Street Games Festival

Do you remember how to play? In September 2024 we will run, jump, hide, seek and explore in the beautiful city of Tartu during the games prepared by game designers from all over Europe. Street Games Festival is a part of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 main programme.

Street Games Festival strikes back! This time we will run, jump, hide, seek and explore in the beautiful city of Tartu – European Capital of Culture 2024.
Phenomenon of street games (urban games, pervasive games) became interesting for many players across the globe in the last 20 years. Yet, it is still fresh and inspiring to play games in public spaces.
During the last weekend of September we invite all of the Tartu inhabitants as well as guests to various games played on the streets of the city. We will have a chance to become secret agents, explore the city during night games, connect the city with ropes, place our climate bets, train carrots, become vampires and much much more!

Main topic of the festival is: INTERSPACES.
Interesting things often happen in between – between people, cultures, different spaces. In this festival we would like to explore these areas of meeting and blending.

Where?
Main festival venue will be created in the city centre of Tartu. Most of the games will start there, however we will also explore other districts of the city.
Festival center will be organised in a Tartu2024 infopoint on Küüni street/Keskpark.

What games?
List of games planned for the festival:
Say Something See Something (Prosocial Rule Breaking Club, Birmigham, UK)
How To Train Your Carrot For Freedom (Beatrice Sgaravatto, Turin, Italy)
Warp and Weft (Joanna Liu, Tokyo, Japan)
Seekers – The nocturnal treasure hunt (Beatrice Sgaravatto, Turin, Italy)
Climate Casino (Sebastian Quack, Berlin, Germany)
Agents of SOKOTO (Emil Totev / Yana Chuchuranova from Obelisk Interactive, Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
The Gratefulness -Vampire Social Club (Philipp Ehmann, Clara Hirschmanner, Vienna, Austria)
Shadows of Dörpt (Pavel Levdik, Wroclaw, Poland)
Artifacts of Tartu (Storytale, Lodz, Poland)
The Interview (Matteo Uguzzoni and Jason Corace, New York City, USA)
Mash Machine (Andrius Ziuraitis, Tallin, Estonia)

More details about the games will be published soon.

Who can come?
Usually our games are played by adults, but kids (sometimes together with their parents) are also welcome for most of them. We would love to see senior citizens playing our games as well!
All of the games during the festival are free to play.
Some of the games require registration.
Some of the games will have requirements that will be announced with the full programme.
After choosing the games we will also give our recommendations concerning participation of people with special needs.

Project Street Games Festival is a part of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 main programme.

If you want to grab a bite or need a place to stay, see what the Tartu 2024 hospitality network offers in the area: https://tartu2024.ee/recommendations-tartucity