Corgi Fest Is for People Who Like…Corgis

Text Stewart Johnson

Photo Jarrel Ng / Unpslash

It is said that people can be divided into two catecorgies: those who see corgis in everything, including inside the word “categories” earlier in this sentence; and everyone else. This Saturday, 10 May, is for all the people in that first group, and their tiny, beloved dogs.

Corgi Fest 2025 will be held at Põhjala tehas in Tallinn from noon until 16:00. Entrance is €6, and there are corgi-themed goods on sale. However, if you bring your corgi, your family gets free entry, and you only have to pay €2 for your dog. You can also enter it in the various contests and win something special.

The day will kick off with a parade of corgis, followed by a group photo session. An hour later is the watermelon-eating contest. This is for the doggos themselves, sadly, and not the humans. At 14:00 there will be a costume contest. Again, for the doggos only. That shouldn’t stop the humans from letting their imaginations run wild with ideas for the costumes, however.

The final event of the festival is titled, “Estonia’s Cutest Corgi Cheeks”, and that does not refer to the ones on the face. What criteria are involved, and how judging will be carried out, remain to be seen, but this is one contest that cannot be unseen.

Children at Corgi Fest 2025 will also have their own art area, where kiddos can set up their own studios to draw images of their doggos, and then sell them. Pencils and markers are provided. More information is available in English here on Facebook.

The name of this breed of dog is derived from the Welsh words “cor”, meaning “dwarf”, and “ci”, meaning “dog”. They were originally bred to be cattle herders, specifically known as “heelers”, due to their tendency to nip at the cows’ heels. 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the first recorded appearance of a corgi in an official dog show.

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