Baltica 2025 International Folklore Festival/Programme
26. 06. 2025. – Riga
18.00–20.00 Baltic evening “Vēja vārdi” (“Daile” Music Venue)
27. 06. 2025. – Riga
10.00 Commemorative moment for Helmī and Dainis Stalts (Meža Cemetery)
Rātslaukums
11.00 – 17.00 “Pāri skan”: daytime concert by folklore groups
11.00 – 19.00 Demonstrations of the nonmaterial cultural heritage
17.00 – 19.00 Greeting the procession of festival participants on Rātslaukums
21.00 – 22.00 Concert by foreign guests
11.00 – 22.00 Homemade food and crafts fair
11.00 – 22.00 Craftsmen plying their trade at Rātes pasāža
RKTMC Mazā ģilde (Small Guild Hall)
Garden
11.00 – 14.00 “Pāri skan”: daytime concert by folklore groups
14.00 – 15.00 Musicians’ interplay with “Skaņumāja”
GreatHall
15.30 Traditional Culture Excellence Award in Folklore. Award ceremony.
22.00 – 01.00 Sing-Along
Brīvības laukums
11.00 – 16.20 “Pāri skan”: daytime concert by folklore groups
16.20 – 17.00 Sing-Along: Helmī and Dainis Stalts’ favorite songs
11.00 – 17.00 Demonstrations of the nonmaterial cultural heritage
17.00 – 17.30 Greeting the procession of festival participants
17.30 – 20.00 “Vakarā tālu skan”: concert by folklore groups
Festivāla laukums (square by KTMC “Ritums”, Mazā Jauniela 5)
13.30 – 16.00 “Pāri skan”: daytime concert by folklore groups
19.00 – 21.00 “Diždažādi”: opening concert of the festival
22.00 – 01.00 Dancing
Museum of Latvian History
11.00 – 16.00 Language workshops
13.00 Festival and language stories
15.00 – 16.30 “Tā dziedāju, tā runāju”: multilanguage concert
17.00 – Doma laukums – Smilšu iela – Z.A. Meierovica bulvāris – Brīvības laukums – Kaļķu iela – Rātslaukums – festival participant procession
28. 06. 2025. – Sigulda and Turaida Museum Reservation
“Atskan mana valodiņa”: Daytime concerts in the Sigulda region with the participation of Latvian folklore groups, ethnographic ensembles and guests from Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, and Peru.
12.00 – 14.00 SIGULDA: Sigulda Market; INČUKALNS: Aleksandra Park Open Air Stage: INCIEMS: Inciems Open Air Stage; LĒDURGA: Lēdurga Dendrological Park; RAGANA: Reģu Hill.
MĀLPILS 12.00 – 15.00
11.30 – 11.50 Opening ritual with the participation of all groups visiting Mālpils
11.50 – 12.30 Songs for Ukraine to commemorate Ukrainian Constitution Day: Singing along with the Ukrainian community. Directed by Darya Leleko
12.00 - 14.00
Great State of Mālpils Strawberry Festival
Mālpils Estate
12.15 - 14.00
Skulme family homestead
13.45 Procession
15.00 - 18.00 Turaida Museum Reservation. Daina Hill
Song Gerden of the Turaida Museum Reservation
18.00 “Spēka vārdi azotē”: Gala Concert
20.00 - 22.00 Sing-along and dance
28. 06. 2025. – DAUGAVPILS
20.00-23.00 Sing-along and dance-along at the Concert Hall of Vienības nams, Rīgas iela 22a
29. 06. 2025. – Daugavpils
9.30-10.30 Morning coffee with Orests Silabriedis. Media Hall of Vienības nams, Rīgas iela 22a
11.00 – 14.30 “Gūdam laižu volūdeņu”: daytime concerts by folklore groups
Sculpture Garden / Intersection of Rīgas and Mihoelsa Streets (courtyard of Saules Skola - Daugavpils Design and Art School / Saules iela (outdoors); courtyard of the Local History and Art Museum of Daugavpils / Muzeja iela (outdoors), Concert Hall at Vienības nams.
13.00 - 14.30 “Gūdam laižu volūdeņu”: daytime concert by folklore groups
Daugavpils Saint Peter in the Chains Roman Catholic Church on Rīgas Street
11.00 – 19.30 Crafts workshops
On the pedestrian street across from the Museum courtyard
10.00 – 20.00
Homemade food and crafts FAIR, Andreja Pumpura square
15.00 – 15.30 PROCESSION by the festival participants (Rīgas Street from Stacijas Street to Vienības Square)
15.30 – Convocations of regions on Vienības Square.
16.00 – 18.30 “Dzeivuo volūda”: gala concert on Andreja Pumpura Square
“Es raženi izstaigovu…”: an orientation game throughout the day
Walk through downtown Daugavpils and visit the fortress, completing various interactive tasks along the route shown on the map. The map can be obtain at registration (PARTICIPANTS ONLY)