Organizers reserve the right to make changes in schedule.
Festival schedule
- Wednesday 30.04.2025
- 19:00 - 22:45
Tallinn Dance Club
"Hopneri maja" Diele hallRegular Tallinn Dance Club with pre-festival vibe. Guests:
– Åsmund Arnesen Farstad (Norway)
– Steffensson’s trio
Tickets from Fienta (Festival pass doesn’t grant access)
- Thursday 1.05.2025
- 20:00 - 01:00
Dance Club
20:00 Aivar Arak
21:00 Krista & Raivo Sildoja
22:00 National musician Juhan Uppin
23:00 Ieviņas diatonic accordion players
00:00 Eva Väljaots & Robbie Sherratt (EST/ENG)
- Friday 2.05.2025
- 10:30 - 12:00
Seminar - Norwegian dance tradition
Norwegian dance culture will be introduced by Signe Dorthea Krohn Gjessing, Kenneth Lien ja Åsmund Arnesen Farstad.
- 13:00 - 15:30
Workshop - Ingerian dances
Workshop on Ingerian dances by Juha-Matti Aronen and Röntyskä.
- 16:00 - 18:00
Workshop - Dances from Saaremaa
Dance instruction by Laura Naagel, music by Sörvemaa Sörmitsejad.
In the workshop we’ll get aquinted to dance variants collected from Saaremaa of the 100-150 years old social dances that are spread all over Estonia like Kuhhaanuška, Tuustep, Krakujak etc. Several dances have … - 18:00 - 19:00
Playing & Singing Corner
Circle and singing games for children aged 2+ years. Led by Kreete Viira.
- 19:00 - 20:00
Playing & Singing Corner
Childrens room, upstairsTraditional games for children aged 0-2 years. Led by Kreete Viira.
- 20:00 - 02:00
Dance club
20:00 Aia Rikka
21:00 Sörvemaa Sörmitsejad
22:00 Röntyskä
23:00 Kenneth Lien, Åsmund Arnesen Farstad, Signe Dorthea Krohn Gjessing (Norway)
00:00 Juuli Kõrre
01:00 Jaan Sarv
- Saturday 3.05.2025
- 10:30 - 12:00
Seminar - Reviving dances after cultural disruption
Discussion panel with Sille Kapper-Tiisler, Laura Naagel, and Yngve Rosenblad, moderated by Leanne Barbo.
How and where to find material about your local dance tradition? How to dance traditional dances for real, without stylizing and arranging? After long decades when folk … - 13:00 - 15:30
Workshop - Norwegian dances
Dance instructions by Signe Dorthea Krohn Gjessing, music by Kenneth Lien and Åsmund Arnesen Farstad.
- 16:00 - 18:00
Workshop - Voor-, Sõõr-, and Sabatantsud
Dance instructions by Kristiina Siig, music by Jakob Ermann.
- 16:00 - 18:00
Parallel workshop - Spinning both ways - with a cherry on top!
downstairs, Small hallDance instructions by Leanne Barbo, music by Juuli Kõrre.
Enough of dizziness while spinning! Let’s learn how to turn in both directions. We’ll explain, try, rehearse, and learn the tricks how to make it happen in a simple, logical and good way. We’ll dance … - 18:00 - 19:00
Playing & Singing Corner
Circle and singing games for children aged 2+ years. Led by Kreete Viira.
- 19:00 - 20:00
Playing & Singing Corner
Childrens room, upstairsTraditional games for children aged 0-2 years. Led by Kreete Viira.
- 20:00 - 06:00
Dance club
20:00 Lauri Õunapuu – Pas de Grammofon
21:00 Sänni Noormets & Liisa Koemets
22:00 Signe Dorthea Krohn Gjessing, Kenneth Lien, Åsmund Arnesen Farstad (Norway)
23:00 Vilius Marma (Lithuania)
00:00 National musician Kert Krüsban
01:00 Kirbla trio
02:00 Brička (Latvia)
03:00 Tsõnõnõ3
04:00 Free stage “…