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31.12.2024 | Culture

A Light show, music, and flavours – New Year’s festivities in Tallinn

Text Susanna Poikela
Photo Tessa Rampersad / Unsplash

A Light show, music, and flavours – New Year’s festivities in Tallinn

 

Free concert and light show at Freedom Square

Freedom Square hosts a grand New Year’s Eve celebration with a free concert and light show. Local artists entertain the crowd, culminating in a breathtaking light display to ring in the new year. The concert begins at 11 pm.

 

New Year’s Ball at the Estonian National Opera

The Estonian National Opera presents an elegant New Year’s Ball filled with music, dance, and tasty treats. The programme features performances by the Estonian Dream Big Band. The opera will bring to life elegant Vienna, loud New York, historic Venice, artistic Paris, pulsating Berlin and exotic Rio de Janeiro.

 

Bottomless New Year’s Eve at Uus Laine

Uus Laine club hosts its Bottomless New Year’s Eve party. Guests with a ticket can enjoy unlimited sparkling wine and live music by DJs Oömaja, Jon Hazel, and Öömaja Boys. The party starts at 11 pm and tickets, which are priced at 60 euros, include unlimited sparkling wine until 2 am.

 

Brazilian Carnival Dinner at UMA Restaurant

Located in Noblessner, the modern Asian restaurant UMA invites guests to a festive New Year’s dinner. The evening features a buffet dinner, an aperitif, and performances by Brazilian singer Simone Moreni, saxophonist Villu Veski, and DJs Widenski, INGA, and Weatherlake. The celebration runs from 7 pm. to 3 am, with tickets priced at 125 euros.

 

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