29. May – Music Day

Town Hall Square

 16.00-17.30
Youth Jazz Stage. Performances from young musicians from Estonia and abroad
 18.00  Kirke Karja and the Pae Kollektiiv
 19.00 Soloists’ stage. Performance of jazz pianists Holger Marjamaa (Estonia) & Joel Lyssarides (Sweden)
 20.00 International Youth Big Band, conductors are Teet Raik and trumpet player Nick Smart (London). Members from 5 countries.

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, dances). Little Tom & Friends play tricks and conduct a quiz.
 14.00 Crafting (youth centres)
 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 (Towers’ Square)

Bastion Garden

Viru tn 23

 11.00-12.00 
Concert from the participants of the XII Festival “Visioon”
 13.00-14.00  Gustav Adolf Music School’s bands’ concert
15.00-18.00  Russian Education and Charity Associations’ Union, programme “Slavic songs and dances”. Performances from the children’s dance ensemble “Solnõško”, children’s folk ensemble “Kadrill”, youth ensemble “Mlada”, “Noored Muusikud”, variety dance ensemble “Oniks”, Ukrainian folk music ensemble “Dibrova”, children’s vocal variety studio “Nupukesed”, Russian folk song ensemble “Ljubava”, folk ensemble “Bõlitsa” (folk songs and dance), “SirinStuudio”, folk song choir “Rodnye Napevy”, orchestra “Russky Suvenir”

Freedom Square

 14.00-18.00 Paralympics Day. Sporting options for the disabled are presented on the Freedom Square. Different sports can be tried out by both healthy people, as well as people with special needs. In the framework of the Paralympics Day, wheelchair orienteering is carried out in the Old Town.

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

 09.00-14.00  Introduction of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern area’s tourism possibilities at Tammsaare Park
 10.00-18.00 Open Labora Garden. Sale of toys, postcards, ceramics and other souvenirs. Ukrainian Culture Centre (Laboratooriumi 22)
 10.00-18.00 2014 annual show of the Tallinn Hobby Centre Kullo’s art circles, Kullo Children’s Gallery (Kuninga 6) Tickets 2€/ 5€
 10.00-18.00 Permanent exposition “Musical instruments throughout many centuries”; an exposition in the hall introducing theatre and music history; exhibition “In part, the thing itself” at the theatre tower. Estonian Theatre and Music Museum (Müürivahe 12)
 10.00-18.00 On Music Day it is possible to visit the exhibition “August Pulst 125”. The exhibition gives an overview of the leading founder of the music museum, a promoter of folk music and an artist August Pulst. Estonian Theatre and Music Museum (Müürivahe 12). Tickets 4€ and 2€, family tickets 7€
 10.30-19.00 Exhibition “Look into the bottle” open in the basement room 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 Hunt for the consumers aka marketing tricks from the 1920s and 1930s. Tallinn City Museum (Vene 17). Tickets 3.20€/ 2€, family tickets 6.40€
 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). Tickets 2€/ 1€, family tickets 3.80€.
 10.30-18.00 Open permanent exhibition “These precious old toys” and a temporary exhibition “Enchanted by Barbies. Collected dolls from the collections of Maivi Kärginen and Rimonne Baltic”. Children’s Museum of the Tallinn City Museum (Kotzebue 16). Tickets 2€/ 1€, family tickets 3.80€. Free of charge for pre-school children
 10.30–18.00 Exhibition “Destroyed city centre – Harju Street before and after the aerial attack on March 9th – 10th, 1944”. Kiek in de Kök and Bastion Tunnels (Komandandi tee 2). Full tickets 4.50€/ 2.60€, family tickets 9€
 10.30-18.00 International caricature exhibition “Living streets”. Kiek in de Kök (Komandandi tee 2). Single tickets 4.50€, family tickets 9€, discounted tickets 2.60€
 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)
 11.00-16.00 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)
 11.00-19.00 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 Walking tour “Don’t push your luck”, a workshop for the children. Museum walking tour focuses on the skilled masters, who have founded the crafting tradition of Estonian musical instruments – from a straw flute to organs and pianos. At the end of the walking tour, all participants become musical instrument crafters. Estonian Theatre and Music Museum (Müürivahe 12). Ticket 4€/ 2€, family ticket 7€.
 12.00-15.00 Silk painting workshop for children with masters from the Applied Arts Society CDE in the rooms of the Tallinn Folk University (Vene tn 6)
 14.00–17.00 Friendly caricatures are drawn by the caricaturist Hugo Hiibus at the international caricature exhibition “Living streets”. Price of a portrait for an adult 15€, for a child 10 €. Kiek in de Kök and Bastion Tunnels (Komandandi tee 2).
 14.00 “A harpsichord sounds from the tower”. Performances from the harpsichord students and ensembles of the Old Town Educational College’s music school (teacher Ene Nael) and the Tallinn Music High School (teacher Kristiina Are). Sounds of soloistic and chamber music throughout several centuries. Assauwe Tower (Müürivahe 12). Tickets 4€/ 2€.
 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€/ 3€
 16.00- 20.00 Porcelain painting workshops. Views from the streets of the Old Town of Tallinn are painted to white porcelain under the artist’s guidance. The contours of the views have been previously drawn by Helina Tilk (Pikk 41). Prices depending on the dishes 4-20€
 17.00 Opening of the Photo Courtyard exhibition. Photo Museum (Raekoja 4/6)
 17.00 Tarmo Kivisilla & friends. A fun folk music concert at the museum courtyard for everybody, who respect truly Estonian music. Assauwe Courtyard (Müürivahe 12).
 17.00 Liturgy of the Assumption. Dome Church (Toom-Kooli 6)
 17.00- 17.30 Aavo Otsa’s music studio’s trumpet ensemble, Viru Gates
 17.40- 18.00 Aavo Otsa’s music studio’s trompet ensemble, in front of cinema Sõprus (Vana-Posti 8)
 18.00 Orchestra of the Defence Forces, Musumägi
 18.00 Old Town Music House “Twilight concert” (Uus tn 16c)
 19.00 Hopner House’s dance room in the Diele. Dance lessons from Kristiina Kapper. Hopner House (Raekoja plats 18)
 19.00 Choir concert. Vasari Singers (London, UK), conductor Jeremy Backhouse. Dome Church (Toom-Kooli 6)
 19.00 Orchestra of the Defence Forces, Musumägi
 19.00 Series for GreenField: Külli Roosna and Kenneth Flak “Blood Music” + Liis Vares “Capitals”. Sleeping Beauty’s Castle (Uus 19)
 20.00 Charlekas and Meelis Kubo in the play „Illusions in the night“. Piip and Tuut Theatre and Playhouse at Toompea (Toom-Kooli 13). Tickets 11€, for students 9€. Tickets available from Piletilevi
 21.00 Kristjan Randalu & Prezioso’s concert. Hopner House (Raekoja plats 18)
 21.15 For the end of the day: “Lullaby concert”. Bonzo, Jaan Pehk and the Old Town Mixed Choir. A canorous mild music concert before the night’s (un)rest at the loudest place in the Old Town, the junction of Suur-Karja and Little-Karja Streets. If weather conditions are bad, then the contcert will take place in Hopner’s House (Raekoja pats 18)

Excursions

 11.00 Hopner House excursion “Tales from an old merchant’s house” (Vanaturu kael 3)
 16.00 Excursion “Town Hall Square – a forum and a market with a pillory”. Guided by Jüri Kuuskemaa. Meeting in front of the Town Hall. Limited number of spots available! Pre-registration: ekskursioonid@vanalinnapaevad.ee.
 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 Excursion “Town Hall Square – a forum and a market with a pillory” (in Russian). Guided by Jüri Kuuskemaa.  Meeting in front of the Town Hall. Limited number of spots available! Pre-registration: ekskursioonid@vanalinnapaevad.ee
 19.00 City excursion on bicycles: Tallinn’s town wall, gates and streets by the town wall. Pre-registration: linnamuuseum@linnamuuseum.ee or (+372) 615 5193. It is recommended to wear a helmet and a safety jacket! Starting in front of the City Museum (Vene 17).

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