Riga’s experimental music festival Skaņu Mežs 2026 will take place on October 9–10 at Hanzas Perons (16A Hanzas Street). Two-day tickets can be purchased here; their price is 60 EUR.
All artists announced so far are listed below.
October 9, “Hanzas Perons” (16a Hanzas street)
Krallice
AYA
Michael Foster, Leila Bordreuil, Chris Corsano
Ship Sket
Augustė Vickunaitė
KMRU
Sofi
Sophia Djebel Rose
October 10, “Hanzas Perons” (16a Hanzas street)
Smerz
Gudrun Gut
Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals
Joe McPhee, John Edwards, Klaus Kugel
Oren Ambarchi & Daniel O'Sullivan play Charlemagne Palestine
Cities Aviv
m.a.t.a.d.a.t.a.
Agita Reķe
Supporters
The festival is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia, Riga City Council, Goethe-Institut Riga, the Trust for Mutual Understanding, BALTA and Valmiermuižas Alus.
Skaņu Mežs is part of the sound art project tekhnē, supported by the European Union and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia. The festival is also part of the NERDS network, co-funded by the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture.
Media partners include The Quietus, TVNET, Satori.lv, Radio NABA, Arterritory, magazine “Mūzikas Saule”, and la.lv.
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