Keep Singing Jono Meko įkvėptas festivalis

Location and Working Hours

PAGRINDINĖ PROGRAMA – Signatarų namai (Pilies g. 26) | NAKTINĖ PROGRAMA – Baras „Kernagis“ (Islandijos g. 1)

Tickets & Admission

12. Dec 13. Dec. 2025

Keep singing 2025

Event

A festival inspired by Jonas Mekas

December 12–13, 2025

Main Program — LNM House of Signatories, Sztral Hall, Pilies St. 26 (entrance through Eskedar Coffee Bar)

Tickets: pay what you want at the venue

Night Program — Bar “Kernagis”, Islandijos St. 1

PROGRAM

December 12, Friday

Main Program — LNM House of Signatories, Sztral Hall, Pilies St. 26 (entrance through Eskedar Coffee Bar)

18:00
Simonas Nekrošius

19:00
Keep Singing Big Band featuring Giuseppe Zevola

Kenny Wollesen (drums), Tony Scherr (bass guitar), Jonathon Haffner (saxophone), Apolinaras Dubauskas (trumpet), Mindaugas Vadoklis (trumpet), Aurimas Rimeikis (trumpet), Jovaras Šiekštelė (trombone), Paulius Balčytis (trombone), Simonas Kaupinis (tuba), Mikas Kurtinaitis (tuba), Dovydas Stalmokas (saxophone), Arminas Bižys (saxophone), Kazimieras Jušinskas (saxophone), Danielius Pancerovas (saxophone), Nojus Jurkus (saxophone), Haroldas Parulis (clarinet), Dominykas Norkūnas (guitar), Mėta Gabrielė Pelegrimaitė-Kaupinė (flute), Salomėja Kalvelytė (flute), Dalius Naujo (drums, conducting), Giuseppe Zevola (voice, poetry), Antanas Vidra (trumpet).

20:00
Toma Čepaitė “Kanklės Extended”

21:00
Rocket Sci

Tony Scherr (guitar), Kenny Wollesen (bass drum), Jonathon Haffner (saxophone), Dalius Naujo (drums, electronics).

22:00
Jonas Mekas film “Outtakes from the Life of a Happy Man”

Between performances, Ričardas Šileika reads Jonas Mekas’s poetry.

Night Program — Bar “Kernagis”, Islandijos St. 1

23:00
Vaibai ore
Darius Jurevičius (text, vocals), Vadimas Korotajevas (MIDI), Matas Laužadis (bass), Tomas Terekas (guitar), Diemantė Merkevičiūtė (violin), Arminas Bižys (saxophone).

23:40 – …
Jam session

December 13, Saturday

Main Program — LNM House of Signatories, Sztral Hall, Pilies St. 26 (entrance through Eskedar Coffee Bar)

17:30
Jonas Mekas film “On my way to Fujiyama I saw”
Live soundtrack performed by:
Tony Scherr, Jonathon Haffner, Kenny Wollesen, Dalius Naujo.

18:00
Adas Gecevičius (drums, electronics) — solo.
Accompanying — Mantas Zemleckas (didgeridoo)

19:00
Lazy Dolphin

20:30
Liudas Mockūnas (saxophone), Deividas Skridaila (bass guitar), Povilas Mockūnas (drums)

21:30
Electric Suo But

Giuseppe Zevola (voice, poetry), Tony Scherr (guitar, bass guitar), Kenny Wollesen (bass drum, percussion), Jonathon Haffner (saxophone, conducting), Dalius Naujo (drums, conducting), Aistė Kalvelytė (drums), Paulina Jankovskytė (violin), Eugenijus Varkulevičius-Varkalis (saxophone, flute, percussion).

Choir:
Kristiana Jodko, Urtė Janavičiūtė, Aistė Rocevičiūtė, Sibilė Zavadskytė, Vaiva Aglinskas, Martynas Mockevičius, Toma Čepaitė, Agota Zdanavičiūtė, Klaudijus Matijošaitis.

Between performances, Ričardas Šileika reads Jonas Mekas’s poetry.

Night Program — Bar “Kernagis”, Islandijos St. 1

23:00
Giuseppe Zevola (poetry) and Antanas Vidra (keyboards)

23:40 – …
Jam session

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Festival art director: Dalius Naujokaitis–Naujo

Festival curator: Mindaugas Vadoklis.

Festival producer: Gintaras Sodeika

Visual identity: Ineta Armanavičiūtė.

Coordinator: Deva Bartninkaitė.

Communication: Vėjūnė Irkmonaitė and Deva Bartninkaitė.

Organized by: Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center ir LNM House of the Signatories

Festival is funded by:
Lithuanian Council for Culture and Vilnius City Municipality.