10th November, Wednesday

Vilnius University, Faculty of History (Universiteto str. 3)

15.00 CONFERENCE OF YOUNG FOLKLORISTS

“MY FAMILY – MY ROOTS”

11th November, Thursday

Lithuanian National Philharmonic (Aušros Vartų st. 5)

19.00 FOLKLORE AND PRESENT. Festival Opening

I part: Leon SOMOV “PERPETUUM”

Premiere world music piece ČIURLIONIS QUARTET Dalia DEDINSKAITE (violin)

Folk ensemble ARINUSHKA(artistic director Irena and Nikolay Zakharov)

Džiugas DAUGIRDA (percussionist)

II part: LIVING TRADITION: Performances of Lithuanian and foreign folklore groups

12th November, Friday

Hotel Ecotel Vilnius Conference Hall „Aquarius-Terra“ (Sodu st. 14)

10.00 ROUND TABLE "The Impact of Globalization on the Continuity of Folklore Traditions"

Hotel Ecotel Vilnius Conference Hall (Sodu st. 14)

13.00-16.30 TRADITIONAL SINGING LABORATORY

St. Catherine's Church (Vilniaus st. 30)

19.00 Concert MUSIC FOR GOURMETS. Performance of the festival guests

13th November, Saturday

Vilnius City Hall (Didžioji st. 31)

11.00–18.00 FOLK ART FAIR

11.00–18.00 XI CHILDREN FOLK ASSEMBLY

TRADITIONAL LITHUANIAN CRAFTS FOR CHILDREN. Creative workshops

12.00 THE INHERITORS OF TRADITIONS

A Concert and awards for the laureates of the Children and Youth Republican contest

14.00-20.00 ARTISTIC PORTRAITS OF FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS

14.00 HERITAGE of UNESCO: Lithuanian traditions of Sutartinės

15.30 Russian traditions

16.40 Latvian, Tatar, Norwegian traditions

17.15 Ukrainian, Polish traditions

18.45 HERITAGE of UNESCO: Georgian traditions

19.00 Spanish traditions

14th November, Sunday

Vilnius Cathedral of the Assumption of the Mother of God (Maironio st. 12)

12.00 A CONCERT OF SACRED MUSIC