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Riga Festival

Every autumn Riga celebrates its city festival. The first Riga City Festival was in 2001 when Riga celebrated its 800th birthday. This year The Riga City Festival will last three days, from August 20 till August 22. During the city festival visitors will be able to acquire new information and learn history of Riga as well as watch different performances.

For more information visit the official website of festival: http://www.rigassvetki.lv/2010/home/startpage/en/

The first time in Latvia!
May 14th 19:00 at Riga Plaza car park the opening of Park&Party. This will be also closing party for “Riga Plaza men’s week.” P&P will be the place where you can see tuned cars without visiting a car show. It will also be a meeting place for auto clubs.

About music will take care each visitor transmitting 4EX Pirate Radio 88.1 FM from their cars. 4EX Pirate Radio 88.1 FM will transmit music from Black Silver Partybus  of popular Latvian DJs like: Ratz Lukas, Hipp, Viesturs Mašinskis, Chris Cherry, Andy Bassland. Park&Party live broadcast on the Internet will provide PartyDot (it will be possible to watch the show live online at www.partybus.lv), saferiga.com and Baltic Wedding Film Studio will be making videos about P&P.

The event will have different activities:

1) Monster Energy drink – Monster show.
2) Sexy Car Wash
3) Car Demolish
4) Ale Auto and Spa auto – During the night an old Volvo S80 will be “returned to its life”.

There will be a special Fantasy Park & Monster Energy bar. iedzerisnebrauc.lv will help tipsy drivers and their cars to get home safely.

In the event will participate Japcar, 200sx.lv, Honda klubs, Prelude klubs, Bmw M Power, Burnout, Jeep club, Celica club and more. Informative support: Forsāža, Auto Exotica 2010, Riga Plaza, getaway.lv, draugiem.lv, saferiga.com

Our supporters: Forsāža, Auto Exotica 2010, Riga Plaza, Monster Energy, Fantasy Parks, Spa Auto, Ale Auto, CarClean.lv, PartyDot, Discomania, Baltic Wedding Film Studio, Decal.lv, PR Autocentrs, saferiga.com.

First 300 visitors will get free Monster Energy drinks.
No entrance fee required for Park&Party.

You can get free sticker/invitation to the first Park&Party event at Kipsala Hall during Auto Exotica 2010 (29.04.2010-02.05.2010) at Black Silver Partybus. This invitation will offer discounts for different services from the supporters of Park&Party.

The concept of Park&Party will be shown at Kipsala Hall during Auto Exotica 2010. During Auto Exotica 2010 Black Silver Partybus will broadcast 4EX Pirate Radio 88,1 FM and compositions from 30 DJs. All the cars in the hall will be asked to participate and support Park&Party event by playing 4EX Pirate Radio.

Flying from Berlin to Riga with AirBaltic.

Video by simpliflying.com

Flag of Latvia

On November 18,1918, the independence of Latvia was declared. The same day the National Council elected Latvia’s first provisional government and the first prime minister of Latvia, Kārlis Ulmanis.

However, Latvia lost its independence on June 17, 1940, when World War II began and regained it in 1991.

This year, on Latvia’s independence Day at  9 p.m. Latvia time, all Latvians around the world will sing Latvia’s national anthem “Dievs Svēti Latviju” (God Bless Latvia).

Lāčplēsis Day (Latvian: Lāčplēša Diena) – Latvian Freedom Fighters’ Remembrance Day, is celebrated on November 11. On this date, Latvians commemorate the victory over the Bermontians at the battle of Riga.

It is a very important day in the life of every Latvian citizen. On November 11, 1919, the Latvian Army fought and won a fierce battle against the Russian and German forces, which had taken up arms against the Republic of Latvia. This victory over the forces of Bermont-Avalov was significant in the birth of Latvia as an independent nation. The victory marked the conclusion of the Latvian War of Liberation (1918–1920). The day is celebrated with ceremonies and concerts throughout the city.

Lāčplēsis (literal translation”Bear-slayer”) is an epic poem by Andrejs Pumpurs, a Latvian poet, who wrote it between 1872-1887 based on local legends. Lāčplēsis is regarded as the Latvian national epic. The poem recounts the life of the legendary hero Lāčplēsis, chosen by the gods to become a hero of his people.