The 19th edition of Riga, Latvia’s Skaņu Mežs festival for innovative music will take place on October 8 and 9 at concert hall Hanzas Perons (16a Hanzas street) with a free-entry opening event on October 2 at event space Fantadroms (74a Gustava Zemgala street, building „Heinrihs”). Tickets can be purchased at www.bilesuserviss.lv. One-day tickets cost 15 EUR, whereas a two-day pass costs 23 EUR.

Attendance to the festival will be available only with a valid Covid-19 digital certificate, confirming that the visitor has been vaccinated against Covid-19, has tested negative or has recovered from Covid-19. Therefore the festival may only be attended by persons 12 and up this year.

October 2, “Fantadroms” (Gustava Zemgala 74a) 18:00

ELVI
Jānis Petraškevičs – „Madman’s Glove I” (World premiere) & „Madman’s Glove II” (Latvian premiere) GUO (Seymour Wright & Daniel Blumberg)

Julia Reidy

Evicshen

October 8, „Hanzas perons” (Hanzas street 16a) 18:00

Lunt

Felicia Atkinson

Duma

Shapednoise

Still House Plants
Anthony Braxton Diamond Curtain Wall Trio with Adam Matlock and Susana Santos Silva

Nordra

October 9, „Hanzas perons” (Hanzas street 16a) 18:00

Lotic

John Wiese

Alvin Curran

JACK Quartet play Xenaxis, Ligeti, Rodericus, Zorn and Braxton

Prison Religion

Nazar

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