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5th Vilnius Pink Soup Fest (fifth anniversary)
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Vilnius Pink Soup Fest - 2026
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May 28 - May 30, 2027
Baltasis tiltas (White Bridge), Vilnius, plus various venues across the city, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Event Details
- Date & Time
- May 29 - May 31, 2026
- Location
- Vilnius White Bridge (Baltasis tiltas), Vilnius, Lithuania
About This Event
Vilnius turns pink for a festival built around šaltibarščiai, the chilled beetroot and kefir soup that Lithuanians eat all summer. Restaurants, cafes and bars across the city serve their own versions, and there is a Pink Soup Parade through the Old Town. Started in 2023, it has grown from a one-day event around Tymo Market into a three-day festival. Check the official programme for the venue map and what is on each day.
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Organizer
- Go Vilnius
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Location
Vilnius White Bridge (Baltasis tiltas), Vilnius, Lithuania
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What's on
For its fourth edition the festival grew to three days (29 to 31 May 2026) and moved its main area to the White Bridge on the Neris river, with the giant foam slide, a kids' pink soup pool, a pink skate-bowl and food stalls. Saturday 30 May brought the first Pink Parade along the Neris embankment, with pink boats, kayaks and rowers on the river and more than 15,000 people on the banks, then a pink-costume contest at the bridge and a big concert on Town Hall Square with Angelou and Donatas Montvydas. Sunday had the IKI walking competition, a soup-eating contest and a tasting of foreign versions of šaltibarščiai. Other novelties were a citywide Pink Break lunch, a Pink Soup Bus, a pink train, and Vilnius Airport renamed Vilnius Pinkternational Beetport. Go Vilnius counted 176,650 visitors (33,800 from abroad), almost double 2025, nearly 7 tonnes of soup eaten and more than 330 venues taking part. Reuters, AP, ZDF, BBC and other outlets covered it.
On the menu
- Šaltibarščiai (cold beetroot soup)
- Pink cepelinai (festival food area)
- International versions of šaltibarščiai (tasting by foreign restaurants)