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24 - Christmas Eve 25 - Christmas Day 26 - Boxing Day
@Suure-Jaani
Commemorating the golden age of Viljandi through the display of medieval customs.
Classical and Estonian music concerts taking placethroughout the day with the most anticipated one at 3 am on Hüpassaare bog island.
hansa.viljandi.ee Viljandilinn
concert.ee Suure-Jaani Muusikafestival
musicgoesfurther.com/festival/into-the-valley
Into the Valley
@Tallinn
Tallinn Medieval Days @Tallinn
Weekend Festival @Pärnu
modern pop-alternative music, clean nature, lovely people, high-quality food and drinks, and a beautiful festival area. kurmu.com Intsikurmu Music Festival
one can see and hear the hottest dance and pop music artists. weekendbaltic.com
2017.laulupidu.ee Laulupidu
folkart.ee/en/events /medieval-days-tallinn-old-town
tallinnamerepaevad.ee Tallinna Merepäevad
saaremaaopera.eu Saaremaa ooperipäevad
folk.ee Viljandi Folk Music Festival
28.06-1.07 Tchaikovsky Festival @Haapsalu
16.06-18.06
22.07-23.07
Seto Folk
Yoga Festival
@Värska
@Haapsalu
Bringing together great Finno-Ugric folk artists to perform in an intimate setting where you get immersed in authentic Seto culture.
International Yoga Festival in Haapsalu - yoga, music, dance, vegetarian food
Tchaikovsky Festival is a brand new classical music festival in picturesque Haapsalu town. Haapsalu Tšaikovski festival
setofolk
Leigo Lake Music Festival
joogafestival.ee
A perfect example of how to bring together nature and music to create truly memorable experiences. From classical to rock music, with a
Rakvere Suure-Jaani
Viljandi
leigo.ee
7.08-13.08 Tartu Love Film Festival (tARTuFF) @Tartu
12.08 Night Run Estonia @Rakvere
tARTuFF is the biggest open air cinema in Baltics. The guests can enjoy all together
The most unique running experience in the Baltics. With 3 25 entertainment points, as well as
eestimaraton.ee
Leigo
Distance
1h 15m
50km
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Tallinn Design Festival @Tallinn
creating various meeting places culture-friendly locations around Tallinn. Including high-level exhibitions and seminars.
Tallinn International Horse show @Tallinn Combining top-level equestrian sports, live music and genuine experience of the horse world. The festival annually brings together over 120 athletes and 200 horses from around the world.
100km
In our nature, the giant erratic boulders appear unexpectedly in the forest or on the beach. In our visual communication, they play a similar, disruptive or decorative role.
7.10-15.10
10.10-14.10
Pärnu Cafè Week @Pärnu
Viljandi Guitar Festival
25.09-1.10 Researchers’ Night
@Tallinn
@Viljandi
@All over Estonia
countries. jooks.ee/en/tallinna-maraton
200km
@Viljandi
2.11-12.11 Silm suhu @Narva
techniques and types of guitar.
tallinndesignfestival.com
tallinnhorseshow.ee
kohvikutenadal.ee
viljandiguitar.ee
Tallinn.Design.Festival
Tallinn International Horseshow
parnukohvikutenadal
Viljandi Kitarrifestival
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) @Tallinn
Europe and belongs to the 15
A Lamprey Festival, where you can try fascinating lamprey dishes, that are creative, delicious and would surprise any gourmand.
Never takes place in the same place and never features the same artists more than once. The concerts can take place wherever – for example, in a recycling centre or greenhouse.
world. The festival embraces a cluster of events, accommodating three full-blown sub-festivals (Animated Dreams, Just Film, Sleepwalkers) as well
Researchers' Night is a Pan-European series of science events. A lot of fun and engaging events take place on Researchers' Night, in Tartu and all over Estonia. The aim of the festival is to show how much our everyday lives are intertwined with science and encourage young science enthusiasts to pursue their goals and careers in science. teadlasteöö.ee teadlasteöö
viljandimusicwalk
events in estonia 24.11.-15.12 Christmas Jazz @Tallinn Christmas Jazz is a two-week international intimate and serene-sounding festival during the Holidays in end of November and beginning of December. The Festival organises numerous concerts with varied programmes at churches, clubs and concert halls.
from all over the world.
Christmas Jazz is organised by Jazzkaar, the biggest jazz festival in the Baltics, held in Tallinn since 1990. In addition to the Christmas Jazz festival, Jazzkaar also organizes an annual spring festival Jazzkaar.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
jazzkaar.ee
silmupaevad.eu silmupaevad
This guide is here to help you Promoting improvisational and stylistic guitar playing and
17.11-3.12
It’s the largest and most
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE very good prices.
25.09-29.09 Viljandi Music Walk
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Boulders
nightrunestonia
During Café Week, various cafés
08.09-10.09 SEB Tallinn Marathon
Estonia's biggest running festival is a must for any runner with annual turn out of 19 000
2h 30m
150km
joogafestival
SEB Tallinn Marathon
events in estonia 25.09-1.10
Tartu Elva-Vitipalu Põlvamaa Värska Rõuge
Travel time
events.estonia.ee
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Narva
Rummu Haapsalu
@Lõuna-Eesti
For more information visit
delicious to connoisseurs of clean palate or spicy oriental foods.
setofolk.ee
4.08-5.08
In 2017-2019, Estonia will celebrate its 100th birthday. We wish to share its birthday with you in Estonia and abroad.
the best teachers from Estonia and abroad. Yoga is not simply physical exercises but a lifestyle. And one integral part of yogic lifestyle is healthy
www.tchaikovskyfestival.ee/en/
Leigo Lake Music
6.10-8.10
@Viljandi
woc2017.ee WOC2017Estonia
Weekend Festival Baltic
indirectly related to love.
@Saaremaa
Championships in Estonia.
Pärnu Saaremaa
The largest electronic dance music event in the Nordics! Pärnu’s beach
@Tallinn
This year's theme of "New and old" brings forward music which is familiar, yet new and mysterious from the best folk musicians in Estonia and abroad.
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Intsikurmu Festival @Põlvamaa
Viljandi Folk Music Festival
27.07-30.07
An international opera festival held on the picturesque island of Saaremaa, featuring Opera Theatre Krefeld Mönchengladbach from Germany.
Tallinn
3.08-5.08
14.07-22.07 Saaremaa Opera Days
The largest free marine festival showcasing the nautical life from large foreign vessels, and concerts to sailing trips and Tallinn Race for yachts.
events in estonia 4.08-5.08
15.07-18.07 Tallinn Maritime Days
During the Medieval Days you are able to feel the atmosphere of the Hanseatic era, from a large medieval market to knight tournaments.
@Rummu
place in Estonia with more than 60 artists performing. The festival will take place at a former Rummu prison area in a limestone quarry.
World Orienteering Championships
6.07-9.07
Focusing on "roots", highlighting the relation between the young to their country and culture, showcasing music from young and experienced conductors.
29.06-2.07 Into the Valley
A boutique festival with a programme of high-quality music, art, and
30.06-2.07 Youth Song and Dance Celebration
DECEMBER
Hanseatic Days in Viljandi @Viljandi
30.06-7.07 World Orienteering Championships @Tartu, Viljandi, Rõuge, Elva-Vitipalu
SEPTEMBER
2.06-4.06
17.06-23.06 Suure-Jaani Music Festival
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across Estonia from June until December. your itinerary for easy carrying, whether it’s during the time you are visiting or the events that spark your interest.
The map at the center of the brochure displays the location of the cities where the events take place as well as distance and travel time by car. The reverse side of the guide serves as a beautiful poster and calendar with all the public holidays marked.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Trains elron.ee Buses around Estonia tpilet.ee Buses in Tallinn sõiduplaan.tallinn.ee Boats to islands veeteed.com / praamid.ee
IMPORTANT LINKS
Ticket sales online-shop piletilevi.ee Estonian National Opera opera.ee The State Concert Institute Eesti Kontsert concert.ee
Full events calender and more information about Estonia visitestonia.com