The theme of the exhibition is „Holy locos”. In the history of the arts there have always been artists who are ahead of their time. The art world learns to appreciate them afterwards. In addition to Pärnu visual artists elite artists from Latvia and Lithuania have been invited to participate in the exhibition with their work.
An international choir festival, bringing together both choirs performing in Estonia and guest choirs from abroad. The festival includes a folk song contest and concerts from choirs and ensembles participating in both the city and county of Pärnu. The opening concert in Pärnu Concert Hall features Cyrillus Kreek’s ‘Requiem’.
Spring flee market – home and food special In the trading day the trading area should look like a mild spring picnic in the park. We are expecting suitable display and clothing for the milieu. Please play extra attention to the sub theme HOME AND FOOD when selecting the goods. We are particularly looking forward for goods that relate to home (furniture, lamps, textiles, accessories, ornaments, books, plates etc) and food (tableware, containers, knives, forks, homemade preserves, pastries etc). For the purpose of diversity we try to reduce the proportion of clothes this year. Trading with clothes, footwear and other consumer goods is allowed only if it is selected and displayed stylishly. There will be a separate area where you can trade with everything that children need.
On the 4th of June blue-black-white flag was consecrated as the flag of Estonian Students Society in Otepää church. Estonian flag day is a national holiday which is celebrated with a meeting and a parade in Pärnu. Tõnis Mägi will be the head performer in the concert held in Vallikäär.
Seikle vabaks (Freedom of adventure) team is offering you an adventure of your lifetime! We can combine adventurous activities with hiking in wild nature and make it suitable for you and your friends.
The food culture festival Good Food Festival – Grillfest will take place on 8-9 June 2012 and 7-8 June 2013 in the most beautiful Estonian summer resort Pärnu. The food feast that is held on the naturally beautiful Vallikääru meadow will be open on both festival days from 11.00 to 23.00.
Grillfest is not just a grilling party but a versatile and substantial traditional food festival where we expect both big and small friends of food who like to enjoy interesting food and cultural programme in beautiful nature and good company.
www.grillfest.com.ee
Within the framework of Pärnu SAILING WEEK a number of exciting sailing regattas will take place. Match race is a spectacular sailing competition where races take place in duels yacht to yacht – the overall winner of the tournament will be determined in tournament system. The competition is easily observable from both sides of the river Pärnu and downtown bridge. A section table which is filled in continuously gives an overview on how the competitors are doing at any time.
International tennis tournament for seniors ESTONIAN SENIORS LIGHT NIGHTS will take place in Pärnu, Estonia, from June 16 to June 22, 2012The tournament will be held in age groups starting 35+ until 75+ for men and starting 35+ until 65+ for women. Doubles and mixed doubles will also be played. Pärnu City Tennis Club has over 50 years of experience in organizing Estonian Senior Tennis Championships and these events have become very popular among Estonian senior players. By expanding the geography of senior tennis players visiting Pärnu and initiating an extra tournament inviting also players from neighboring countries.
Shell beach volleyball festival for young people takes place in 16th – 17th June in Pärnu beach. Young volleyball players in age groups U14, U16, U18 and U20 are invited to participate. There were about 150 young volleyball players who were enjoying the hot beach weather and exciting battles on two days and on ten fields in the year 2011 in Pärnu beach. This year we are expecting 300 young volleyball players from Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Latvia to participate in the festival. The tournament will be played in the same format with previous one. U14 will play in triplets on one day, U16, U18 and U20 will play in pairs on two days.
Evenings filled with music and films, beach aerobics and beach parties, children’s days, surf courses, photography camp, etc. At Kabli Seaside Village by Pärnu-Ikla highway.
City painters symposium will be taking place for the 11th time. It is an international art event where artists from different countries work together in Pärnu urban environment in summer. An exhibition of distinctive works will be opened as a final result.
June 28th - July 1st 2012 SUMMER CUP 2012 International Youth Football Tournament
On the 7th of January 2011, a formal ceremony was held in hotel Strand to hand out awards and acknowledgements of Eesti Kultuurkapitali Pärnumaa Ekspertgrupp ja Pärnumaa Spordiliit to successful cultural and sports events and people.
This time, international youth tournament Pärnu Summer Cup 2010 was awarded with the "Best sports event in Pärnu County 2010" title. The award was received by Tarmo Meresmaa (on picture below), who is one of the main organizers of Pärnu Summer Cup. Meresmaa stated that this acknowledgement is a good sign towards future co-operation between city and country.
www.summercup.ee
Annual Local Pärnu Hanseatic Days will continue the tradition of Pärnu as a Hanseatic city. Citizens of Pärnu and town quests are offered entertainment and trading opportunities in Vallikäär meadow. This year´s theme is WOOD. We will talk in the language of trees about trees. We are always moving and chancing, trees remember everything – the living wisdom in time and space has been converged into trees. Medieval celebrations, drinking and eating, mysteries, plays and tournaments at Tallinn gates. Wonderful music rhythms and crazy dances. Let´s open the gates of history and travel back to the Middle Ages.
Pärnu Baltic Nordic Harmonica is the largest and most well-known Harmonica festival in Nordic and Baltic countries. The festival which has become a traditional event in Pärnu cultural summer is open to both amateurs and professionals from the Baltic region, Europe and United States. Classical virtuoso Franz Chmel (Austria), Filip Jers (Sweden) and Philip Achille (UK) will be the head performers of this year´s festival. Pärnu City Orchestra will be co-operating in the festival gala concert in Pärnu Concert Hall.
Battery WaterSportParty introduces water-related activity opportunities. Rowers, yachtsmen and water motor sports representatives take part in organizing the event. In addition to various show-performances on the water there are ensembles performing on the concert stage in order to entertain the audience.
Pärnu Lace studio is going to organize a romantic summer evening with lace exhibition, workshops, fashion shows and live music on the 30th of June 2012 in Koidula Park and Kuninga street Basic school.
This year´s film festival will take place in unison with nationwide event ESTONIAN FILM 100, therefore a comprehensive retrospective of Estonian documentaries, workshops and lectures on the history of last hundred years of Estonian cultural history will be in the program of the festival. Six family movies will compete in Estonian Television and the award ceremony will be transfered on ETV on the evening of 7th July.
Watergate Regatta is the largest sailing event of Pärnu Yacht Club. It is the longest continuation sailing race in Estonia and it can surely be called the maturity test for any offshore sailor.
The fourth power fight night is an exciting international martial arts evening the purpose of which is to introduce Thai boxing and Kick boxing that are becoming more and more popular throughout the world.
In June 2002 a beautiful tradition was born that makes Raimond Valgre´s evergreen and still popular music come into live for Pärnu citizens and summer residents every summer. Gala concert in Ammende Villa Garden will be the culmination of the festival.
Pärnu sandy beach with its shallow water is considered to be one of the best surfing beaches in the Baltics.
Aloha Kitechallenge is a kiteboarding competition where competitions in race and freestyle disciplines are held in two days. Id addition to that demonstrations, surf master classes, surf market and entertainment program on a large stage take place!
Moonsund regatta is both Estonian Open Offshore Championships as well as the oldest sailing regatta in Estonia. It has been organized since 1958 and there have been more than 600 participants on nearly 800 vessels.
For the third year Pärnu Yacht Club will be organizing the Moonsund regatta.
The start will be given from Pärnu Yacht Club on the 15th of July 2012.
In the evenings you are welcome to demonstration trainings in Pärnu beach, where karate will be introduced both as a lifestyle and a sport. Traditional Japanese Shotokan karate demonstrations and a presentation of Japanese culture and ancient customs. Summer school is free of charge for everyone!
Parasummer is a sports and recreation camp where you can make parachute jumps every day in one week and spend time with skydivers every evening. There is a traditional special event - Pärnu Beach Landing - Pärnu parachutists landing on Pärnu beach.
LET´S PLAY AND SING TOGETHER. Republic village musicians reunion
14/07/2012 - 15/07/2012
Place: Pärnu linn
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There are thousands of self-thought musicians in Estonia who are the maintainers of our national culture. Summer reunion is a place where they can listen to other musicians and learn from each other.
One of the main events of Estonia´s street sports takes place for the eight time in 2012 - over the years a one day event has become Estonia´s biggest and most important street sports event in the summer. Within the framework of Kuldrula local championships on skating and stunt riding are held.
Modern graphics interprets and searches trends from different cultural fields and brings together artists, writers and audiovisual multi-disciplinares. II Graphics takes place as a satellite exhibition in all of the art galleries of Pärnu, in Pärnu Central Library, in Port Artur shopping center, in Endla theater, in Pärnu college of TU and in the urban space.
In addition to the exhibition street workshops and Prince Gone Wild art fair in the urban space will take place.
American Dirty Printmakers will be the head performers, Estonian graphics elite - classics and young graphic artists with solo and joint exhibitions will also be attending.
Young skilled yachtsmen from Denmark, Norway, Island, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, also from Latvia, Lithuania and Russia will be competing.
Organized by Pärnu Yacht Club
International Järvi Summer Festival is one of the most important events of Pärnu music summer. High-leveled master classes for conductors and for string and wing bandsmen will take place during the festival. The festival will offer surprising and memorable concerts from varied compositions of participating musicians.
The artistic side of the festival will be designed by conductors Neeme, Paavo and Kristjan Järvi.
27.- 29. july 2012 Nooruse Maja Pärnu XIV Porcelain Days
Porcelain days provide porcelain painters with the opportunity to improve their skills under the guidance of professionals. An exhibition is open for the audience where artists from Estonia and Finland exhibit their work completed over last year. Porcelain painting masters from Estonia and Finland will be instructing the course with Leo Rohlin as the head lecturer.
In addition to concerts in different concert places in Pärnu International blues festival also includes master classes for both young and experienced musicians.
Organized by Pärnu Blues Club
SUVEUNI 2012 XI International Arbo Valdma master class for pianists
Internationally acknowledged piano professor from Pärnu dr. h. c. Arbo Valdma celebrates his 70th jubilee in the year 2012.
As a tradition, professor will give public lessons in Pärnu town hall - you may also take part in the master class as an auditor. The best participants of the course have the opportunity to perform with background ensemble and Pärnu Pärnu City Orchestra.
The aim of Pärnu Film and Video festival (Vilm and Fideo Festival) is to map the audiovisual landscape of Estonia across the medium (film, video art, documental-antropology, virtual media) and to peek what´s happening on commersial experimental level all over the world.
The jubilee Guild Days take place in Mary-Magdalene Guild, in Steiner garden and Rüütli Street. The aim is to offer genuine and honest handicraft, introduce guild-like organizations in Estonia and support the prolonging and vitality of local handicraft.
Organized by Mary-Magdalene Guild
The purpose of this years festival is to form the longest single danceline - the section from Tallinna maantee intersection to Papiniidu bridge is the perfect tool for filling this purpose. In addition to that dance workshops, performances and a festive dance concert on an outdoor stage in Pärnu Vallikäär will take place.
Within the framework of an art project which was started back in 1999 three artists from three cities - Pärnu, Siauliai and Jelgava meet each year in turn in different cities.
As usually the meeting takes place in the form of a symposium, during which the completed works are exhibited at the end of the symposium in a joint exhibition.
This year's meeting takes place on 5th-11th of August in Pärnu Artists House, three artists from each participating partner city will be attending, and 9 graphical installation will be completed on the topic "line-time-space".
Pärnu Kesklinna Tenniseklubi ja OÜ Vaas&Vaas kutsuvad Teid osalema Augustiunetuse Tenniseturniiril – laupäeval, 11. augustil, algusega kell 16, Pärnu Kesklinna Tenniseklubis, Ringi 14a.
Oodatud on kõik tennisemängijad, kes kannavad valget 30ndate hõngulist tenniseriietust ja mängivad puureketiga.
Võistluse eesmärk on meenutada ja väärtustada kuurortlinna Pärnu tennisetraditsioone 1930ndatest aastatest.
Turniirile registreerumine laupäeva, 11. augusti, kella 15ni 56 460 045 või kati@vaasvaas.ee
Osalemistasu 13 EUR
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Street festival Night of the Arts was inspired by the history of Pärnu summer resort. The location matches Pärnu´s historic resort area with the Supeluse street as its spinal cord. The festival offers a great list of events - street music, night cinema, dance and theater performances, park concerts and cafes in private gardens.
Several theatre festivals have been held in Estonia. "Monomaffia" differs from other Estonian theater festivals in that it focuses on the actor as the main point of interest without which the play could not take place.
Monologue plays allow for an intimate and special connection between actor and audience. Since the actor is on stage without a partner, audience participation becomes especially important in creating synergy. It is impossible for the actor to hide behind anything. The focus of everyone’s attention is upon the actor and every detail through which the actor’s role evolves and the story unfolds.
MULITCULTURAL PÄRNU. 12. Summer festival of national minorities
18/08/2012 - 18/08/2012
Place: Pärnu linn
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Multicultural Pärnu is a traditional event taking place in August. Cultural societies from Pärnu and other cities give a joint concert. In the year 2012 collectives from Latvia and St Petersburg will be performing in the concert.
Organized by the Raduga Union of the Minor Nations of Pärnumaa
Pärnu city and county choires celebrate Estonia´s reindependence day with joint singing. Most of the songs are known for the audience, so that everybody can sing along. The concert ends with folksy singing games. The entertainment will be provided by brass band and accordionists.
Organized by the Endla choral society
25/08/2012 - 25/08/2012 Pärnu linn, Entertainment/Club
The tradition of signal lights revided by Finns during the 1990s has also become a tradition in Estonias costal areas. Nowadays the idea of the ancient bonfires is to promote unity among the Countries of the Baltic Sea, therefore bonfires are lighted on the coast of Finland, Aland and Sweden, in the Baltic Countries and on the south beach of the Baltic Sea.
In Pärnu there is a river Pärnu with two bridges. Public race launched by Jüri jaanson the world champion in rowing, brings thousands of people to the health track between two bridges.
On Saturday children are welcome to run, in addition to that there will be held a public sports market where trading with sports inventory is enabled and different sporting possibilities in Pärnu are introduced. On Sunday the Two Bridge run and walking trip associated with the run will take place.
Organized by the Pärnu Two Bridge Club
Kuldleheke is a competition-festival for young soloists. The competition takes place in pop-jazz and folk song category, international jury will assess the competitors. The concerts will take place in the city and county, dancing and singing workshops will also take place.
Organized by the Pärnu Arts House
In recent years Pärnu has become a very popular accordion city among its neighbor countries, music festival taking place every autumn is visited by hundred and fifty accordionists from Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Estonia.
II Tiit Kuusik international lied competition will take place in the hall of Kuninga Street Elementary School on 1.-4. November 2012.
Tiit Kuusik (1911-1990) was Estonias one of the most outstanding baritones of all times. International lied competition taking place every second year will take place in the hall of Kuninga Street Elementary School, in the building of the former Boys Gymnasium of Pärnu where Tiit Kuusik himself has studied.
November dance festival is held for the 7th year in Pärnu, Estonias most interesting top productions of the year 2012 are presented, a separate theme day will focus on young dancers and choreographers in Pärnumaa.
Alates 2003 tegutsev konkurss on innustanud Pärnu linna ja maakonna noori tegelema solistiõppega. Aasta-aastalt on tõusnud nii konkursil osalejate arv kui esitatava kvaliteet. Konkursil osalevad 3-19 aastased lauluhuvilised. Ligikaudu 200 noort solisti kuulatakse üle eelvoorudes novembri alguses ja kuuldu põhjal teeb asjatundlik žürii valiku, kes pääsevad esinema lõppkontsertidele.
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