{"id":157258,"date":"2026-04-13T02:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/?p=157258"},"modified":"2026-04-12T23:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:03:44","slug":"exciting-events-in-estonia-this-week-133","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/exciting-events-in-estonia-this-week-133\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting events in Estonia this week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><br>10 April\u201331 October <a href=\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/finnish-graffiti-art-on-display-at-the-poco-museum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Consulate of EGS exhibition<\/b><\/a>, Tallinn<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Works by the internationally renowned Finnish graffiti, contemporary and glass artist EGS\u2014who, like Banksy, conceals his identity\u2014are on display at the PoCo Museum of Pop Culture in the Rotermann Quarter. Highly recommended, especially for fans of glass art.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s2\">11\u201323 April <b><a href=\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/estonian-music-days-have-begun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Estonian Music Days<\/a>, <\/b>Tallinn and Tartu<br><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">A classical music festival held since 1979, featuring concerts where new works by both young and more established Estonian composers, as well as international guests, are performed by top choirs, orchestras and soloists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><br>13\u201330 April <b>Photography in Telliskivi<\/b>, Tallinn<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Throughout April, the Telliskivi Creative City area hosts two high-quality photography exhibitions: until 26 April, \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/a-photography-exhibition-about-life-behind-the-iron-curtain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Human Baltic<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u201d at the Juhan Kuus Dokfoto Centre, documenting everyday life behind the Soviet Iron Curtain, and for four days longer, Fotografiska\u2019s exhibition of musician, actor and band portraits by <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/pop-culture-as-stunning-artistic-portraits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Anton Corbijn<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><br>16 April <a href=\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/comedian-ed-byrne-returns-to-tallinn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Stand-up comedy from Ireland<\/b><\/a>, Tallinn<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">One of the most respected contemporary comedians in Ireland and the United Kingdom, Ed Byrne shares humorous highlights from his childhood in Dublin, his travels abroad, and recent societal changes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s2\">17 April <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idaviru.events\/en\/event\/tango-kuldsed-aastad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Argentine tango show<\/b><\/a>, Narva<br><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">A dance theatre performance led by dancer and choreographer Marcos Ayala, arriving in Estonia for the third time from Buenos Aires, offering the elegance of the 1920s and 30s and the thrill of dance to the sensual rhythms of tango and jazz music.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">17\u201318 April <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meritindifestival.ee\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Smelt Festival band nights<\/b><\/a>, P\u00e4rnu<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Smelt dishes are served throughout almost the entire month of April in P\u00e4rnu\u2019s restaurants and pubs. Hahni Pub entertains weekend audiences with two live bands, Kolumbus Kris and Sibyl Vane, along with their supporting acts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">18 April <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/755190814290955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Spring market at the Song Festival Grounds<\/b><\/a>, Tallinn<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The opening of the large-scale event season at the Song Festival Grounds brings stalls selling handicrafts, jewellery, home goods, plants, smoked fish, BBQ meat and other farm delicacies. There is a dedicated play area for children, as well as street food vendors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><br>18 April <a href=\"https:\/\/concert.ee\/en\/kontsert\/pekka-kuusisto-ja-norra-kammerorkester\/?ek_id=5057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Orchestra from Norway and Kuusisto<\/b><\/a>, Tallinn<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra arrives to perform music by Arvo P\u00e4rt, Veiko Tubin and Erkki-Sven T\u00fc\u00fcr, and violinist Pekka Kuusisto appears on stage as the orchestra\u2019s artistic director with his 1695 Stradivarius violin, the evening can already be described as a musical experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s2\">18 April <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/26185220414438106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Duo Ruut concert<\/b><\/a>, P\u00e4rnu<br><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The folk duo of Ann-Lisett Rebane and Katariina Kivi\u2014who have achieved international success including appearances at the Glastonbury Festival\u2014perform at the Tempel cultural club. The two artists present songs on a single kannel, including material from their latest album \u201cIlmateade\u201d, which won the Estonian Ethno\/Folk Album of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">19 April <a href=\"https:\/\/saare.events\/en\/node\/1439453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Aki Rissanen\u2014Omniwerk<\/b><\/a>, Kuressaare<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Finnish composer and pianist Aki Rissanen brings a concert to the Kuressaare Cultural Centre where Renaissance music meets contemporary expression. The highlight of the evening is Omniwerk\u2014a unique combination of two historical keyboard instruments, whose story connects Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s design work with the tonal qualities favoured by Johann Sebastian Bach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 10 April\u201331 October Consulate of EGS exhibition, Tallinn Works by the internationally renowned Finnish graffiti, contemporary and glass artist &hellip; <span class=\"read-more-excerpt\">Read more<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":157252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[334,13204,13233,13270,13583,13819,14140,17680,19334],"class_list":["post-157258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-market","tag-parnu-2","tag-concert-2","tag-tartu-2","tag-saaremaa-2","tag-exhibition","tag-narva-2","tag-stand-up-comedy","tag-events-in-estonia"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157259,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157258\/revisions\/157259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}