Events
Šilutė City Festival Programme “Šilutė Celebrates 515”
On May 28–30, the Šilutė city festival “Šilutė Celebrates 515” will take place. The programme includes concerts, a fair, exhibitions, meetings, educational activities, and a festive evening concert.
Below you will also find:
• a map of event locations;
• a traffic organisation and restrictions map.
May 28
GATHERING OF FELLOW COUNTRYMEN
17:10 Opening of the painting exhibition “Reflections of the Change of Thoughts” by fellow countrywoman artist Janina Krasauskienė and meeting with the author
At the Šilutė Cultural Centre (Lietuvininkų g. 6)
18:00 Premiere of Nerijus Milerius’ documentary film “The Old Man’s Journeys” The cinema and life roles of fellow countryman actor Juozas Budraitis. Admission free.
At the Šilutė Cultural Centre (Lietuvininkų g. 6)
May 29
A WINDY GREETING TO THE CITY
13:30 Meeting with fellow countrymen “Šilutė Unites Us”
At the Šilutė Fridrichas Bajoraitis Public Library (Tilžės g. 10)
20:00 Opening of the Šilutė city festival
Awarding the title of Honorary Citizen to Danguolė Sutkaitienė
Presentation of foreign delegations
Daddy Was A Milkman with a string quartet
Demonstration programme of aircraft by the association “Šilutė Pilots Club”
On the Main Stage in the Old Market Square
May 30
STORIES BLOWN IN BY THE WINDS
From 10:00 “Šilokarčema Fair”
Festive fair of folk artists’ and craftsmen’s works
On Lietuvininkų Street
From 10:00 Exhibition of sailing ships See and visit the sailing ship “Vytautas Didysis” and old ventinė boats
On the bank of the Šyša River near the Old Market Square
10:00 Excursion “What Secrets Does Šilutė Hide?”
The excursion is organized by the Šilutė Tourism Information Center.
Start of the excursion: near the Šilutė Tourism Information Center (Lietuvininkų St. 4)
12:00 Festive procession “Catching the Wind” and performance of motorised vehicles
Procession route: Tilžės street–Old Market Square
12:00 Museum Courtyard Educational activities, presentations of culinary heritage, games
Near the Šilutė Hugo Scheu Manor (Lietuvininkų g. 4)
From 13:30 Programme “A Gust of Wind” by the Šilutė Hermann Sudermann Chamber Drama Theatre
Interactive experiential sound and movement installation
At the Šilutė Hermann Sudermann Chamber Drama Theatre (Lietuvininkų g. 6)
14:00 Festive concert of the Šilutė Art School
On the Main Stage in the Old Market Square
15:00 Retro car exhibition by the Šilutė Automobile Club
In the Old Market Square
SPORTS FLOW
13:30 Basketball II tournament 3 × 3 for the Mayor’s Cup of Šilutė District Municipality
The tournament will take place on May 29 and 30. Contact person Justas Bražas +370 655 52 968
Basketball court and area near the Šilutė Art School (Lietuvininkų g. 38)
From 14:00 Programme of the aviation engineering and modelling club “Skrydis”
Small aircraft workshops and FPV drone and aircraft model simulator
In the Šilutė city park near the Cultural Centre (Lietuvininkų g. 6)
US, CULTURE AND WIND
14:00 Youth HUB
Illusionist Tomas Šimkus
MEMEL COMEDY CO – the fastest-growing stand-up comedy community in Lithuania from Klaipėda
Participating comedians:
Gediminas Povilavičius, Tomas Miltenis, Tomas Bumblauskas, Eimantas Venckus
At the Family Square stage (Lietuvininkų St. 32)
14:30 Presentation of the autobiographical book “Valius. It Was Something Like That”
Meeting with fellow countryman, television host and producer Arūnas Valinskas
At the Šilutė Fridrichas Bajoraitis Public Library (Tilžės g. 10)
From 15:00 Creative meetings | caricatures with artist Ramūnas Vaitkus
Near the Šilutė Cultural Centre (Lietuvininkų g. 6)
17:00 Afternoon of choral and vocal music
Concert of amateur art vocal ensembles and choirs of Šilutė District Municipality
At the Šilutė Evangelical Lutheran Church (Lietuvininkų g. 21)
18:00 Artistic performance by participants of the creative workshops “ARTeen Youth” with choreographer Inga Kuznecova
On Vilų Street, Šilutė
GUST OF ENTERTAINMENT
14:00 Concert of participants of the festival “Dream 15” and children’s and youth groups
The programme includes participants of the festival “Dream 15” and children’s and youth groups of Šilutė.
The programme “Integration of Artistic Expression in TŪM Vandenvėja: Synergy of Performing Arts and Technologies” will be presented.
On the stage near the Šilutė Cultural Centre (Lietuvininkų g. 6)
18:00 Performance by the guitar and ukulele orchestra
On the stage near the Šilutė Cultural Centre (Lietuvininkų g. 6)
EVENING BREEZE
21:00 Evening concert and festive fireworks
FREE FINGA
MARIJONAS MIKUTAVIČIUS
LUCKY LUKE
Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances, DYNORO has cancelled his performance. LUCKY LUKE will perform instead.
On the Main Stage at the Old Market Square.
The festival is financed by Šilutė District Municipality.
Host of the festival events – Marijus Budraitis.
Festival organisers: Šilutė Cultural Centre, Šilutė eldership.