Līgo dienas lustes Skrundā
A free morning market in Skrunda's town square where herb and flower-wreath sellers, home producers, and craftspeople gather for Līgo Day, enlivened by folk band Kapela Strops leading communal games and festive singing from the market stalls.
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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
"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."
"Kad zied papardes sapņi" Vilgālē
"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
"Smiltene's traditional autumn fair gathers artisans, home producers and farmers from across the Vidzeme border region for a well-established open-air market in the small town centre."
Rudens gadatirgus Smiltenē
"A Christmas craft market in the medieval village of Rauna, bringing artisans and local producers together beneath the ruins of the Archbishop's castle in one of Vidzeme's most atmospheric historic settings."
Ziemassvētku tirdziņš Raunā
"A Christmas market in the small border town of Ape on Latvia's Estonian frontier, where artisans and home producers from the Smiltenes novads cross-border region gather for a festive pre-holiday fair."
Ziemassvētku tirdziņš Apē
"Smiltene's traditional Christmas market closes the town's fair calendar with artisans, craftspeople and seasonal food producers gathered in the town centre for a festive community send-off to the year."
Smiltenes Ziemassvētku tirdziņš
"At the historic Valmiermuiža estate, the Winter Solstice celebration combines ancient light-returning rituals, winter craft markets and festive culinary traditions in a candlelit rural manor setting."
Ziemas saulgriežu svinības un tirdziņš Valmiermuižā
"A pre-Jāņi village market in rural Glūdas pagasts, Zemgale, where local producers gather to sell midsummer goods and the community kicks off the Līgo season together in an authentic countryside setting."
Jāņu ielīgošanas tirdziņš Glūdas pagastā