Founded in spring 2002, the organization Estonian Music Festivals comprises of 38 festivals.
 Estonian Music Festivals is a member of the European Festivals Association (EFA) from the autumn 2002.

 The goal of the Estonian Music Festivals is to unite the music festivals in Estonia and achieve their high artistic level, stand for the member festivals’ interests in the politics of culture, coordinate the festival calendar, collect and spread festival information in Estonia as well as abroad and support the cooperation of festivals and co-productions. 

 The fast budding of music festivals is a distinguished proof of a dynamic development of the cultural life in the independent Estonia. Playground for free artistic production and surprises, festivals play an important role in carrying the national cultural values and introducing foreign cultures, combining different forms of art, and realizing special projects that don’t find a place in regular music life.  The mission of such festivals all over the world is also enlivening the cultural and economical life of smaller centres and contributing to the development of tourism.  This is what the Estonian festivals strive for.