Representative city events

Lithuanian Basketball League and King Mindaugas Cup

Date: January 1 - December 31, 2019.
pagal Lietuvos krepšinio lygos tvarkaraštį (LKL.LT)

Location: Šiaulių arena

Organizer: Krepšinio klubas „Šiauliai“    
E-mail info@bcsiauliai.lt

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Lithuanian Men’s Basketball League (LKL), consisting of the country’s strongest teams, is recognized as the 9^th most capable league in Europe. During matches, one can see players of Lithuanian teams and of national teams of other countries of the world. In Lithuania, league matches are the most visited by spectators, compared to other sports.

Every match of “Šiauliai” team taking place in Šiauliai is attended by an average of 2500 spectators. Season’s club matches on TV and online receive over 250,000 views.

,,Runway Run“

Date: April 6, 2019.

Location: Lietuvos kariuomenės karinių oro pajėgų aviacijos bazė

Organizer: Šiaulių lengvosios atletikos ir sveikatingumo centras 
E-mail. info@lengvojiatletika.lt
Phone +370 41 430 711

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“Runway Run” has been one of the most unique projects since 2004, implemented not only in Lithuania but also in the whole of Europe. It is an event promoting cooperation between education, science, business, military and non-governmental organizations, seeking to develop civic society, form children’s and adults’ healthy lifestyle habits, and develop national and civic values. One of the most important parts of this event is the runway run, symbolically racing with fighter aircrafts performing NATO air policing mission. The event presents the military exposition of Lithuanian Armed Forces and its allies, take a close look at weaponry, accoutrements, and equipment used by soldiers, and learn about service in the armed forces. It is one of the most massive events with the average of around 7,000 people participating in the run.

Festival „Resurrexit“

Date: April 22-28, 2019.

Location: Šiaulių Šv. apaštalų Petro ir Pauliaus katedra, Šiaulių kamerinė salė „Polifonija“, Šiaulių Švč. Mergelės Marijos nekalto prasidėjimo bažnyčia, Baisogalos dvaras, Plungės Oginskių rūmai

Organizer: Koncertinė įstaiga Šiaulių valstybinis kamerinis choras „Polifonija“ 
E-mail info@polifonija.lt 
Phone +370 41 523 812

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The “Resurrexit” festival, annually coming together with Easter celebration, combines preservation of traditions and novelties. Initiated in 1978, the event was known for promoting early secular music and later, church music. Today, the range of genres and styles of performed music is expanding, new spaces and exciting performers are sought. Listeners are invited to the concerts to listen to chamber music and large-scale works. The “Resurrexit” festival is the only such event in northern Lithuania where listeners have the opportunity to hear grand musical masterpieces recognized worldwide, performed by an abundance of renowned professional performers. The festival welcomes not only academic music fans but also everyone interested in world music, sung poetry, theatre and other kinds of art.

International DanceSport Competition “Sun City Cup”

Date: April 17-28, 2019.

Location: Šiaulių arena, J. Jablonskio g. 16

Organizer: Šiaulių sportinių šokių klubas „Šypsena“ 
E-mail siauliai@sypsena.com

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The traditional international WDSF (World DanceSport Federation) ranking competition taking place in Šiauliai is also the Lithuanian DanceSport Federation ranking in all age groups. Such event is an opportunity to introduce the city’s public and guests to the best dancers in Europe and the world, and to the city’s dancer couples, to present and demonstrate their mastery to renowned dance experts and start their international careers regardless of age. In the two-day dance fiesta, spectators see as many as 800 pairs of dancers ranging from children to seniors.

European Motocross Championship Round

Date: May 18-19, 2019.

Location: Šiauliai, Aleksandrija

Organizer:  Motoklubas „Šiauliai“
Registracija 
https://www.facebook.com/events/2386774274686202
El. p. darius.balciunas@valumina.lt,  robertas@robertsmx.com

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Aleksandrija track is the only place in Lithuania that meets the requirements of Federation of European Motorcyclists. “Šauliai” club was granted the right to organize North East Europe Round (children’s and youths’) and European “Open” (men’s) competitions. Šiauliai is attracting increasingly more participants from all over Europe. Over 150 athletes from 25 countries  plan to take part in this year’s competition. The European Motocross Championship round attracts around 3000 spectators.

UEFA Women’s Champions League and Women’s Baltic Football League

Date: April - August, August 14-16, 2019.

Location: Miesto stadionas S. Daukanto g. 23

Organizer: Futbolo klubas „Gintra“ 
E-mail fkgintra@gmail.com

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The UEFA Women’s Champions League matches are matches of the top-ranked women’s football clubs, attended by European countries’ champions or top-ranked women’ football clubs. In recent years, Šiauliai team occupies particularly high positions in the league and Šiauliai residents have the opportunity to see the matches of the most famous European football clubs in the city.

International Dance Festival-Competition “Aušrinė žvaigždė”

Date: May 22-25, 2019.

Location: Vilniaus g. bulvaras, Šiaulių arena, J. Jablonskio g. 16, Šiaulių kultūros centro Rėkyvos kultūros namai, Energetikų g. 7, Linkuvos socialinės globos namai

Organizer: Šiaulių kultūros centras 
E-mail info@siauliukc.lt 
Phone  +370 41 524 163

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The 13^th international dance festival-competition “Aušrinė žvaigždė” invited almost 2000 young dancers from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, and Russia. 41 dance groups, which participated in the festival-competition, learned from dancers demonstrating remarkable excellence, actively participated in the creative process, developed their personal and professional competences, got acquainted with the history and culture of Šiauliai city. The dancers not only competed but also performed in the concerts held outside the competition and in the opening of the festival.

International Festival “Big Band Festival Šiauliai”

Date: June 7-8, 2019

Location: Prie Talkšos ežero

Organizer: Šiaulių miesto koncertinė įstaiga „Saulė“ 
E-mail  koncertineistaiga@saule.lt 
Phone +370 41 423 424

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The only big band music festival in Lithuania, which has been held since 2010 and invites professional collectives both from Lithuania and foreign countries to Šiauliai every year. Big bands and soloists from Latvia, Estonia, the USA, Germany, Holland, Brazil, Mozambique, Sweden, Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Spain, England, Ireland, Hungary, Belgium, Slovenia, Austria, Malta and Italy have already participated in the festival. The feast of high-quality music, lasting as many as two days, delights the city’s residents and guests every year. The festival distinguishes itself by stylistic variety and diversity of genres ranging from funk, jazz, soul to exceptionally arranged popular music. The festival is also known for its special atmosphere created not only by great music but also by the exclusive place in the centre of Šiauliai city – the shore of Lake Talkša.

The International Chaimas Frenkelis’ Villa Festival

Date: June - August, 2019.

Location: Chaimo Frenkelio vila ir parkas, Vilniaus g. 74; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“, Muziejaus g. 31, Telšiai

Organizer: Šiaulių „Aušros“ muziejus
E-mail rastine@ausrosmuziejus.lt 
Phone +370 41 524 390

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The mission of the International Chaimas Frenkelis’ Villa Summer Festival is to organize professional high artistic quality music, film, theatre, dance performances for the general public in the exclusive environment of Chaimas Frenkelis’ villa and park, this way directly influencing accessibility of culture and creating the progressive image of Šiauliai region, open to professional art novelties.

Continuity, professionalism and diversity are the main features of the festival that has turned into a cultural tradition and is the only in Šiauliai that unites different forms of professional art. During 16 years of the existence of the festival, the audience of Šiauliai region has seen hundreds of performers from various countries of the world, such as South Korea, the USA, Argentina, France, Portugal, Georgia, Austria, Belgium, Norway, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, etc., enjoyed the best performances of Lithuanian and foreign participants, symphony orchestra concerts, dance performances, movie screenings.

The International Folklore Contest-Festival “Saulės žiedas”(“The Flower of the Sun”)

Date: July 3-7, 2019.

Location: Vilniaus g. bulvaras prie Kaštonų alėjos, kitos miesto erdvės (informacija tikslinama)

Organizer: Asociacija „Baltų centras“ 
E-mail baltucentras@gmail.com, 
zenonas.ripinskis@gmail.com

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This contest – the only one in Šiauliai region – is included in the official list of the events of The International Organisation of Folk Art IOV (under UNESCO) and The Federation of International Dance Festivals FIDAF. Very few folklore contests are organized in the world. This contest is one of the few events of this kind in Eastern Europe.

Competitions in the International Folklore Contest-Festival “Saulės žiedas” organised every two years are held in 6 categories ranging from traditional folklore dancers, instrumental music, singing groups, solo singers, instrumentalists to stylized folklore groups. Lithuanian performers participate not only in the competition programme but also in the festival program. Its basis is both authentic and authorial concept of performing and creating folklore. The authoritative jury evaluating the contest consists of specialists renowned in Lithuania and abroad. The planned prize fund of the contest is over € 5,000; and the Grand Prix, € 1,500. Financial motivation and material incentive enable the change in the value and self-esteem of folklore performers in the context of cultural and social life. The international contest-festival provides an opportunity to present and prove  uniqueness to both groups and soloists. During the closing of the contest-festival, Mindaugas Coronation Day is exceptionally noted. “Saulės žiedas” is one of the largest, outstanding and most significant events among ethnic culture events in Northern Lithuania and the whole country.

Aviation festival “Sakalo sparnai 2019” (“Falcon Wings 2019”)

Date: July 27, 2019

Location: LAF Šiauliai Air Base territory, Lakūnų St.3, Šiauliai

Organizer: The Air Force  of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
Arnas Glazauskas
Phone + 370 41 592 151
arnas.glazauskas@mil.lt

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Air Force aviation festival “Sakalo sparnai 2019” is intended to commemorate the 100^th  anniversary of Lithuanian Military Aviation. Foreign aerobatic flying teams, such as Frecce Tricolori from Italy; Belgian team F-16 Drak Falcon and many more took part in the festival. During the festival, one could get acquainted with the contingents implementing NATO air police mission and aircrafts operated by them, expositions of Lithuanian Armed Forces, aircrafts of the Air Force, equipment and armaments of NATO forces. The parade program performed by the honour guard company was presented to the attendance.

Šiauliai bike race

Date: July 28, 2019.

Location: Startas Vasario 16-osios g. 62

Organizer: Šiaulių sporto centras „Dubysa“
E-mail smdubysa@gmail.com

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During nine years, the traditional Šiauliai road bicycle race has become a sports festival to not only to professional road racing cyclists but also to amateurs. On the last Sunday of July, the elite group athletes overcome 100 km route, while the amateurs choose 56 or 28 km routes in the streets of Šiauliai. Particularly venturesome is the start of small cyclists – children. For overcoming their first distance, future athletes, accompanied by their parents, are awarded medals and sponsors’ souvenirs. Every year, more and more amateurs join the group “Minkime kartu” (Let’s pedal together) and cycle one symbolic circle – 7 kilometres. During the competition, Šiauliai residents and the city’s guests are invited to get involved in sports entertainment, various contests are organized, and participants are awarded symbolic prizes. Organising competitions, young volunteers assist and a group of policemen maintain order on the route. Numerous photos from the bike day spread through various media channels.

In 2020, the 10^th competition will be arranged – the 10^th bicycle day in Šiauliai, bringing together professional athletes and amateurs to one festival.

Organizers, members of the club “S-sportas”, coaches and athletes of Šiauliai “Dubysa” Sports Centre call together an increasing number of the city’s cyclists, amateurs, enterprise teams, spectators and, of course, children.

Festival “Šiaulių Monmartro Respublika” “(“Republic of Montmartre in Šiauliai”)

Date: August 7-11, 2019.

Location: Žemaitės g. 83, ir Joniškio Raudonoji sinagoga

Organizer: Šiaulių miesto kultūros centras „Laiptų galerija“
E-mail kcgalerija@gmail.com
Phone +370 41 200 642

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“Šiaulių Monmartro Respublika” is an art festival organized by Šiauliai city cultural centre “Laiptų galerija” since 2002, which traditionally and innovatively combines art, music, literature, theatre involving the community of Šiauliai city and region into the active action. More than 20 artists from Lithuania and abroad create the action of art; music is performed by Vilnius State Quartet, Čiurlionis String Quartet, singers, music virtuosos, laureates of Lithuanian National Prize recognised in Lithuania and around the world; French music programs are prepared by Šiauliai Wind Orchestra, soloists, actors of Lithuanian National Drama Theatre and Šiauliai State Drama Theatre. Traditionally, 2-3 exhibitions are presented in the art gallery “Laiptų galerija”, Joniškis Red Synagogue, and Žagarė spaces. The credo of the international project “Šiaulių Monmartro Respublika” is “Lux lucet in tenebris” (light shines in darkness). The main event of the festival is artists’ plein air. The festival has been attended by artists from Belarus, Moldova, Iceland, Germany, Chile, the USA, Syria, Greece, Great Britain, Ukraine, and guests from Latvia and the Netherlands arrive every year. This is not an ordinary plein air held in Lithuania: professional Lithuanian and foreign artists work in public, providing the possibility for Šiauliai city residents, city guests, residents of Šiauliai region to see the creative process in the Peliksas Bugailiškis’ garden of “Laiptų galerija”: the artist’s previously created works are exhibited next to each artist. The representative event of Šiauliai city is sponsored by Šiauliai city municipality and Lithuanian Council for Culture.

Art festival-action “Šiaulių kultūros naktys”  (“Šiauliai Culture Nights”)

Date: August 19-25, 2019.

Location: Vilniaus g. bulvaras ir miesto centrinė dalis, Talkšos Prūdelio ežerų pakrantės, kitos miesto erdvės

Organizer:  VšĮ „Remigijaus akcija“
E-mail p. ruokis@atomas.lt,

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Started as an action for reviving the boulevard, “Šiaulių kultūros naktys”  has grown into a mass civic, social and cultural event that will be held for the tenth time in 2020. Events in the evening or at night take place in unexpected, unconventional places of Šiauliai so that the whole city starts pulsating with culture that would become easily accessible to everyone.  “Šiaulių kultūros naktys” distinguishes itself by the abundance and diversity of events, their originality and unexpected forms: exhibitions, dance, theatre performances, artists’ performances, creative workshops, concerts, film screenings taking place all week in the city. It is sought to spread interesting, unseen, sometimes provocative, innovative projects in Šiauliai. Traditionally, creative sewing workshops, night volleyball competitions, performances of always young “Šiaulių bočiai”  and their friends, DJ festival, high heel race are held. It has become a tradition  to organise artistic and cultural workshops “Kilowac” during “Šiaulių kultūros naktys”, where socially responsible businesses supply materials and services, while artists create illuminated objects or things. These pieces of art are later donated to Lithuanian social institutions. “Šiaulių kultūros naktys” ends with a spectacular procession of illuminated people and vehicles from Kaštonų avenue to Sundial square, where the brightest people of Šiauliai are awarded too.

“Šiaulių dienos” (“Šiauliai Days”)

Date: September 5-7, 2019

Location: approaches of Šiauliai Arena (J. Jablonskio St. 16), Vilniaus St. boulevard, the shore of Lake Talkša, other spaces of the city.

Organizer: Šiauliai Culture Centre
E-mail info@siauliukc.lt 
Phone +370 41 524 163

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“Šiaulių dienos” is one of the most important city festivals promoting Šiauliai residents’ and city guests’ educational, cultural and entertainment occupation as well as cooperation between different city institutions. During the festival, the fair, exclusive concerts take place, creative and educational activities and other entertainments are organized in various spaces of the city. “Šiaulių dienos” offers a program relevant for all age groups, seeking to enrich the leisure of every user of culture.

Exhibition of creative, active leisure occupation ideas of children, youth and adults “#Tavo PIN kodas” (“#Your PIN code”)/  Opportunity Festival “Tavo PIN kodas” (“Your PIN Code”)

Date: September 27, 2019.

Location: Šiaulių arena, J. Jablonskio g. 16

Organizer: Šiaulių valstybinė kolegija 
E-mail administracija@svako.lt 
Phone +370 41 523 768

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Every year, new forms of implementing this event are sought. This year, “Tavo PIN kodas” called The Opportunity Festival was traditionally chosen by those who wanted to learn about the opportunities for learning, studying, non-formal education and self-education provided in Šiauliai, various youth programs, projects, initiatives, volunteering and other ways of personal fulfilment or who were just looking for inspiration for further activities and new ideas. Stands and various activities were presented in Šiauliai Arena by the city’s educational institutions, pupil non-formal education organizations, business enterprises, the city’s cultural institutions, representatives of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, police and fire brigades. In 2019, almost 4,000 people visited the festival, about 800 pupils had the opportunity to participate in creative workshops organized by Šiauliai State College. The STEAM conference for teachers, held in Šiauliai Arena, also received considerable interest.

Show Jumping World Cup stage

Date: October 10-13, 2019.

Location: Šiaulių arena, J. Jablonskio g. 16

Organizer: Šiaulių sporto klubas „Miražas“
E-mail gintas.lomsargis@gmail.com; 
gediminas.gutkauskas@gmail.com

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For almost 10 years in a row, the World Cup stage of the International Show Jumping and Dressage Competition in Šiauliai Arena has been a unique event not only in the Baltic States but also in Europe as it takes place indoors. About 200 riders from 10 countries of the world come to the event each year. Equestrian sport is becoming increasingly popular sports branch in Lithuania, attracting increasingly more spectators and equestrian sports fans. Šiauliai residents have a great opportunity to watch performances of high-level duets and to appreciate the elegance of horses at close range in the comfortable arena. In 2019, the event attracted a record 2,500 spectators.

Contemporary art and fashion festival “Virus`24”

Date: November 15 - December 14, 2019

Location: Šiauliai Art Gallery, Vilniaus St. 245 and other places: Šiauliai State Drama Theatre, Šiauliai Athletics Hall, cultural and public spaces of the city

Organizer: Šiauliai Art Gallery
E-mail info@siauliugalerija.lt 
Phone  +370 41 524 385

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The contemporary art and fashion festival “Virus`24” is the only and largest professional art festival in Northern Lithuania. The event brings together all kinds of art and presents the latest art projects in the fields of fine art, fashion, dance, music, theatre, literature, film. It is a laboratory synthesising various types of art and the only opportunity in Northern Lithuania to experience the versatile spirit of contemporary art. Educational programs, workshops, lectures and theoretical conferences are held during the festival.

A series of events “Šiauliai Smart”

Date: November 28-30, 2019

Location: Šiauliai City Municipality, Vasario 16-osios St. 62, Šiauliai Arena, J. Jablonskio St. 16

Organizer: Šiauliai Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts
E-mail siauliai@chambers.lt
Phone +370 41 52 5 504, +370 41 523 903

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The event “Šiauliai Smart” is a series of business, science and education events, aimed at introducing the society to the educational, scientific and business potential of Šiauliai city, the opportunities of using its solutions, and at developing young people’s entrepreneurship by forming the approach to choose Šiauliai for a successful career. Implementing this project, the international conference, educational events for business, “Makeathon” – the event for promoting young people’s entrepreneurship, the representative educational exhibition at the Business and Achievement Exhibition “Šiauliai 2019” will be organised.

Europos jaunių ir suaugusiųjų regbio 7 čempionatai

Date: 2019 m. renginys nevyks

Location: -

Organizer: Lietuvos regbio federacija
E-mail info@regbis.lt; vairasregbis@gmail.com

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Deviso taurės mačas

Date: 2019 m. renginys nevyks.

Location: -

Organizer: Lietuvos teniso sąjunga
E-mail info@tennis.lt, info@siauliaitennis.lt

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Šeimų šventė

Date: January 5, 2020.

Location: Šiaulių arena, J. Jablonskio g. 16

Organizer: Šiaulių vyskupijos šeimų centras 
E-mail svscentras@gmail.com

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XXII Lietuvos, Latvijos ir Estijos kaimo muzikantų ir kapelijų festivalis „Ant rubežiaus“

Date: May 28-30, 2020.

Location: Vilniaus g. bulvaras

Organizer: Asociacija „Ant rubežiaus“ 
E-mail  jonis@splius.lt

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