Pärnu Day Grill Party - Grillfest Comes to Visit! / I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival

11:00 - Pärnu Day grill party and I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival are opened by Pärnu's own boys Ergo and Jüri Vlassov!

11:10 - Grillfest invites, Bravo Catering grills - Maks & Moorits BBQ products tasting, get to know: Smoked cheese-jalapeno sausages and Feta cheese-spinach raw sausages

11:10 - I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival presents: Introduction and tasting by Tarmo Luks

11:20 - Pärnu JPK Vaprus invites to bounce the ball! (and throughout the party!)

11:30 - Delicious guessing game “Meelis Meedla 100 bites - what's it about?” for the prizes of Café Zool (Tori)

11:30 - I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival presents: Introduction and tasting by Jannseni Pizza OÜ

11:40 - Uulu Lamb Vest presents: Uulu show group under the guidance of Egle Vutti

11:50 - Grillfest invites, Bravo Catering grills: Uulu Lamb Vest lamb meat tasting

11:50 - I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival presents: Introduction and tasting by Fishing Village

12:00 - Pärnu Together Activity Centers invites to dance Bachata!

12:10 - Welcome speech by the mayor of Pärnu + Opening of the I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival, performances by: Dmitri Demjanov, Taigo Lepik (Estonian Chefs Association) and Indrek Tekko (Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival)

12:20 - Folk culture society Kirmas invites to dance!

12:30 - I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival public workshop and tasting at Kalamajaka square

12:40 - Grillfest invites, Bravo Catering grills - Maks & Moorits BBQ products tasting, get to know: Shashlik in tomato juice-pepper marinade and Grilled bacon.

12:40 - I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival presents: Introduction and tasting by Kalatakso and Kastrul

12:50 - Grillfest and Chef Lunden invite to taste, Bravo Catering warms up: Chef Lunden's Margarita pizza ciabatta

12:50 - I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival presents: Introduction and tasting by Mereääre OÜ

13:00 - Grillfest and Coco Loco present: performance by FinEstGrill karaoke preliminary round 1 winner Caroliine

13:10 - I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival public workshop (Heli Spilev, fish scientist) + "pop quiz" for Kalamajaka prizes

13:30 - KangooJumps by Marit introduces: KangooFit

13:40 - Grillfest invites, Bravo Catering grills: Rakvere LK BBQ products tasting, get to know: to be added

13:40 - I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival presents: Introduction and tasting by Kapteni Talu

13:50 - performance by KHRYSTEL

13:50 - I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival presents: Introduction and tasting by Trahter Postipoiss

14:00 - performances by JJ-Street Hip-Hop Kids and Hip-Hop Teens

14:10 - I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival public workshop and tasting at Kalamajaka square

14:30 - performances by Githa 7th-10th grade group and Githa Alumni group

14:40 - Grillfest invites, Bravo Catering grills: Tallegg BBQ products tasting, get to know: to be added

14:40 - I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival presents: Introduction and tasting by Pärnu Motopood

14:50 - Grillfest and Coco Loco present: performance by FinEstGrill karaoke preliminary round 2 winner...

14:50 - I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival presents: Introduction and tasting by Strand Resto

15:00 - performances by Ruubensi Girls

15:10 - I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival public workshop (Heli Spilev, fish scientist) + "pop quiz" for Kalamajaka prizes

15:30 - Kalamajaka tasty guessing game: “What (new) sausage is it?”

15:40 - Lottemaa fun concert

16:00 - End of the party

Pärnu Day grill party host: Auris Rätsep
I Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival restaurant introductions and tastings host: Pavo Raudsepp

PÄRNU DAY 2025
To celebrate Pärnu Day, Pärnu entrepreneurs and friends gather every year on the first Saturday of April at Martens Square in the city center to hold an early spring delightful family BBQ party "Grillfest Comes to Visit!" in honor of the city and for the joy of residents and guests.

Free food product tastings and public food-themed workshops are held on topics characteristic of Pärnu. The delicious products of Estonian BBQ product producers for this season are introduced, festive speeches are given, and Pärnu show groups and artists perform. The first-ever Pärnu Sea Lamprey Festival takes place, where participants introduce and offer sea lampreys for tasting.

Everyone is welcome, entrance is free!