One of the twenty light artists from Lithuania and other European countries participating in the Vilnius Light Festival on 25-28 January is artist Rimas Sakalauskas with his video installation Vilnius 700 – Cosmic Vilnius (Vilnius 700 – Kosmoso Vilnius), honouring the city’s birthday. The installation will take the audience on a visual journey through outer...Read more
Creative coding and new media artist Ksawery Kirklewski (age 35) from Gdańsk (Poland), whose interactive light installation FLUX will be featured at the 6th Vilnius Light Festival, is always experimenting, pushing and redefining the boundaries of artistic expression. Recognised as a leading figure in the vanguard of digital creativity, his wide and varied body of...Read more
Vilnius Light Festival, a celebration of art, technology and bright lights, and a welcome tradition marking the capital’s birthday, once again invites everyone to gather on this special day – the 25th of January. Now in its sixth year, the festival will continue until 28 January as the city celebrates its 701st birthday. Light marks...Read more
The “Christmas in the Capital” festival bringing the Christmas spirit into the city has announced this year’s eventful programme. The anticipation of the most important celebration of the year will be kick-started by the ceremonial lighting of the Christmas tree at the Cathedral Square on the first evening of the winter season, filling up the...Read more
Vilnius city municipality joins the initiative supporting Ukraine’s aspiration to enter the NATO alliance. On July 7-11, they are preparing to raise at least 33,000 Ukrainian flags. The city authorities emphasize that the flags will be bought and hoisted at the expense of the organisers. Residents and apartment building administrators are also invited to contribute...Read more
Let Festivities Begin—Vilnius Celebrates 700th Anniversary and Embarks On Year-Long Cultural Program On January 25th, the Lithuanian capital Vilnius finally started celebrating its 700th anniversary and got the jam-packed cultural program going for the entire year. Among the highlights are the highly-awaited Vilnius Light Festival, an interactive exhibition of the transcript of the city founder’s...Read more
The Vilnius Lights Festival welcomes the 700th anniversary of Vilnius, the young city of the future, by creating a modern art exhibition featuring famous artists and seventeen original, dynamic, conceptual art installations – from the 25th to the 28th of January. Every year, on the 25th of January, the Vilnius Lights Festival marks the occasion...Read more
The British interdisciplinary design studio “Architecture Social Club” invites visitors to the Vilnius Lights Festival to meet at St Catherine’s Church on the 25th–28th of January, where they will be able to see an extraordinary spectacle – a contemporary interpretation of the luminous aether – the spatial audiovisual installation Aether. Aether was created as a...Read more
For the fourth time, Vilnius invites you to welcome the New Year at the Cathedral Bell Tower, which will be decorated in a modern light and video projection from 10 p.m. At midnight, the square around the Bell Tower will shine even brighter with a music and laser show to celebrate the anniversary year 2023....Read more
During the period between Christmas and New Year, Ukrainian children living in Vilnius will gather for a fun winter celebration at the Cathedral Square. On 28 December, from 4 pm to 7 pm, hundreds of volunteers will welcome Ukrainian children at the Christmas tree, baking doughnuts, serving tea and hot chocolate. “This Christmas is different...Read more
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