CIVIBADemocracy and Civic Practices

Recurring event · Annual

BŪTENT! Discussion Festival

Vilnius, Lithuania

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Lithuania's discussion festival, free and without registration, which started in Birštonas and moved to Vilnius to become a national event. It gathers citizens, public officials, companies and NGOs in open-air conversations, with attention to accessibility. In 2027 it takes place in the Bernardine Garden in central Vilnius. The youngest member of the Nordic and Baltic democracy festivals network.

Organised by
BŪTENT! festival team (contact info@diskusijufestivalis.lt); in 2023 LRT named the association Kūrybinės jungtys, VšĮ Vilniaus švietimo pažangos centras and the National NGO Coalition as organisers
Since
2019
Frequency
Annual · usual months: August
Continuity
Still held
Usual venue
Vilnius, Lithuania
Languages
Lithuanian
Website
diskusijufestivalis.lt ↗
Last reviewed
13 September 2026

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