[ 2 June, 2007 to 3 June, 2007. ] This annual event has been running at the Open-Air Ethnographic Museum in Riga since 1971, and this year will take place on 2nd and 3rd June. There is folk music and traditional dancing, but the festival is predominantly a chance to buy local handicrafts. The site itself is one of the tourist highlights of Riga […]
Artisans’ Festival and Fair, Riga
May 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments · ShareThis
Categories: Calendar, Events & festivals, Latvia
Baltic Visitor Tags: ethnographic, festival, folk-dancing, folk-music, handicrafts, outdoors, riga
International folklore festival: Skamba, Skamba Kankliai! (Vilnius)
May 21st, 2007 · No comments yet · ShareThis
[ 23 May, 2007 9:00 pm to 27 May, 2007 10:00 pm. ] This Wednesday sees the opening night of a festival which has been held annually in Vilnius since 1973. It is one of the biggest events in the city’s cultural calendar, with over 20,000 people visiting and 30 folklore groups taking part. Attractions include a craft fair, traditional food, folk music and dancing, in locations ranging […]
Categories: Arts & culture, Calendar, Events & festivals, Lithuania
Baltic Visitor Tags: annual, festival, folk-dancing, folk-music, folklore, Lithuania, vilnius
