On Thursday, 8 October, at its first meeting of the autumn session, the Riga City Council’s Culture Committee reviewed the 825th anniversary celebrations of Riga, the results achieved and the future development of the ‘Riga Summer’ cultural programme. The celebrations marking Riga’s 825th anniversary have become one of the year’s most ambitious cultural events in the capital, demonstrating that Riga is capable of creating internationally appealing, artistically diverse and contemporary city…
On Thursday, 8 October, at its first meeting of the autumn session, the Riga City Council’s Culture Committee reviewed the 825th anniversary celebrations of Riga, the results achieved and the future development of the ‘Riga Summer’ cultural programme. The celebrations marking Riga’s 825th anniversary have become one of the year’s most ambitious cultural events in the capital, demonstrating that Riga is capable of creating internationally appealing, artistically diverse and contemporary city celebrations. A total of 387,000 people attended the anniversary celebrations, whilst the festival’s website, rigasvasara.lv, attracted 314,000 visitors, and the festival app was downloaded 12,000 times. In total, 53 events took place as part of the …
