Estonian Music Week

05/26/2026

Now that summer weather has properly made its way to Toronto, it's time to circle that June 20 & 21 weekend in your calendar for a block party! 🥳☀️Think live music, food, art and local indie market vendors.

Together with Wavelength Music Series we’re bringing you Maris Pihlap from 🇪🇪 - a singer, producer and DJ exploring Estonian pop through a subtle amapiano lens.

📆 Kicking off at 4 pm on June 20th
📍 St. Anne’s parking lot off Gladstone Avenue

The block party is free and all ages.
See the full line-up & RSVP: bit.ly/WLblockparty

🎻🪭 Next Month: at Wavelength @ St. Anne’s Block Party!

Maris Pihlap is a singer, producer, and DJ whose path into music began with folk music as a violinist, but has since evolved into into electronic production, songwriting, and DJ culture. Her recent work explores Estonian pop through a subtle amapiano lens, reflected in an EP featuring artists like Reket, villemdrillem, Jüri Pootsmann, and EiK — one of the first local releases influenced by the genre. Earlier solo albums, released under TIKS rekords, received nominations at the Estonian Music Awards and helped shape her voice as a producer and artist.

Alongside her own projects, Maris works behind the scenes as a producer, backing vocalist, and collaborator for other artists. In recent years, she’s also built a presence in Tallinn’s nightlife, shaping atmospheres as a DJ with style and precision.

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While the world gathers in Toronto for the FIFA World Cup, come on down to Wavelength @ St. Anne’s for a good old-fashioned block party. Located in the parking lot off Gladstone Avenue, this hidden oasis will be packed with live music, food trucks, art installations, and local indie market vendors:

Saturday + Sunday June 20 + 21, 2026
Wavelength @ St. Anne’s (Parking Lot, 270 Gladstone Ave.)
FREE + ALL AGES
RSVP: bit.ly/WLblockparty

Presented with

Co-presented with .emc

05/22/2026

See you this Sunday, May 24, 2pm at Agricola Finnish Lutheran Church, in Toronto for a *free* piano concert with Havryil Sydoryk. 🎹 + in Ottawa on Monday!

Estonian Classical Star 2025 winner is coming to Canada! At only 17 years old, Havryil Sydoryk is playing piano on the big stages and turning heads.

With works by Estonia's own Heino Eller and Mykola Lysenko from Ukraine, the programme celebrates Havryil's heritage and current home country alongside Bach, Beethoven and Chopin.

Your three chances to hear Havryil play:

May 23, 6pm - VEMU Fundraising Dinner at Tartu College, Toronto
May 24, 2pm - Agricola Finnish Lutheran Church, Toronto *free*
May 25, 6pm - St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Ottawa - presented together with Estonian Embassy in Ottawa

Tickets for May 23 and 25th are available on vemu.ca/event

Klassikatähed / "Classical Stars" has given impetus to many well-known Estonian musicians and is an important platform for bringing classical music to a wider audience.

Big thank you to Estonian Embassy in Ottawa and Toronto Vana-Andrese E.E.L.K. Kogudus.

05/22/2026

Legendary in the Estonian-Canadian community, the Lindau Sisters grew up together in music - learning, rehearsing and shining on the stage. But what made them tick, spending all that time together? 👀 Hear from the sisters themselves.

And stay tuned for part 3 where we ask about the time commitment it took to be able to perform internationally. 🎙️

05/14/2026

Lindau Sisters aka Lindau õed rose to stardom in the Estonian diaspora in Canada in the 70's and 80's. They were quickly performing all over North America, anywhere estos were gathering culminating with a tour in across Estonia in 1994. Hear how they got started with their musical journey. 🎶

And come back for part 2 to find out what it was like growing up as a performing family ansamble and how much sibling fighting was involved.

05/07/2026

Estonian Classical Star 2025 winner is coming to Canada! At only 17 years old, Havryil Sydoryk is playing piano on the big stages and turning heads.

With works by Estonia's own Heino Eller and Mykola Lysenko from Ukraine, the programme celebrates Havryil's heritage and current home country alongside Bach, Beethoven and Chopin.

Your three chances to hear Havryil play:

May 23, 6pm - VEMU Fundraising Dinner at Tartu College, Toronto
May 24, 2pm - Agricola Finnish Lutheran Church, Toronto *free*
May 25, 6pm - St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Ottawa - presented together with Estonian Embassy in Ottawa

Tickets for May 23 and 25th are available on vemu.ca/event

Klassikatähed / "Classical Stars" has given impetus to many well-known Estonian musicians and is an important platform for bringing classical music to a wider audience.

Big thank you to Estonian Embassy in Ottawa and Toronto Vana-Andrese E.E.L.K. Kogudus.

05/07/2026

Summer is around the corner and so are block parties! 🎶 Bringing along Estonian electronic ambient pop with Maris Pihlap for Day 1, we're heading back to St. Anne's with our friends from Wavelength.

Two days of live music paired with food and art installations sounds like an excellent summer weekend for us. And its free and all-ages!

Sunday line-up will have some Estonian flare as one part of DJ duo House of Whatever has 🇪🇪 roots.

All the details and a button to invite your friends this way 👉https://www.facebook.com/share/1712XseoNu/

JUST ANNOUNCED: Wavelength @ St. Anne’s Block Party! 🎷🌞🌷

Presented with
Co-presented with and .emc

West-enders unite! While the world gathers in Toronto for the FIFA World Cup, come on down to Wavelength @ St. Anne’s for a good old-fashioned block party.

Located in the parking lot off Gladstone Avenue, this hidden oasis will be packed with live music, food trucks, art installations, and local indie market vendors. FREE admission, for All Ages!

🌟 DAY ONE – DOOR @ 4PM

& Friends (Toronto // African grooves meet Arabic Folk)

(Toronto // psych-jazz-rock fusion)

(Tallinn // Estonian electronic ambient pop)

MMXKLS (Toronto + Haida Gwaii BC // grunge-folk ballads from Lemon Bucket Orkestra’s .marczyk + Indigenous singer )

/ Duo (Vancouver + Berlin // Canadian/German jazz improv for Oud, guitar + drums)

(Iceland // nature jazz-rock vibration quartet)

🌟DAY TWO - DOOR @ 12PM

(Winnipeg // dreamy noise-rock // Paper Bag Records, en route to Wilco’s Solid Sound festival)

(Toronto // aka lo-fi indie-pop singer/songwriter Eva Link)

(Toronto-via-Saskatchewan // irresistibly catchy dream-pop)

(New York // aka Ravish Momin, Indian folk meets electro-acoustic drums + loops)
wav x .flac (Toronto // industrial synth beats)

(neighbourhood DJ duo amps us up for Pride)

🍒🌸Families are welcome and encouraged to join us in this summer kick-off with the community!

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Saturday + Sunday June 20 + 21, 2026
Wavelength @ St. Anne’s (Parking Lot, 270 Gladstone Ave.)
FREE + ALL AGES
RSVP: bit.ly/WLblockparty

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04/20/2026

We're absolutely delighted seeing this tour coming to life! These are the kind of connections EMW and the Nordic Connect Conference are all about.

Så er billetsalget netop åbnet til den allerførste DK tour for den sprudlende og livsbekræftende, canadiske smeltedigel af et orkester Moskitto BAR! Jeg oplevede dem i Toronto sidste år på Estonian Music Week og blev blæst helt væk af deres energi på scenen. Glæder mig meget til at præsentere dem herhjemme.
30.09 Engelsholm Events, 01.10 Slagelse Musikhus og Badeanstalten, 02.10 GENERATOR, 03.10 Fermaten

03/05/2026

Naistepäev • Eesti muusika • Retrohõnguline pärastlõuna

Vestlus Haldi ja Lindau õdedega muusikast ja nende loomingulisest teekonnast. Järgneb kontsert Haldi & Ans. Flamingo Duo’lt.

Originaallood • Pärlid Eesti souliajaloost • Marju Kuudi hitid

📍 Tartu College • Toronto
🕓 Pühapäev, 8. märts • 4.00 pm
🎟 Piletid $20/10 - https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/luubi-all-naised-muusikas-haldi-ans-flamingo-duo-lindau-oed-tickets-1983971995646?aff=MetaOrg

03/02/2026

Join us for a retro-flavoured afternoon with Haldi & ans Flamingo Duo and our local Estonian stars, the Lindau Sisters, on International Women's Day.

📅 Sunday, March 8
🕗 4:00 PM
📍 Tartu College Event Space, 3 Madison Ave, Toronto
🎟 $20 / $10 students
👉 https://www.facebook.com/events/2003052533924287
🇪🇪 Hosted in Estonian

Inspired by Haldi’s love for 1970s–1980s Estonian and diaspora music - and the Lindau Sisters’ rising presence on the local scene - this special event brings generations and musical worlds together.

The afternoon begins with an intimate conversation, where Haldi and the Lindau Sisters share stories from their creative journeys and reflect on the musical heritage of both the Estonian diaspora and Soviet-era Estonia.

The evening then flows into a warm, atmospheric concert featuring the silver-voiced Haldi and guitarist Mattias Tirmaste, taking listeners on a journey through beloved classics, original compositions, and a few surprise moments along the way.

The event is presented by VEMU in partnership with Estonian Relief Committee in Canada and Ehatare Foundation.

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Tulemas on mõnus retrohõnguline pärastlõuna koos Haldi + Ans. Flamingo Duo ja meie kohalike staaride, Lindau õdedega - pühapäeval, 8. märtsil k 4 p.l. Tartu College’is! Haldi huvi 1970.-1980. aastate kodumaa ja väliseesti muusika vastu ning Lindau õdede tähelend samal ajal tekitasid korraldajate peades idee – tuleb nad kokku viia.

Pärastlõuna algab vestlusega, mille käigus on võimalus lähemalt tutvust teha Haldi ja Lindau õdedega. Õhtu jätkub kontserdiga intiimses ja sumedas meeleolus - esinevad hõbehäälne Haldi ja kitarrist Mattias Tirmaste, viies meid rännakule läbi kodumaise muusikamaastiku ja Haldi omaloomingu. On oodata ka üllatuspalasid! Piletid $20,/$10 (õppurid).

Tule ja naudime koos erilist õhtut!

02/13/2026

Celebrating milestones with excellent food and Estonian music is the way to go, if you were to ask us. Haldi muusika is coming to Toronto to ring in the 75th anniversary of Estonian Relief Committee in Canada along with Andres Allas from Saltrestoran on March 7th.

The event raises funds for our friends at Ehatare - the only Estonian-language retirement home outside of Estonia, offering culturally meaningful care to seniors from across Canada.

Tickets are on sale for two more weeks: https://www.facebook.com/events/24909722078699832/