Everyone is invited to the Saulkrasti town festival!
What happens in Saulkrasti when the streets get dark, less people are around and the sun has gone down? What makes us stay awake and what does it mean to be awake?
This time the first big event of the Saulkrasti town festival is the annual beach volleyball tournament “Saulkrastu kokteilis”, which will be held in the new Sea Park on the 3rd and 4th July and will go on until late at night. In order for everyone to be ready for Saturday night’s big concert, we will start Saturday morning with a wake-up call and morning exercises, as well as with a market hosting craftsmen and merchants selling goods produced in Latvia. There will be activities and a concert for the kids in Sun Square. In the centre of Saulkrasti you will be able to visit an applied art exhibition and the art exhibition “openart”. There will be various sports events throughout the day: a fishing contest in the sea from a boat, football, street basketball, beach volleyball (mixed group), arm wrestling contests and demonstrations, canoeing in the sea, a marathon, a half marathon, a short lap, competitions for the children, attractions, novuss (mixed group) and table tennis.
After a short break we invite everyone to join in the festival procession in the evening, the slogan of which is “Let’s wake the sleeping!”.
In the first part of this year’s concert we invite everyone to sing songs and dance dances that can wake everyone up, and when night falls there will be a night concert, a DJ tent and fireworks.
We will begin Sunday morning with the traditional national dog contest “Saulkrastu kauss”, a dog show and the IV Saulkrasti kokle player ensemble festival “Koklē vēju vanadziņš”. At sunset everyone is welcome to come to the festival’s final concert in Sun Square!
FESTIVAL PROGRAMME:
3 July
- 19.30 Saulkrasti town festival flag ceremony with the choir “Bangotne” in Sun Square.
- 20.00 Saulkrasti town festival opening concert “Gaisma mūžīgā” in Pēterupe Evangelical Lutheran Church. The concert will feature the mixed choir “Anima”, the winner of the classical music show “Dzimuši mūzikai” Kaspars Šmits (tuba) and the finalist Mikus Bāliņš (percussion).
- 3-4 July At Sea Park “Saulkrastu kokteilis 2014”
- 19.00 The end of the tournament will be marked with the concert of the band “Rīgas Viļņi”
5 July
- starting 9.00 Waking up Saulkrasti together with the brass band “Neibāde” and morning exercises. If you wish the wake-up call to be right outside your house, please call 67954179 or submit an application to [email protected] before 27 June!
- In Sun Square
- Starting at 8.00 A market hosting craftsmen and merchants selling goods produced in Latvia in the centre of Saulkrasti. If you wish to participate in the market as a seller, please call 67954179 or submit an application to [email protected] before 27 June.
- Starting at 12.00 Visitors can watch the performances of the little singers and dancers of Saulkrasti together with Jogita, Kaķis and Beibe, as well as join in activities and games for children and their parents: “pēdošana”, knitting competitions, discovering the “sauleszaķis”, demonstrations of the embroidery and weaving work of the group “Kodaļa” and creative workshops.
- 19.45 Festival procession “Let’s wake the sleeping!” from Sun Square to the open-air stage. We encourage businesses, institutions, associations, societies, agencies and groups of friends to apply for the procession before 3 July by calling 67954179 or submitting an application to [email protected]. We also welcome the young locals and their parents, as this is the first year that there will be a designated parade for pushchairs. The most colourful and best presented participants will be awarded surprise prizes!
- 20.00 The festival’s final event “Ik rītu mosties ar smaidu!” (Wake up every morning with a smile) on the Saulkrasti open-air stage together with the town’s artistic ensembles. The festivities will continue with Gints Cālītis, Samanta Tīna, the band “Otra puse” and Olga Rajecka’s band “Sestā jūdze”. There will be fireworks and a DJ tent. The festivities will be hosted by Intars Rešetins.
6 July
IV Saulkrasti kokle players’ festival “Koklē vēju vanadziņš” in Saulkrasti Council Hall.
- from 10.00 to 12.00 exhibition of string instruments and kokles from different eras.
- from 12.00 to 13.30 kokle experts, sound therapist Iveta Škraba, demonstrations.
- 15.00 the festival’s conclusion – the concert “Koklē vēju vanadziņš”.
- 19.00 the festival’s final concert together with “Tango sin quinto” in Sun Square.
SPORT IN THE TOWN FESTIVAL
- 6.00 fishing in the sea from a boat at the Sports and Leisure Centre “Koklītes”.
- 9.00 football in Zvejniekciems Stadium.
- 11.00 street basketball on Ainažu Street.
- 11.00 beach volleyball (mixed group) at Sea Park.
- 11.00 table tennis in the Saulkrasti Sports Centre.
- 11.00 novuss (mixed group) in the Saulkrasti Sports Centre.
- 11.00 rowing at the end of Vidridžu Street.
- 12.00 arm wrestling on Ainažu Street.
Competition regulations – www.saulkrasti.lv
For information on the sports activities call 26524083