The Rīgas Street Festival will take place in Daugavpils on September 13th. The festival will take place for the 12th time. The Rīgas Street Festival is a special story, which comes to life every year along the city’s main pedestrian artery.
Music, light installations, dances, art and craft workshops make a unique atmosphere where everyone will find something interesting for themselves.
During the event, the entire Rīga Street will be divided into several thematic sectors – musical stages; creative art section — graffiti, airbrushing, painting; craft workshops – blacksmithing, ceramics and more; in the auto section will be available for viewing American cars, drift cars and motorcycles, also live sculptures, puppet theatre and dances performances.
The Rīgas Street Festival was first held in the early 1990s, in 2014 it was revived and since then has been held annually in September. Nowadays, it’s one of the most awaited events in Daugavpils’ cultural life. Rigas Street is a special part of the city’s history: street is one of the first pedestrian streets in Latvia, an important cultural and architectural environment, where tradition meets modernity.
Rīgas Street Festival is hosted by Daugavpils City Council institutions “Vienības nams”, Latvian and Latgalian Cultural Centre. Supported by Daugavpils City Council. Creative team of the Festival: Māris Susejs, Līga Čible un Sergejs Vasiļjevs.
Please be advised that photography and filming will be taken at the event for publicity and historical needs of the Daugavpils City Coucil.
Information:
“Vienības nams”
Latvian and Latgalian Cultural Centre
Telephone: +371 20613225
www.vienibasnams.lv