The Festival Weekend Vilnius 2026: Everything You Need to Know
The Festival Weekend Vilnius 2026 is the first one of the Weekend editions this year, and it won't be 'just another poker stop' added to the calendar. It is a full Festival experience, but then packed into four days, combining poker, mixed games, hospitality activities, and local culture!
From May 28 to May 31, The Festival heads to Lithuania's capital for the very first Festival Weekend in Vilnius, hosted at Olympic Casino Lietuva inside the Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva.
Honestly, Vilnius feels like a perfect match for The Festival. Not just because it's easy to get to, but also to explore new environments and show to new communities what The Festival is all about.
The €555 Main Event PKO
The NLH Main Event, as per usual, also at our event THE TOURNAMENT of the series, will have a Progressive Knockout feature, one of the most popular variants in texas hold'em. This to not only spice up the game, but also to make it more profitable for players throughout the tournament. Because even if you don't make it in the money, you still can walk out the venue with a nice chunck of profit.
The PKO format is no stranger to our events, however, we have never held a NLH PKO Main Event before, so we are looking forward to this one a lot!
The Main Event schedule includes:
- Day 1A: Thursday, May 28
- Day 1B: Friday, May 29
- Day 1C Hyper Turbo: Saturday, May 30
- Day 2: Saturday afternoon, May 30
- Final Day: Sunday, May 31
A Schedule that just hits Different
One thing that we aim for at The Festival is to constantly built around variety. Yes, there are other events in Europe that experiment with other variants of poker, but not even close to all that goes on during our events. For The Festival Weekend events you can expect the same thing. Hold'em events will always on the throne, but mixed games and creative formats are the ones that will bring the atmosphere.
The Festival Weekend Vilnius 2026 includes:
- Sviten Special
- Big O
- T.O.R.S.E.S Mixed Games
- Crazy Pineapple
- PLO Madness Bomb Pot
- Big Bounty KO
- Freezeout
- Blackjack tournament
Full Tournament Schedule
| Date | Event | Buy-In |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 28 May | Main Event Day 1A PKO | €555 |
| Thursday, 28 May | Sviten Special | €350 |
| Thursday, 28 May | Crazy Pineapple – Texas Variance | €200 |
| Friday, 29 May | Main Event Day 1B PKO | €555 |
| Friday, 29 May | Big O | €350 |
| Friday, 29 May | Texas Variance Freezeout | €200 |
| Saturday, 30 May | Main Event Day 1C Hyper Turbo | €555 |
| Saturday, 30 May | T.O.R.S.E.S Mixed Games Main Event | €350 |
| Saturday, 30 May | Big Bounty KO Texas Variance | €200 |
| Sunday, 31 May | Main Event Final Day | - |
| Sunday, 31 May | T.O.R.S.E.S Baby Supreme | €150 |
Hospitality Events: Open for All Online Qualifiers
If poker is the engine of The Festival, hospitality is the soul of it. We are not just about poker, and that's what we always try to highlight to all our players as well. The hospitality events is what sets us apart from all other events. Because right there, you will meet new people, who love the game as much as you do yourself, and creates new friendships that will give a great vibe as well whenever you are battling each other at the poker tables.
If poker is the engine of The Festival, hospitality is the soul of it.
Most live events are built entirely around grinding:
- play poker,
- eat quickly,
- go back to your room,
- repeat.
With The Festival, as we are all poker players ourselves as well, we believe live poker should feel more social again. That is why hospitality activities are a major part of the experiencer rather than just side entertainment. For Vilnius, hospitality events are planned every single day of the event.
Official Hospitality Schedule
| Date | Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 28 May | 19:00 | Welcome Drinks | Casino Bar |
| Friday, 29 May | 17:30 | Dinner | Tashkent Nr.1 Uzbek House |
| Saturday, 30 May | 17:30 | Billiards & Darts | Bronx Pool Club |
| Sunday, 31 May | 11:30 | Ice Cream Walk with Christel | Vilnius Old Town |
The Welcome Drinks on Thursday immediately break the ice and bring everyone together before the weekend fully begins. But of course, we don't want to keep you inside the casino the entire event, so on Friday we go for a dinner at Tashkent Nr.1 Uzbek House, which will give players the chance to explore Vilnius together with us, outside the casino environment.
On Saturday we will he heading over to Bronx Pool Club for a Billiards & Darts session, and on Sunday we will have our standard final activity, which is a guided tour/ice cream walk, to enjoy the city, the walk, and of course the ice creams!
We hope to see many of you at the tables, and at our hospitality events! See you in Vilnius on May 28th!
