PROGRAMME

MARCH

March 5–9
Tampere Film Festival Focus on Lithuanian Cinema

MAY

May 20–25
28th Tampere Dance Current Contemporary Dance Festival

“Lithuanian Culture in Tampere 2025”:

• May 21, 19:00
  Agnietė Lisičkinaitė „Hands Up!“
  Venue: Hällä STAGE
• May 22, 19:00
  Dovydas Strimaitis „HAIRY (excerpt)“
  Venue: Hällä STAGE

Dance Film Programme:

• May 20-21, 18:30
• Dance film programme “Dance Plus City”
• Venue: Hällä STAGE
• May 24, 16:00-18:00
  Dance film programme “The Balts Meet the Finns”
  Venue: Arthouse Cinema Niagara

JUNE

June 4–7 21st
Tampere Guitar Festival

“Lithuanian Culture in Tampere 2025”:

• June 6
  15:00
  Discussion “Why is a new classical guitar repertoire needed? Presentation of weekend themes”
  Participants: Pablo Márquez, Chris Ruebens, Rokas Jurkus
  16:00
  Concert: Guitar Duo Rokas Jurkus and Lovro Peretić
  17:15
  Lecture “Arrangements for guitar quartet and collaboration with composers in creating new works”
  Participants: “Baltic Guitar Quartet”
  18:00
  Lecture “The creative process of arrangements of Lithuanian composer M. K. Čiurlionis’ piano and chamber works for solo and duo guitar”
  Participant: Rokas Jurkus
  19:00
  Concert: Baltic Guitar Quartet
  Venue: Tampere Conservatoire
  21:00
  Club concert: Mindaugas Stumbras Quartet + Tuomas Paukku
  Venue: Restaurant Telakka

AUGUST

August 4–10
Tampere Theatre Festival

“Lithuanian Culture in Tampere 2025”:

• August 9-10
• An inclusive and sensory-friendly dance piece for children to explore “World Without Eyes” (idea and choreography by Birutė Banevičiūtė)
• The Saturday (August 9) show is specifically for 1–6-year-old children with disabilities, and the Sunday (August 10) show is for babies aged 6–18 months (with or without disabilities).
  Dance Theatre “Dansema”
  Venue: Hällä STAGE

August 9 – September 7
Photo exhibition by Lithuanian photographers Tadas Kazakevičius and Ieva Maslinskaitė
Photographic Centre Nykyaika
Opening: August 8
Venue: Nykyaika Gallery