Day 3. Capital Days Festival 2015 (Vilnius Days) #VilniusFestivals

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One of the most famous annual Vilnius festivals is taking place each year every first weekend of September.

This year festival took place on 4 - 6 September.

I guess it's a perfect time to celebrate because Vilnius is again fool of people, students have come back to their universities, the city is full of life.

Gedimino street is a place of traditional Capital Days Festival Fair where various craftmen and artist sell their handmade product. Also other etertainments for Vilnius citizents and guest are offered.

All events and concerts are FOR FREE :)

Official Festival webside is http://www.vilniusfestivals.lt/EN/vilnius-city-fiesta/

The most remarkable are three grand concerts at the Cathedral Square. On Friday evening we can participate in an opening concert, on Saturday usually guest from other countries are giving their peformace and on Sundays we always have a huge closing concert of most popular Lithuanian artists at that time.

Since Friday was a really rainy day and it was raining all evening I spent my time time at home.

On Saturday I was out of the city, and came back just in the evening.

On Sunday I went to grand closing concert of LEON SOMOV & JAZZU at Cathedral Square. Although I am not a big fan of this band, the can tell concert was really really great.  Hundreds of people have gathered on the square many on wchich were big fans of the band. They were singing along with JAZZU and was a great feeling to participate in this concert even not for fans. Most concert version of the songs sounded much better that the official ones ones on youtube.

I didn't have camera nor a good smartphone, so I am sharing with you an official version of one of most popular songs of LEON SOMOV & JAZZU "Lower than a ground'.

See you on Capital Days Festival next. year. :)

Day 77. Vilnius Culture Night. #VilniusFestivals

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One night festival called Vilnius Culture Night usually takes place in the middle of June, as I guess, excactly on the last Saturday night before Saint John's Day (Festival).

In 2018 it took place on June 15. :)

During the Culture Night (former Let it be Night!) the squares, streets, parks, and the most unexpected spaces in Vilnius are filled with the projects of various types of artistic projects: music, dance, theatre, cinema, photography, state-of-the-art installations, etc. A one-night festival was first organized in Lithuania in 2007 preparing for the events of Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009.

Although, during the very first year only 40 events were hosted in Vilnius, subsequent festivals have involved more and more events and gathered more and more artists as well as participants – last year the festival of culture and art has invited the guests and permanent residents of the city to see 167 projects, presented by 700 artists from Lithuania and foreign countries. It was estimated that the events were attended by approximately 100-150 thousand people.

Initiator of the festival – Daina Urbanavičienė, the Chair of the Lithuanian Council of Culture and the Member of the Council of Vilnius City Municipality

The info is taken from the official website.

INTERESTING POINTS: I don't know why but Urban Adventures put the festival on the TOP7 coolest annnual festivals in Vilnius!!!

Day 118. Open House Vilnius. Part III. #VilniusFestivals

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3. From the point of view of a Mentor

OVH20 adventure and challenge starts 3 months before the final OVH weekend. On February we have the first meeting of all mentors.

In 2020 festival comes backs with 70 building, out of which 25 are new ones. Together will work more that 70 mentors, around 15 coordinators, and a team of organizers. Around 500 volunteers will join the huge OHV2020 family. 

Mentors have three main tasks:
1) To coordinate their teams of volunteers;
2) Prepare the final text of a tours;
3) Carry out tours on their own.

And, of course, communicate with persons from assigned buildings and also with our Coordainator.

At the moment we do not have our teams, we are in stage of preparing tour text.

Three months are left!

Day 27. Kaziukas Fair 2016. #VilniusFestivals

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All about Kaziukas Fair or Saint Casimir's Fair here.
The grand popular annual fair is widely called by people simply Kaziukas.
This year Fair toook place on March 04 - 06.
Official programme of Kaziukas Fair 2016 - here.

traditional Kaziukas Chair at the beginning of 

Gediminas avenue in front of the Cathedral

Wood Handicraft

Traditional wooden spoons

Wooden Handicraft with wooden Pensive Christ (Rūpintojėlis)

created by Lithuanian wood carvers called Dievdirbiai

kind of fair gate decorated with Traditional woven sashes

Metal handicraft and a wonderfull lamp for 1,400 EUR :)

 The Sauna Yard

Hay Handicraft by Polish artists

Paintings by Lithuanian artists

The fair could be described in several words: crowds of people, verbos, variuos gingerbreads (but not the Christmas ones), bubliks ( OMG, this word does really exist also in English!!! it means riestainis or baronka), hundreds of craftsmen, crowds of people and one more time crowds of people.

Fair organizers ( among them Mr. Vytenis Urba) summarize the results of the fair - here ( but in Lithuanian).

My Kaziukas Fair  2016 Shopping results

My verba - Easter Egg, ( I just love it)

A Wooden Flower

Modern version of traditional basket for potatoes picking

Also, I don't know why but Urban Adventures put the festival on the TOP7 coolest annual festivals in Vilnius

Day 78. Open House Vilnius. Part I. #VilniusFestivals

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1. From the Point of View of a Visitor

Open House Vilnius is festival of open architecture, when various buildings are opened for visitors and free tours in those buildings are organized. For visiting some buildings you have register in advance. Other can be visited without any registration just by joining tours or without any waiting or after waiting in a queue for some time.

The festival usually takes place on the last weekend of April.
This year, in 2018, it was the 4th festival.

That year, 2018, I've heard about that festival for the first time from my colleague Tomutė. Tomutė, thank you!

On Saturday I've visited Juozapas Montvila Jozef Montwill Colony in Lukiškės, after standing in  a queue for 1 hour and a half :D

Was ir worthy? Yes.

On Sunday early morning I've visited beautiful Vileišiai Palace.
Later on, I've visted Lithuanian Union of Cooperatives Office building. (Lietkoopsąjungos pastatas) and Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania. Palangos 4 Business centre.

Just it's a little bit pity that I do not have any pictures from these tours.

And that was the start of my adventure with OHV.

Day 117. International Festival for Children and Youth KITOKS

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KITOKS - international festival for children and you organized by Menų spaustuvė.

This year festival was organized for the 10th time.

104. Scanorama. European Film Forum. Vilnius Festivals. November in Vilnius

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Scanorama - European Film Forum for all lovers of good films take place in Vilnius in 2nd and 3rd weeks of November.

Day 144. Festival Muzika Erdvėje

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Festival Muzika Erdvėje is organized for the 7th time here in Vilnius. It is really strange that I've heard about them only this September for the first time in my life.

Their official website is here: https://www.muzikaerdveje.lt/2021-2/

Day 77. edition 2. Vilnius Culture Night vol. 2020. Vilnius Festivals

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as I said on day 77 , Vilnius Culture Night usually takes place in the middle of June.

However, due to well known reasons,  vol. 2020 took place on September 25.

My top 1 thing to see was lights performance on Sports and Concerts Palace. 

Day 108. Vilnius Fejerija. Fireworks festival. #Vilnius festivals. #September in Vilnius.

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Vilnius fejerija - is an international fireworks festival, which takes place on the last Saturday of September each year.

It's a huge event which annually attracts thousands and thousands of visitors.

I could even dare say that it is one of the top 5 annual massive events in Vilnius.

Next year it will be the 12th fetstival.  Tickets to the next Vilnius fejerija are immediately being on sale on the next day afer fejerija taht took place that year.

Location: Vingis park
Admission: 15 -39eur (for Fejerija 2020).

Day 123. Festival- fair TAUTŲ MUGĖ. September in Vilnius

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One more traditional festival which takes also place in Vilnius in September is TAUTŲ MUGĖ.

It usually lasts for 3 days. Traditional components of this festival are: the fair and performances of various nations living in Lithuania. 

This year it was the 12th TAUTŲ MUGĖ. 

To sum up,  September in Vilnius is super rich in events. 

Day 6. Pilaite Part I. Lights Festival Beepositive 2015

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Today I will talk about annual Lights Festival Beepostive. This year Festival was organized for the 5th time in Vilnius.

And, I am not wrong, the last festival took place in 2017.

This time not only people from Vilnius or Lithuania may have heard about the Festival: http://www.light2015.org/Home/Event-Programme/2015/Other/Lithuania-International-Light-Festival-Beepositive.html
Although I am not sure if such information was not posted on this site last year.

On Friday night Vilnius citizens ang guests could enjoy instalation in Traku Voke and in Uzupis, and on Saturday night - in Piliate district.


This time iVilnius.lt is describing one of the installations: Europe Garden ( Europos sodas) by Rūta Ivaškevičiūtė, Jonas Liugaila and Justė Brukštutė ( more info in Lithuanian about the instalation you can find here).

And here are 2 pictures of Europe Garden :

Official Festival website: here.

And some of my pictures:

Day 145. Vilnius Gallery Weekend

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Vilnius Gallery Weekend took place on the second weekend of September 2021  and it took place at more than 30 spaces in Vilnius.

This year I've visited:

1) at  #NDG 2 exhibitions: Indigenous Narratives and Photobloc

2) at Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis House exhibition Kita Oda

3) Pilies Gallery