January – June

Tallinn Music Week
Tallinn, Estonia
March
www.tallinnmusicweek.ee

This festival has Estonian music and attracts thousands annually

July – December

Youth Song and Dance Festival
Tallinn, Estonia
July
www.laulupidu.ee

This is a massive festival of song and folk culture

Tallinn Maritime Days
Tallinn, Estonia
July
www.tallinnamerepaevad.ee

This festival is a celebration of city's relationship with the sea

Viljandi Folk Music Festival
Estonia
July
www.folk.ee

Õllesummer
Tallinn, Estonia
July
www.ollesummer.ee

This festival is on the Baltic’s biggest beer fairs and it attracts thousands of people to watch some of Europe’s biggest bands.

All-Estonian Song Festival
Tallinn, Estonia
July
www.laulupidu.ee

This festival is held every five years, as the next one will be in 2009 and it has a choir of over 30,000 singing.

Balkika International Folk Festival
Baltika, Estonia
July

This is a festival that goes on for over 7 days and has thousands of people singing and dancing.

Song of Freedom
Tallinn, Estonia
August
www.tallinn2011.ee

This is a massive festival of power and song

International Pianists Festival
Tallinn, Estonia
October
www.concert.ee

This is an electric piano festival, which draws from people from all over the globe. It's held at the Estonia Concert hall and the series of events celebrates classic tunes and contemporary trends.

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Tallinn, Estonia
November
www.poff.ee

Through this annual movie festival has turned to an increasingly wide-reaching programme of world cinema in recent years. It's one of the best events to get to grips with modern cinema from the Baltics. There are also smaller eastern film industries here from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan.