From July 29 to August 3, the municipality of Visaginas will celebrate its 49th birthday. This neighbouring Lithuanian city invites Latvian friends to experience an impressive city festival program!
Distinguished artists from various European countries will grace Visaginas with their talents, culminating on August 3 with NOIZE MC, now residing in Vilnius and freshly back from a musical tour across Europe and the USA, presenting an unforgettable performance featuring the program “Swan Lake”!
Visaginas 49th City Festival Program:
July 29, Monday
6:00 PM | Santarves aikste / Greentrials (Latvia) / Greentrials Bike Tour (Extreme bicycle show)
7:00 PM | VKC “Draugystė”, Parko g. 7 / Visaginas Ballet / Vitalij Grabov / Laura Geraščenko (Visaginas / Klaipėda) / You Are Beautiful, My Beloved, You Are Beautiful
And Rima Pipoyan / Voicech Žuromskas (Armenia / Lithuania) / Me, My non-Self and I (Contemporary Ballet)
7:45 PM | VKC “Draugystė”, Parko g. 7 / Alexsandre Vassiliev Fund (Lithuania) / The Show Must Go On (Exhibition opening / Costume exhibition)
10:00 PM | VKC cinema theater “Draugystė”, Parko g. 7 / Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (Ireland, UK, USA) / Scanorama Summer Night Cinema: Poor things (N-18) (Cinema)
July 30, Tuesday
3:00 PM | VKC “Sedulina”, exhibition space, Vilties g. 5 / Young Artists Club “Palette” / Scent of August (Exhibition opening)
5:00 PM | Visaginas Public Library branch (Sedulinos al. 14/3) / Visaginas Public Library
Home Is Where the Heart Is (Creative meeting with Margarita Simonova)
7:00 PM | VKC “Draugystė”, Parko g. 7 / Henri Herbert (USA) / Blues Piano Grooves / Paid(Music)
9:00 PM | VKC “Banga” terrace, Parko g. 16 / Alina Orlova with a group
10:30 PM | VKC cinema theater “Draugystė”, Parko g. 7 / Dir. Luca Guadagnino (Italy, USA)
Scanorama Summer Night Cinema: Bones and All (N-18) (Cinema)
July 31, Wednesday
11:00 AM | Vilties g. 1 / Visaginas Social Services Center / Hug Your City (Seniors’ hike)
12:00 PM | VKC “Draugystė”, Parko g. 7 / Klaipėda Puppet Theater / The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane / Paid (For children)
6:30 PM | VKC “Banga”, Parko g. 16 / Šeiko Dance Theater / The Four Seasons / Paid (Dance Theater)
8:00 PM | VKC “Draugystė”, Parko g. 7 / Open Circle (Vilnius) / Will Pass / Paid (Theater)
10:00 PM | VKC cinema theater “Draugystė”, Parko g. 7 / Dir. Valdimar Johannsson (Iceland, Sweden, Poland) / Scanorama Summer Night Cinema: Lamb (N-16) (Cinema)
August 1, Thursday
6:00 PM | Santarves aikste / Klaipėda Puppet Theater / About Fish and People (Puppet/Object Theater)
7:00 PM | Amphitheater near VKC “Sedulina”, Vilties g. 5 / Vilnius Dance Theater “Low Air”
Just the Two of Us (Urban Dance)
8:00 PM | VKC “Sedulina”, near Skatepark, Vilties g. 5 / Open Visaginas Wall (Opening)
9:00 PM | VKC cinema theater “Draugystė”, Parko g. 7
Dir. Kristoffer Borgli (Norway, Sweden)
Scanorama Summer Night Cinema: Sick of Myself (95’, N-16)
Cinema
August 2, Friday
11:00 AM | VKC “Sedulina”, Vilties g. 5 / Solemn session of Visaginas Municipal Council
1:00 PM | Vilties g. 1 / Visaginas Social Services Center / Exhibition of archival photographs (City Builders)
3:00 PM | St. Apostle Paul Church, Santarvės g. 1 / Service for Visaginas
4:30 PM | Visaginas City Museum, Tarybų g. 23 / Museum opening
6:00 PM | “Atgimimo” Gymnasium Amphitheater, near Tarybų g. 23 / Rhizome (France)
Bleu Tenace / Circus/Physical Theater
7:00 PM | VKC “Draugystė”, Parko g. 7 / Kauri Honkakoski Company (Finland/Sweden) / The Desk / Paid (Physical Theater)
9:00 PM | VKC “Banga” terrace, Parko g. 16 / Jazz Trio Elpo (Latvia) / Quiet Treasures (Jazz)
10:30 PM | VKC cinema theater “Draugystė”, Parko g. 7 / Dir. Julia Ducournau (France)
Scanorama Summer Night Cinema: Titane (N-18) (Cinema)
August 3, Saturday
10:00 AM | Santarves aikste / Fair
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Sedulinos al. (outdoor, near Visaginas Public Library branch) / Visaginas Public Library / Cookie Truck / Digital education in the little train
3:00 PM | Santarves aikste / Made in Visaginas (Fair)
3:00 PM | VKC “Banga”, Parko g. 16 / Children’s program (For children)
4:00 PM | Santarves aikste / Discovery Meadow
6:00 PM | Santarves aikste / Community Stage (Multidisciplinary event)
7:30 PM | Santarves aikste / Inga Briazkalovaitė (Klaipėda) / Flight (Vertical Dance)
8:00 PM | Santarves aikste / Noize MC / Swan Lake (Music)
10:00 PM | VKC “Banga” terrace, Parko g. 16 / DJ Class Party (Disco)
12:00 AM | VKC “Banga” terrace, Parko g. 16 / DJ SKAI (Denmark/Lithuania) / Night Disco(Disco)
Organizer: Visaginas Cultural Center
Sponsors: Lithuanian Council for Culture, Visaginas Municipality, Kogus, American Corner Visaginas, Viada, Visagino linija
Partners: Christopher Summer Festival, Tytuvėnai Festival, Scanorama, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (LNOBT), ConTempo Festival, Alexsandre Vassiliev Fund, Meno Avilys, Art Residency “Taškas”, Visaginas Academy of Arts and Creativity, Visaginas Social Services Center, Visaginas Public Library
