29.03.2012-31.03.2012 Tallinn Music Week, in different places inTallinn.
31.03.-01.04.2012 Simple Session 2012, in Tallinn Saku Arena. The Baltic states' biggest skateboard and BMX bike festival.

April
April Tallinn TV-tower reopening.
20.-28.04.2012 Jazzkaar, different places in Estonia. Lizz Wright, USA; The Brand New Heavies, UK; Jan Garbarek Group & Trilok Gurtu, Nor-India; etc

May
11.05.2012 Opening of Seaplane Harbour in Tallinn.
19.05.2012 Women's Race (SEB Maijooks), Tallinn Song Festival Grounds.
24.-27.05.2012 Tallinn Treff Festival- Annual Puppet Theatre Festival, in different places in Tallinn. 
25.05.2012-25.08.2012 Tallinn Flower Festival 2012, Tower Square in Tallinn. 
26.05.2012-02.06.2012 XXXI Tallinn Old Town Days, in different places in Tallinn.

June
Until-02.06.2012 XXXI Tallinn Old Town Days, in different places in Tallinn.
01.06.-15.09.2012 Nargen Festival, in different places in Tallinn.
10.-16.06.2012 Tallinn Guitar Festival, in different places in Tallinn
29.-30.06.2012 RetroFestival 2012, Tallinn Song Festival Grounds. 

July
05.-08.07.2012 XIII Tallinn Medieval Days, Town Hall Square
13.-15.07.2012 Tallinn Maritime Days 2012, Tallinn harbours.
16.-22.07.2012 Saaremaa Opera Days in Kuressaare, Saaremaa island.
26.07.-05.08.2012 XXVI International Organ Festival, in different places in Tallinn
until 25.08.2012 Tallinn Flower Festival 2012, Tower Square in Tallinn. 
until 15.09.2012 Nargen Festival, in different places in Tallinn.
30.07.2012  Red Hot Chili Peppers Concert, in Tallinn Song Festival Grounds

August
3.-4.08.2012 Leigo Lake Music Festival in South-Estonia.
11.-19.08.2012 Birgitta Festival in Tallinn
15.-31.08.2012 August Dance Festival, in Tallinn
22.08.-01.09.2012 Tallinn Chamber Music Festival, in different places in Tallinn
23.-25.08.2012 Festival Towers of Tallinn, in different places in Tallinn. Corelli Music festival "Towers of Tallinn" brings together the history of Tallinn and contemporary oeuvre, introducing the city's famous silhouette inside out through different eras of music. 
until 25.08.2012 Tallinn Flower Festival 2012, Tower Square in Tallinn. 
until 15.09.2012 Nargen Festival, in different places in Tallinn.

September
01.-15.09.2012 Plektrum Festival, in different places in Tallinn. Plektrum – the Festival of Visual Sound” is an international multimedia festival
09.09.2012 SEB Tallinn Marathon
until 15.09.2012 Nargen Festival, in different places in Tallinn.
20.-23.09.2012 Design Night Festival, in different places in Tallinn
20.09.-01.10.2012  International Festival of Orthodox Sacred Music CREDO, in different places in Tallinn. Orthodox religious music, traditional and modern, features in this concert series.

October
15.10.-30.10.2012 International New Music Festival NYYD, in different places in Tallinn. This festival introduces the latest in contemporary music, composed in Estonia and abroad.

November
01.-15.11.2012 Golden Mask Festival, in Tallinn
08.-11.11.2012 St. Martin´s Day Fair, in Tallinn Saku Suurhall. National handicraft  workshops and sales accompanied by traditional culinary delights, folk music and Martinmas costumes.
09.11.2012-11.11.2012 Festival Ariel, in different places in Tallinn. Ariel is a festival which showcases Jewish culture through film, music, literature, theatre and art. Big names from each of these fields will be invited to Estonia. There will also be workshops for both specialists and enthusiasts.
14.-28.11.2012 XVI Black Night Film Festival, in different places in Estonia

December
01.12.2012-08.01.2013 Old Town Christmas Market, Tallinn Town Hall Square