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Let us help you find the way through the vibrant landscape of Tallinn’s food scene, from Viru Food Hall to the Old Town and from Telliskivi Creative City to the Kopli district.

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Barbarea
F-hoone
Fika – Leib ja Kohv
Fotografiska 6. korruse restoran
ISU
Karjase sai
LORE Bistroo
Nihe
Noho
Peet Ruut
The Kurze
Ülo
Viru toidutänav
VLND Burger
Mikkeller vanalinn


Fika – Leib ja Kohv

TMW 2024: Tastes

TMW’s art programme presents exhibitions by artists from Estonia and beyond, including the festival’s signature gallery tour curated by the Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center (ECADC).

****ECADC Gallery Tour****
Sat, 6. April 12.30–16.00
Various galleries

As part of TMW, The Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center (ECADC) hosts a special gallery tour. The participating galleries are Poco Art Museum, Okapi gallery, Kai Art Center, Tütar Gallery, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Gallery Positiiv gallery, Juhan Kuus Documentary Photography Centre and Telliskivi Creative City. The programme includes exhibitions introducing new works by both Estonian and foreign artists as well as meetups with the gallerists and artists.

A dedicated bus makes moving from gallery to gallery easier during the gallery tour. Entry to the bus at every stop is based on a first-come-first-served policy. Free entrance.

**Schedule:**

**12:30 PoCo – Pop and Contemporary Art Museum**

Rotermanni 2

The exhibition brings together artists and themes from different eras, places and histories to illuminate the different approaches to Pop art and the web of references and icons that it generates. Pieces range from the height of the Pop art movement in New York to the underground art in the USSR; from the streets of Bristol to the global digital community of today. The exposition guides the viewer to read and decrypt the symbolic code of the everyday. Both from the everyday of decades past to the here and now of the visual overload that we call normality.

Max capacity: 30 people

**Püsiväljapanek**

Väljapanek koondab kunstnikud ja teemad erinevatest ajastustest ja paikadest, et valgustada erinevaid lähenemisi popkunstile ning selles sisalduvate viidete ja ikoonide võrgustikku. Väljapanek hõlmab teoseid New Yorgi popkunsti kõrgajast kuni NSV Liidu aegse põrandaaluse kunstini ning Bristoli tänavatelt kuni tänapäeva globaalsete digikommuunideni. Ekspositsioon suunab vaatajat igapäevaelu sümboolset koodi lugema ja seda enda jaoks lahti mõtestama. Seda nii möödunud aastakümnete taguse, kui ka siin ja praegu toimuva visuaalse ülekoormuse puhul, mida me nimetame normaalsuseks.

**13.00 Okapi galerii **

Niguliste 2

**Erki Kannus “Glass Bodies”**

The exhibition presents 9 glass interactive sound objects “Evening milking” and 9 female nude sketches drawn with glass  “Nameless – time after”. When drawing with flowing liquid glass the artist tries to quickly capture the ductile movement of the body – before everything sets. The burning mark on the paper marks that moment. The exhibition deals with changing the intimate body to a sterile glass object.

**13:30 Kai Art Center**

Peetri 12

**Tuomas A. Laitinen and Kristina Õllek “Cyanoceans”**

A duo exhibition is an exploration into the realms of marine ecology, climate change, and species adaptation. The artists have created a synergistic installation supported by steam and ultrasonic sound which serves as a metaphorical underwater journey. This thought-provoking narrative that invites us to reflect on our responsibility for the planet which is part of us, undivided from our bodies, and to question whether humans as a species are ready to adapt to the challenges of climate conditions in the near future.

**13.50 Temnikova & Kasela**

Peetri 12

**Alice Kask “Five Views”**

Alice Kask’s exhibition “Five views” is a continuation of her previous exhibition together with Neeme Külm “Something Righter in This” in Tartu Art House last year.

The unmistakable Alice Kask, dares only to speak about herself, transforms her paintings into the attributes of femininity, concentrating on a lone figure, on a single item, but full of tension and on a grandiose scale. Ruthlessly precise in what she is trying to show, straightforward in concealing what deserves to be hidden. Only nature is left outside Alice’s penetrating gaze: she looks at it from a distance and sees it as something bigger than herself. The dark and dreary elements can only be captured vaguely, recorded only from a distance. So complicated and, at the same time, also so simple. As sincere as possible.

**14.10 Tütar gallery**
Vesilennuki 24

**Kärt Hammer’s personal exhibition “Dirty White”**

The exhibition project deals with the intimate encounter between the divine and the secular in heaven on earth. Hammer analyses the longing of human nature to be moral and pure and gives her thoughts an expressive dirty white shape. Kärt Hammer’s works lead to a poetic journey of thought from the ideas of demigods, discarding the excessive explanation and definition of art.

**14.40 Postiiv gallery**
Roo 21a

**Matias Costa's “Alien skin”**

Matias Costa’s personal exhibition Alien Skin in Positiiv gallery has been completed in cooperation with the Embassy of Spain in Estonia. The series completed at the Narva Art Residency is an important chapter of the photographer’s larger project, mapping the changes that have taken place in recent European history.

Matias Costa, who lives and works in Madrid, is a documentary photographer whose photo series are studies of the functioning of communities that are on the margins of society or have been forgotten. Costa is not a neutral observer. The questions he is interested in have developed and been felt through the twists and turns of his own life story as recorded in his memory.

**15:10 Telliskivi Creative City’s outdoor galleries**
Telliskivi 60a/8

Small outdoor exhibitions in the centre of the Telliskivi Creative City’s part of the tour are 

**Telliskivi Creative City Gallery**

Santa Zukker “The Game”

Martin Siplane “Fassaadid”

**Three Tree Gallery**

“A Cry for Change – the Life of Caged Hens in Estonia”

**Outdoor Gallery**

Ave Palm “Drunken Time Under the Floorboards.”

**Dome Gallery**

Origami creatures by Vivita creativity accelerator

**Street Gallery**

Nika Kutsia “Gomi mägi”

**15:30 Juhan Kuusi Documentary Photo Centre**
Telliskivi 60a/5

“Juhan Kuus — Portraits. Up Close & Personal”

“Juhan Kuus — Portraits. Up Close & Personal” exhibition celebrates the 70th anniversary of one of Estonia’s most renowned photographers. Although classical portrait photography was not Juhan’s primary focus, his skill, sensitive eye, and courage to get up close and personal tell universal stories of humanity, history and human dignity as reflected through close-ups and intimate camera contact.

**Telliskivi Creative City’s gallery**

Telliskivi 60a/1
Telliskivi 60a/2, 1st floor 

Entrance: free, Mon-Fri 11:00 – 19:00; Sat-Sun 11:00 – 17:00

E-R 11.00–19.00
L-P 11.00–17.00

**Santa Zukker “The Game”

Martin Siplane “Facades”

Three Tree Gallery**
Telliskivi Creative City outdoor area

Entrance: free, 24/7

“A Cry for Change – the Life of Caged Hens in Estonia”

Outdoor Gallery

Telliskivi 60a

Entrance: free, 24/7

**Ave Palm “Drunken Time Under the Floorboards.”**

**Dome Gallery**
Telliskivi 60a

Entrance: free, 24/7

**Origami creatures by Vivita creativity accelerator

Container Gallery
**
Telliskivi Creative City outdoor area opposite the playground

Entrance: free, 24/7

**Art Up Street Gallery**

Telliskivi 60a/1, next to Fika cafeEntrance: free, 24/7

**Nika Kutsia “Gomi Mountain”**

Fotgrafiska Tallinn
Telliskivi 60a/8
Wed - Fri 9:00 - 20:00
Sat 10:00 - 20:00
Sun 10:00 - 18:00

Discounted price of €12  with a TMW pass or ticket


**Elizaveta Porodina "Un/Masked"
**
A rising star in fashion photography, Elizaveta works with leading fashion houses such as Dior, Moncler and Carolina Herrera. Her imagery is surreal, dreamy and intimate.

**Peter Lindbergh "Lightness of Being"**

Lindbergh is recognised as one of the world's most influential photographers, transforming the perception of fashion photography and the individuals captured through his lens.

**Simen Johan "Until the kingdom comes”**

Simen drew attention in the early 90s by merging digital manipulation with traditional darkroom techniques. Johan’simagesreveal poetic and often unexpected relationships, the illusory and multifaceted nature of existence.

**Vaal Gallery**
Telliskivi 60a/5
Tue – Fri 12:00 – 18:00
Sat 12:00 -16:00
Entrance: free

Vaal Gallery is a space and intermediary link between Estonian artists and art-loving people. Vaal Gallery’s exhibitions create high-level images of both Estonian contemporary and classical art. The 2024 spring auction takes place on April 25 and 27.

**PoCo – Pop and Contemporary Art Museum
Rotermanni 2**
Mon – Sun 10:00 – 20:00
For free with TMW Artist and PRO Pass;  50% discount with TMW Festival Pass

Welcome to PoCo AI LAB, where artificial intelligence and creativity merge to create a world of exploration. Our lab features a main screen presenting a remarkable collection of AI-generated artworks, music videos, and short films. In addition, our smaller room showcases AI-generated artworks and short films curated by Daily.xyz and the works of the talented alumni of Curious Refuge. Don’t miss the VR glasses station for immersive experiences and gaming. Exclusive AI-generated artworks by Roope Rainisto are displayed on our smaller screens. For tranquility or unique photo opportunities, visit our immersive mirror room. PoCo AI LAB offers a blend of technological marvels and artistic expressions, inviting you to discover and enjoy its offerings.


TMW 2024: Art

**16:00 – 16:30 TMW 2024 Opening Talks (in Estonian)**
Terminal Records&Bar (Telliskivi 60/2)

Let us introduce you to the upcoming festival week of tomorrow’s music, arts and ideas – from the music programme to the conference and from Art to Tastes. Let’s talk TMW 2024 open.

Welcome speeches:
Minister of Culture **Heidy Purga**
Deputy Mayor of Tallinn **Kaarel Oja**
Overview of the festival week:
Executive Producer of TMW **Eva Johanna Lepikov**

Our whole team is there for a talk as well.
 
Greetings are followed by the first TMW 2024 Talks session.

**16:30 - 17:30 Edasi presents: “Muusikanõunikud” podcast’s public recording (in Estonian)**
Terminal Records&Bar (Telliskivi 60/2)

“Muusikanõunikud” ("Music councillors”) is a Juke Box Jury type show where acclaimed local music critics evaluate new music from near and far.

Talkers:
**Valner Valme**, Edasi culture editor
**Siim Nestor**, music editor of Eesti Ekspress’ Areen
An exciting guest is also expected to join the panel.
Presenter: **Raul Saaremets**, DJ, musician

The jubilee issue of the Edasi paper magazine that features the lead interview with Music Advisors.
is on sale at Terminal.

Muusikanõukogu is made in cooperation with Tallinn UNESCO City of Music.

Terminal Records&Bar

TMW Jutud  x Edasi presents: “Muusikanõunikud” podcast’s public recording


**City of Music Tallinn presents. Tallinn’s Musical Trails: Cellars of old town**
Wed, 3 April 19-20 (in English)
Fri, 5 April 17-18 (in English) & 19-20 (in Estonian)
Algus: Kuku Klubi (Vabaduse väljak 8)
Lõpp: Kodulinna maja (Gümnaasiumi 3) 

Tour is guided by **Brigitta Davidjants**

Only with pre-registration: https://shop.tmw.ee/product/tallinns-musical-trails-cellars-of-old-town/

A musical trail is a thematic walk with an audio guide that opens up Tallinn’s diverse and rich musical culture throughout history and in the present day.


From 2022, Tallinn holds the UNESCO’s title of City of Music. There are many places here that have played an important role in the development of the local music culture and the history of the city. The first musical trail is called “Cellars of the Old Town” and it gives an overview of the entertainment and concert venues that existed in the capital’s basements in the past decades or are still operating today, and the music played in them.


The 1990s were difficult for Estonia. The country was freed from the Soviet Union, the economy had to be rebuilt, and there was a lot of poverty, unemployment and crime. However, this decade also brought the expansion of geographical boundaries and the opportunity to experiment with musical ones. Alongside the triumph of disco music, many small subcultures emerged here too, looking for their place in the newly liberated music scene. And the cellars of Old Town became the spaces that gave room to this new music.



**Tallinn City Hall (Linnahall): 
Memories from the Musical Monument**
Sat, 6 Apr 11:00 - 12:00 and 16:00 - 17:00 (eng)
Sun, 7 Apr 16:00 - 17:00 (est)

Tour is guided by **Andres Peetson**

Tallinn City Hall / Linnahall
Sadama 1
Ticket 10€

Tales from the monumental seaside landmark through the ages.
Linnahall (Sadama 1)
Pre-registration needed: https://shop.tmw.ee/product/memories-from-the-musical-monument/

**ECADC Gallery Tour**
Sat, April 6 12:30 – 16:30
As part of TMW, The Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center (ECADC) hosts a special gallery tour. More information is on the TMW Art page.

TMW 2024: Tours

margiiela

**18:00 – 18:50 Finnish Institute presents: Rap message - from bragado to empowerment (in English)**
Terminal Records&Bar (Telliskivi 60/2)

Rap music was born as the voice of the underprivileged and the marginalised. Rappers regained their power by boasting about their wealth, success, skills or achievements. This helped establish their credibility, attract fans, engage peers in competition, and express self-confidence. Bragging also took on negative manifestations like toxic masculinity and sexism. Provocatory words which in other contexts sound racist could be used to reclaim or redefine ownership of one’s own identity. Conversely, mumble rap is often framed as having the opposite problem; most of its detractors accuse the genre of almost entirely lacking lyrical substance. 

Does empowering require messages of superiority? Can we rap about being sad or exhausted, mentally strained, poor or lonely? Do we need verbal messages anymore? Is it all still the talk of streets and the key to unlocking Gen Z codes?

Talkers & rappers:
**Aleksi Lemola**, founder of the Track Factory community
**Tiia Meriläinen** aka Tiia Karoliina, member of rap crew BÄMÄ

The talk is followed by **margiiela**’s live


TMW 2024: Youth

Vassvik / Silvola / Strype

Johanna Juhola Trio

AR-GOD

Itinera

Kännu Peal Käbi

Anna Makeev & Co

Cätlin Mägi & EstPipes

Mari Kalkun

For the eighth time, TMW will host a unique selection of artists rooted in Fenno-Ugric heritage.  Focusing on Estonians, Finns and Hungarians, the night at Telliskivi’s F-hoone will also feature musicians from more distant corners of the Finno-Ugric world.

There will be virtuoso accordion pieces, psychedelic state music, infectious dance tunes and much more. 


F-Hoone

Fenno-Ugria Night

Afrochill DJs

Poundo

HHY & The Kampala Unit

Scúru Fitchádu

Guedra Guedra

Sinzere 

Afrodelic

Africa NOW! night shines a spotlight on the new diversity coming from Africa and its diaspora. Afro-descendants worldwide have broken boundaries, redefined “world music” cliches and ignited some of the most vital sonic trends planetwide – from alté to desert blues and from amapiano to kuduro.

Expect influences from all that jazz, bold black punk and adventurous avant-pop in the search for NOW! sounds and visions of Africa at Fotografiska Tallinn. Different shades of electronic music are presented by Moroccan bass wizard Guedra Guedra, Algerian multi-instrumentalist Must Rousnam and Congo-Uganda supergroup HHY & The Kampala Unit. Scúru Fitchádu from Cape Verde adds slightly darker shades while French-Senegal Poundo pumps up the jam and AfroChill DJs introduce the a rich cross-section of African culture.


Fotografiska

AfroChill DJ's

HHY & The Kampala Unit 

Sinzere

Africa NOW! 

Vera Vice

Anna Bassy

Bedless Bones

MISIA FURTAK

EFE CE ELE

Katja Adrikova

HUNT

**Seven brave changemakers from all over Europe**

Since its inception in 2018, Keychange has transformed into a global movement that promotes the work and visibility of women and gender-expansive makers in the music industry. 

We have come a long way! It’s time to commemorate, celebrate and uplift our achievements. Let’s rewind and listen to the selection of our 2018 - 2023 talent and push fast forward to our next era. Let’s redefine, reinvent and reignite the music industry! 

Keychange is supported by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and led by Reeperbahn Festival (DE), PRS Foundation (UK) and Musikcentrum Öst (SE) Keychange works in partnership with Tallinn Music Week (EE), Iceland Airwaves (IS), BIME (ES), Oslo World (NO), Linecheck/Music Innovation Hub (IT), Ireland Music Week (IE), SACEM (FR), Liverpool Sound City (UK), Way Out West (SE), MAMA /FR), Mutek (CA), and Breakout West (CA).


Uus Laine

Keychange

Aysanabee

Mia Kelly

Tanika Charles

Corey Gulkin

Nicole Ariana

Erik Laar

Le Diable à Cinq

**Eight breaking acts from the land of the maple leaf!**

Made in Canada night at the Club of Different Rooms highlights eight breaking acts from the land of the maple leaf!  

Please welcome soul star Tanika Charles, alternative RnB maverick Nicole Ariana, Oji-Cree singer-songwriter Aysanabee, rap-funk ambassador Sinzere from Calgary’s African diaspora and adventurous folk stylists Corey Culkin, Mia Kelly and Le Diable à Cinq. Say hi to turntablist time traveller Erik Laar who will introduce his findings from the archives of Toronto’s Estonian-Canadian Museum (VEMU) while searching for his deep Estonian roots in Tallinn.

Made in Canada showcase is presented by The Women in Music Canada and Mundial Montreal in partnership with Estonian Music Week, with the support of the Government of Canada, FACTOR, SODEC and SOCAN Foundation.


Club of Different Rooms

Mia Kelly 

Made in Canada

**Three-dimensional one-of-a-kind listening experience in Ambisonics**

Join us at Tallinn Music Week for a unique three-dimensional listening experience curated by the Estonian Electroacoustic Composers Association in collaboration with the Latvian electronic music concert promoter Dirty Deal Audio (DDA), which offers the Ambisonic Touring Dome as a specific sound system with a large number of speakers placed above and around the listeners on a geodesic sphere structure. Ambisonics is a flexible high-definition spatial sound format becoming more and more popular for composers and sound designers.

The four-hour concert (the audience is allowed to come and go between the pieces) will present an overview of acousmatic sound works created in this format by both Estonian and foreign authors. In such a 360-degree and three-dimensional sound space, composers try to create a special acoustic feeling of "being in it" for the listeners, which is also called immersion.

Our cooperation partner Dirty Deal Audio (DDA) is a musician community, label and studio based in Riga, Latvia. For more than a decade DDA name kept popping up in association with countless independent music scene events, social activities, record releases, etc. Since 2017 DDA has joined the immersive audio world and the Ambisonic Touring Dome is its recent addition.

Making its public debut at TMW, the Estonian Electroacoustic Composers' Association is dedicated to exploring and introducing diverse new soundscapes. Their mission is to engage with electroacoustic composition, sound art, ambisonics, and other immersive sound formats through the organisation of events and the release of innovative album projects that highlight the composer’s role in shaping the sonic landscape of society.


Independent Dance Stage (Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava)

Zenith

Goresoerd

Mört

Evestus

Horror Dance Squad

Elukas

WOLFRAM

Reach

Intrepid

Heavy Music Estonia (Eesti Raskemuusikaliit) is a Non-Governmental Organization that brings together heavy music professionals in Estonia, providing support, resources, and a platform for collaboration. Heavy Music Estonia represents heavier rock, metal, dark electronic music and everything in between. They will bring you a selection of the export-ready and most current Estonian Heavy Music in 2024. Horror Dance Squad will introduce their soon-to-be-released LP, cross-over fivesome Mört and death metal squad Intrepid will also give us a sneak peek at their new stuff, hyper-driven Goresoerd will take the stage, along with punk rock band Elukas and the main man behind Heavy Music Estonia Evestus will lead the way with his band of industrialists. Nordic punches will be delivered by Finnish WOLFRAM and Swedish Reach.

Paavli Culture Factory

Heavy Music Estonia presents

Jane Savidge: "Pulp's This Is Hardcore" public author reading (in English)

The 1990s felt like the end of history with its last parties underway. At least that's the impression left by the British media and hit parades, loaded with the phenomenon called Britpop and ruled by the posters boys of Cool Britannia like Oasis, Blur, Suede and Pulp.

One of its main architects was Jane Savidge – a PR magician who was arguably an even bigger star than any of these bands. Jane will be reading excerpts from her book Pulp's This Is Hardcore, out via Bloomsbury on March 7. It's a sensitive look into the cultural and historical context of Pulp's 1998 album This Is Hardcore - a vast, ambitious, sprawling and fractured masterpiece that channelled the aftermath and pressures of fame, ageing, drugs, porn and paranoia. It also turned out to be the final act of Britpop.

You are welcome to ask Jane Savidge some burning qs and to sign your copy of her book which you can purchase from Terminal Records&Bar.


TMW 2024: Jane Savidge “Pulp’s This Is Hardcore” public author reading 

Kitty Florentine

ROBOTORR

Night Tapes

Hazlett

Buckwise

Lonitseera

KiROT

The annual Intsikurmu Festival will bring the atmosphere of a primaeval forest park to TMW already for the 8th time. For one night, the minimalist Black Hall of the F-hoone undergoes transformation inspired by the fairytale-like woodland of Intsikurmu in South Estonia. Musicians from near and far will swarm the city jungle like buzzing bees, and indie and hip-hop will cross-pollinate to create rare hybrid forms.


Intsikurmu Festival Stage

GAIA MOBILIJ

Ævestaden

The Lazy Jesus 

DAGADANA 

Trad.Attack!

OOPUS

Ken Kuusk

Folktronica Stage is back for its 5th edition at TMW. Curated by Estonian band OOPUS, this showcase presents the future of folk where cross-genre and cross-medium artists combine traditions with a modern edge. Old folk tunes are primarily work and dance-related, while current dance music is an electronic adventure.

DAGADANA

Trad.Attack! 

The Lazy Jesus

OOPUS presents: Folktronica

Sauljaljui

Leaf Yeh

Ohelen

Jeongsu PARK

Kuula Hetke

Leaf Yeh X Ohelen

Let us take you on a musical journey between two East Asian countries – Taiwan and South Korea. Both countries are known for masterfully preserving their culture yet charting experimental and innovative paths to the heritage. You will experience sounds of indigenous roots, progressive rock based on Korean trad, ultra-sleek K-Pop with pansori,  sophisticated indie, groovy percussion and singer-songwriters with mysterious voices.

Flying in from Taiwan are indie star Leaf Yeah and Paiwan tribal singer Sauljaljui. Korea is represented by avant-pop singer-songwriter Ohelen, traditional Korean percussion trio groove&, rising vocal talent Jeongsu PARK and prog-meets-postrock-meets-trad squad Dongyang Gozupa. All curated by JV-Promotion. 

Jeongsu Park

Leaf Yeh x Ohelen

Korea-Taiwan Music Flight

VIRTA

moshimoshi

Dome Runner

Plattenbau

Meryl Streek 

Keskkool

Buzhold

Finland’s leading independent underground festival Blow Up That Gramophone is coming to Estonia this fall and the TMW stage, co-curated with the Damn.Loud Agency, will serve as its exclusive sneak-peak. Night in Paavli Kultuurivabrik showcases compelling acts from psychedelic, avant-garde, noise & doom metal scenes. You’ll get doomed, fuzzed and punk’d by bands from Finland, Estonia and the UK at Paavli Culture Factory. Keep your foot on the underground pedal and don’t miss that one!

Virta

Meryl Streek

Blowup

punktò

Waterflower

AKLI

Oranžās Brīvdienas

Maris Pihlap

MEGAMEGA Superstar

**Baltic DIY punks, indie mavericks and avant-garde affairs**

Embark on a journey through the vibrant Baltic culture with Cindy & Kate, a trust-based network committed to supporting grassroots cultural spaces, venues and artists across the region. 15 independent movers & shakers have co-curated the diverse line-up of acts who seek alternative pathways in our Algorithm-driven era - from indie mavericks to DIY punks and avant-garde adventurers. Surrender to the untapped, dance to the ultimate quiet storms, and witness fruits singing! Experience the diversity and spark of our grassroots scenes and stay tuned to spot the Last of the Next Big Things!

Estonian talent is represented by producer Maris Pihlap and artpop duo MEGAMEGA Superstar. From Lithuania hail Jonas Šarkus of cult band Solo Ansamblis’s fame, introducing his audiovisual alter ego punktò, as well as philosophical post-punk project AKLI. Latvian punk punch will be delivered by Oranžas Brivdienas and Waterflower will show us how to be the musical embodiment of Mother Earth. 

Supported by the Nordic Culture Fund, Cindy & Kate strives to foster collaboration, forging connections that transcend formalities.


Kivi Paber Käärid

Cindy & Kate

Belle Chen

Rossano Snel feat. Marcelo Politano

Ludens “Three Studies on Plant Biology” - 1st Osmosis

Composer Madli Marje Gildemann “Three Studies on Plant Biology” - 1. Osmosis

Gabriel Zucker

TMW is thrilled to welcome Classical:NEXT in Tallinn! 

Classical:NEXT is the global networking and exchange hub dedicated exclusively to classical and art music performers and professionals. At Telliskivi Creative Green Hall, expect to experience a meticulously curated line-up of artists that push the boundaries and extend the horizons of art music. From masterful interprets to contemporary experimentalists and genre-crossing auteurs, most importantly they are all heading "NEXT".

TMW showcase will feature a performance of Madli Marje Gildemann's award-winning work “Osmosis” by the Estonian contemporary music collective Ludens. Foreign guests include two excellent experimental pianists: Belle Chen from London and Gabriel Zucker from New York. Jazz roots, funk, ambient and Brazilian heritage will come together a performance by composer-musicians Rossano Snel and Marcelo Politano.


Green Hall/Roheline Saal

Classical:NEXT

Klawo

Silky Steps

The Brooks

Rita Ray

Haldi & ans Flamingo

Eight years of action, most of which also marked at Tallinn Music Week. Their infamous "Booties shake, souls stirred" formula will emerge again as the carefully crafted showcase at our upcoming fest. Among the local talent are the soul-diva Rita Ray, presenter of decades-old pearls Haldi & ans Flamingo and nu-disco combo Silky Steps. Hailing from Canada are soul superstar Tanika Charles and vibrant funksters The Brooks, Polish fusion is added by promising newcomers Klawo.

Von Krahl (former Vaba Lava)

Funk Embassy

Sophia Mitiku

Musta Huone

Iterum Nata

Knife Girl

Selma Savolainen Horror Vacui

The Southgates

Ruissalo Amping

**Finnish extravaganza**

The biggest and wildest city in Northern Finland, Oulu, will be the European Capital of Culture in 2026. TMW 2024 Oulu2026 presents a taste of the diverse musical extravaganza from the edge of Europe.

Tampere’s Jesse Heikkinen will introduce his dark folk solo project Iterum Nata; from Turku hail shoegazers Ruissalo Amping, from Rovaniemi’s Twilight Zone emerges the propulsive menace of Musta Huone and from the future culture capital come the Madchester revivalists The Southgates. Selma Savolainen Horror Vacui will take us along with fearless explorations into vocal jazz, Sophia Mitiku will serve a soothing dose of avant-R&B, and EMMA-winning Knife Girl will top it off with her melodic gifts. 

Oulu2026 presents

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Who wouldn’t know karaoke*! An evergreen tune starts playing – for some it’s Toto’s “Africa”, for some Spice Girls’ “Wannabe” – and anyone can feel as a true star on the stage. This Japanese invention from the 1970s has not changed much in time, until now.


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Põhja Konn

TMW 2024: Singa karaoke party

Sofia Zaiceva

Otto Iivari

Hans Gunter Lock

Hauptmeier|Recker

Aivar Tõnso

Kris Kuldkepp

Platon Buravicky

Mantautas Krukauskas

Üle Heli is an Estonian music and sound art festival that instead of genre definitions focuses on the variety of meanings in music and sound and on the connections between different fields of art.

Named after the crystal-like structure of the Ambisonic sound system, the Üle Heli event series 'Kristalloofonia” presents sound works through a 21-channel sound dome built by the Latvian studio Dirty Deal Audio.


Üle Heli Kristallofoonia

Parasex

Manfredas

Roe Deers

Sofiia

Artur Lääts

Sugar Rody

Curses

Aiste Regina x Donatas Chipak

Nechaev

Vilnius Opium Club turns 15 and comes to Tallinn’s Club HALL to celebrate!

Growing from a friends-for-friends basement club to one of the leading electronic and dance music institutions in the Baltics, Opium Club imports top international talent to Lithuania and nurtures talented local makers. At their Estonian "sister" HALL, Lithuanians led by DJ and producer V will celebrate their 15th birthday together with local crew Dark Disko.

HALL

Artur Lääts b2b Pikkauch

OPIUM x HALL

DJ Type 1

White Gloss

Gunilla

Loann Lukyann

Paavli.CLUB is one of Tallinn’s most forward-thinking club event series, booking artists such as Mechatok, Coki, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U and others to their anticipated nights. Taking pride in their identity that shifts away from the dominating house-techno paradigm of the 2020s and giving a voice to both outsider genres and talent from both near and far.  

Paavli.CLUB

Sat, 6 April PoCo – Pop and Contemporary Art Museum (Rotermanni 2)

PoCo is POP. Not just a musem, more an embassy of pop art and a stage for two TMW artists. On Saturday, April 6th audiovisual duo Vera Vice and ethereal art fairy Kitty Florentaine will perform next to the works of pop art icons like Warhol, Banksy, Koons and Hirst.

12.00 **Vera Vice** (EE)
12.45 **Kitty Florentine**(EE)

PoCo – Pop and Contemporary Art Musem

TMW 2024: PoCo City Stage

TMW’s art programme presents exhibitions by artists from Estonia and beyond, including the festival’s signature gallery tour curated by the Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center (ECADC).

****ECADC Gallery Tour****
Sat, 6. April 12.30–16.00
Various galleries

As part of TMW, The Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center (ECADC) hosts a special gallery tour. The participating galleries are Poco Art Museum, Okapi gallery, Kai Art Center, Tütar Gallery, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Gallery Positiiv gallery, Juhan Kuus Documentary Photography Centre and Telliskivi Creative City. The programme includes exhibitions introducing new works by both Estonian and foreign artists as well as meetups with the gallerists and artists.

A dedicated bus makes moving from gallery to gallery easier during the gallery tour. Entry to the bus at every stop is based on a first-come-first-served policy. Free entrance.

**Schedule:**

**12:30 PoCo – Pop and Contemporary Art Museum**

Rotermanni 2

The exhibition brings together artists and themes from different eras, places and histories to illuminate the different approaches to Pop art and the web of references and icons that it generates. Pieces range from the height of the Pop art movement in New York to the underground art in the USSR; from the streets of Bristol to the global digital community of today. The exposition guides the viewer to read and decrypt the symbolic code of the everyday. Both from the everyday of decades past to the here and now of the visual overload that we call normality.

Max capacity: 30 people

**Püsiväljapanek**

Väljapanek koondab kunstnikud ja teemad erinevatest ajastustest ja paikadest, et valgustada erinevaid lähenemisi popkunstile ning selles sisalduvate viidete ja ikoonide võrgustikku. Väljapanek hõlmab teoseid New Yorgi popkunsti kõrgajast kuni NSV Liidu aegse põrandaaluse kunstini ning Bristoli tänavatelt kuni tänapäeva globaalsete digikommuunideni. Ekspositsioon suunab vaatajat igapäevaelu sümboolset koodi lugema ja seda enda jaoks lahti mõtestama. Seda nii möödunud aastakümnete taguse, kui ka siin ja praegu toimuva visuaalse ülekoormuse puhul, mida me nimetame normaalsuseks.

**13.00 Okapi galerii **

Niguliste 2

**Erki Kannus “Glass Bodies”**

The exhibition presents 9 glass interactive sound objects “Evening milking” and 9 female nude sketches drawn with glass  “Nameless – time after”. When drawing with flowing liquid glass the artist tries to quickly capture the ductile movement of the body – before everything sets. The burning mark on the paper marks that moment. The exhibition deals with changing the intimate body to a sterile glass object.

**13:30 Kai Art Center**

Peetri 12

**Tuomas A. Laitinen and Kristina Õllek “Cyanoceans”**

A duo exhibition is an exploration into the realms of marine ecology, climate change, and species adaptation. The artists have created a synergistic installation supported by steam and ultrasonic sound which serves as a metaphorical underwater journey. This thought-provoking narrative that invites us to reflect on our responsibility for the planet which is part of us, undivided from our bodies, and to question whether humans as a species are ready to adapt to the challenges of climate conditions in the near future.

**13.50 Temnikova & Kasela**

Peetri 12

**Alice Kask “Five Views”**

Alice Kask’s exhibition “Five views” is a continuation of her previous exhibition together with Neeme Külm “Something Righter in This” in Tartu Art House last year.

The unmistakable Alice Kask, dares only to speak about herself, transforms her paintings into the attributes of femininity, concentrating on a lone figure, on a single item, but full of tension and on a grandiose scale. Ruthlessly precise in what she is trying to show, straightforward in concealing what deserves to be hidden. Only nature is left outside Alice’s penetrating gaze: she looks at it from a distance and sees it as something bigger than herself. The dark and dreary elements can only be captured vaguely, recorded only from a distance. So complicated and, at the same time, also so simple. As sincere as possible.

**14.10 Tütar gallery**
Vesilennuki 24

**Kärt Hammer’s personal exhibition “Dirty White”**

The exhibition project deals with the intimate encounter between the divine and the secular in heaven on earth. Hammer analyses the longing of human nature to be moral and pure and gives her thoughts an expressive dirty white shape. Kärt Hammer’s works lead to a poetic journey of thought from the ideas of demigods, discarding the excessive explanation and definition of art.

**14.40 Postiiv gallery**
Roo 21a

**Matias Costa's “Alien skin”**

Matias Costa’s personal exhibition Alien Skin in Positiiv gallery has been completed in cooperation with the Embassy of Spain in Estonia. The series completed at the Narva Art Residency is an important chapter of the photographer’s larger project, mapping the changes that have taken place in recent European history.

Matias Costa, who lives and works in Madrid, is a documentary photographer whose photo series are studies of the functioning of communities that are on the margins of society or have been forgotten. Costa is not a neutral observer. The questions he is interested in have developed and been felt through the twists and turns of his own life story as recorded in his memory.

**15:10 Telliskivi Creative City’s outdoor galleries**
Telliskivi 60a/8

Small outdoor exhibitions in the centre of the Telliskivi Creative City’s part of the tour are 

**Telliskivi Creative City Gallery**

Santa Zukker “The Game”

Martin Siplane “Fassaadid”

**Three Tree Gallery**

“A Cry for Change – the Life of Caged Hens in Estonia”

**Outdoor Gallery**

Ave Palm “Drunken Time Under the Floorboards.”

**Dome Gallery**

Origami creatures by Vivita creativity accelerator

**Street Gallery**

Nika Kutsia “Gomi mägi”

**15:30 Juhan Kuusi Documentary Photo Centre**
Telliskivi 60a/5

“Juhan Kuus — Portraits. Up Close & Personal”

“Juhan Kuus — Portraits. Up Close & Personal” exhibition celebrates the 70th anniversary of one of Estonia’s most renowned photographers. Although classical portrait photography was not Juhan’s primary focus, his skill, sensitive eye, and courage to get up close and personal tell universal stories of humanity, history and human dignity as reflected through close-ups and intimate camera contact.



ECADC Gallery Tour

TMW 2024: ECADC Gallery Tour

Local movers and shakers – record stores, labels, artists and audiophiles from underground and above the ground – unite to sell and exchange a wide selection of vinyl, CDs, DVDs, cassettes and memorabilia. The event is curated by Plaaditurg, the must-attend monthly gathering of local record collectors.
The TMW 2024 Record Fair takes place in front of the Baltic Station Market (Balti Jaama Turg) with a view of the old town and Baltic Market.

Reservation of sales counters and additional information:
Ahto-Lembit Lehtmets
E-mail: ahtolembit@gmail.com
Tel: 52 28 801

TMW 2024: Record Fair

maria kallastu

Jesse Markin

**Viru Keskus presents:**

Saturday, April 6th will fill the Viru Keskus city park with different shades of pop. maria kallastu will bring a cool breeze of fresh art-pop with her smooth R'n'B vocals, while Jesse Markin presents a unique blend of indie pop, rap, soul, R'n'B, prog rock, and African folk.

Greetings from Edasi magazine celebrating the publication’s 5th birthday

An exhibition of the front covers of Edasi print magazine displays 20 front covers in different techniques, created mostly by Estonian artists.
 