EVENTS IN THE OLD TOWN
08.00 – 18.00 City Festival Fair /Old Town Market Square/
10.00 – 15.00 LAIMĪGĀS STUNDAS /House of Crafts/ €
Artisans working, entrance ticket scratch card
12.00 – 18.00 PILS LAIMES AKA /Livonian Order Castle/ €
Medieval fighting and life (COMTURIA VINDA and other ancient fight clubs)
13:00 Medieval singing MUĻĶĪBAS SLAVINĀJUMS. FOLIES. Played by IEVA NĪMANE (flute and oboe), AINĀRS PAUKŠĒNS (viola da gamba), PĒTERIS VAICKOVSKIS (positive), VILIS DAUDZIŅŠ (actor/storyteller)
15:00 Medieval chants MADRIGĀLI DZIESMAS MĀTES VALODĀ – MARUTA HMEĻEVSKA (soprano), DAIGA BŪDA (soprano), BAIBA MEŽSĒTA (alto), MIĶELIS ZUMBERGS (tenor), PĒTERIS VAICKOVSKIS (bass)
12.00 – 15.00 BOOK FESTIVAL “Droša un tīra Eiropa” /Town Hall Square/
Latvian book publishers with their products, vinyl records, creative workshops and competitions for children and families
12.00 – 15.00 EUROPE DIRECT VENTSPILS
12.00 – 12.40 RAITIS ZAPACKIS’S musical program for children “Pasakas”
14.00 – 15.00 Awarding of the authors of the books of Ventspils city and region. ZAPACKIS’S musical program “Tas ir Sinatra”
09.00 – 17.00 Artisans’ Market /New Town Square/
09.00 – 23.30 ANNELS children’s playground /Millsquare/ €
11.00 Festive procession GRIEŽAMIES VIRPULĪ /route – Lielais prospekts from Katoļu to Brīvības street/
12.00 – 16.00 Terrace Festival at the Science Centre VIZIUM
Technology workshops and other exciting activities for families and children on the VIZIUM terrace
13.00 – 15.00 Latvian Open Powerlifting Championship 6th Final Round /Olympic Centre “Ventspils” near the Ice Hall/
13.00 Latvian Drag Race Festival /Ventspils Airport/ €
Drag racing, car exhibition featuring Lamborgini, Ferrari and the main event – MONSTER CAR SHOW
16.00 Opening of the exhibition of paintings by LELDE BRAĶE-KLAVERĪ /Pārventa Library/
18.00 Chamber music concert DOMAS /Pārventa Library/
Music by FRANCIS GAIĻUS (piano) and JĀNIS IVUŠKĀNS (trumpet)
12.00 – 17.00 REŅĶA GARDEN – DAY PROGRAMME
Music by OTRA PUSE, RĪGAS MODES, BRASS RIOT (Germany) and TOFA JAXX (Tanzania)
BALTIC DESIGN FAIR – with the participation of nearly 50 of Latvia’s best fashion, jewellery and accessory designers, as well as guests from Lithuania and Estonia
Contemporary art exhibition for children and young people MĀKSLA UZ RITEŅIEM
BIG SQUARE
21. International Flower Carpet Festival ZIEDU VIRPULĪ
12.00 – 17.00 CHEF AND BARTENDERS’ SHOW, CONCERTS
The best Latvian bartenders and chefs will meet in the Big Square. Good music, dancing, delicious and refreshing cocktails, chefs’ masterpieces, competitions, prizes and positive emotions. Music by STRÜBERGS and HORENS (RIGA REGGAE)
12.00 Pop Studio JŪRAS AKMENTIŅI
15.00 Flower Carpet Festival award ceremony
15.20 Awarding the most interesting participants of the parade, winners of the competition PILSĒTAS ROTA 2023
20:00 – 23:00 Evening concert and culmination of the festivities /central stage/
20:10 VENTSPILS BIGBAND and soloists RALFS EILANDS and ELZA ROZENTĀLE
The program will include music by composer Zigmārs Liepiņš, which has been acclaimed by the audiences
21.30 Film “VENTSPILS 700+33”
21.50 Closing concert of the dance music project HOUSE GOSPEL CHOIR Great Britain)
22.50 Address by the Chairman of Ventspils State City Council JĀŅS VĪTOLIŅŠ
23:00 FIREWORKS /from the territory of the Olympic Centre/
NIGHT PROGRAMME OF THE FESTIVAL
20.00 – 23.00 Special City Festival evening rides along the Circle Line with the locomotive Mazbānītis /Seaside Open Air Museum/ €
21.00 – 01.00 TOBOGGAN NIGHT /Adventure Park/
23.00 – 05.00 NIGHT DANCE /Reņķa Garden/ €
Music by CITI ZĒNI, A-EUROPA, union KRATA – EDAVĀRDI, ČIŽIKS and DUBRA. DJ KĀRLIS ĶILKUTS. Entrance from 22.00 22.00
23.30 NIGHT CONCERT IN THE CHURCH /Roman Catholic Church Ventspils Saint Cross/
Performers VENTSPILS VOKĀLĀ GRUPA under the direction of Ginta Rūse and flautist AINA LODZIŅA
