VILNIUS EVENTS 2014 Fill 2014 with events! JANUARY 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 FEBRUARY 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MARCH 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 APRIL 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER MAY 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 JUNE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DECEMBER 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
1 JANUARY Day of the Flag of Lithuania Gediminas Hill www.kam.lt, Procession of Three Wise Men Streets of the Old Town www.senamiescioteatras.lt Farewell, Christmas Tree 13 JANUARY Freedom Defenders Day 13 20 JANUARY Festival A Different Theatre for Children Arts Printing www.menuspaustuve.lt 23 30 JANUARY French Film Festival Winter Screens www.ziemosekranai.lt 24 2 International Tourism, Leisure and Sports Exhibition Adventur www.litexpo.lt 12-13 FEBRUARY Exhibition for Meetings, Events and Incentives CONVENE www.convene.lt 16 FEBRUARY Day of the Restoration of the State of the Lithuania 20 23 FEBRUARY International Vilnius Book Fair www.vilniausknygumuge.lt JANUARY FEBRUARY www.lrs.lt 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 12 15 MARCH International Baltic Jewelry Exhibition Amber Trip Hotel Radisson Blu Lietuva www.ambertrip.com 20 MARCH 3 APRIL International Vilnius Film Festival Kino pavasaris (Spring of Cinema) www.kinopavasaris.lt 21 22 MARCH Fashion Festival Mados infekcija (Fashion Infection) Contemporary Art Centre www.madosinfekcija.lt 22 MARCH Spring Equinox Embankment near Karalius Mindaugas Bridge 10 APRIL 6 MAY Sugrįžimai (The Returns) www.lmrf.lt 10 11 APRIL Tech Conference Login www.login.lt 11 12 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
5 11 MAY Design Week www.dizainoforumas.lt 8 15 MAY International Contemporary Dance Festival New Baltic Dance www.dance.lt, 9 11 MAY Europe Day Gediminas Avenue www.europosdiena.lt 11 MAY Sunday is a Day of Sport (every Sunday) Gediminas Avenue www.sveikasmiestas.lt 15 19 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 www.gmd.lt 17 MAY 26 SEPTEMBER Project Summer Terrace Courtyard of Vilnius Teachers 18 MAY 1 JUNE International Poetry Festival Poetry Spring www.rasytojai.lt 19 27 MAY International Theatre Debuts Festival Tylos! (Silence!) State Small Theatre of Vilnius www.vmt.lt, www.lmta.lt 23 24 MAY International Wine Exhibition Wine Days Contemporary Art Centre www.vynodienos.lt 25 MAY Nike I Run. Vilnius/DNB Half- Marathon www.nikeasbegu.lt 29 MAY 1 JUNE International Festival of Folk Music Skamba Skamba Kankliai 30 31 MAY International Theatre Festival of Persons with Disabilities Begasas MAY of Polish Culture www.salsafestival.lt Arts Printing www.negalia.lt JUNE JUNE AUGUST Cinema Under the Stars Courtyard of Contemporary Art Centre www.kinopasaka.lt JUNE AUGUST Dinner Music Live (every weekday) S. Moniuškos Square 1 JUNE 14 SEPTEMBER Bards Summer Festival Botanical Garden of Vilnius University in Kairėnai www.bardai.lt 1 JUNE Vilnius Dance Festival Hotel Radisson Blu Lietuva www.vilniusdancefestival.com 2 21 JUNE Vilnius Festival Vilnius Concert Halls www.nationalphilharmonic.eu, 6 8 JUNE Summer of Trakai 7 JUNE Urban Adventure Race Vilnius Challenge www.vilniuschallenge.lt 7 8 JUNE Medieval Festival in Trakai Peninsular Castle in 18 22 JUNE International Contemporary Art Fair Art Vilnius www.artvilnius.com 20 JUNE Culture Night www.kulturosnaktis.lt 21 JUNE Herbs Market 23 JUNE Midsummer Night Joninės (Rasos) Verkiai Regional Park www.pavilniai-verkiai.lt Mounds of Kernavė town www.kernave.org 28 JUNE Lithuanian Tartar Culture Days 29 JUNE 31 AUGUST Christopher Summer Festival www.kristupofestivaliai.lt,
JULY AUGUST Evenings in Užutrakis (every Sunday) Užutrakis Palace in www.seniejitrakai.lt JULY AUGUST 6 JULY State Day (Coronation of Lithuania s King Mindaugas) S. Daukantas Square www.president.lt, 22 23 AUGUST Bartholomew Fair Town Hall Square www.amatugildija.lt 23 24 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 15 17 AUGUST Vilnius Bicycle Marathon Velomarathon www.dainusvente.lt Kopūstinė Fair (Feast of Assumption) www.velomaratonas.lt 5 6 JULY Days of Live Archaeology in Kernavė Mounds of Kernavė town www.kernave.org SEPTEMBER 3 SEPTEMBER 5 International St. Jacob Sacred Music Festival Church of St. Philip and St. Jacob www.jokubofestivalis.lt 5 7 SEPTEMBER International Vilnius City Fiesta and Vilnius Music Week, www.musicweek.lt 10 14 SEPTEMBER International Festival of Instrumental Folk Music Griežynė www.llkc.lt 11 14 SEPTEMBER New Circus Weekend Arts Printing www.menuspaustuve.lt 12 14 SEPTEMBER Nations Fair Gedimino Avenue www.tautumuge.lt 13 21 SEPTEMBER Japanese Culture Festival nowjapan www.nowjapan.lt 13 30 SEPTEMBER International Early Music Festival Banchetto Musicale www.bmfestival.lt, 13 SEPTEMBER 31 Project of Earth Art Nature and Art The Botanical Garden of Vilnius University in Kairėnai www.botanikos-sodas.vu.lt 14 SEPTEMBER Danske Bank Vilnius Marathon www.vilniausmaratonas.lt 18 28 SEPTEMBER International Vilnius Documentary Films Festival www.vdff.lt 19 21 SEPTEMBER International Street Theatres Festival Mosaic www.senamiescioteatras.lt 19 21 SEPTEMBER European Heritage Days www.kpd.lt 20 SEPTEMBER Autumn Equinox Embankment near Karalius Mindaugas Bridge 20 SEPTEMBER International Fireworks Festival Vilniaus Fejerija Vingis Park www.fejerija.lt 25 SEPTEMBER 5 International Theatre Festival Sirenos (Sirens) Vilnius theatres www.sirenos.lt,
International Audiovisual Poetry Festival TARP www.tarpfest.lt Days of Latin American Culture In Latino www.inlatino.lt 2 12 Kaunas International Film Festival www.kinofestivalis.lt 3 4 Traditional Fair Gardens Basket 9 12 International Short Film Festival Vilnius Film Shorts www.filmshorts.lt 16 19 Vilnius Jazz www.vilniusjazz.lt, 17 25 International Contemporary Music Festival Gaida (The Tune) 20 26 International Bards Music Festival This is Me www.tai-as.lt 6 23 NOVEMBER European Film Forum Scanorama www.scanorama.lt 7 9 NOVEMBER Gospel Music Festival and churches www.vilniusgospel.lt 9 23 NOVEMBER International Accordion Festival www.akordeonofestivalis.lt 12 16 NOVEMBER International Jazz Festival Vilnius Mama Jazz www.vilniusmamajazz.lt, 12 16 NOVEMBER International Folklore Festival Pokrovskije Kolokola (Chiming Bells) www.arinuska.lt 24 30 NOVEMBER International Festival of Animated Cartoons Tindirindis www.tindirindis.lt NOVEMBER DECEMBER 1 DECEMBER Christmas in the Capital Streets and squares of the Old Town 4 31 DECEMBER Christopher Christmas St. Catherine s Church www.kristupofestivaliai.lt 6 7 DECEMBER International Dancesport Festival Lithuanian Open Siemens arena www.lithuanianopen.dancesport.lt End of DECEMBER Christmas Running www.kaledinisbegimas.lt LONG TERM EVENTS Flea Market ON SUNDAYS (All year round 12:00 16:00) APRIL Šokbaris MAY SEPTEMBER www.blusturgis.lt 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 www.kazimiero.lt 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 www.vilnius-tourism.lt 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.