The best festivals in Lithuania

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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

Druskininkai Poetic Fall

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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

Festival of Modern Culture of the Balts MĖNUO JUODARAGIS

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

Vilnius Jazz Festival

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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

Kalėdos Vilniuje – Christmas in Vilnius

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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

Festival of Warfare and Handicraft of Old Tribes

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