The main venues in Riga are traditionally the Mežaparks Grand Stage "Sidraba birzs", where the Closing Concert "Te aust" will take place on July 13, and the Daugava Stadium, where the Folk Dance Grand Concert "Es atvēru Laimas dārzu" is planned for July 11 and 12.
Among the venues are also Arēna Rīga, Ķīpsala Exhibition Center, Dailes Theater, Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum, VEF Culture Palace, Viesturdārzs, Riga City Hall, Vērmanes Garden, Brīvības Square, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, University of Latvia, Riga Latvian Society House.
The route of the march on the final day of the celebrations, July 13, is planned from Brīvības Square to the Dailes Theatre.
The Law on Song and Dance Festivals stipulates that the Latvian School Youth Song and Dance Festival takes place every five years. The last time the festival was held in a traditional format was in 2015, while in 2020, due to the conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic and national restrictions, the festival was postponed and organized in a non-traditional format in 2021 at various venues in the municipalities.
