Events & Festivals In Riga

The Riga City Festival

The Riga City Festival

The Riga Festival is organised every year in June providing comprehensive program of events that is expanded year by year. The festival lasts three days, during which Riga is filled with joy. The Festival offers various theatre plays, art exhibitions, multimedia and open-air events, as well as activities for children.Concerts are held in the Riga Cathedral, Latvian National Opera, Riga Great Guild Hall etc.

Riga Fantasy Film Festival

The Riga International Fantasy Film Festival takes place late April to early May and features the most recent full-length films in different fantasy genres: science fiction, thrillers, horror movies and other forms of productions in the fantasy genre. First and second prizes are awarded, as well as and audience pick.

Rigas Ritmi Music Featival

This international modern jazz and world music festival has become one of the most significant jazz festivals in Europe. Rigas Ritmi is an annual international music festival of jazz, worldmusic, fusion and funk performed by local and foreign artists.The festival features various concerts and master classes, a showcase and a childrens festival, pleasing its audience three times a year in winter, spring and summer, the culmination session concerts.

The Song and Dance Festival

It is an important event in Latvian culture and social life held since 1873. Usually it takes place in Riga once every five years. The Latvian Song Festival, along with its sisters festivals in the Baltics, is a truly unique event, when about 20,000 people in national dress all sing in pride of their country at the same time. Although usually folksongs and classical choir songs are sung during this event.

The Riga Opera Festival

The Riga Opera Festival was one of the first, large-scale opera festivals to be held in Northern Europe and has become an eagerly awaited, annual event by both Latvian audiences and opera-lovers from abroad. Every summer, the festival marks the end of the Latvian National Opera's performance season with an overview of the best moments of the previous year, offering fans a chance to relive their favorite scenes or see what they've missed.

Riga Salsa Festival

It is the annual Latino rhythm dancing festival which takes place in Riga in the middle of June. The masters and dancers are coming to Riga from all over the world to share their knowledge, to learn new steps and enjoy wonderful show of music and movements.

Christmas festival

It is one of the most expected festivals of the year. The main attributes of Christmas festival are Christmas tree, Christmas market, Christmas concerts, hot wine, smoked fish and the smell of gingerbread.

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