Kretinga Early Music Festival

Founded in 2017, Kretinga Early Music Festival is a non-governmental organisation based in Vilnius, Lithuania working on arts & culture, heritage, education.

The Kretinga Early Music Festival is an annual summer festival in Kretinga, Lithuania, presenting Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music performed by international early music artists. All concerts are free of charge to the public. The main venue is the Kretinga Franciscan Church, home to the oldest organ in Lithuania, built around 1680. The festival was founded in 2017 by artistic director Rodrigo Calveyra and is organised by the public institution Canto Fiorito, which is based in Vilnius. Beyond the main August programme, it runs a pre-festival concert in June, educational concerts for children and charity concerts for seniors. The festival is funded partly by voluntary donations from audiences, which are accepted by bank transfer, card and PayPal. Its stated aims are to make high-quality early music accessible to all and to foster educational and heritage initiatives in the Baltic region.