@Cinemas in Tallinn
International documentary film program includes a combination of national and international documentary films from the recent years. docpoint.ee/en DocPoint Tallinn
MustonenFest is an international series of Baroque music concerts, which over the years has grown into a major festival of various styles of music.
You can enjoy new food experiences by trying affordable special three-course menus of several restaurants that are developing these in addition to their ordinary menus to celebrate this month.
concert.ee/mustonenfest
maitsevtartu.ee Maitsev Tartu
APRIL
events in estonia 02.-08.04
20.-29.04
Tallinn Music Week
Tallinn International Festival Jazzkaar
@Tallinn
@Tallinn
World Orienteering Championships
03.-04.02 Simple Session @Tallinn
Tartu Marathon Open Track (63/31 km) and Tartu Marathon Relay (1 team = 4 skiers) welcome skiers preferring a quieter atmosphere or covering the marathon track with friends.
Major skateboarding and BMX event with more than 200 participants from all over the world.
tartumaraton.ee Klubi Tartu Maraton
session.ee Simple Session
03.02 European Sauna Marathon @Otepää This sauna marathon invites teams to experience as many of the saunas in and around Otepää as possible.
18.02 Tartu Marathon (Skiing) @Otepää
26.02-06.03
IBU Youth and Junior World Championships
@Otepää
Winter 2018 brings IBU Youth/Junior World Championships to Estonia. Come enjoy the winter capital of Estonia! biathlonworld.com IBU Youth/Junior World Championships
Euroopa Saunamaraton Otepääl
10.-18.03
Pärnu Spa Week @Pärnu
Pärnu Spa Week welcomes everyone to take care of their body and spirit! The water and sauna centres of 9 different spa hotels are available for enjoyment at the resort town. Enterprises have put together some exquisite Spa Week offers for visiting spa centres and water parks, restaurants as well as accommodation packages. visitparnu.com/talvespaa Pärnu spaanädal
06.-10.03
Winter Swimming World Championships
Winter Swimming World Championships is a global winter swimming event organized by the International Winter Swimming Association every 2 years, gathering hundreds of winter swimmers for an unforgettable winter swimming holiday.
17.-18.03 Telliskivi Social Dancing Weekend @Tallinn The only dance event in Estonia bringing together a variety of dance communities and styles. The festival provides an overview of Latin dances, traditional dances from exotic regions, swing, and the Estonian national dance. Participants can choose among nearly 30 workshops, dance lessons, and dance events. Previous dancing experience is not required. Telliskivi Loomelinnak
02.-28.03 Land of Music @Tartu The festival offers a holistic week related to music and making music. The week includes performances, lectures, masterclasses for musicians and soloists and many more interesting events. balticacademies.eu BalticAcademies
winterswimming.world
19.-25.03 World Film Festival @Tartu World Film Festival is an event dedicated to documentary cinema. The festival promotes the interest in anthropological, analytical approach to cultures and societies, welcoming film entries from all over the world. worldfilm.ee Maailmafilmi festival
Winter Swimming World Championships 2018
events in estonia MAY
31.01-04.02 DocPoint
@Tallinn, Tartu, Jõhvi, Pärnu
01.-28.02 Tasty Tartu @Tartumaa
events in estonia
MARCH
26.01-04.02 MustonenFest
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FEBRUARY
JANUARY
events in estonia
19.05
13.05
35th Tartu Running Marathon
Night of Museums
@Across Estonia
@Otepää
07.-12.05
Tallinn Music Week (TMW) 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. tmw.ee/et Tallinn Music Week
07.-15.04
Pärnu Restaurant Week @Pärnu
The largest jazz festival in the Baltic states includes shows all over Estonia. This 10-day festival features the hottest international and local jazz talents and fills the whole country with great sounds and activities. jazzkaar.ee
Prima Vista Literary Festival
Boulders 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.
21.04 Võhandu Marathon @Lake Tamula
The objective is to introduce the local restaurants, chefs and Estonian cuisine.
One of the most scenic and exciting paddling competitions in Europe with an approximate length of 100 km.
parnurestaurantweek.ee Pärnu Restoranide Nädal
vohandumaraton.ee Võhandu Maraton
It is a party for everybody who values books and reading. The festival brings together literary-minded people from Estonia and abroad.
Jõhvi
Haapsalu Suure-Jaani
Jazzkaar
Pärnu
27.-29.04
Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival
Otepää
Travel time
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50km
100km
JUNE
Hanseatic Days in Viljandi
Tallinn Bicycle week
08.-09.06
Grillfest
@Pärnu
@Tallinn
16.-23.06
Suure-Jaani Music Festival @Suure-Jaani
@Viljandi
In early summer, this small 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. hansa.viljandi.ee Viljandi
tbw.ee Tallinn Bicycle Week
grillfest.ee Grillfest Estonia
01.-02.06
Italian Wine Days @Haapsalu
Come and taste fine Italian wines at the Italian Culture and Wine Days in Haapsalu. The festival includes wine tasting and performances by musicians and singers. kultuurimaja.ee
29.-30.06
Song and Dance Festival Gaudeamus 2018
Seto Folk
@Värska
@Tartu
Marathon “The Republic of Estonia 100” The focus of the festival is on classical and Estonian music. Concerts take place throughout the day from morning till evening, both indoors and outdoors. muusikafestival.suure-jaani.ee
@Pärnu
This year's marathon is the special event of Pärnu County Victory Day Marathon to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia. This family event has a variety of distances and disciplines, including a full and half marathon and children's races.
27.-30.06
09.-10.06
Tallinn Street Food Festival @Tallinn
The festival presents the hottest street food trends, new local and international food trucks, and introduces new alternative chefs. tallinnstreetfoodfest.ee/en
@Tallinn
Presentations, poetry nights, children’s mornings and other thematic events where you can meet Estonian and foreign writers. headread.ee Festival HeadRead
Tallinn Old Town Days
@Tallinn
25.-27.05
Kuressaare Street Festival
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 five days.
Kuressaare will close its city centre to cars and make space for pedestrians, cyclists, traders, artists, poets, and soup-makers. Festival offers street food, music, performances, Estonian design etc.
vanalinnapaevad.ee Tallinna Vanalinna Päevad / Tallinn Old Town Days
Seto Folk
kuressaarefestival.ee Kuressaare Tänavafestival
In 2017-2019, Estonia celebrates its 100th birthday. We wish to share its birthday with you in Estonia and abroad.
The map at the center displays the location the events as well as distance and travel time by car.
For more information visit
The reverse side serves as a beautiful poster and calendar with the public holidays marked.
events.estonia.ee
@Tallinn, Tartu
30.05-03.06
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.
Tear out the section that best fits your interests and itinerary for easy carrying.
@Haapsalu
Listen to the classical concerts by the leading Russian theatre Moscow Novaja Opera in the Haapsalu Castle Yard, experience chamber concerts, thematic walks in Tchaikovsky's paths and children's concerts. tchaikovskyfestival.ee/en Haapsalu Tšaikovski festival
Tour of Estonia
tourofestonia.ee Tour of Estonia
GUIDE
Haapsalu Tchaikovsky Festival
25.-26.05
The biggest road cycling event in the region organised on scenic South-Estonian roads. The programme also includes children’s races.
The best student choirs, dancers and musicians from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will participate in the festivities, with a total of 4000 performers.
22.06
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 food preparation competitions.
@Tallinn
jooks.ee
200km
gaudeamus.ee/en
Attracting thousands of different cyclists, this urban cycling and bike culture festival sets out to give the streets back to the people and have fun while encouraging a healthy and conscious city lifestyle.
Festival Headread
Tallink Maijooks This spring sports event comprises a 7-kilometre timed race, an untimed race and a walking / Nordic walking event. There are also events for children with the day culminating in a spring concert.
2h 30m
150km
19.05
Värska Lake Tamula
Tallink Maijooks
events in estonia 31.05-02.06
muuseumioo.ee Muuseumiöö
23.-27.05
23.-24.06
01.-02.06
tartumaraton.ee Klubi Tartu Maraton
Viljandi
Kuressaare
Distance
kirjandusfestival.tartu.ee/home
Tartu
@Haapsalu
A three-day independent festival focusing on the best genre films from recent years, exploring the darker and odder side of cinema: from fantasy to horror, forgotten classics and special retrospectives to extreme films. hoff.ee Haapsalu Õudus- ja Fantaasiafilmide Festival (HÕFF)
The largest cross-country running event with the distances of 10 km and 23 km. Special events for children.
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.
@Tartu
Tallinn
@Kuressaare
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
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