Entertainment & Events in Latvia

Latvia’s oldest concert hall: the enclosed Small Hall dates from 1936 and was restored in 2015; the summer Great Hall with about 2,100 seats was built in 1963. Festivals and big concerts in summer, concerts in the Small Hall in winter.

A quarter of restored 19th-century wooden houses across the river. On Saturdays 10:00–16:00 there is a market of local producers and craftspeople with free workshops for kids, and seasonal festivals bring concerts, exhibitions and open-air plays.

The main stage of the Song and Dance Festival in Mežaparks, held here since 1955. After the first phase of reconstruction (2018) it seats about 30,000, and Latvia’s biggest summer concerts take place here.

The Christmas market on Dome Square: crafts by Latvian makers, hot drinks and treats from more than 80 vendors. At weekends there are concerts and things for kids: Santa, a carousel and creative workshops.

A late-19th-century villa turned culture venue. In summer there is live music in the courtyard every week, the M/Darbnīca bar-club gives artists a stage, and the hip-hop club De Flou is on the villa square.

A professional karting circuit in the forest by Kandava: 1,012 m and 11 turns, rebuilt in 2008 to CIK-FIA standards with a layout by Hermann Tilke. It hosts Latvian and Baltic championship rounds, and hobby drivers can rent karts with lap timing.

A 1,750 m motocross track with sand and clay in Ķegums, home of the Latvian round of the MXGP World Championship (6–7 June in 2026).

Biķernieki Complex Sports Base, Latvia’s main circuit, built in 1966 in Biķernieki forest; its longest layout is 5.9 km. It hosts Baltic touring-car races, Drift Masters and European Rallycross rounds, and has a speedway school, a motorsport simulator, safe-driving seminars and a karting track, plus a winter track in the cold months.

A speedway stadium in Daugavpils, opened in 1963, with a 373 m track and room for about 10,000 spectators. It is home to the Lokomotīve speedway team, which races in the Polish league, and has hosted Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway of Nations rounds.

A quarter of 16 renovated former residential buildings with bars, street food, concerts and karaoke. Family-friendly by day; at night there is dancing, a vintage bar and terraces such as Tallinas Pagalms and Ezītis miglā.

At the sports complex by Lake Teperis: a 1.1 km asphalt karting track upgraded in 2026, and an autocross track licensed by the Latvian Automobile Federation that hosts Latvian Autocross Championship rounds. Track schedule at teperis.lv.