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26.04.2012
Mukamas 2012 - International Puppet Theatre Festival
Mukamas will be held from 7 to 12 May 2012. It is the biggest festival in Finland of its kind and established the Finnish Puppet Theatre on an international level, too.24.04.2012European Opera Days 2012: Passion for opera
The European Opera Days will take place from 12 to 13 May 2012. Each year opera houses in Europe and beyond open their doors and invite you to discover the art of opera and what happens "behind the scenes".19.04.2012Rock, Pop and Electronic in Århus - SPOT Festival 2012
The SPOT festival will take place in Århus/ Denmark from 4 to 5 May 2012. It is supported and sustained by a very large section of Danish music in rock, pop and related genres.16.04.2012Most translated Latvian writer A. Kolbergs will be honoured
On 26 April Latvian writer Andris Kolbergs will be dignified for his lifetime achievement at the 2011 Latvian Literature Award ceremony at Riga Art Space. The award will be also handed to the winners of the other four nominations.20.03.2012Promoting Estonian music: Tallinn Music Week 2012
The Tallin Music week is a music industry conference with the aim to promote Estonian music and creative industry taking place from 29 to 31 March 2012 in Tallin, Estonia.07.03.2012"Kosmorama" – Trondheim International Filmfest 2012
This International Film Festival will take place in Trondheim, Norway from 19 to 25 March 2012. On the 9 March not only the programme will be released, the ticket sale will start, too.02.03.2012Nordic writers at the "Leipzig Book Fair 2012"
The Leipzig Book Fair is the second largest and popular book fair in Germany. It takes place from 13 to 15 March.01.03.2012Literature days Usedom and music festival Usedom 2012
The Usedomer Musikfestival announced that the Usedomer Literaturtage will take place from 28 March to 1 April 2012.25.01.2012European Festival Association celebrates 60th anniversary
In 2012, the European Festivals Association (EFA) celebrates its 60th anniversary. "60 Years On: Festivals and the World" is the motto of the jubilee.24.01.2012World Design Capital 2012: Helsinki
Helsinki starts its year as World Design Capital 2012 (WDC), together with the surrounding cities of Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and Lahti.23.01.2012Danish Agency for Culture founded
On the 1 January 2012 the new Danish Agency for Culture was founded by a merger. It is under the aegis of the Danish Ministery of Culture.17.01.2012Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award turns ten years old!
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) is the world's largest prize for children's and young adult literature. The award, which amounts to SEK 5 million, is awarded annually to a single recipient or to several. Authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and those active in reading promotion may be rewarded.16.01.2012Northern Lights Festival Tromsø 2012
From the 27th January to 3rd February 2012 the Nordlys Festivalen Tromsø (original title) will take place in Tromsø, Norway.13.01.2012European Charlemagne Youth Prize 2012
The ECYP is awarded jointly and annually by the European Parliament and the Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen. Deadline for application: 23 January.13.01.2012Barents Spektakel Kirkenes
Barents Spektakel 2012 – Norway's most-border crossing festival will take place in Kirkenes, Norway from the 08th February to the 12th February 2012.11.01.2012Gothenburg International Film Festival
This year’s focus of the 35th Gothenburg’s International Film Festival is on Arabic films. It will take place from 27th to 6th February 2012 in Gothenburg, Sweden.10.01.2012Second edition: European Forum on Music 2012
From 19 to 22 April 2012 the second edition of the European Forum on Music with the title "Transcending Boundaries – Building Bridges" will take place in Istanbul, Turkey.23.12.2011Application: CO-LAB 2012 Canada
The freeDimensional (fD) initiated COL:LAB (Collaboration Laboratory) is offering a working residency for artists on Wasan Islands (Canada) in July 2012 for a week. Deadline for application is the 29 December 2011.09.12.2011Application for Tallinn Music Week Festival 2012 is open
Tallinn Music Week Festival takes place from 29 to 31 March all around Tallinn, the conference takes place on 30 and 31 March 2012 in the conference centre of Nordic Hotel Forum.30.11.2011Exhibition: The Detour
Architects Simon Brunel and Nicolas Pannetier were going on a journey of exploration. The Detour traveld from Turku to St. Petersburg and then onto Tallinn, covering both 2011 Capitals of Culture.29.11.2011European Media Art Festival: Call for entries
On the 18 April to 27 May 2012 this festival will take place in Osnabrück, Germany. The deadline for applications is the 5 December 2011.28.11.2011Winners of Oulu International Youth Film Festival 2011
On the 27 November the 30th ARS BALTICA accredited Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival in Finland ended. Now the winners of the Festival are announced.25.11.2011Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2011
Between the 16 and 30 November the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival is taking place in Estonia.21.11.2011III. EU Puppet Festival EUROFEST 2012 in Poland
The EU Puppet EUROFEST 2012 will start on 6 May under the direction of Festival Director Malgorzata Kaminska of the State Puppet Theatre "Tęcza"– Sobczyk10.11.2011Apply now: International Arte Laguna Prize 2011
The 6th Arte Laguna Prize extends the registrations to 30 November for applications by mail and to 6 December for online applications. The event itself will take place in Venice (Italy) on the 11 December.07.11.2011Danse Festival Barents 2011
From 9 to 13 November the 8th edition of Danse (Dance) Festival Barents will take place in Hammerfest (Norway).03.11.2011Review: 13th BDF Summit Gdansk 2011
From the 24 to 26 October 2011 the Baltic Development Forum (BDF) Summit and the European Commission’s 2nd Annual Forum on the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region were held in Gdansk (Poland).02.11.2011Nordic Film Days Lübeck – 53rd edition of unique festival
From 2 to 6 November this ARS BALTICA accredited festival will take place in Lübeck (Northern Germany).01.11.2011For theatre lovers: Baltic Circle is coming
From 16 to 20 November the ARS BALTICA accredited Baltic Circle international contemporary theatre festival will take place in Helsinki (Finland), both in theatre venues and on different sites in the city.01.11.2011Nordic literature at its best: Nordische Literaturtage
From 21 to 25 November Literaturhaus Hamburg (Northern Germany) presents Nordische Literaturtage Hamburg.31.10.2011NORDWIND - Baltic Sea dance, theatre and music
The 4th edition of the festival will take place from 25 November to 11 December. This year the festival will be held not only in Berlin! The Kampnagel site in Hamburg was added as a second venue!25.10.2011Disney goes Norway - Don Hahn at Frederiksstad
From 9 to 13 November, the ARS BALTICA accredited Frederiksstad Animation Festival takes place in Norway. This year’s highlight is the attendance of producer Don Hahn.24.10.201130th episode of Oulu Youth Film Festival (Finland)
From 21 to 27 November, the ARS BALTICA granted Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary. The focus is on Danish film classics and innovative films for children.14.10.2011Digital media – spectre or faciliation?
This questions will be discussed during the last meeting 2011 of RESEO in Utrecht, Netherlands on 23rd to 27th November.12.10.2011World music with world-class - WOMEX 2011
From 26 to 30 October 2011 musicians from all over the world will gather in Copenhagen/ Denmark to present their music and their culture.10.10.2011folkBALTICA 2012: focus announced
From 9 to 13 May 2012 the 8th folkBALTICA festival will take place in over 30 different venues in Flensburg, Sønderborg and the Sønderjylland-Schleswig region. The topic is “Deutschmark – Däneland”.09.10.201111.11.11 "Exchange Radical Moments" all over Europe
An unprecedented new innovative form of an Europe-wide festival awaits you on 11 November. Welcome to the festival - live and/or online via live stream!06.10.2011Bergen International Film Festival (Norway)
This year the biggest film festival in Norway goes to the 12th round: From 19 to 26 October, Bergen Cinema presents its famous festival.23.09.2011German Blues Challenge & German Blues Awards
On 29 October two of Germany's most interesting blues events – organized by the ARS BALTICA accredited BluesBaltica – will take place in Eutin: the German Blues Challenge and the German Blues Awards.19.09.2011Call for the LOIKKA Dance Film Festival 2012
Until 31 October 2011 you can send in a personal dance film preview to the Finnish Loikka Dance Film Festival Office to become part of this high-quality festival.12.08.2011Night of Ancient Bonfires around the Baltic Sea
Welcome to join this initiative of the European Capitals of Culture Turku and Tallinn and to raise the awareness for the need of saving "our" Baltic Sea! Date: 27 August27.07.2011"Viiulimängud" String Festival (Estonia)
Today starts this music festival which in translation means "violin games" and will be taking place in Haapsalu until 31 July, so get ready to visit this event now!15.07.201127th Warsaw Film Festival (Poland)
Submit your short film contribution until 31 July and enjoy this festival taking place from 7 to 16 October in Warsaw!04.07.2011"Førde Folk Music Festival" (Norway)
Today starts the pre-selling for this international event themed “Women’s World” taking place from 7 to 10 July, accompanied by the “Forde Conference 2011” on 7 July!27.06.2011"Waves Festival 2011" (Denmark)
Partake in this cultural event themed "Unique Encounters" taking place from 20 to 27 August in Vordingborg!22.06.2011"JazzBaltica" festival 2011 (Germany)
Enjoy this ARS BALTICA accredited jazz festival taking place from 1 to 3 July in Salzau and other venues in Schleswig-Holstein!21.06.2011Baltic Sea Short Film Competition for young talents
Send in your video until 31 August for this BSSSC competition under the topic "Baltic Sea Region – a good place for living"!15.06.2011"Aarhus 2011: Questioning Agendas" (Denmark)
Register until 20 June for this encounter with "perspectives on Dance in Society" including a thematic festival, all taking place from 20 to 22 September in Aarhus!07.06.2011"Connecting" is building bridges - next stop: Norway
The ARS BALTICA granted travelling exhibition "Connecting" will be shown at its second venue in Lillestrøm/ Norway between 18 June and 31 July 2011.25.05.201127th "Hamburg Int. Short Film Festival" (Germany)
Enjoy a whole cinematic week dealing with different short films taking place from 7 to 13 June at different venues in Hamburg!
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