the best festivals in lithuania. contents art 1 music / dance 2 cinema / theatre 3 other 4
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„Sostinės dienos - Capital days• Date: September 2nd – 4th • Place: Vilnius• Entrance fee: free
• Openair activities all across the city• Huge variety from music and film up to
theater and fashion
Druskininkai Poetic Fall
• Date: Mid-October 2011• Place: Druskininkai, Various venues• Entrance fee: not announced yet
• Principal annual literary festival of the Lithuanian P.E.N. Centre
• The poetry event attracts authors from all over the world
• Has become popular in Lithuania and abroad
Festival of Modern Culture of the Balts MĖNUO JUODARAGIS
• Date: August 26th – 28th • Place: Zarasai• Entrance fee: 35-40 €
• Best original Lithuanian and European music groups, art projects and cultural program
• The wild green island in Zarasai, North Eastern woods
• Main theme of MJR XIV is Sutartinės• Magic rituals
Vilnius Jazz Festival
• Date: 13-16 October 2011• Place: Rusu Dramos Teatras, J.
Basanavichiu g. 14, Vilnius• Price: 100-160 lt – festival pass
• Oldest annual jazz festival in Vilnius• Has a reputation of a radical avant-garde
festival• Provides contemporary trends in jazz
from all over the world
Kalėdos Vilniuje – Christmas in Vilnius• Date: December 11th – January 6th • Place: Odminiu Square, Cathedral
Square, Churches of Vilnius• Entrance fee: free
• Christmas Tree Lighting Event• Christmas Market• The Gifts’ bank• Christmas Music in Churches
Festival of Warfare and Handicraft of Old Tribes
APUOLĖ• Date: August 20th – 21th
• Place: Skudo District• Entrance fee: Free
• Demonstration shows of military-historical clubs
• Close fights between various military-historical clubs
• Folk concerts• War songs and customs• Games of armless grandstand