The four-day choir-singing and dancing event centers around Estonian folk songs and patriotic anthems and is held roughly ...

Veteran conductor Neeme Järvi is recovering in the hospital this week after a fall on the conductor's podium during the final ...

Last weekend's 28th Song Festival "Iseoma" mostly took place in the pouring rain – and not for the first time. The ...

The voices of tens of thousands of choir singers echoed across Estonia this weekend to unite in folk song and dance, much to ...

TALLINN, Estonia — The voices of more than 21,000 choir singers rang out in the rain in Estonia, and a huge crowd of spectators erupted in applause, unfazed by the gloomy weather. The Song ...

Estonia Song and Dance Festivals Choir singers attend the "Iseoma" Song and Dance Celebration at the Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn, Estonia, on Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits ...

A spectator braves the rain as she watches the song festival, part of the “Iseoma” Song and Dance Celebration, at the Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn, Estonia, Sunday, July 6, 2025.

In 2003, the United Nations' cultural body, UNESCO, recognized Estonia's folk song festival and similar events in Latvia and Lithuania for showcasing the "intangible cultural heritage of humanity." ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The voices of more than 21,000 choir singers rang out in the rain in Estonia, and a huge crowd of spectators erupted in applause, unfazed by the gloomy weather.

In 2003, the United Nations’ cultural body, UNESCO, recognized Estonia’s folk song festival and similar events in Latvia and Lithuania for showcasing the “intangible cultural heritage of ...