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...
Skaņu Mežs 2024 announces second wave of artists
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). Its second wave of artists includes dance punk duo Deli Girls, sound and performance artists Tintin Patrone and Nick...
Skaņu Mežs announces program for White Night event of 2024
Riga, Latvia’s Skaņu Mežs festival for adventurous music has participated in the White Night culture forum since its first iteration in Latvia. This year’s free-entry White Night concert by Skaņu Mežs will take place at St. Saviour's Anglican Church (Anglikāņu street...
SHAPE+ announces newly formed radio network
The SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and audiovisual art – co-funded by the European Union and now also Pro Helvetia – is announcing a newly formed radio station network, created to boost the visibility of its artists. This media partner network consists of 14...