Continuing Events

The VARES architectural residency invites you to continue to rethink Valga's urban space.

Taevapark on the roof of Põlva Cultural Centre welcomes visitors with new events.

Visitors to Toomemägi Hill in Tartu will be delighted by the ‘Dawn and Dusk’ light installation in the cathedral.

Curated Biodiversity will continue to make the city a more pleasant place for plants, insects, animals, and people alike.

The Estonian Drama Theatre's production "Business as Usual" returned for additional performances in Tartu and Tallinn in the summer of 2025 & 2026.

The sub-exhibition "Ingenuity on the Road" from the project Washing Machine Made of Beetroot was open at the Estonian Road Museum until Autumn, 2025.

The sub-exhibition "Resourcefulness in the Countryside” from the project "Washing Machine Made of Beetroot" was open at the Estonian Agricultural Museum until Autumn, 2025.

Performances of the joint production "Cosmopolitan" by Ugala Theatre and Valmiera Drama Theatre continued in both theatres in 2025.

The children's production "Tartu's Cat Stories" enhances children's interest in theatre through direct experience.

The anthology "Estonian Nature Folklore" from the project "Enter Woodland Spirits" continues to be available for reading in three languages online.

The exhibition "Portraits of Tartu Residents Made from Recycled Materials: Euroopa kultuuripealinna tähtKUJUD" was in display in 2025 as well.

The community-directed theatre hike "Periphery" in the Piusa River Gorge took place in 2025 as well.

The permanent sculptures "Three Pekos" can be explored in Uusvada Cultural Village in Setomaa.

Many community events from the South Estonia Community Programme will continue, such as the Winter Trails Festival in the Emajõgi-Moorland, the Tartu County food event series "Tirin", the Kodavere Laalupido, and others.

Peaasi brought the production "Mental Health is Like a Carrot" to Northern Estonia in 2025 and continues offering youth counselling in Tartu and Southern Estonia. On the last Saturday of each month, mental health cafés will take place not only in Tartu but also in Põlva, Viljandi, Pärnu, Kuressaare, Paide, Rakvere, and Tallinn.

The Year of Contemporary Art by Youth project continues, with ongoing work on the legacy of artist Anu Põder, originally from Kanepi. In 2021, Anu Põder’s work “Tongues” ("Keeled") became the first piece by an Estonian artist to be included in the collection of the Tate Modern art museum in London.

The ‘Wild South’ series of documentaries is already gaining recognition at foreign festivals.

The short film ‘The Unstruck Sound’, a collaboration between the British film group Blast Theory and Estonian youngsters is also set to conquer foreign stages.

Selected works from the joint exhibition ‘Secrets of the Leaning Building’ by renowned artists and children are travelling to the Children's Museum in Berlin.

The hit play "Business as Usual", which explores the bank money laundering scandal, is being translated into French and Romanian. In addition to translations, a staged reading of "Business as Usual" were performed in English at The Rehearsal for Truth festival in New York in spring 2025.

The works of Pärt and Handel, interwoven with Concerto Copenhagen and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, was performed in Belgium, Denmark and Sweden in 2025 and elsewhere in Europe in 2026.

Ryoji Ikeda's composition, created for the opening event of his solo exhibition, was performed with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir on the stage of the Paris Philharmonic in December 2025 and at the London Barbican Centre in 2026.