{"id":47905,"date":"2026-06-02T09:35:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/event\/western-lithuania-song-festival-the-flow-of-song-from-the-beginnings-to-the-centenary\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T11:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:01:20","slug":"western-lithuania-song-festival-the-flow-of-song-from-the-beginnings-to-the-centenary","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/event\/western-lithuania-song-festival-the-flow-of-song-from-the-beginnings-to-the-centenary\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Lithuania Song Festival &#8220;The Flow of Song: from the Beginnings to the Centenary&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">The 2026 <strong>West Lithuania Song Festival<\/strong> is dedicated to the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Little Lithuania Song Festivals, which will be celebrated in 2027, as well as to this year&#8217;s Lithuanian Schoolchildren&#8217;s Song Festival &#8220;In Time. Circle. Together&#8221;.  <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">This year&#8217;s theme, <strong>&#8220;The Flow of Song<\/strong> &#8220;, invites us to look at the tradition of song festivals as a continuous movement, where the past and the present, people&#8217;s voices, the city&#8217;s history and the vision of the future converge. In the space of St John&#8217;s Hill, this idea takes on a special meaning: the water becomes a living symbol of the flow, and the sound created by the choirs, dancers and musicians leads from its historical origins into the coming century. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">The Western Lithuania Song Festival will feature 174 groups: choirs, vocal ensembles, dance groups, folk instrument ensembles and orchestras from 58 cities and towns: Anyk\u0161\u010diai, Baisogala, Buki\u0161kis, Druskininkai, Dusetai, Elektr\u0117nai, E\u017eer\u0117\u013ci, Garg\u017edai, Garliava, Gink\u016bnai, Juknai\u010diai, Jurbarkas, Kaisiadorys, Kaunas, Klaip\u0117da, Kretingale, Kretinga, Kretingis, Kruonis, Kudirka Naumiescis, Kuli, Kv\u0117darna, Laukuva, Linkuva, Ma\u017eeikiai, Mol\u0117tai, Naujoji, Akmen\u0117, Nida, Pakruojis, Palanga, Panev\u0117\u017eys, Pasvalys, Plateliai, Plung\u0117, Priekul\u0117s, Rietavas, Roki\u0161kis, Rozalimas, Salantai, Saugai, Sintautai, Skuodas, \u0160akiai, \u0160iauliai, \u0160ilal\u0117, \u0160ilut\u0117, \u0160irvintos, Taurag\u0117, Tel\u0161iai, Tytuv\u0117nai, Triusiai, Ukmerg\u0117, Utena, U\u017eventis, Vainut, Veivir\u017e\u0117nai, Veliuona, V\u0117\u017eai\u010diai, Vilnius.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Song Celebration Orchestra<br class=\"html-br\"\/>Lithuanian Armed Forces Orchestra,<br class=\"html-br\"\/>leader, bandmaster Major Egidijus Ali\u0161auskas<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t2d\/1\/16\/1f4cd.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udccd\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\"><\/span>  Free event<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 West Lithuania Song Festival is dedicated to the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Little Lithuania Song Festivals, which will be celebrated in 2027, as well as to this year&#8217;s Lithuanian Schoolchildren&#8217;s Song Festival &#8220;In Time. 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