Dovid Katz has posted a guide for Jewish tourism in Lithuania on his website, Defending History at: http://defendinghistory.com/litvak-tourism
The Lithuanian Institute of Tourism Development has developed a 36-page tourist guide titled “Let’s Explore Jewish History and Heritage in Lithuania.” It can be downloaded at http://www.jewisheritage.org/jh/upload/publications/Lithuania_Guide.pdf.
If you want to research your family in Lithuania, you should check out the databases located here: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/#Lithuania and there is additional information about Lithuania (as well as a link to the same databases) here: https://www.litvaksig.org/
The Jewish Community of Lithuania has a website here: http://www.lzb.lt/ They don't really have events for tourists, but if there is an event on their calendar they are delighted to have you visit.
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