Armand Hammer to perform at Riga’s Skaņu Mežs festival for adventurous music
Riga, Latvia’s Skaņu Mežs festival for adventurous music will host its 22nd edition on 4-5 October at concert hall Hanzas Perons (16a Hanzas street). Abstract hip-hop duo Armand Hammer (Billy Woods & ELUCID) will be the headlining guests of the festival’s second...
Skaņu Mežs 2024 installations exhibited at gallery Smilga
Last week, Riga, Latvia’s Skaņu Mežs festival held one of its most well-attended editions of the last decade, but additional activities continue – from October 10 till October 20, sound art installations by Vomir and Tintin Patrone will be exhibited at gallery Smilga...
Skaņu Mežs 2024: Set times for October 4 and 5
All performances of October 4 and 5 will take place at Hanzas Perons (16a Hanzas street). Installation works by Nick Klein and Tintin Patrone will be exhibited on festival days at the same venue. You will also be able to see an exhibition of works by music...
Artists from the tekhnē project will participate in a jam session at Willa Theatre.
Willa Theatre, in collaboration with composer Kaspars Rolšteins and film director Jānis Putniņš, is launching a new season of free-thinking music titled TABULA RASA vs. KODACHROME. The series will center around the interplay between musicians and 8mm film reels....
Photos: Skaņu Mežs x White Night 2024
A photo overview of Skaņu Mežs' White Night event of 2024, featuring Clarissa Connelly, Khrystyna Kirik, trio of Stephen Gauci, Adam Lane and Kevin Shea, Paula Vītola, Nick Dunston and OGDL.Supported by: SHAPE+, the European Union, Pro Helvetia, The Trust for Mutual...
Skaņu Mežs 2024 reveals lecture and workshop program
On October 3-4, Riga Latvia’s Skaņu Mežs festival for experimental music will hold a series of free-entry lectures and workshops at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music and the Art Academy of Latvia. The central concert evenings of the festival will take place...
Skaņu Mežs festival for adventurous music coming in a month
Riga, Latvia’s Skaņu Mežs festival for adventurous music will host its 22nd edition on 4-5 October at concert hall Hanzas Perons (16A Hanzas Street), kicked off with a free-entry opening event at bar Laska V21 (21 Vagonu street) on 28 September. It will include 20...
Radio Lab Open Call CTM Festival 2025
From January 24 to February 2, 2025, CTM Festival will bring the latest developments in experimental music, avant-garde pop, sound art and club culture to outstanding venues in the city of Berlin such as Berghain, silent green, radialsystem and Volksbühne am...
Skaņu Mežs 2024 announces free entry opening concert at Laska V21
Experimental music festival Skaņu Mežs will take place at Hanzas Perons on October 4 and 5. However, its program has now been expanded with a free-entry opening concert at the bar Laska V21 (Vagonu 21) on September 28. The concert starts at 18:00 and will feature John...
alys(alys)alys to play at Kalnciema Quarter
On September 5, DJ and producer alys(alys)alys will perform at a free-entry, open-air event at the Kalnciema Quarter (35 Kalnciema street) in Riga, Latvia. The event is organized in collaboration with Skaņu Mežs festival and the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music...
Submit your design proposals for Skaņu Mežs 2024 merch
Until august 27, Skaņu Mežs is open to creative ideas for the design of festival merch. Guidelines: The composition must include the Skaņu Mežs logo (click here to download); the rest is up to the author’s interpretation of the festival. The idea must be submitted in...
