10.07.26 NEWS ... On Thursday, July 9, the Kikumu film, art and music festival opened at the Jäneda Training Centre. The first day featured performances by Tõnis Mägi, Villemdrillem and Karl Killing, as well as Nubiyan Twist.

09.07.26 NEWS ... Twelve-time Grammy winner John Legend was in concert at the Tartu Song Festival Grounds on Wednesday.

09.07.26 NEWS ... Tallinn wants to secure European Union structural‑fund financing for the renovation of Linnahall while simultaneously seeking investors with proven interest, Mayor Peeter Raudsepp (Isamaa) said. Decisions about the building's future must be made in the autumn.

09.07.26 NEWS ... TalTech game‑club chair Sander Mesila says board games reveal sides of people you don't see elsewhere, calling them one of the best ways to spend time with friends.

09.07.26 NEWS ... This year's Baltoscandal international performing arts festival set its highest attendance record of the past decade.

08.07.26 NEWS ... A Tartu venue has spent nearly €30,000 crowdfunded for renovations on keeping itself operating.

08.07.26 NEWS ... From July 28 through August 27, an open-air nighttime film series will take place at locations across Ida-Viru County. Over the course of a month, eight films will be screened, ranging from classics of Estonian cinema to recent releases.

08.07.26 NEWS ... Tanel Toom, who directed voice work for ZA/UM's "Zero Parades: For Dead Spies", says the videogame's script spans about 700,000 words — more than all JRR Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" books combined — and required actors to navigate a sprawling, nonlinear story with countless branching scenes.

07.07.26 NEWS ... Finnish-born crime writer Satu Rämö opened this year's HeadRead literary festival coverage in a conversation about Icelandic crime fiction and her adoptive home.

07.07.26 NEWS ... The French economist Thomas Piketty kicks off this summer's HeadRead literary festival coverage in a conversation led by Tarmo Jüristo, ranging across inequality, the limits of the free market and Estonia's own economic path.

05.07.26 NEWS ... The seventh Estonian Gymnastics Festival, "The Charm of Rural Life," began Saturday at Kalevi Central Stadium in Tallinn. The event brings together 3,000 gymnasts and folk dancers, ranging from infants to women in their 80s.

04.07.26 NEWS ... The Estonian National Opera (Rahvusooper) has reported alleged corruption at the institution to the police, its supervisory board chair said.

03.07.26 NEWS ... Culture Minister Heidy Purga has signed an order granting cultural‑monument status to the Burman Villa in Mustamäe district, Tallinn — a building whose owner sought demolition permission last year.

03.07.26 NEWS ... The Estonian National Opera is seeking a contractor to prepare a space‑use program and volume analyses for a planned extension, offering three possible solutions for review: an addition toward Uus turg, an expansion at Teatri väljak, or reconstruction of the existing hall.

03.07.26 NEWS ... American singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe is to appear on stage in Tallinn later this year, performing at Helitehas on the last day of November, marking a return to the Estonian capital since she last played there in 2024.

01.07.26 NEWS ... The international violin festival begins on the island of Ruhnu on July 2, bringing together traditional musicians from several countries. During the festival, Swedish Ambassador Charlotte Wrangberg will also visit the island.

01.07.26 NEWS ... Estonian conductor Tõnu Kaljuste says that despite the many problems facing our society, the most important thing is that Estonia is free.

30.06.26 NEWS ... A major exhibition on embroidery centered on Maria Peet, a Saaremaa artist whose work is distinguished by its rare sensitivity and unmistakable style, opened at the Kondas Center.

30.06.26 NEWS ... Art historian Linda Kaljundi said removing artworks with complicated histories from public space does not erase the past. She said such heritage should be preserved when possible and interpreted through explanations, exhibitions and artistic interventions.

30.06.26 NEWS ... Conservation work began Monday on artist Enn Põldroos' 41-year-old tapestry "Lives of People" at Tallinn Linnahall. The work is expected to be completed by the end of July.

30.06.26 NEWS ... On July 4–5, Vilsandi will host the 14th Small Islands Song Festival. The event is a historic occasion for the island, as it is only the second time Vilsandi has hosted the festival, following the first celebration there in 2011.

29.06.26 NEWS ... Norra Manor in Järva County, whose second‑floor walls were once covered with rare murals, has lost its cultural monument status. Unauthorized construction work over the years has destroyed the paintings, ornaments, unique stoves and other valuable details.

27.06.26 OPINION ... Estonia's culture funding debate misses a fundamental issue. If the current system leaves orchestras, museums, magazines and artists perpetually underfunded, perhaps the problem is not simply a lack of resources, but the way those resources are allocated, writes Scott Diel, originally in Edasi.

26.06.26 NEWS ... An immersive new installation at the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design (ETDM) maps conceptual designer Marit Ilison's shift from fashion to interiors and beyond.

26.06.26 NEWS ... At the end of June, the Estonian Authors' Compensation Fund will pay writers, translators and illustrators lending compensation for 2025. This year, 27 authors earned the maximum amount of €8,368, an increase of €444 from last year.

26.06.26 NEWS ... Gramophones have taken over Väätsa this summer, bringing dozens of antique music machines — including four restored Estonian-made models — to the Estonian Bicycle Museum.

25.06.26 NEWS ... The leaders of the Estonian National Opera have received a letter alleging that the theater is preventing Estonian soloists with international careers from performing there.

24.06.26 NEWS ... Music editor Neit‑Eerik Nestor says the appeal of a successful summer hit comes from its ability to deliver an idealized vision of summer to the listener.

24.06.26 NEWS ... Saaremaa island's main Midsummer bonfire — the Kuressaare celebration — was made ticketed this year. The municipality explained the decision by saying they simply received a good offer.

24.06.26 NEWS ... With jaanipäev — Midsummer — celebrations in Estonia in full swing, ERR News reports on how Estonian diaspora communities in Australia, Canada, England and the U.S. recreate the tradition far from home.

14.06.26 NEWS ... An international immersive exhibition dedicated to the works of Van Gogh opened at Telliskivi Creative City in Tallinn on June 18.

21.06.26 NEWS ... The Tallinn Fringe Festival turns 10 this year and will celebrate with its traditional month-long performing arts line-up across the capital.

20.06.26 NEWS ... ETV+ editor-in-chief Ekaterina Taklaja says new restrictions on dubbing foreign-language content could significantly reduce ERR's Russian-language audience.

20.06.26 NEWS ... What looks like ruins in Tartu's Annelinn is actually a new space for locals to relax, designed and built by architecture students from the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA).

20.06.26 NEWS ... A campaign post featuring EKRE founder Mart Helme was removed from social media after using Alo Mattiisen's 1988 hit "Isamaa ilu hoieldes" unauthorized.

20.06.26 NEWS ... "Soft diplomacy is part of our security — if people know us, they won't abandon us," says Estonia's long-time cultural attaché in Germany, Merit Kopli.

18.06.26 NEWS ... Midsummer's Eve (Jaanipäev) is fast approaching, but events marking Estonia's most important holiday will take place across the capital this weekend as well.

17.06.26 NEWS ... World-famous U.S. band Black Eyed Peas wowed the audience at Tallinn Old City's cruise area as part of their European tour.

16.06.26 NEWS ... The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste, performed on June 15 at the ancient 2,000-year-old venue, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival.

16.06.26 NEWS ... In the future, streaming giants such as Netflix, Apple TV and Disney+ could be required to reinvest part of their Estonian revenue into local film and TV production.

15.06.26 NEWS ... The prestigious European museum awards ceremony took place on the evening of June 13 in Bilbao, in Spain's Basque country. A total of 34 museums from across Europe were nominated for the awards.

14.06.26 NEWS ... A new observation tower was opened earlier this week in Meriküla, Harku Municipality, which connects the clifftop and the seaside area.

14.06.26 NEWS ... The Complaints Choir project is back in Estonia, debuting a seven-minute collaborative lament led by alternative artist Florian Wahl at Tallinn's Balti jaama turg on Friday.

14.06.26 NEWS ... The Estonian Ingrian Finns' Union held its 34th Song and Dance Festival in Paide, central Estonia, on Saturday.

13.06.26 NEWS ... As Estonia heads into a busy summer event season, consumer protection officials are reminding ticket holders of their rights if an event is canceled or postponed.

12.06.26 NEWS ... Berlin-based Ukrainian artist Yeva Sihachova opened a new exhibition at Tallinn's Okapi Gallery on Thursday, exploring how violence seeps into everyday life.

12.06.26 NEWS ... The City of Tallinn is commissioning street art to transform an underpass on Pärnu maantee, with a committee set to review designs for the large-scale project.

11.06.26 NEWS ... Weather, tighter personal finances and growing price sensitivity are hitting attendance at summer events, an Estonian concert promoter said.

10.06.26 NEWS ... The inaugural Paavli Festival in Tallinn at the weekend attracted close to 1,000 visitors and more than 40 artists.

10.06.26 NEWS ... Swedish power metal band Sabaton will be in concert in Tallinn next year, the band has announced.