# Water Music Festival

> Free, open-air summer music festival travelling across seven small Lithuanian
> towns from June to August 2026. 69 free concerts, single performer per
> evening, intimate lakeside and town-square stages, no tickets and no
> registration. Lithuania's largest free music-tourism route.

The festival doubles as a music-led travel itinerary for both Lithuanian
travellers and international visitors who want to discover small-town
Lithuania (lakes, pinewoods, regional culture) through live music.

## Key facts

- Dates: 2026-06-02 — 2026-08-25
- Cities (7): Varėna, Molėtai, Visaginas, Ignalina, Utena, Zarasai, Nemenčinė
- Concerts: 69, all free of charge, open-air, no ticket required
- Languages: Lithuanian, English, German, Dutch
- Audience: foreign tourists, Lithuanian travellers, music & nature lovers
- Region: Aukštaitija lakes, Dzūkija pinewoods, Vilnius-region towns

## Programme & planning

- [Full 2026 programme (EN)](https://watermusic.lt/en/program/)
- [Full 2026 programme (LT)](https://watermusic.lt/lt/program/)
- [Past seasons archive](https://watermusic.lt/en/archive/)
- [Trip planner with route, distances, PDF export](https://watermusic.lt/en/planner/)
- [Tickets & entry info — free, no booking](https://watermusic.lt/en/tickets/)
- [About the festival](https://watermusic.lt/en/about/)
- [Contact](https://watermusic.lt/en/contact/)

## For artists

- [Water Music Collective](https://watermusic.lt/en/collective/) — year-round boutique label, artist management, live showcases and international promotion for jazz, world, ambient, folk and genre-crossing musicians. Artists can submit music for consideration (also in LT/DE/NL).

## Cities

- [Varėna](https://watermusic.lt/en/program/varena/) — Varėna sits in the quiet heart of the Dzūkija pinewoods, where forest paths, sand and crisp air form a natural backdrop for the music.
- [Molėtai](https://watermusic.lt/en/program/moletai/) — Molėtai is a land of lakes where mirror-still water, the white church on the hill and slow evenings turn every concert into an unhurried summer ritual.
- [Visaginas](https://watermusic.lt/en/program/visaginas/) — Visaginas is the youngest town in Lithuania, founded in 1975 in the country's north-east beside Lake Visaginas and surrounded by pine forests. A planned modernist, multicultural town that makes a calm open-air stage for a summer evening.
- [Ignalina](https://watermusic.lt/en/program/ignalina/) — Ignalina is the lake-and-forest encyclopaedia of Aukštaitija. Pine groves, hills and the national park spread a deep, sound-absorbing silence around every concert.
- [Utena](https://watermusic.lt/en/program/utena/) — Utena is the festival's heart on the shore of Dauniškis Lake. Lakeside shadows, park trees and water reflections form the main summer stage.
- [Zarasai](https://watermusic.lt/en/program/zarasai/) — Zarasai is the town of seven lakes, where music drifts across the water and the church towers watch the concerts from across the shore.
- [Nemenčinė](https://watermusic.lt/en/program/nemencine/) — Nemenčinė is a town in the Vilnius region on the Neris River, north-east of Vilnius. River banks, surrounding forests and the town centre by the Church of St. Michael the Archangel set a calm stage for an evening concert.

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://watermusic.lt/sitemap.xml)
- [Image sitemap](https://watermusic.lt/sitemap-images.xml)
- [Long-form site index for LLMs](https://watermusic.lt/llms-full.txt)