Mėnuo Juodaragis

Mėnuo Juodaragis
Mėnuo Juodaragis
	Festival logo
Genre	alternative music, folk music, experimental music
Dates	Last weekend of August
Location(s)	Verbiškės, Molėtai District, Lithuania (1995; 1997; 1999); Sudeikiai, Utena District, Lithuania (2000–2002); Kernavė, Širvintos District, Lithuania (2003–2005); Lake Zarasas, Zarasai District, Lithuania (2007–2009); Aukštadvaris, Trakai District, Lithuania (2010); Lake Zarasas, Zarasai District, Lithuania (2011–2013); Skinderiškis Dendrological Park, Kėdainiai District, Lithuania (2014); Lake Zarasas, Zarasai District, Lithuania (2015); Duburys, Zarasai District, Lithuania (2016–2017); Molavėnai Castle Mounds, Raseiniai District, Lithuania (2018); Duburys, Zarasai District, Lithuania (2020);
Years active	1995, 1997, 1999–2005, 2007–2018; 2020–present
Founded by	"Dangus" and "Baltijos Griaustinis"
Attendance	5,000–6,000 people
Website	mjr.lt/en/

Mėnuo Juodaragis (English: Black-Horned Moon or Moon of the Black Horn, sometimes abbreviated as BHM (MJR)) is an annual Baltic culture, alternative music, folk music and experimental music festival organized in Lithuania. It has been running since 1995 and is visited by 5,000 to 6,000 people each year, making it one of the biggest and oldest festivals in Lithuania.

The festival's programme includes lectures by folklorists and historians, workshops and demonstrations by artisans (blacksmiths, leatherworkers, weavers, jewellers, dyers and others), traditional rites, historical reenactments, art exhibitions, film screenings, hikes, sports competitions and folk dancing.

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