One of Riga's signature summer music festivals returns to Riga Cathedral, home to one of Europe's most celebrated historic organs....
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What happens when computer fans, bellows and singing biscuit tins become musical instruments? UK duo Mosquito Farm create noisy, physical... |
3 events,
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Three dance masterclasses open to professionals and anyone interested in movement, with no previous experience required. All sessions will be... 
The Liepāja Symphony Orchestra opens the International Trombone Festival with Swedish trombonist and conductor Christian Lindberg. Trombonists Line Johannesen and... |
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Riga Last Thursdays turns an ordinary Thursday evening into a self-guided walk through the city’s contemporary art scene. Galleries, museums...
Italian trombonist Peter Steiner and Austrian organist and pianist Constanze Hochwartner perform a programme for trombone and organ at Riga... |
4 events,
Looking for a summer weekend beyond Riga? Ezera Skaņas is a three-day outdoor cultural event by Lake Kāla that brings...
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Balfolk Placis brings live Latvian and European folk music to the greenhouse at Āgenskalns Market, turning it into an open...
The Latvian National Guard Orchestra performs music by composer, conductor and trombonist Johan de Meij. Swedish trombonist Håkan Björkman appears... |
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The second Slow Reading Club meeting creates four hours for unhurried reading and conversation inside the exhibition Notes from a...
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AUGam Summer Festival brings together plant-based food vendors for a full day at Radošā rūpnīca Veldze. Mushrooms are the festival’s...
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Riga Burger Festival returns to Esplanāde for a weekend of burgers, BBQ and street food from restaurants and food vendors...
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Kreisā krasta svētki opens Riga’s 825th anniversary month with a full day of music, performances, sport and community activities in...
Orchestra RIGA presents a programme of contemporary works and trombone concertos with soloists Denis Jiron, Louise Pollock and Kristaps Malahovskis....
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American jazz trombonist Altin Sencalar makes his first appearance in Latvia with a band concert at M/Darbnīca. He comes to...
€25
The Latvian Radio Big Band closes International Trombone Festival 2026 with American jazz trombonist Marshall Gilkes. The ensemble is led... |
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The second day of Riga Burger Festival continues with burgers, BBQ and street food from restaurants and food vendors across... 
An open-air Ecstatic Dance session will take place by the sea at Shamanistan, between Gauja and Lilaste railway stations. The... |
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Jūrmala Blues Festival returns to Dzintari Concert Hall for a two-part evening moving between blues, jazz, funk and rock and... 
Zuzeum Art Museum and Kino Kults continue their courtyard cinema series with Michael Mann's Ferrari (2023). The film will be... |
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Riga Flea Market brings private sellers, collectors and vintage traders to the main square at Spīķeri. The selection changes each...
Free
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LODErēšana is a free day of street art, neighbourhood stories and creative workshops at the eS14 community centre in Sarkandaugava....
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The Slow Reading Club returns to Veldze on Saturday, August 8, with a selection of contemporary artist books in English....
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Corgi Fest is coming to Riga with an afternoon of short legs, elaborate costumes and competitive fetching. Corgi owners can...
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If you're looking for something a little different this summer, Fanfare Ciocărlia is coming to Jūrmala on 9 August. The... |
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1 event,![Summer Classics: Bach, Pärt and Penderecki concert in Riga on August 11, 2026]](https://expatslatvia.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/summer-classics-bach-part-penderecki-riga-2026.jpg)
The first concert in Orchestra RIGA’s Summer Classics series brings together Bach’s Baroque works, the meditative minimalism of Arvo Pärt... |
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2 events,
One of Riga’s more unusual summer nights combines astronomy with a live outdoor piano concert at the University of Latvia...
€15
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Kalnciema Quarter hosts an open-air evening of contemporary jazz and improvisation with Kārlis Auziņš Quartet and Vasara Trio. Auziņš’s international...
Free
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4 events,
KLIK KLAK brings its Summer Edit to Laska V21 with Baba Sy and Opoku, two members of Barcelona’s JOKKOO Collective,...
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Doma1 is holding its first pop-up event inside one of the old trams at Hāgensberga Pagalms in Āgenskalns. Riposta, DV8,...
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Balfolk Placis returns to the greenhouse at Āgenskalns Market on August 14, this time with live music from Lauma Bērza... |
4 events,
Riga Football Festival brings youth and amateur football to the square next to Riga Congress Hall for two days. The...
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Slow Reading Club offers a quiet Saturday space for reading without screens or a fixed book chosen for everyone. Visitors...
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Underground Garden's final all-ages event of the summer brings six DJ sets and three short live performances to Teritorija. The...
€15
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Riga’s 2026 open rapid chess championship takes place at Riga Motor Museum. The tournament has one Open category for individual...
Free
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American composer and pianist David Moore, best known for Bing & Ruth, gives his first Riga concert at Hanzas Perons....
€40
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The 2026 JOOLA Europe Youth Series Riga Open brings U13 and U15 table tennis players from 19 European countries to...
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K. K. fon Stricka villa closes its summer concert season with a four-act mini-festival in the villa garden. The line-up... |
3 events,
Latvian artist Līga Spunde turns TUR into an abstract training ground where large sculptural forms explore gestures such as embracing,... 
Four experimental music projects share the programme at 1983. The evening moves between improvised noise, experimental electronics, classical guitar and... |
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Riga indie and electronic duo Bel Tempo perform at Kaņepes Kultūras centrs on August 21. Andis Ansons and Jūlijs Melngailis... |
6 events,
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The August edition of Riga Flea Market returns to Spīķeri Main Square with antiques, second-hand finds and objects from different...
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The European Family Festival “Home & Heart” brings family sport and hands-on activities to Uzvaras Park. Visitors will be able...
Free
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The fifth Slow Reading Club session takes place at Veldze on Saturday, August 22. The exhibition reading room offers a...
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Drum & Bass Culture Day is a six-hour daytime introduction to the range of drum & bass. The programme moves...
Free
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4 events,
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Vējupe Sports Festival brings open-water swimming, aquathlon and photo-orienteering to Vējupes pludmale in Ādaži. The aquathlon combines swimming and running,... 
Kaspars Kurdeko, Edgars Cīrulis and Andrew Downing perform a Brad Mehldau-inspired piano trio programme at M/Darbnīca in Riga on August 23.
€25
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The closing concert of Orchestra RIGA’s Summer Classics series moves from Bach’s Baroque organ music to Schumann’s Romantic works and... |
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Kim? Contemporary Art Centre presents a solo exhibition by Latvian artist Krista Vindberga-Auzniece. Circles Are Better Than Lines (oda pieskārienam)...
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The second stop of the 2026/27 ISU Figure Skating Junior Grand Prix brings young skaters to Riga for women’s and... 
Healing Nightclub turns experimental sound and dance into a shared late-night performance as part of the Survival Kit 17 opening...
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Survival Kit 17 opens at Riga Congress Hall with a programme connecting performance, sound, movement and participatory food practice. Naima... 
French trio Sunscape makes its first appearance in Latvia as part of the VEF Jazz Club series. The group combines...
€25
Poet and multimedia artist Jeļena Glazova and experimental musician DUBNA perform at 1983 on August 27. Glazova combines poetic text...
Free
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8 events,
DER DIKTATUR is a new electronic project by Alexander Voloshchuk and Ukrainian artist LUNA, combining a hybrid DJ set with... 
Zuzeum’s Summer Night Chamber Music series continues with string trio repertoire by Engelmanis and Krzysztof Penderecki, followed by Johannes Brahms’...
€27.88
STURM returns to 1983 with a live performance by The Body of a Swan and DJ sets from CHMOK and...
€10
UNDERGROUND GARDEN, Teritorija and TRT join forces for a ten-hour night of underground electronic music at Teritorija Club. The event...
€15
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Keepeesch closes its open-air season with a nine-hour waterfront party at Riga Wake on Zaķusala. The music starts around sunset... 
Selecta brings two major international drum & bass acts to Riga for a full night at H2O 6 kvartāls. Austrian...
€34
Aniri Chan and ARRISHA play house music overnight at Teritorija Club in Riga on August 29.
€10
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The final Slow Reading Club meeting takes place at Veldze on Saturday, August 29. It is a quiet reading space... |
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Six bands take twenty-minute live slots at DEPO in Riga, with punk, metal and other alternative sounds across the evening.
€3
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Riga Language Exchange is a weekly meetup for expats, travellers, locals and anyone interested in languages and meeting new people....
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People Skills and Lost Harbours perform experimental music at 1983 in Riga on September 2.
€10
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Industrial metal veterans Fear Factory bring their Cybernetic Domination Tour to Palladium Rīga for a major heavy music night in...
€40
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Four extended sets move through deep electronics, audiovisual techno, peak-time techno and house at Teritorija Club.
€12
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12 events,
White Night returns to Riga with a city-wide programme of contemporary art, music, performances, exhibitions and installations. Events will take...
Free
Pigeon Rave combines short films, sound, movement and performance at Creative Factory Veldze during White Night.
Free
Eight experimental audiovisual performances take place in the Palm House at the University of Latvia Botanical Garden.
Free
Skaņu Mežs presents Morton Feldman’s six-hour String Quartet No. 2 and a free-improvisation saxophone performance.
Free
Garden Dances closes White Night with DJs and an open-air participatory disco in Vērmanes Garden.
Free
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Antonijas Street Festival brings music, food, art activities and a long communal table to central Riga on September 5.
Free
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Vivaldi’s Four Seasons meets electronic music in an open-air performance at Ghetto Games Amphitheatre.
Free
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Diamond Bikes brings wheelchair users, skateboarders and roller skaters together for music, karaoke and performance.
Free
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RITUNSIIC combines electronic music with live laser visuals in Ziemeļblāzma Culture Palace Park.
Free
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