Program
On this page, you can explore the Hiiu Folk 2025 festival program.
The organizers reserve the right to make changes to the schedule.
Kärdla
14:00 – Lecture-workshop on Hiiumaa folk costumes! Helgi Põllo / Hiiumaa Muuseum Pikk Maja / Entry with museum ticket
16:00 – Cultural walk along the fascinating Pikk Street with Helgi Põllo! Free of charge!
Viscosa Kultuuritehas
18:00 – Opening of the XX Hiiumaa Traditional Music Festival! (pass / day ticket 35€)
Greetings!
Helgi Taelma ja Sõle Segajad
Külli Kreegi ja Suuremõisa laulu- ja pillilapsed
18:30 – Õtekse
19:30 – Lõõtsanoobid ja Margus Põldsepp
21:00 – Trad.Attack! (pass / day ticket 25€)
On Thursday, you can draw with chalk in the courtyard of Viscosa Kultuuritehas, play games, craft, and braid traditional leg ties.
Bouncy castles will be open in the nearby Vaba Aja Keskus.
Free entry for children up to 13 years old (inclusive)!
Festival passes and day tickets are available for purchase on-site.
A day ticket grants access to all concerts of that day.
No pets allowed.
Nature Hike
8:00–10:00 – Bird morning at Neitsimäe wooded meadow (contact: 53422087)
10:00 – Nature hike to Kassari coastal meadows (contact: 53422087)
Käina Huvi- ja Kultuurikeskus
12:30 – Hungarian dance workshop with Bokros Trio (pass / ticket 5€)
Käina Raamatukogu
14:00 – An hour with the Hiiu language / Maili Uibo and the Hiiu language circle / contact: 56567660 / Free!
Kärdla Baptistikoguduse kabel
15:00 – “A letter begins with a church…” Exhibition about the Lord’s Prayer in the Year of Books. Introduction by Tiia Palmiste.
Kassari Kiigeplats
17:00 – Mulgimaa orkester and Lõõtsanoobid (pass / day ticket 45€)
18:30 – Kukerpillid (pass / day ticket 35€)
20:30 – Nedsaja Küla Bänd (pass / day ticket 35€)
22:30 – Eva Eensaar and Krista Citra Joonas (pass / day ticket 25€)
On Friday and Saturday, children will be entertained at Kassari Kiigeplats by dog-girl LOTTE!
There will also be pony rides, leg tie braiding, village swing fun, storytelling, games, drawing, crafting, and more exciting activities. A massage tent will be on-site, and a small market will be open.
**Free entry for children up to 13 years old (inclusive)!**
Festival passes and day tickets are available for purchase on-site.
A day ticket grants access to all concerts of that day.
No pets allowed.
Nature Hike
9:00 – Hike with Tiit Maran to the Tareste landscape protection area on the eastern coast of the Tahkuna peninsula (contact: 53422087)
Käina Huvi- ja Kultuurikeskus
10:00–11:30 – Bokros Trio – Hungarian music workshop with instrument introductions (Pass / ticket 5€)
11:30–13:00 – Instrument playing workshop (Hungarian-Estonian). Participants must bring their own instrument and be able to play it.
Kõpu Rahvamaja
12:00 – Astrid Nõlvak, Kaarli kanneldajad, and kannel students from Rae Huvialakool (Free!)
Orjaku sadama külamaja
Kassari Rahvamaja
15:00 – Folk songs with Valter Parve (Free!)
Orjakumäe linnuvaatlustorn
15:30–16:30 – Meeting with Tiit Leito
Wildlife of Käina Bay. Bird of the Year – Cormorant (traveling exhibition)
Kassari Kiigeplats
17:00 – Astrid and Friends (Anu Taul, Eike Mägi, Robirohi30!, Olavi Kõrre) (Pass / day ticket 45€)
18:30 – Hiiumaa Pillisõprade Selts
Dance led by the folk dance group Naadresed
20:00 – Béla Szerényi ja Bokros Trio (Hungary) Concert + dance instruction (Pass / day ticket 35€)
22:00 – Loojõel – Hainsoo, Maaker, Joonas (Pass / day ticket 25€)
On Friday and Saturday, children will be entertained at Kassari Kiigeplats by dog-girl LOTTE!
There will also be pony rides, leg tie braiding, village swing fun, storytelling, games, drawing, crafting, and other fun activities. A massage tent will be available and a small market will be open.
Free entry for children up to 13 years old (inclusive)!
Festival passes and day tickets can be purchased on-site.
A day ticket grants access to all concerts of that day.
No pets allowed.
Pühalepa kirik
11:00 – Robirohi30! (pass / ticket 15€)
Emmaste kirik
13:00 – Anna-Liisa Eller and André Lislevand (pass / ticket 15€)
Reigi kirik
15:30 – Martti Raide and Valter Soosalu (pass / ticket 15€)
Kärdla Kirik
18:00 – Festival closing concert! Tõnis Mägi and Ekklesia Choir (ticket 15€)
*Ticket price applies to all except invited guests
Free entry for children up to 13 years old (inclusive)!
Festival passes and day tickets can be purchased on-site.
A day ticket grants access to all concerts of that day.
No pets allowed.
