On the evening of September 14, Tartu 2024 thanked volunteers for their work with a fun party at the Jardin Plantarium. This summer, over fifty volunteers contributed to the Tartu 2024 events, working as technicians, information workers, green volunteers, backstage managers, hosts and photographers.

From 25 to 28 August, the Tartu 2024 delegation visited the European Capital of Culture 2023 Veszprem in Hungary. During the trip, Jaan Ulst and Kaidi-Lisa Kivisalu took part in the city’s most popular music events, the Street Music Festival, as members of the international jury, along with Giedrė Korotkovaitė, Communications Coordinator of Good Music Live - Kaunas. The VEB2023 team conducted an interview with the international jury members.

European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 with Southern Estonian municipalities awaits ideas from all cultural managers, entrepreneurs and creatives for the Tartu 2024 Southern Estonian application round. The regional project application round seeks events that will take place in Southern Estonia, every European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 municipality, during the title year.

If you wish to have your say in the experiences that the European Capital of Culture year will offer in Southern Estonia in 2024, start brainstorming now – the deadline for submitting an idea plan for your planned regional project is 1 October, the application round will open in January 2022.

Marika Goldman is the new Marketing Manager of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024. The marketing expert with a background in culture management and experiences with Estonia’s country brand building projects, considers it important to develop partnerships and sponsorship opportunities and enhance visibility of the Tartu 2024 brand in Estonia and Europe.