Things to do in Estonia, Estonia: The Best Concerts & Shows

Founded in 1920, Ugala is one of Estonia's oldest professional drama theatres. It is also one of the country's largest, with a main hall accommodating an audience of up to 500 and a smaller hall with seating for up to 160. Ugala's repertoire has something for everyone, from children's shows and musicals to world classics and contemporary drama. Estonian classics also form a major part of the theatre's repertoire. Each season usually includes 10 new productions and around 300 performances.

This centre, which was completed next to the ruins of the old castle in Viljandi in 2008, is a contemporary concert hall and cultural centre. The first floor is home to two concert halls, one large and one small, seating 407 and 80 people respectively. There is also a shop selling a wide range of traditional music CDs, books and instruments. In the basement, beneath majestic arches, musicians practise their art, the August Pulst music school holds classes and the traditional music archives operate.

Comedy, Burlesque, Circus, Music, Magic, and the List Goes On... We're not your average beer pub — we are a vaudeville-style show venue with an exquisite bar, offering you a chance to slip away from the mundane. We'll make you laugh. We'll make you cringe. We'll turn you on. We'll turn you off. We'll move you. We'll lift your mood. Come and allow yourself to be entertained. PS. We also run sauna events!

During more than its 700 years existence Narva Hermann Castle belonged to Danes, Germans, Swedes, Russians and finally Estonians. The castle’s appearance as we know it today originates from the 14th-16th c. from the period of domination by Livonian Order.Today Narva castle hosts a museum where one can see both permanent exhibition on Narva city history as well as about a dozen of temporary expositions.A beautiful view of Narva city and Ivangorod fortress on the Russian side can be admired from 51 metre high Tall Hermann tower.Each summer the artisan history centre Northern Yard comes to life in the castle’s northern yard.

Located in an old wooden building in the heart of Tartu’s Old Town, the Toy Museum transports its adult visitors back to their most joyous childhood days and offers children plenty to see and do. The permanent exhibit displays toys that children in Estonia have played with throughout the ages. The display also includes artist-made dolls, souvenir dolls from around the globe and traditional Finno-Ugric toys. The museum has play and workshop rooms, and the exhibit rooms also offer plenty to keep one busy. Alternating exhibits and children’s activities are organized at the museum. In Theatre House there is a theatre stage, Children’s Studio, and dollhouse museum. Theatre House is a unique theatre which gets its inspiration from the Toy Museum, childhood, games and memories.

Opened in 1940, Rakvere Theatre is one of the most unique buildings of its kind anywhere in the world: a repertory theatre with two halls in a town with a population of just 17,000. Its repertoire includes Estonian drama, world classics and contemporary works for both adults and children. The theatre also has its own cafe, cinema and costume hire, and visitors can also join excursions to explore the parts of a theatre the audience rarely if ever gets to see.Did you know...?* Tickets to performances are sold at the Rakvere Theatre box office and cafe, Piletilevi and Piletimaailma sales points and at the door 1 hour before each performance

Vanemuine is Estonia's oldest theatre and the only one of its kind in the country to work in three genres in three different buildings — its grand building, its historical small building and the black box- type Harbour Theatre on the banks of the Emajogi River. The Vanemuine stages productions from opera to classical drama, musicals to children's shows, and contemporary ballet to symphonic concerts. Its repertoire includes around forty performances in different genres. The season lasts from September to May, although the summer projects the theatre is involved in means it plays to audiences virtually all year round.

Founded in 1948, Estonia's Russian Theatre is the country's only professional Russian-language playhouse, keeping Russian theatrical traditions alive. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful theatre buildings in northern Europe. Over the last six decades almost 500 different performances have been staged at the theatre, while performances have also been given in many other cities in the former Soviet Union and at numerous festivals.Did you know...? - The main hall in the theatre accommodates an audience of 600, while the smaller hall (the 'black box') seats 100 - The theatre has a number of rooms which are ideal for hosting a variety of events and seminars