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Announcement for the XVI Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival
December 15, 2021
Excitement is building . . . make your plans to experience the celebration!
We are hopeful that the COVID-19 situation will significantly improve in 2022. Effective vaccines in adequate supply, effective booster programs, and the eligibility to children age 5 and above to get vaccinated all improve safety.
We have all waited a long time to come together again with our family and friends to celebrate and visualize a joyous Lithuanian tradition of dance that can only be experienced at the XVI Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival (Šokių Šventė) in Philadelphia July 1 - 3, 2022. Make your plans NOW to be part of the summer weekend adventures!
Hotel reservations are available at 3 designated hotels (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, the Marriott Residence Inn, and the Hilton Garden Inn). Click here for hotel information
Dance group registration is open until January 10, 2022 - contact tadas.varaneckas@sokiusvente.org
Festival dance performance tickets can be purchased online from the Temple University Liacouras Center ticket office. Click here for performance tickets. Purchased tickets for the original date (July 5, 2020) performance will be honored for entrance to the July 3, 2022 event.
Be a part of the family that is building this event . . . jump-in and contribute today as a financial donor. Please join our cherished community of builders/donors.
The 16th Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival will be in Philadelphia, PA during the July 1-3rd, 2022 weekend. The excitement of this festival in conjunction with the city’s historic events will culminate with a colorful and dynamic show featuring some 2,000 dancers creating a magical symphony of Lithuanian folk dance, costume design and historic culture storytelling. Nearly 10,000 people from around the world are expected to gather for the Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival in historic Philadelphia - explore and share in this experience!
The XVI Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival takes its inspiration from the Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis' 1909 painting, The Tale of Kings. The logo was created by designer Deimantė Kalinauskaitė from Lithuania, who currently resides in Atlanta. The festival logo embraces the many elements of the festival’s significance; the M.K. Čiurlionis kings’ crown, folk dancers, the three colors of the Lithuanian flag, and a bell, a symbol of freedom not only in Philadelphia in its struggle against oppression, but is also found in Čiurlionis’ work. The bell has been incorporated in several of M.K. Ciurlionis’ paintings, as well as his musical compositions. In his painting The Sonata of the Sun’s Finale, the nation’s tireless and hopeful pursuit of freedom is symbolized. This brief explantion of our modern 21st century logo, reflects a committed, modern and growing European nation and her children!
