26. May – Day of Traditions

11:00 – 15:00 XXXIII Tallinn Old Town Days’ conference “Restless Old Town”. The subject is discussed by Jüri Kuuskemaa, Kaido Saarniit, Vello Leitham, Madle Lippus. Hopner House (Raekoja plats 18)

Town Hall Square

 16:00 Livonian folk group “Kandla”, ensemble director Ilga Porniece 
 17.00 Introduction of the programme carried out by the Independent Association of Dance at the Sleeping Beauty’s Castle. A fragment from the play God Studies/Jumalate juures by choreographers Külli Roosna and Kenneth Flak. Sveta Grigorjeva’s and Barbara Lehtna’s etude from the performance “Crazy days”. Choreographers Jaak Sapas, Eike Ülevain, Siim Tõniste, Olja Privis: a fragment from the performance “postcard”
 18.00 Folk dance ensemble “Gold spinners”
 18.30 Concert of the West-African djembefola Zoumana Dembele (Burkina Faso) and Mande Maja (Finland).
 20.00 Ott Lepland & band

Towers’ Square. Little Tom’s Children’s Area

 11.00-18.00 Amusement Park at the Children’s Area with fun carousel rides or jumping and climbing possibilities on trampolines. A play corner open during the whole day (board games, bubble blowing, face painting, balloon modelling and dances). Little Tom & Friends play tricks and conduct a quiz.
 12.00-17.00 Animation Tent is the place for personally making cool cartoons – in addition to learning the secrets of animation production, you’ll learn to know the road network and history of the Old Town. The produced movies take part in a competition and top three are awarded with a surprise award! Voting takes place on the FB page of the “Vanalinna päevade animatelk” event. Price 5 €, discount for multiple children from the same family. Pre-registration: info@nukufilmilastestuudio.ee, www.nukufilmilastestuudio.ee
 14.00 Crafting (youth centres)
 16.00 “Children’s fair” – different games for children.

Bastion Garden

Viru tn 23

 14.00-15.00 Workshops of Zoumana Dembele on West-African drums. The workshops introduce the interesting drum culture of West-Africa and bring exotics to the Tallinn Old Town Days. Workshops are  held by the renowned Burkina Faso djembefola Zoumana Dembele.
 15.00-16.00 Workshops of Zoumana Dembele on West-African drums. The workshops introduce the interesting drum culture of West-Africa and bring exotics to the Tallinn Old Town Days. Workshops are  held by the renowned Burkina Faso djembefola Zoumana Dembele.
 16.00 Minorities Union “Baltic Beach“
 17.00  Hip-hop and contemporary dance group “Modern Black Cats”
 17.30  Desiree Dance Studio
 18.00 Improv theatre tournament. Four Estonian improv theatres compete for the audience’s choice award. Estonian Improv Theatre, Improv Group “JAA”, “Improkraatia” and Improv Theatre “Impeerium” test their improvisation skills on stage.

Other locations in the Old Town

Ajapaik: discover the Old Town through historic photos! Find the locations in the Old Town of Tallinn where old photos were taken, and take pictures of the same views using the Ajapaik web or Android application. The most industrious photographers shall be awarded on the Museum Day. Additional information: www.ajapaik.ee

 10.00-12.00
Toy festival “Lucky bird on the Laboratooriumi Street”. Happy bird toy making class instructed by Joel Nokelaineni (Finland). Each participant may take the constructed happy bird home with him/her. Ukrainian Culture Centre (Laboratooriumi 22)
 10.30-19.00  Exhibition “Look into the bottle” open in the basement of the Maiden’s Tower. Maiden’s Tower Museum-Cafe (Lossi plats 11/Lühike jalg 9a). Entry with the tower ticket 3€/ 1€
 10.30-18.00
Annual exhibition “Skin glue on a piece of sheet metal – the largest collection of tintypes in Estonia”. Photo Museum (Raekoja 4/6). Ticket 2€/ 1€, family ticket 3.80€
 10.30-18.00 Hunt for the consumers aka marketing tricks from the 1920s and 1930s. Tallinn City Museum (Vene 17). Full tickets 3.20€/ 2€, family tickets 6.40€
 11.00-16.00 Vene Street A Living School Street. Vene Street has been closed off for car traffic and lessons are learned in the courtyards of the four schools located there. Location Vene tänav from Apteekri tänav till Olevimägi.
 11.00-17.00 Exhibitions at the Hometown House. “The magic of patterns” – art exhibition of national special schools; “A walk along the town wall” – science fiction and real pictures, science fiction and real stories; Sirje Maris Horma “From shadow into the light” – restoration of paintings and restored paintings; “Happy childhood” – objects from several periods from the private collection of Toomas Õunapuu. Hometown House (Gümnaasiumi 3)
 11.00-17.00  The streets of Tallinn on silk. An exhibition of painted ties styled after the streets of Tallinn by the fashion artist Aino Jakobi. Siidilabor (Olevimägi 6)
 11.00-19.00  Access on to the town wall, and to the Sauna and Kuldjala Towers, from the Nunna Tower (Gümnaasiumi tänav 1/1a). Tickets 50/ 75 cents, 1.30/ 1.50€
 12.00-12.20 Tallinn High School of Humanities’ 8 a form’s troupe “KOIT”Musical performance “Good abroad, better at home”. Short excursion through five European cities with dance and music. Harju tn green space.
 12.00-15.00  Tapestry workshop for children with masters from the Applied Arts Society CDE. In the rooms of the Tallinn Folk University (Vene tn 6)
 16.00-19.00 A non-stop slide programme of the history of the Maiden’s Tower, Kiek in de Kök and the Danish King’s Garden can be viewed in the lectorium of the Maiden’s Tower. Maiden’s Tower Museum-Cafe (Lossi plats 11/Lühike jalg 9a). Entry with the tower ticket 3€/ 1€
 17.30  Lilian Kapp’s piano student’s spring concert, Tallinn Hobby Centre Kullo (Kuninga 6)
 18.00 Brass orchestra of the Tallinn Firefighters’ Association. Musumägi
 18.00 Hopner House lecture series “Tales of old Tallinn”. Lecture by Jüri Kuuskemaa “Why a wall of distrust was built between the Hanseatic Town Tallinn and the noble Toompea” (in Russian); tickets 5€. Hopner House (Raekoja plats 18)
 19.00 Brass orchestra of the Tallinn Firefighters’ Association. Musumägi
 19.00 Sveta Grigorjeva’s and Barbara Lehtna’s performance showCrazy days”. Sleeping Beauty’s Castle (Uus 19). Tickets 7€/ 4€
 19.00 Chamber music in the sacristy. Ludmilla Kõrts (soprano), Meelis Vahar’s string quartet, Tatjana Lepnurm (harp). Dome Church (Toom-Kooli 6)
 19.00 French movie night. Albert Lamorisse’s “Red balloon” (Le Ballon Rouge), 1956. Short movie for the whole family. In co-operation with the French Institute in Estonia. Piip and Tuut Theatre and Playhouse at Toompea (Toom-Kooli 13)

Excursions

 17.00 Excursion in the Danish King’s Garden, Maiden’s Tower and on the town wall. Limited number of spots available! Registration at neitsitorn@linnamuuseum.ee or (+372) 601 2751. Maiden’s Tower Museum-Cafe (Lossi plats 11/Lühike jalg 9a). Participation fees 4.50€/ 3€
 18.00 Walk in the 19th century old town, guided by Oliver Orro. Meeting spot at Toompea, on the green space next to the Nevsky Church
 19.00 City excursion “The living streets of the Old Town”. Nadja Saar (in Russian) starting in front of the City Museum (Vene 17)

NB! The Organizer reserves the right to make changes to the programme.