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1 Hang on the wall > VILNIUS EVENTS 2016 JANUARY FEBRUARY 1 JANUARY Day of the Flag of Lithuania Gediminas Hill 6 JANUARY Procession of Three Wise Men Streets of the Old Town 6 JANUARY Farewell, Christmas Tree 13 JANUARY Freedom Defenders Day JANUARY International Theatre Festival for Children Different Arts Printing House JANUARY Vilnius Comedy Fest JANUARY French Film Festival Winter Screens JANUARY International Tourism and Active Leisure Exhibition Adventur JANUARY Japanese Film Festival Forum Cinemas Vingis 6 FEBRUARY Traditional Carnival Užgavėnės (Shrovetide) FEBRUARY Exhibition for Meetings, Events and Incentives CONVENE 16 FEBRUARY Day of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania FEBRUARY International Vilnius Book Fair FEBRUARY Coffee Culture Days Shopping and Leisure Centre Panorama 27 FEBRUARY Exotic Beer & Ales Festival Žmogšala

2 MARCH APRIL MARCH Days of Francophonie MARCH Kaziukas (St. Casimir) Fair Streets and squares of the Old Town MARCH International Baltic Jewelry Exhibition Amber Trip Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva 11 MARCH Day of the Restoration of the Independence of Lithuania MARCH Fashion Festival Mados infekcija (Fashion Infection) Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) 19 & 20 MARCH Spring Equinox Embankment near Karalius Mindaugas Bridge Pūčkorių Exposure 20 MARCH Palm Sunday Vilnius churches, streets of the Old Town 28 MARCH The Sky in Easter Egg Patterns 31 MARCH 14 APRIL Vilnius Film Festival Kino pavasaris (Spring of Cinema) 1 APRIL Day of the Independence of Užupis Republic Užupis 4 APRIL 10 MAY International Music Festival Sugrįžimai (The Returns) APRIL Contemporary Music Festival Young Music APRIL Open House Vilnius MAY 2 7 MAY International University Theatre Forum 2 8 MAY Design Week MAY International Contemporary Dance Festival New Baltic Dance MAY Tech Conference Login MAY Europe Day 8 MAY General Financing Trakai Half Marathon MAY Theatre Debut Festival of Young Creators Tylos! (Silence!) MAY International Festival Poezijos pavasaris (Poetry Spring) MAY International Traditional Jazz Dance & Music Festival Harlem MAY International Vilnius Salsa Festival The House of Polish Culture 20 & 21 MAY Night in the Museum Island Castle in Vilnius museums 21 MAY Street Musician Day Streets of the Old Town 22 MAY We Run Vilnius DNB Half Marathon MAY International Folklore Festival Skamba skamba kankliai MAY International Wine Exhibition Wine Days

3 rtyard of JUNE Kairėnai Summer Festival Botanical Garden of Vilnius University in Kairėnai LRT Opus Summer Terrace Art Factory Loftas Piano.Lt Summer Terrace Courtyard of Fransciscan Monastery Cinema under the Stars Courtyard of Contemporary Art Centre (every Sunday) Sunday is a Day of Sport JUNE SEPTEMBER (every Friday) Open Kitchen Tymo Market JUNE SEPTEMBER Summer Terrace JUNE The Summer of Trakai 3 JUNE 3 JULY International Music Festival Vilnius Festival 4 JUNE Urban Adventure Race Vilnius Challenge JUNE International Contemporary Art Fair Art Vilnius JUNE Vilnius LGBT* Festival Kreivės 17 JUNE Culture Night 18 JUNE Herb Market JUNE Medieval Festival in Trakai Peninsular Castle in 23 JUNE Midsummer Night Rasos (St. John Feast) Verkiai Regional Park Mounds of Kernavė Town JULY AUGUST JULY AUGUST Christopher Summer Festival JULY AUGUST (every Friday) Galvė Jazz Fiesta Galvė Lake in JULY AUGUST (every Sunday) Evenings in Užutrakis Užutrakis Palace in 6 JULY Traditional Race Around the Green Lakes Green Lakes 6 JULY State Day (Coronation of King Mindaugas) JULY Days of Live Archaeology in Kernavė Mounds of Kernavė Town 10 JULY Festival of Horse Dominykas Fairy-Tales Embankment near White Bridge 30 JULY 7 AUGUST International Summer Music Festival Vivace Vilnius 31 JULY Badminton Festival Vilniaus plunksna Lukiškės Square 31 JULY 7 AUGUST Trakai Fanfare Week AUGUST Kopūstinės Fair (Feast of Assumption) AUGUST Old Crafts Days in Trakai Peninsular Castle in 21 AUGUST Velomarathon AUGUST Bartholomew Fair Town Hall Square 27 AUGUST We Run Vilnius

4 SEPTEMBER 2 4 SEPTEMBER Vilnius City Fiesta Gediminas Avenue 4 SEPTEMBER 2 OCTOBER International St. Jacob Sacred Music Festival Church of St Philip and St Jacob SEPTEMBER Instrumental Folk Music Festival Griežynė SEPTEMBER New Circus Weekend Arts Printing House SEPTEMBER International Early Music Festival Banchetto Musicale SEPTEMBER Science Festival Spaceship Earth 11 SEPTEMBER Danske Bank Vilnius Marathon International Street Theatres Festival Mosaic European Heritage Days Nations Fair 22 SEPTEMBER Baltic Unity Day Verkiai Regional Park 22 SEPTEMBER Autumn Equinox Embankment near Karalius Mindaugas Bridge 22 SEPTEMBER 2 OCTOBER International Vilnius Documentary Films Festival 24 SEPTEMBER International Fireworks Festival Vilniaus fejerija Vingis Park 30 SEPTEMBER Researchers Night OCTOBER NOVEMBER 1 2 OCTOBER Vilnius Sport Festival OCTOBER International Film Festival for Children and Youth OCTOBER Vilnius International Short Film Festival OCTOBER Days of Latin American Culture In Latino 7 OCTOBER Shopping Night Out Vilnius boutiques OCTOBER Vilnius Light Festival Beepositive OCTOBER International Jazz Festival Vilnius Jazz OCTOBER International Documentary Film Festival Inconvenient Films OCTOBER International Contemporary Music Festival Gaida (The Tune) NOVEMBER European Film Forum Scanorama NOVEMBER International Accordion Festival NOVEMBER International Folklore Festival Pokrovskije Kolokola (Chiming Bells) NOVEMBER International Jazz Festival Vilnius Mama Jazz NOVEMBER International Festival of Animated Cartoons Tindirindis

5 DECEMBER RUGSĖJO DECEMBER 4 7 d. Christopher Christmas Festival Vilniaus miesto šventė Sostinės dienos ir Vilnius St. Catherine s Music Week Church DECEMBER RUGSĖJO Fair of Applied 4 7 Art d. CraftVilnius Vilniaus miesto šventė Sostinės dienos ir Vilnius Music Week 1 DECEMBER 6 JANUARY Christmas in the Capital RUGSĖJO 4 7 d. Streets and squares of the Old Town Vilniaus miesto šventė Sostinės dienos ir 3 DECEMBER 8 JANUARY Trakai Capital of Santa Clauses RUGSĖJO d. LONG TERM EVENTS Traditional Dance Get-together ON THURSDAYS (All year round at 19:00) January April Trade-union House May September S. Moniuškos Square October December Trade-union House Lithuanian Flag Raising Ceremony ON SUNDAYS (All year round at 12:00) S. Daukantas Square Flea Market ON SUNDAYS (All year round 12:00 16:00) Sacred Music Hours St. Casimir s Church JANUARY APRIL (on Sundays at 13:30) MAY OCTOBER (on Tuesdays at 18:30) NOVEMBER DECEMBER (on Sundays at 13:30) WALKING TOURS Discover the Old Town of Vilnius Start at the steps of the Cathedral Belfry 15 MAY 15 SEPTEMBER (in English, German and Russian at 11:00) 28 DECEMBER 8 JANUARY (in English and Russian at 12:00) January April Šokbaris Vilniaus miesto DECEMBER šventė Sostinės dienos ir May September Musical Christmas Concert Hall Piano.Lt October December Šokbaris RUGSĖJO 4 7 d. Vilniaus Dates of miesto events šventė are Sostinės subject dienos to change. ir For the most up-to-date information please check Šv. Publisher: Jokūbo Vilnius ir Šv. Tourism Pilypo bažnyčia & Convention Bureau. Authors of the photos: L. Ciūnys, V. Kirilovas, M. Kundrotas, V. Buivydė, D. Matvejev, Velo takas Fill 2016 with events! JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER MAY JUNE DECEMBER