International Folklore Festival “Baltica 2025”

Riga

June 26

MUSIC HALL “Daile”, Kr. Barona Street 31

18:00 Baltic Evening “Words of the Wind”

June 27

MEŽA KAPI — Artists' Hillock

10:00 Memorial Moment for Helmī and Dainis Stalti

TOWN HALL SQUARE

11:00–17:00 Folklore Group Day Concert “Echoes Across”

11:00–19:00 Intangible Cultural Heritage Value Demonstrations

17:00–19:00 Welcoming of Festival Parade Participants at Town Hall Square

11:00–22:00 Craftsmen Demonstrations at Town Hall Passage

11:00–22:00 Crafts and Local Producers Market

21:00–22:00 Concert by Foreign Guests

RKTMC “Mazā ģilde”, Amatu Street 5

Garden

11:00–14:00 Folklore Group Day Concert “Echoes Across”

14:00–15:00 Musician Jam Session with “Skaņumāja”

Main Hall

15:00 Traditional Culture Excellence Award in Folklore

Award Ceremony

22:00–01:00 Sing-Along

FREEDOM SQUARE (near the Freedom Monument)

11:00–16:20 Folklore Group Day Concert “Echoes Across”

16:20–17:00 Sing-Along. Favorite Songs of Helmī and Dainis Stalti

11:00–17:00 Intangible Cultural Heritage Value Demonstrations

17:00–17:30 Welcoming of Festival Parade Participants

17:30–20:00 Folklore Group Concert “Echoes Far in the Evening”

FESTIVAL SQUARE (near KTMC “Ritums”),

Mazā Jauniela 5

13:30–16:00 Folklore Group Day Concert “Echoes Across”

19:00–21:00 Festival Opening Concert “Diverse”

22:00–01:00 Dance

LATVIAN NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM*, Pils Square 3

11:00–16:00 Language Workshops

13:00 Festival and Language Stories

15:00–16:30 Multilingual Concert “As I Sang, So I Spoke!”

DOM SQUARE — SAND STREET — Z. A. MEIEROVICS BOULEVARD —

FREEDOM SQUARE — KALKU STREET — TOWN HALL SQUARE

17:00 Festival Parade

Sigulda Municipality

June 28

SIGULDA — Sigulda Market, R. Blaumaņa Street 2

INČUKALNS — Inčukalns Alexandra Park Open-Air Stage

INCIEMS — Inciems Open-Air Stage

LĒDURGA — Lēdurga Dendropark

RAGANA — Reģu Hill

12:00–14:00 Day Concerts “My Language Resounds”

Participating Latvian Folklore Groups and Ethnographic Ensembles,

Guests from Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, and Peru

MĀLPILS — Sun Gate Hill

11:30–11:50 Opening Ritual

11:50–12:30 Songs for Ukraine — Singing Ukrainian Folk Songs,

Celebrating Ukraine's Constitution Day with the Ukrainian Folklore

Group “Perlynka” and Bandurist Darya Leleko

MĀLPILS — Strawberry Festival Main Stage, Mālpils Manor

(Pils Street 6), Skulms Family Home

12:00–14:00 Folklore Group Day Concerts “My Language Resounds”

13:45 Festival Parade

TURAIDA MUSEUM RESERVE*, Turaidas Street 10

15:00–18:00 Resonating Turaida Museum Reserve

TURAIDA MUSEUM RESERVE — Song Garden*,

Turaidas Street 10

18:00–20:00 Grand Concert “Words of Strength in the Pocket”

20:00–22:00 Sing-Along and Dance

Daugavpils

June 28

UNITY HOUSE — Concert Hall, Riga Street 22a

20:00–23:00 Sing-Along and Dance (Participants Only)

June 29

UNITY HOUSE — Media Hall, Riga Street 22a

9:30–10:30 Morning Conversations Over Coffee with Musicologist Orests Silabriedis

SCULPTURE GARDEN (between St. Peter's Chains Roman Catholic

Church and Mihiels Street)

DAUGAVPILS DESIGN AND ART SECONDARY SCHOOL “SAULES

SCHOOL” — Courtyard, Saules Street 8

DAUGAVPILS LOCAL HISTORY AND ART MUSEUM —

Inner Courtyard, Riga Street 8

UNITY HOUSE — Unity House Concert Hall, Riga Street 22a

11:00–14:30 Folklore Group Day Concerts “I Let the Waters Flow”

DUBROVINA PARK, Parade Street 5

12:00–14:30 Folklore Group Day Concert “I Let the Waters Flow”

ST. PETER'S CHAINS ROMAN CATHOLIC

CHURCH, Riga Street 39

13:00–14:30 Folklore Group Day Concert “I Let the Waters Flow”

MUSEUM STREET (opposite the Local History and Art Museum

Court)

11:00–14:30 Craft Skills Workshops and Artisans' Masterclasses

RIGA STREET (from Alejas Street) — UNITY SQUARE

15:00-15:30 Festival Parade

UNITY SQUARE

15:30 Regional Gathering

ANDREJA PUMPURA SQUARE

10:00-19:00 Craftsmen and Local Producers Market

16:00–18:30 Closing Concert “Living Language”

DAUGAVPILS CENTER, FORTRESS

Throughout the Day

Orienteering Game “I Walked Bravely...”

Opportunity to explore Daugavpils city center and visit

the fortress, completing various interactive tasks at locations

marked on the route map!

Route maps available upon registration at the information point

(Unity House Tradition House, Riga Street 22a, entrance from Saules

Street)

Event attendance is free of charge.