEADREAD’ LITERATURE FESTIVAL Eesti Kirjanike Liit (+372) 627 6412 info@headread.ee www.headread.ee

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A literary festival in Tallinn, offering an overview of what is going on in Estonian and foreign literatures.

People can meet famous writers as well as the beginners whose future efforts might be worth following.

VARIOUS / INTERDISCIPLINARY 25.-28.08, Tallinn

5.-6.02, Tallinn

DOVLATOV DAYS IN TALLINN In Tallinn 2011

SIMPEL SESSION In Tallinn 2011 MTÜ Elamussport program info@elamussport.ee www.elamussport.ee

program MTÜ Dovlatovi Päevad

The Russian cult author Sergei ‘Simpel Session‘ is a name known to Dovlatov lived in Tallinn during the everyone in the world of extreme 1970s, and some of his works have sports. The biggest event of its kind given the city a kind of mythical in Europe, it has been held in Estoaura. The conference, performancnia for ten years and hundreds of es, literary events and excursions thousands of people – possibly even held as part of Dovlatov Days will millions – follow it on the Internet. look at Tallinn‘s role in the author‘s More than 180 skateboarders and work and mark his 70th birthday.

BMX bikers gather in Tallinn, supported by thousands of young fans

25.-26.11, Jõgeva 19TH BETTI ALVER ‘STAR BRIGHT HOUR’ POETRY DAYS

18.-27.02, Pärnu ICE FESTIVAL Loomekeskus MTÜ (+372) 445 2864 info@turundustugi.ee www.waterfest.eu The family festival offers ice and fire shows, ice sculptures and a city of snow, also a festival of skating and other winter sports, a film festival, ice sailing, concerts of youth bands, nature treks, theatre gala and many more exciting undertakings.

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SA Betti Alveri Fond, Jõgeva gümnaasium (+372) 772 1976 maimu.valdmann@joggum.edu.ee www.joggym.edu.ee

POT TALLINN FESTIVAL WEEKS Photo: Bart De Jong

Traditional poetry days dedicated to the legendary Estonian poet Betti Alver (1906-1989) who was born in Jõgeva.

who come to admire their skills. Also, an international festival of bike movies will be hosted.

SIMPEL SESSION

Von Krahli Teater (+372) 626 9098 info@vonkrahl.ee www.vonkrahl.ee www.pot.ee

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artists who have their own vision of the world and audiences who dare to question their vision of the world.

It is a cosmopolitan, urban festival turning the spotlight on the many facets of the performing arts.

VARIOUS / INTERDISCIPLINARY where each spring various fields of art in the marginal areas of Europe celebrate the victory of flowers over snow. The artists are free to ignore the economic and modern capitalist logic and move around in the no-man‘s-land between different genres.

25.04-01.05, Tartu TARTU SPRING DAYS Ülikooli Kultuuriklubi jaan@studentdays.ee www.studentdays.ee During Tartu Spring Days, the highspirited student mentality takes over the town for a whole week. Old and young town-dwellers can enjoy cultural and sporting events and entertainment.

12.-13.05, Tallinn FESTIVAL ‘MAY LILY DAYS’

14.05, across Estonia MUSEUM NIGHT 2011: ‘TREASURES IN THE NIGHT’ In Tallinn 2011 Eesti Muuseumiühing www.emy.kul.ee

4.-5.06, Narva DAYS OF NARVA Narva Linnavalitsuse Kultuuriosakond (+372) 359 9121 kultuur@narva.ee Days of Narva reflect the historical past and the present and also look into the future of Narva. Both professional and amateur groups perform, as well as societies of ethnic cultures, prominent people in the field of sport and culture, and local citizens.

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Once a year the museums keep their doors open longer than usual and for free, in order to celebrate the European Museum Night. There is a different slogan every year; this year‘s theme is ‘Treasures in the Night‘.

4.06, Haapsalu FESTIVAL ‘OPEN DOORS’ Loomekeskus MTÜ (+372) 5660 5860 piret@turundustugi.ee www.loomekeskus.ee The exciting places in Haapsalu open their doors: museums galleries, cafes, workshops, ancient houses with fascinating people, poets and artists.

MTÜ Kirbutsirkus (+372) 5635 2993 kirbutsirkus@gmail.com www.kirbutsirkus.com The festival of interdisciplinary arts

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1.-2.07, Pärnu

6TH NORTH-LIVONIAN FESTIVAL

PÄRNU HANSEATIC DAYS

VILJANDI HANSEATIC DAYS In Tallinn 2011 program

Aire Koop (+372) 446 4510 airekoop@hot.ee www.haademeeste.ee

Viljandi Linnavalitsus (+372) 435 4762, 435 4755 ivi.lillepuu@viljandi.ee www.viljandi.ee

The traditional Estonian-Latvian festival offers a diverse and innovative approach to folk culture. The programme introduces Livonian cultural traditions, teaches modern handicraft skills, organises young band‘s folk song contest and many more interesting events.

For one weekend in June, the Hansa town Viljandi becomes medieval.

There is a fair, various concerts, workshops and sporting events where everyone can take part.

VALGA-VALKA TOWN DAYS Merce Mäe (+372) 5345 3457 merce.mae@valgalv.ee www.valga.ee On the occasion of the 427th anniversary of Valga, various concerts, performances and sporting events are organised. There is also a fair, so everybody should find something interesting to do and see.

The annual Hanseatic Days celebrate the trading traditions of Pärnu and offer entertainment and trading possibilities to local citizens as well as guests from afar.

7.-10.07, Tallinn MEDIEVAL DAYS IN TALLINN‘S OLD TOWN

18.-27.06, Pärnu 10.-11.06, Valga

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PÄRNU WATER FESTIVAL Piret Hallik-Sass info@turundustugi.ee www.waterfest.eu In 9 days, the Pärnu Water Festival offers music, dance, theatre, sport, theatre, workshops, a foodfest and fairs, crowned by a grand parade of watercrafts. The centre of the festival is in the historical Vallikääru.

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Eesti Rahvakunsti ja Käsitöö Liit (+372) 660 4772 In Tallinn 2011 info@folkart.ee program www.folkart.ee The first week of July will see the Town Hall Square in Tallinn come alive to the sights and sounds of a master craftsman‘s market reminiscent of a time when the city was a flourishing Hanseatic town. Other attractions include a knights‘ school, archery tournament, games of strength and skill for participants of all ages, and a medieval carnival in the Town Hall.

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citizens often seem to have turned their backs to it. The Marine Days aim to tackle this paradox and make people look towards the sea again. In addition to other events, the seaside promenade is completed and the Maritime Museum opens its new spectacular exhibition in the renovated hangar at the Seaplane Harbour.

22.-24.07, Tartu TARTU HANSEATIC DAYS

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8.-9.07, Tõrva TÕRVA TOWN DAYS (+372) 766 5332 www.torva.ee

The Days are full of various activities, concerts and performances around the medieval Karksi castle.

There is also a handicraft fair that culminates in electing the Karksi master of the Teutonic Order.

In 2010, the Tõrva days are held in honour of the town‘s 85th anniversary.

15.-17.07, Tallinn

The annual Tartu Hanseatic days will bring to life different ages. All of them have their own special activities, workshops and performers. Tartu Hanseatic Days offer excitement and fun for both the big and small participants and visitors. Hundreds of merchants find their way to Tartu and create a special atmosphere at the annual Hansa Market.

TALLINN MARITIME DAYS

8.-9.07, Karksi KARKSI TEUTONIC ORDER CASTLE DAYS

SA Tallinn 2011, Eva Saar (+372) 56 2011 09 In Tallinn 2011 eva.saar@tallinn2011.ee program www.tallinnamerepaevad.ee

Kai Kannistu kai.kannistu@karksi.ee

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29.-31.07, Viimsi COASTAL FOLK FESTIVAL In Tallinn 2011 SA Rannarahva Muuseum program

VARIOUS / INTERDISCIPLINARY (+372) 606 6941 info@rannarahvamuuseum.ee www.rannarahvamuuseum.ee The festival revives coastal life, experienced by our ancestors for hundreds of years. The aim is to show that everything considered forgotten is actually still valid today.

Visitors can see everyday life and work in a coastal village and enjoy a fish market, a fair, workshops, performances-concerts, boat carnival, conference and real coastal village party.

29.07-6.08, Saaremaa SAAREMAA MARITIME WEEK Reet Truu reet.truu@neti.ee www.merepaevad.ee

(+372) 477 8191 Lihula.kultuurimaja@mail.ee www.lihula.ee The Days present exhibitions, performances, concerts, fairs, sporting and historical events, and many other undertakings.

5.-6.08, Pärnu 4.-8.08, Lihula LIHULA CULTURE DAYS ‘LIHULA 800’ Lihula Kultuurikeskus

14TH PÄRNU GUILD DAYS MTÜ Maarja-Magdaleena Gild (+372) 447 1901 www.maarjamagdaleenagild.ee A large craft fair in the entire centre of Pärnu that invites many guests from nearby and further away.

Photo: Rannarahva muuseum

5.-7.08, Kuressaare 15TH KURESSAARE MARITIME FESTIVAL Kuressaare Kultuurivara (+372) 452 0703 www.merepaevad.ee In Tallinn 2011 program

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boats and modern vessels in the pretty harbour, and talk to Saaremaa shipbuilders. The festival also offers a programme of music and entertainment, handicraft and fish markets, various sporting events, maritime conferences and exhibitions.

12.08, Narva

VARIOUS / INTERDISCIPLINARY 12.-14.08, Narva NARVA HISTORY FESTIVAL ‘NARVA BATTLE’ Kalev Saar (+372) 359 9242 kalev.saar@narvamuuseum.ee www.narvamuuseum.ee

YOUTH FESTIVAL ‘N+FEST’ Anna Konovalova (+372) 359 1629 www.narva.ee

12.-14.08, Haapsalu WHITE LADY FESTIVAL Haapsalu kultuurikeskus (+372) 472 4470 In Tallinn 2011 info@kultuurimaja.ee program www.valgedaam.kultuurimaja.ee The most famous legend in Estonia is about a White Lady within the walls of the Haapsalu Episcopal church. The annual White Lady Festival during the full moon in August is dedicated to this legend.

The festival offers a chance to the young people to participate in cultural events and creative meetings, thus encouraging further cooperation.

12.-13.08, Tõrva (+372) 766 5332 www.torva.ee

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VARIOUS / INTERDISCIPLINARY 12.-14.08, Jõgeva county MYTOFEST 2011 MTÜ Mütofest (+372) 505 9049 info@mytofest.ee www.mytofest.ee Mytofest takes people back one thousand years. The three days offer a genuine experience of Viking life, including sword fighting, archery, wrestling, race with shields, and many other competitions.

Musicians perform and sing songs to which our Viking-era ancestors danced. Workshops teach ancient skills and knowledge.

13.08, Pärnu AUGUST INSOMNIA. NIGHT OF THE ARTS IN PÄRNU Indrek Aija (+372) 5305 5675 indrek.aija@lv.parnu.ee www.augustiunetus.ee The idea of a night of the arts was inspired by the history of Pärnu

summer resort and thus the venues are in the historical areas of the town. It offers various events in the open air: street music, night cinema, dance and theatre, park concerts and cafes in people‘s private gardens.

19.-20.08, Valga VALGA FESTIVAL OF MILITARY HISTORY

(+372) 736 1561 info@tiigi.tartu.ee www.tartu.ee/emajoefestival The Emajõgi River festival attracts many river fans who swim, row, or fish. The event finishes with a traditional river parade.

19.-21.08, Võru VÕRU TOWN DAYS

SA Valga Isamaalise Kasvatuse Püsiekspositsioon (+372) 512 1044 muuseum@isamaalinemuuseum.ee www.isamaalinemuuseum.ee

Inge Tolga, Heiki Kelp (+372) 518 6850; (+372) 513 9153 Inge.tolga@voru.ee; heiki.kelp@vorukannel.ee www.voru.ee

The festival introduces the Estonian history through the prism of military history, organising a grand march through the town and mock battles. There are also concerts, exhibitions, various activities for children and adults.

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CULTURE FACTORY FESTIVAL MTÜ Kultuuritehas Polymer (+372) 583 1739 info@kultuuritehas.ee www.kultuuritehas.ee The 9th festival uniting professional and amateur culture with the aim of introducing Polymer, an indepen-

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dent cultural centre in a former factory building. It provides space for artists, musicians and various art organisations. The enjoyably eclectic programme contains art events, concerts and workshops for all.

24.-26.08, Tallinn STALKING STALKER Andres Lõo, Olga Temnikova, Maria Hansar In Tallinn 2011 program The festival revives the Zone familiar from Andrei Tarkovski‘s film Stalker.

It is a space of ideals where deepest dreams could come true. Visual and sound artists plus filmmakers search for a form to the aspirations and fears of the 21st century people in connection with Tarkovski‘s film, as well as outside it.

VARIOUS / INTERDISCIPLINARY mereblog.com, Mairold Vaik (+372) 521 9785 muinastuled@mereblog.com www.muinastuled.ee www.ancientlights.eu Lighting the fires at ancient lights‘ night at the seashores of Baltic sea and inland water bodies promotes unity amongst the Baltic Sea coastal and rural people, preserves cultural heritage, and encourages cooperation between rural areas and neighbouring countries. The lights together with various parties, concerts and bonfire-related festivals compose an emotionally elevating experience.

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27.08, Jõgeva 4TH GARLIC FESTIVAL Aimar Pihlak (+372) 511 8380 info@meelejahutaja.ee www.meelejahutaja.ee

September, Tallinn ESTONIAN FOOD In Tallinn 2011 FESTIVAL program

MTÜ Eesti Kulinaaria Instituut

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VARIOUS / INTERDISCIPLINARY (+372) 640 6802 info@kulinaaria.ee kulinaaria.ee

9.-10.09, Karksi

The festival introduces Estonian food, our food culture and small producers. It also offers stylish entertainment, excellent rural meals and cuisine.

3.-4.09, Tallinn NEW WORLD CITY SPACE PROJECT ‘MAKE SOME SPACE!’: STREET FESTIVAL In Tallinn 2011 Uue Maailma Selts (+372) 601 2522 seltsimaja@uusmaailm.ee www.uusmaailm.ee

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The street festival is the foremost undertaking of the New World Society where it shows its priorities. The festivities take place across the entire district, with theatre performances in forgotten courtyards, exhibitions on display in parks and cosy cafés on streets where very little otherwise happens. This year‘s undertaking focuses on public space and tries to establish ways to expand its usage.

4TH KARKSI HONEY FESTIVAL Kai Kannistu (+372) 5198 1363 kai.kannistu@karksi.ee This is a festival where people can hear, see, buy and sell everything connected with honey. There are lectures for beekeepers, workshops for children, competition of dishes prepared with honey, concerts and a fair.

9.-11.09, Haapsalu 7TH DAYS OF NOSTALGIA

26.09-30.11, Narva FESTIVAL OF MUSEUMS Kalev Saar (+372) 359 9242 kalev.saar@narvamuuseum.ee www.narvamuuseum.ee Many Estonian museums take part in the festival, including members of the Association of Castles and Museums around the Baltic Sea. Narva Castle presents exhibitions about the displays of these museums in 2010.

10.-16.10, Tartu TARTU AUTUMN DAYS

SEE Teater (+372) 5669 8144 see@seeteater.ee nostalgiapaevad.wordpress.com

Ülikooli Kultuuriklubi (+372) 5815 0302 www.studentdays.ee

The Days have two aims: organise a meeting of the owners of old vehicles and remember good old days via exhibitions, culture and film programmes.

During the weekly autumn festival, students turn the peaceful Tartu into an exciting place to be, where everyone can find something interesting.

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November, Tallinn THE JEWISH CULTURE FESTIVAL ‘ARIEL’ Ilja Sundevitš, Jaan Eik Tulve, Jaan Leppik In Tallinn 2011 festival@ariel.ee program www.ariel.ee Ariel is a festival which showcases Jewish culture through film, music, literature, theatre and art. Big names from each of these fields will be invited to Estonia. There are also workshops for both specialists and enthusiasts.

7.-12.11, Tallinn 4TH NU PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL MTÜ Uue Performantsi Selts (+372) 646 4704 saal@tants.ee www.saal.ee

VARIOUS / INTERDISCIPLINARY ideas, and traditions. Hybrid culture forms emerge, new author‘s positions are created and novel ideas appear about the essence of culture and what it may become in the future.

10.-12.11, Tallinn 15TH ST MARTIN’S DAY FAIR Eesti Rahvakunsti ja Käsitöö Liit (+372) 660 4772 In Tallinn 2011 info@folkart.ee program www.folkart.ee St Martin‘s Day fair is the song festival of Estonian handicraft. Best Estonian handicraft is on offer, there are workshops for adults and children, a concert, plus Estonian food and folk music. The anniversary year is celebrated together with friends from Europe who present their national handicraft. The night of handicraft introduces various products, books and clothes.

The festival wanders around in the interdisciplinary wasteland between various fields of art, such as performance and theatre, pop music and modern dance. This is an amorphous and dynamic area that combines different fields of activity,

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23.-26.11, Tallinn NEU/NOW: YOUNG TALENT OF THE FUTURE FESTIVAL In Tallinn 2011 Eesti Muusika- ja program Teatriakadeemia, ELIA ema@ema.edu.ee www.neunow.com The festival introduces the new work of young European artists in performances, exhibitions, installations, concerts, seminars, workshops and a round table.

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CHRISTMAS MARKET program Tallinna kesklinna valitsus The Christmas market on the Tallinn Town Hall Square is among the prettiest in Europe.

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