From June 30 to July 2, the second hip-hop festival "Straume" ("Flow") took place in Līgatne, in the creative quarter "Zeit", whose program included artists of different generations and performances specially prepared for the festival.
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As every summer, Latvia does not hold it back when it comes to a good party. LSM has produced an overview of festivals you should not miss this summer.
May and June are the beginning of the festival season. LSM's Latvian-language service has prepared a handy guide for you to pick and choose some festivals in the Baltic States in the next two months.
A new documentary film from Latvian Television, commissioned as part of its 'Latvian Code' series, tells the remarkable tale of a corpse that has lain in the city morgue in Valmiera for more than nine years.
Over the next three months, Latvian cultural space will be filled with lots of music, arts, and recreation festivals. LSM's Latvian language service rounded up the main events to look out for before the pandemic wave strikes again.
On Wednesday, September 16, a saxophone improvisation concert and vinyl recording took place in an amphitheater located in the middle of a bog.
Despite the pessimistic forecasts, the summer of 2020 will be another summer of festivals, albeit under security conditions.
July is high summer in more ways than one in Latvia. As well as the pleasure of warm weather there is a dazzling diversity of festivals to choose from with the biggest and best listed below.
In March the American jazz piano virtuoso Justin Kauflin and his trio performed at Dzintari Concert hall in Jūrmala and then enjoyed the weekend in Latvia before heading to their next concert on a completely different continent. During his stay, LSM's Aiga Leitholde met Justin for an interview and talked about life on the road, the importance of having an artistic mentor and the influence of jazz greats like Clark Terry and Quincy Jones.
LSM's Latvian-language service author Aiga Leitholde presents a look at ten not-to-be-missed bands at this year's Positivus festival, taking place in sunny Salacgrīva this weekend.