Baltic Visitor

[ 22 June, 2007; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] The 22nd June sees an array of events in Riga’s Dome Square. The Green Market (Zāļu tirgus) runs from 9am-5pm, selling traditional Jāņi foods. You can also buy oak leaves and flowers for garlands, which can be threaded while you wait, if you want to go for the traditional Midsummer look. There are musical events […]

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With only a few days to go before Midsummer, there is an excellent article on the annual festivities on Latvians Online – one of the best English-language Latvian websites. The piece by writer and musician Amanda Jātniece describes the run-up to Jāņi (Midsummer) in a manner recalling the days before Christmas:
Jāņi is on the air […]

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[ 2 June, 2007 to 3 June, 2007. ] This annual event has been running at the Open-Air Ethnographic Museum in Riga since 1971, and this year will take place on 2nd and 3rd June. There is folk music and traditional dancing, but the festival is predominantly a chance to buy local handicrafts. The site itself is one of the tourist highlights of Riga […]

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[ 23 May, 2007 9:00 pm to 27 May, 2007 10:00 pm. ] This Wednesday sees the opening night of a festival which has been held annually in Vilnius since 1973. It is one of the biggest events in the city’s cultural calendar, with over 20,000 people visiting and 30 folklore groups taking part. Attractions include a craft fair, traditional food, folk music and dancing, in locations ranging […]

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