On 6th and 7th of November Skaņu Mežs “SNACK” – a showcase for emerging experimental musicians and sound artists from the Baltic and Nordic countries – will take place. The artists selected for the showcase will perform at various cultural venues in Riga.

SNACK is a showcase-format event serving as an independent platform for emerging experimental musicians and sound artists from the Baltic and Nordic region, providing opportunities for international visibility in collaboration with the NERDS network and Riga Music Week.

For more than twenty years, Skaņu mežs has consistently developed the field of experimental and avant-garde music in Latvia through international festivals, concerts, collaborations, sound art exhibitions and educational activities.

Skaņu Mežs SNACK is a showcase-format event serving as an independent platform for emerging experimental musicians and sound artists from the Baltic and Nordic region, providing opportunities for international visibility in collaboration with the NERDS network and Riga Music Week.

Skaņu Mežs SNACK aims to:

• provide a shared platform for Baltic and Nordic experimental musicians and sound artists;
• highlight Riga’s independent cultural spaces through experimental music events and collaborations;
• foster new connections between artists, audiences, independent venues and cultural communities across the Baltic-Nordic region.

Skaņu Mežs SNACK is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia, Riga City Council and the NERDS network, co-funded by the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture.

The Skaņu Mežs SNACK showcase coincides with - and is organized in partnership with - Riga Music Week.

Graphics - Liāna Mihailova.