International city festival CAPITAL DAYS (Sostinės dienos) is one of the most important multi-art form events in Vilnius; the main and most spectacular fiesta of the city, dedicated to all citizens and city guests with high artistic level actions in open-air spaces of Vilnius.

The CAPITAL DAYS takes place annually since 1993 in the biggest open-air spaces of the city as the City Hall Square (capacity up to 5.000 people), the Cathedral Square (capacity up to 20.000 people), or the Vingis Park (capacity up to 70.000 people).

Festival offers a wide range of high-level entertainments from classical music and opera, to jazz, folk, pop, rock and world music, and also film programme, street theatre, fashion shows and carnivals.

The CAPITAL DAYS’ events draw numerous audiences, as they are opened and free. More than 250.000 people visited the CAPITAL DAYS 2005. More than 500 professional artists and 3.000 amateurs from Lithuania and abroad took part in the festival. It also was highly covered by media.

Since 2004 the CAPITAL DAYS is organised by Vilnius’ municipality public enterprise “Vilnius festivals” (“Vilniaus festivaliai”).

August 30, 9-11 p.m.

Cathedral Square

Grand opening: “In the air and fire…”

 

Man on the rope. Didier Pasquette will cross the Cathedral Square… on the rope in the height of 15 meters. The famous “Man on the rope” has already been added to the “Guinness book of records” for crossing the longest distance on the Thames River in London.


The concert by the ZEEP group from Great Britain.


Special fire performance and fireworks.



August 31 – September 2

Gediminas Avenue (from the Cathedral Square to the Savivaldybes Square)

BUZZING AVENUE


Gediminas Avenue Gallery


August 31, Friday

Scene in front of Vilnius street.

4 p.m. Avenue starts buzzing. A concert by a dance group and orchestra „Vilnius“from Lithuanian Youth and Children Centre.

5 p.m. Kaunas music revue. Almost real puppet.

6 p.m. Traditional songs about Vilnius performed by „Sutaras“ and Dainius Pulauskas’ quartet in a modern way.

8 p.m. Group „Sportas“ presents its first album „Žemiau juostos“.

9 p.m. Line dances with Tomas Petreikis’ dance studio.


Scene in front of National Drama Theater

5 p.m. Renaissance dances by „Festa Cortese“

6 p.m. Theatrical movement project „Žmogus žemėje“ (Man on Earth).

7 p.m. Folk-pop interpretation by folk group „Nėr čia ko“.

8 p.m. Hour for actor’s song by Saulius Bareikis ir Andrius Kulikauskas.

21.00 val. Free microphone.


September 1, Saturday

Scene in front of Vilnius Street

12 p.m. Musical gift by “Trimitas“ orchestra.

1 p.m. Fight dance group “Capoeira“.

2 p.m. “Funny miniatures”.

3 p.m. Group “Sheezzanova“.

4 p.m. Group “The Fly“.

5 p.m. Fight dance group “Capoeira“

6 p.m. Music rhythms by exotic Polynesian group “Show Tahiti Nui“.

7 p.m. Gerri Pavloff: "Rebellious Int'l".

9 p.m. Line dances with Tomas Petreikis’ dance studio.


Scene in front of National Drama Theater

12 p.m. Music creation with DJ Andrius Rugevičius and PB8 collective instrument.

2 p.m. Street discussion.

3 p.m. „Nėr čia ko“ group’s folk-pop koncert.

4 p.m. Alina Orlova.

5 p.m. „Live sculptures“.

6 p.m. Time to eat national food of Polish, Ukrainian.

7 p.m. Free microphone

September 2, Sunday

Scene in front of Vilnius Street

12 p.m. Russian folk group “Arinuška“

1 p.m. Children show group “Saulės vaikai“, singer Lina Jurevičiūtė

2 p.m. Children and youth pop group „DND“.

3 p.m. Music rhythms by exotic Polynesian group “Show Tahiti Nui“.

4 p.m. Avenue sale-auction.

5.30 p.m. Tomas Petreikis’ studio lectures.

8 p.m. Group “Inculto“ presents: “The Super Hits of Mary Land”.

Scene by the National Drama Theater

12 p.m. Music creation with DJ Andrius Rugevičius and PB8 collective instrument.

2 p.m. Sad clown Arkadijus Vinokuras.

3 p.m. Children paint Vilnius with “Heinz“ souce.

4 p.m. Žilvinas Brazauskas and his band DND.

5 p.m. “Magical world of books” with prizes and surprises.

6 p.m. Free microphone.


August 31 d., 21.00–23.00 val.

Cathedral Square

GRAND CONCERT

“Masks of the Sounds”: fashion, music and light show

The most impressive collections by Juozas Statkevičius from the operas “La bohème“ and “Un ballo in maschera“ (director Dalia Ibelhauptaitė), groups “Pieno lazeriai“ (Milky lasers), “Happyendless DJ Team“, “Fusedmarc“.


August 31, 11 p.m.–1 a.m.

Teacher’s House Yard

CAPITAL CINEMA NIGHTS

Special short-film programme of “Tinklai” festival and „Vilnius cinema shorts”


September 1, 9–11 p.m.

Cathedral square

Grand concert

Andrius Mamontovas and the group


September 1, 11 p.m.–1 a.m.

Teacher’s House Yard

CAPITAL CINEMA NIGHTS

RGB programme of commercial movies


September 2, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Cathedral Square

NATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE DISABLED “FOR VILNIUS!”

11.00 a.m. - 11.45 a.m. – Concert.

11.45 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. – Welcome for the participants of the feast.

12 - 12.25 p.m. – Grand opening.

12.10 p.m. – 4 p.m. – Fair exhibition.

12.30 p.m. - 1.45 p.m. – Mass.

1.50 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. – Concert.

2 p.m. – 3 p.m.. – Art action „Tau, Vilniau!“.

3.30 p.m. – 4 p.m. – Grand closing and concert.


September 2, 4–6 p.m.

Vrublevskio street near the Cathedral

Mini-rally

SEB cup 2007


September 2, 9-11 p.m.

Cathedral Square

GRAND CLOSING CONCERT

Famous Latvian group THE BRAINSTORM