Top Music Festivals This Summer in Latvia

Latvia has some pretty awesome music festivals planned for the summer of 2009. Any music you wish to hear will have a festival this year from Classical Choir music to Techno. The people of Latvia have long had a love of music, going back deep in their cultural past, so music festivals are an expected and much awaited event for the people of this beautiful country.

Moonlight Party

In July on the 11th is the Moonlight Party held in Riga on Saulkrastu beach. For more information check out the website www.moonlightparty.lv. This party has many fans each year and there are some great blogs that discuss it as well, showing how truly popular this festival is.

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Rigasritmi International Music Festival

If you are into Jazz then you should check out the RigasRitmi International Music Festival that will be held on July 3rd and 4th in Riga. This will be prominently held on the Misisipi Riverboat and on the Riga Congress Center in Livu Square in Riga. They will also be holding a Kids Festival. You will be able to participate and learn from the masters and even make some music with them at this festival. Some of the many acts you will hear will be Grace Kelly, Yamadu Costa and Soul E-motion.

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FonoFest 2009

For those of you who love to connect your music to movement and activity you can check out FonoFest which is also being help on the 3rd and 4th of July. Fonofest is a celebration of sound and rhythm, a way to let the youth connection sports and music together. The goals of this festival are to get everyone into being creative and active and to bring unity to the young people who attend each year. Some of the bands this year will be Anathema, Insane, and Solaris. This is a great festival for the young and young at heart. And if you go make sure you check out the ramp!

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Fifth Annual Musical Festival Summertime

If you love to listen to a classical style of music in a beautiful and awe inspiring location, you will really love the Fifth Annual Musical Festival Summertime. This year’s concerts will include Inessa Galante, Sergei Jergers and Ramon Jaffe. It is being held in the Dubulti Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jurmala, Latvia on Friday August 7th at 7 pm. It is sponsored each year by the Hermanis Brauns Foundation, named after the Latvian Legend of music. The Dubulti Lutheran Church is very historical and promises great acoustics for this concert series.

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There is no shortage of music to listen to this summer in Latvia and what is most cool is that no matter what festival you choose to attend you will be hearing great music in a beautiful land that is filled with fellow lovers of music. Latvia is fast becoming the place to visit for summertime and now it has an added attraction, great music festivals.