Event Review: Viljandi Folk Music Festival 2026 (Viljandi, Estonia; Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th July 2026)

It is Monday morning, checkout time at Grand Hotel Viljandi, and a German festival goer with his wristband still on hands back his room card and asks what a double costs. Not for tonight, he specifies, for the same weekend next July, when Viljandi Folk comes round again, and preferably the very same room he has just spent four nights in. The receptionist explains that the system will not take a…