"Kad zied papardes sapņi" Vilgālē
A pre-solstice gathering at Vilgāle's open-air stage in Kuldīga district where participants make Jāņu cheese over meadow fires, churn butter, weave elaborate flower wreaths, and browse a small artisan market alongside live folk performances.
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"A rock music festival staged on the atmospheric hillfort open-air stage at Skrunda in its third edition, featuring a new young performers competition alongside established Latvian acts in a small Kurzeme riverside town."
Festivāls "Roks par brīvību"
"At the Sudmalnieku birzs mill-grove stage in Snēpele, this pre-Jāņi evening unites a pagan fire ritual, sunset vigil, Jāņu cheese making around the bonfire, and an intimate kokle folk music concert."
Ielīgošana "Kad zvaigznes līgo debesīs" Snēpelē
"The amateur theatre and vocal ensemble of tiny Laidi village in Kuldīga Municipality perform their original Līgo joint theatrical show Svētki pienākas visiem followed by a zaļumballe bonfire dance in the village open-air stage, a wholly community-made celebration."
Laidu Līgo kopuzvedums
"A midsummer solstice celebration held in the grounds of Rude Manor in Kuldīga Municipality, blending heritage estate landscape with traditional Jāņi customs for a distinctly atmospheric rural gathering."
Saulgriežu pasākums Rudes muižā
"At the millpond of Kazdanga, a pre-Jāņi evening of dances, wreath weaving, sauna-broom making, and bagpipe music culminates at 22:22 with the burning of a straw witch figure on the water, then gives way to an all-night zaļumballe with a visiting Finnish folk band."
Saulgriežu pasākums pie Kazdangas dzirnezera
"In the small hamlet of Dubeņi in Grobiņas pagasts, the local amateur theatre performs an original play followed by a concert creating a warmly communal pre-Jāņi mood in a rural Dienvidkurzeme setting."
Ielīgošanas pasākums Dubeņos
"A music, poetry and arts gathering at the Eduards Veidenbaums memorial farm museum deep in Vidzeme, inviting visitors to dance outdoors, share in community performances and savour the unhurried rhythm of a Latvian country summer."
Festivāls "Kalāči"
"Tens of thousands of Catholic pilgrims and visitors converge each year on the tiny Latgale village of Aglona and its famous white-domed basilica for Latvia's most important religious outdoor gathering, a profound expression of Latgalian identity combining candlelit processions, open-air mass and national unity."
Vissvētākās Jaunavas Marijas Debesīs Uzņemšanas svētki Agonā
"Aglona's Assumption Day pilgrimage is Latvia's largest Catholic folk gathering, drawing thousands of worshippers in traditional Latgalian dress to the baroque basilica of this tiny village."
Vissvētākās Jaunavas Marijas debesīs uzņemšanas svētki, Aglona
"An annual outdoor music event held in the village of Aglona in the heart of the Latgale lake district, celebrating popular Latvian and Latgalian folk-pop acts in the countryside setting that defines the region's warm summer culture."
Lielais Latgales Hītu festivāls
"The Great Latgalian Hit Music Festival fills the fields around Aglona village with performances of popular Latgalian song, continuing a cherished regional tradition of summer outdoor music-making."
Lielais Latgaliešu hitu festivāls
"A full-day midsummer programme in Līgatne running from morning concerts on the Gauja riverbank through a solstice market and wreath-making to an evening of bonfire singing in the Zanderu meadows."
Vasaras saulgrieži Līgatnē