Festival

23^rd Estonian Festival

27 – 31 December 2010

Adelaide, South Australia

Adelaide is the proud host of the XXIII (23^rd) Estonian Festival in Australia. We offer you 5 days of fun, entertainment and Estonian culture!

Call for participants to register

If you are participating in this December’s national Estonian Festival~|Eesti Päevad, the committee has now opened up registrations. Please register your involvement in folk dancing, the choir or arts & crafts. This can be done easily online by clicking here.

Preliminary Program released

Get ready for five fantastic days in December 2010!

The Eesti Päevad committee has been busily developing the program of events for the festival and have now released a preliminary program.

The program features:

Ivo Linna
Eda-Ines Etti (INES)
Operetta duo Annika (soprano) and Silver Lumi (baritone)
R.A.A.A.M Theatre’s performance of ‘Meri ja Orav’
Folk dancing spectacular
Esto Go-kart racing
Arts and crafts exhibition
Estonian Cultural Concert – Combined choirs and soloists
Book launch for Estonian Year of the Book
“A Taste of Estonia” featuring Estonian culture
Children’s party
New Year’s Eve Party

Read the full ‘Estonian Festival – Eesti Päevad’ preliminary program now:

Festival 2010 Preliminary Program (ENGLISH) or Festival 2010 Preliminary Program (ESTONIAN).

View and print the Festival Poster.

If you have any suggestions for the festival, please contact the committee via email.

The Estonian ‘John Farnham’ to come to Adelaide!
Estonian talent has been secured for the 2010 Eesti Päevad – Estonian Festival.
The Estonian Festival Committee is pleased to announce the Estonian performers for the festival that’s on in December 2010 !

Ivo Linna (the ‘John Farnham’)
Eda-Ines Ettis (INES) (a Eurovision contestant) and band
Operetta duo Annika (soprano) and Silver Lumi (baritone)
R.A.A.A.M Theatre– presenting a comedy/satire play titled ‘Orav ja Meri’

Go to the ‘program’ page to find out more: www.eesti.org.au/festival/program

Festival logo launched

The logo for the 2010 festival has been selected from many great entries. The winning designer was Rob Morris and the logo features the colours of the Estonian flag (blue, black & white) and incorporates the outline of South Australia, the host state. Thank you to all who submitted a logo for the festival!

About the designer

Rob Morris is an IT entrepreneur originally from Sydney, Australia. He now lives with his wife and daughter in the leafy suburb of Kalamaja in Tallinn. He has been working in the computer industry for 14 years, specialising in the web and internet technologies for 10 years. He first discovered Estonia in 2006 while traveling Europe and loved it so much that he decided to learn Estonian – which is how he met his wife Triin, whom he first hired to teach him Estonian and to whom he proposed in a private hot air balloon over Byron Bay.

Estonian Festivals in Australia

Estonians have been holding ‘Eesti Päevad’ – ‘Estonian Days’ festivals in Australia since 1954. The first was in Sydney and since then the festivals have been held every 2-3 years in turn in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. The next festival will be held in Adelaide in 2010.

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