VILNIUS EVENTS Fill 2014 with events! APRIL MARCH SEPTEMBER OCTOBER M T W T F S S M T W T F S S

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1 VILNIUS EVENTS 2014 Fill 2014 with events! JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER MAY JUNE DECEMBER

2 1 JANUARY Day of the Flag of Lithuania Gediminas Hill Procession of Three Wise Men Streets of the Old Town Farewell, Christmas Tree 13 JANUARY Freedom Defenders Day JANUARY Festival A Different Theatre for Children Arts Printing JANUARY French Film Festival Winter Screens International Tourism, Leisure and Sports Exhibition Adventur FEBRUARY Exhibition for Meetings, Events and Incentives CONVENE 16 FEBRUARY Day of the Restoration of the State of the Lithuania FEBRUARY International Vilnius Book Fair JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL 1 and 4 MARCH Traditional Carnival Užgavėnės (Shrovetide) 7 9 MARCH Kaziukas (St. Casimir) Fair Streets and squares of the Old Town 11 MARCH Day of the Restoration of the Independence of Lithuania MARCH International Baltic Jewelry Exhibition Amber Trip Hotel Radisson Blu Lietuva 20 MARCH 3 APRIL International Vilnius Film Festival Kino pavasaris (Spring of Cinema) MARCH Fashion Festival Mados infekcija (Fashion Infection) Contemporary Art Centre 22 MARCH Spring Equinox Embankment near Karalius Mindaugas Bridge 10 APRIL 6 MAY Sugrįžimai (The Returns) APRIL Tech Conference Login APRIL Literary Slide of Vilnius 13 APRIL Palm Sunday Vilnius churches and streets of the Old Town 15 APRIL Day of Culture 21 APRIL The Sky in Easter Egg Patterns

3 5 11 MAY Design Week MAY International Contemporary Dance Festival New Baltic Dance MAY Europe Day Gediminas Avenue 11 MAY Sunday is a Day of Sport (every Sunday) Gediminas Avenue MAY International Vilnius Salsa Festival 16 MAY Night in the Museum Island Castle in 16 MAY Festival Vilnius Brodas is Alive Lukiškių Square 17 MAY Street Musician s Day Streets of the Old Town 17 MAY 26 SEPTEMBER Project Summer Terrace Courtyard of Vilnius Teachers 18 MAY 1 JUNE International Poetry Festival Poetry Spring MAY International Theatre Debuts Festival Tylos! (Silence!) State Small Theatre of Vilnius MAY International Wine Exhibition Wine Days Contemporary Art Centre 25 MAY Nike I Run. Vilnius/DNB Half- Marathon 29 MAY 1 JUNE International Festival of Folk Music Skamba Skamba Kankliai MAY International Theatre Festival of Persons with Disabilities Begasas MAY of Polish Culture Arts Printing JUNE JUNE AUGUST Cinema Under the Stars Courtyard of Contemporary Art Centre JUNE AUGUST Dinner Music Live (every weekday) S. Moniuškos Square 1 JUNE 14 SEPTEMBER Bards Summer Festival Botanical Garden of Vilnius University in Kairėnai 1 JUNE Vilnius Dance Festival Hotel Radisson Blu Lietuva JUNE Vilnius Festival Vilnius Concert Halls JUNE Summer of Trakai 7 JUNE Urban Adventure Race Vilnius Challenge JUNE Medieval Festival in Trakai Peninsular Castle in JUNE International Contemporary Art Fair Art Vilnius 20 JUNE Culture Night 21 JUNE Herbs Market 23 JUNE Midsummer Night Joninės (Rasos) Verkiai Regional Park Mounds of Kernavė town 28 JUNE Lithuanian Tartar Culture Days 29 JUNE 31 AUGUST Christopher Summer Festival

4 JULY AUGUST Evenings in Užutrakis (every Sunday) Užutrakis Palace in JULY AUGUST 6 JULY State Day (Coronation of Lithuania s King Mindaugas) S. Daukantas Square AUGUST Bartholomew Fair Town Hall Square AUGUST JULY AUGUST Galvė Jazz Fiesta (every Friday) Lake Galvė in 2 6 JULY 27 JULY 3 AUGUST Trakai Fanfare Week Old Crafts Days in Trakai Peninsular Castle in 24 AUGUST Song Celebration Here is My Home AUGUST Vilnius Bicycle Marathon Velomarathon Kopūstinė Fair (Feast of Assumption) JULY Days of Live Archaeology in Kernavė Mounds of Kernavė town SEPTEMBER 3 SEPTEMBER 5 International St. Jacob Sacred Music Festival Church of St. Philip and St. Jacob SEPTEMBER International Vilnius City Fiesta and Vilnius Music Week, SEPTEMBER International Festival of Instrumental Folk Music Griežynė SEPTEMBER New Circus Weekend Arts Printing SEPTEMBER Nations Fair Gedimino Avenue SEPTEMBER Japanese Culture Festival nowjapan SEPTEMBER International Early Music Festival Banchetto Musicale 13 SEPTEMBER 31 Project of Earth Art Nature and Art The Botanical Garden of Vilnius University in Kairėnai 14 SEPTEMBER Danske Bank Vilnius Marathon SEPTEMBER International Vilnius Documentary Films Festival SEPTEMBER International Street Theatres Festival Mosaic SEPTEMBER European Heritage Days 20 SEPTEMBER Autumn Equinox Embankment near Karalius Mindaugas Bridge 20 SEPTEMBER International Fireworks Festival Vilniaus Fejerija Vingis Park 25 SEPTEMBER 5 International Theatre Festival Sirenos (Sirens) Vilnius theatres

5 International Audiovisual Poetry Festival TARP Days of Latin American Culture In Latino Kaunas International Film Festival Traditional Fair Gardens Basket 9 12 International Short Film Festival Vilnius Film Shorts Vilnius Jazz International Contemporary Music Festival Gaida (The Tune) International Bards Music Festival This is Me NOVEMBER European Film Forum Scanorama NOVEMBER Gospel Music Festival and churches NOVEMBER International Accordion Festival NOVEMBER International Jazz Festival Vilnius Mama Jazz NOVEMBER International Folklore Festival Pokrovskije Kolokola (Chiming Bells) NOVEMBER International Festival of Animated Cartoons Tindirindis NOVEMBER DECEMBER 1 DECEMBER Christmas in the Capital Streets and squares of the Old Town 4 31 DECEMBER Christopher Christmas St. Catherine s Church DECEMBER International Dancesport Festival Lithuanian Open Siemens arena End of DECEMBER Christmas Running LONG TERM EVENTS Flea Market ON SUNDAYS (All year round 12:00 16:00) APRIL Šokbaris MAY SEPTEMBER Lithuanian Flag Raising Ceremony ON SUNDAYS (All year round 12:00) S. Daukantas Square Sacred Music and Concentration Hours JANUARY APRIL (on Sundays 13:00) MAY (on Tuesdays 18:30) NOVEMBER DECEMBER (on Sundays 13:00) St. Casimir s Church WALKING TOURS Walking Tours Discover the Old Town of Vilnius 15 MAY 15 SEPTEMBER (in english, german and russian) 27 DECEMBER 11 JANUARY (in english and russian) Start at the steps of the Cathedral Belfry Dates of events are subject to change. For the most up-to-date information please check Publisher: Public Institution Vilnius Tourist Information Centre & Convention Bureau. Printed by ADS press. Authors of the photos: I. de Sousa, V. Kirilovas, E. Levin, V. Daubarienė, A. Žygavičius, A. Didžgalvis, Club Medieval Emissaries, Gytis Ivanauskas Theatre, Oskaras Koršunovas Theatre, Vilnius Tourism & Convention Bureau archive.