Events in Estonia 2019 Januar - June – ENG

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FIS Cross Country World Cup

DocPoint

@Cinemas in Tallinn

@Otepää

European Sauna Marathon

@Otepää

1-9.02

1-28.02

The sauna marathon brings together groups of friends to experience as many saunas in and around Otepää as possible in just 6 hours. Come and join!

MustonenFest

Tasty Tartu

@Tallinn, Tartu, Jõhvi, Pärnu

@Tartu

Euroopa Saunamaraton Otepääl

2-3.02

Simple Session @Tallinn

January brings FIS Cross Country World Cup to the winter capital of Estonia. The best skiers from Estonia and all around the world are expected to be here. Come and support your favourites!

International documentary film program includes a combination of national and international documentary films from the recent years.

Enjoy new food experiences by trying affordable special three-course menus of several restaurants that are developed especially to celebrate this month of great taste.

MustonenFest is an international series of Baroque music concerts, which over the years has grown into a major festival of various styles of music.

owc.ee FIS World Cup Otepää

docpoint.ee DocPoint Tallinn

maitsevtartu.ee maitsevtartu

concert.ee

17.02

23.02

8-14.04 6-14.04

Pärnu Restaurant Week

@Pärnu

During the Restaurant Week, participating restaurants offer lunches and dinners at a special price. All dishes are prepared on the basis of the à la carte menu. The idea is to introduce the local restaurants and chefs, and Estonian cuisine.

Tartu Marathon (Skiing)

@Otepää

@Alutaguse

One of the oldest ski marathons in the world welcomes you. In addition to 63/31 km distances a vintage race takes place this year.

@Võru County

tartumaraton.ee Tartu Maratoni Kuubik

The marathon is in the classic style with distances of 20 km and 40 km. The ski tracks traverse the area covered by the Kurtna Lakes, Estonia's largest lake system.

19-28.04

26-28.04

Festival Jazzkaar

Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

Jõhvi Alutaguse

Pärnu

@Tallinn

One of the most scenic and exciting paddling competitions in Europe with an approximate length of 100 km.

The largest jazz festival in the Baltic States has shows all over Tallinn. This 10-day festival features the hottest international and local jazz talents and fills the city with great sounds and activities.

Three-day independent festival is focusing on the best genre films from recent years, exploring the darker and odder side of cinema.

jazzkaar.ee Jazzkaar

hoff.ee Haapsalu Õudus- ja Fantaasiafilmide Festival (HÕFF)

JUNE

Narva

@Pärnu

Hanseatic Days in Viljandi

Grillfest takes place on the beautiful meadow of Vallikääru. For two days, 200 caterers from Estonia and abroad serve their best fare. There are outdoor restaurants, cafés and exciting barbecue competitions.

hansa.viljandi.ee Viljandi

grillfest.ee Grillfest

8.06

8-9.06

Tallinn Street Food Festival @Tallinn

Otepää Võru

worldfilm.ee worldfilmfestival

estonianfashion.eu Tallinn Fashion Week

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Sõru Jazz @Sõru Sõru Jazz is a summer jazz-music festival with a cosy atmosphere, and it brings a number of well-known and acknowledged Estonian musicians to Hiiumaa island for four days.

1h 15m

50km

1-5.05

Jõhvi Ballet Festival

@Jõhvi

@Tartu

It is a party for everyone who values books and reading. The festival brings together literary-minded people from Estonia and abroad.

concert.ee

kirjandusfestival.tartu.ee Tartu Prima Vista

Literary Festival HeadRead @Tallinn

100km

Literary Festival HeadRead consists of presentations, poetry nights, children’s mornings, and other thematic events where you can meet Estonian and foreign writers.

150km

The song festival, born 150 years ago and nowadays held every 5 years, features on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The festival brings together over 8,500 singers ranging from kindergarteners to grandparents. They perform music from Estonian top composers like Arvo Pärt, Veljo Tormis, Gustav Ernesaks and others. tartulaulupidu.ee Tartu Laulupidu

28-29.06

sweetspot.ee Sweet Spot Festival

headread.ee Festival HeadRead

muuseumioo.ee Muuseumiöö

200km

28-29.06 26-29.06

Haapsalu Tchaikovsky Festival

The Tchaikovsky Festival offers concerts at the historic resort town Haapsalu’s cosy venues. The main performer Janusz Wawrowski, who is the first violinist of the Warsaw Soloists, is playing the Stradivarius violin, Estonian National Male Choir performs classical Russian choral music, opera singers from St.Petersburg treat the audience to their solo performances and a plethora of Estonian young musicians bring fun and joy to the beautiful beach front festival.

tchaikovskyfestival.ee Haapsalu Tšaikovski Festival

GUIDE Tear out the section that best fits your interests and itinerary for easy carrying. The map at the center displays the location of the events as well as the distance and the travel time by car. The reverse side serves as a beautiful poster and a calendar with the public holidays marked.

30-2.06

Seto Folk

Tallinn Old Town Days

@Värska

@Haapsalu

Sweet Spot Festival is two-day music festival in the heart of Tallinn, besides well-known artists from around the world and local performers also different workshops are organized. kaunismuusika.ee Sõru Jazz

@Tartu

The aim of the festival is to promote world class dancing in Ida-Viru County and to introduce Estonian dancers, who are well-known in Europe.

Värska

2h 30m

Tartu Song Festival

@Tallinn

The Narva Energy Run includes a 21.1 km run and 7 km run/walking/Nordic walking distance. The running trail goes along the streets of Narva, passing historic bastions, fortifications, the Alexander's Cathedral and many other exciting buildings.

Prima Vista Literature Festival

22-26.05

20-22.06

Sweet Spot Festival

@Narva

tmw.ee tallinnmusicweek

8-11.05

@across Estonia

Lake Tamula

Tallinn Street Food Festival presents the hottest street food trends, new local and international food trucks, and introduces new alternative chefs.

Narva Energy Run

jooks.ee Narva Energiajooks

Tallinn Fashion Week will see a number of fashion-themed events taking place, including designer shows, exhibitions of design drawings and more.

Viljandi

Kuressaare

@Haapsalu

13-16.06

In early summer, this small South-Estonian town gives itself over to medieval customs and looks back on how membership of the Hanseatic League brought riches and bold ideas to the town over the course of time.

World Film Festival is an event dedicated to documentary cinema. The festival develops interest towards anthropological, analytical approach to cultures and societies, welcoming film entries from all over the world.

Tallinn Music Week is the biggest indoor festival in the Nordic-Baltic region. The artist line-up presents over 200 Estonian and international acts from diverse musical genres, attracting an enthusiastic audience of nearly 25,000 music lovers from Estonia and abroad.

Tartu

tallinnstreetfoodfest.ee

@Viljandi

@Tartu

Once a year, on a Saturday evening in May, museums and memory institutions across Estonia open their doors late at night to celebrate the night of museums. This free event takes place all over Europe.

Sõru

@Lake Tamula

Grillfest

World Film Festival

Night of Museums

Haapsalu

7-8.06

18-23.03

18.05

20.04

7-8.06

session.ee Simple Session

estoloppet.ee

Tallinn

events in estonia

@Tallinn

@Tallinn

events in estonia

UMA MEKK Café and Restaurant Week gives you the opportunity to experience and sample the authentic and varied local food-based heritage of Vana-Võromaa.

visitvoru.ee Vorumaakohvikutejarestoranidenadal

vohandumaraton.ee VohanduMaraton

Tallinn Music Week

Tallinn Fashion Week

Alutaguse Marathon (Skiing)

UMA MEKK Café and Restaurant Week

parnurestaurantweek.ee parnurestoranidenadal

Võhandu Marathon

Major skateboarding and BMX event with more than 200 participants from all over the world.

25-31.03

21-23.03

MAY

APRIL

events in estonia

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2.02

MARCH

19-20.01

30-3.02

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25-26.05

Kuressaare Street Festival @Kuressaare Seto Folk is a festival where experience is born and inspiration buds from the fusion of music and nature. The festival brings together travel and music lovers from all over the world and broadens the boundaries of performing arts culture. At this festival, vendors sell local crafts, genuine Seto food is served, home brewed beer is quaffed and Seto hospitality is enjoyed.

Kuressaare will close its city centre to cars and make space to pedestrians, cyclists, traders, artists, poets, and soup-makers. Festival offers streetfood, music, performances, Estonian design and more.

setofolk.ee setofolk

kuressaarefestival.ee Kuressaare Tänavafestival

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

IMPORTANT LINKS

Trains elron.ee Buses around Estonia tpilet.ee Buses in Tallinn soiduplaan.tallinn.ee Boats to islands veeteed.com / praamid.ee

Ticket sales online-shop piletilevi.ee Estonian National Opera opera.ee/en/ The State Concert Institute concert.ee

@Tallinn

Tallinn Old Town Days are the biggest festival in Old Town dedicated to the local cultural heritage and community. Various music, theatre, art, and sports events are held during four days.

vanalinnapaevad.ee Tallinna Vanalinna Päevad / Tallinn Old Town Days

Full event calender and more information about Estonia visitestonia.com


events in estonia January-June 2019

4-7.07

XXVII Song and XX Dance Celebration ‘Minu arm (My Fatherland is my Love)’ @Tallinn The Estonian Song and Dance Celebration marks its 150-year anniversary with a celebration "My Fatherland is my Love" in Tallinn from 4th to 7th July 2019. More than 30,000 singers and dancers join the performances of a tradition that belongs to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. The four dance performances take place on 4th and 5th July at Kalev Central Stadium, two concerts of the Song Celebration on 6th and 7th July at Tallinn Song Festival Grounds.

laulupidu.ee Laulu- ja tantsupidu

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1 - New Year’s Day

24 - Independence Day

19 - Good Friday 21 - Easter Sunday

1 - Spring Day

9 - Pentecost Sunday 23 - Victory Day 24 - Midsummer Day


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