Viljandi Folk Music Festival 2023
27 July 2023
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30 July 2023
Viljandi Folk Music Festival concentrates on cooperation, the tradition of making music together, accords, harmony, humane consideration of others and mutual respect.
Traditional music is played to accompany dancing at celebrations, to make the working day more enjoyable or journey go faster, etc. All of these are acts that are naturally taken together.
Here are the steps to plan your trip
1. Go to the official website and double check the event availability, prices and regulations.
2. Check below the accommodations in hotels in Viljandi available during the the event. ⤵︎
2.1. Pick a hotel room by location and by price.
2.2. The search is done for 1 guest and the entire duration of the event. Click on the 'Filter', 'Guests', and 'Dates' buttons to adjust the search.
🏨 In the 'Filters' section, you can tell if you are looking for hotels or vacation homes. Here, you can filter the results by stars, review ratings, and budget.
👨👩👧👦 In this section, you can specify the number of guests (adults and children) and the number of rooms you want to book.
📆 Finally, you can change the date of your stay.
2.3. Save more money! Some hotel rooms are provided by multiple hotel booking websites. You will see them on the top of the hotel room details when you hover the mouse over the room. Be it Booking.com, Expedia, Trivago, Opodo, or other providers, select the best price provider for the room during the chosen period.
2.4. If hotel rooms are not available around the event location, you can zoom out or search by a nearby city/town name. If you have a specific hotel in mind, you can even search the particular hotel name.
2.5. Bonus tip: Switch to Experiences search. Perhaps you will find great tours and activities!
2.6. Pro tip: The map of the experiences may help you find the most vibrant areas in the city and the best locations where you can look for accommodations for your stay.
3. Check the flight, bus, and train travel options to the event location
4. If everything is fine you can buy all the tickets
Viljandi Traditional Music Festival
Viljandi Folk Music Festival showcases interesting and captivating ensemble examples worldwide, from both near and far. Be it delicious examples of pub jams from the British Isles*, vigorous violin bowing from Scandinavia, sizzling brass instrument sounds from the gipsies, enchanting rhythms from all continents, Estonian magnificent runo-songs, and much more.
Viljandi
Viljandi is a town and municipality in southern Estonia. It is the capital of Viljandi County and is geographically located between two major Estonian cities, Pärnu and Tartu.
The town was first mentioned in 1283, upon being granted its town charter by Wilhelm von Endorpe. The town became a member of the Hanseatic League at the beginning of the 14th century, and is one of five Estonian towns and cities in the league.
Viljandi is the white rose city – in midsummer there are 720 white roses flowering in front of the city hall, planted for the town's anniversary in 2003. In summer, the White Rose Day is celebrated in Viljandi.
The town is situated on the north-western shore of Lake Viljandi, which lies in the glacial valley. Green zones cover 27% of the town area. Public green areas cover about 418 ha, including 92 ha of parks. The largest is the nature-protected Castle Park, but also Valuoja Park, Kiigepark, Uueveski Park are worth mentioning.
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