Around 35 000 participants will gather in Riga for the XXIV Song and XIV Dance Celebration. It is not just a festival – the tradition goes back for 135 years and in 2003 together with Lithuanian and Estonian Song and Dance tradition it was recorded in the UNESCO list of Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage. The celebration is due to take place from the 5th through the 12th of July 2008, in Mezaparks and Daugava Stadium in Riga. Attendees are certain to experience Latvia as the Land That Sings. Every spring all Latvian dance groups and choirs take part in displays involving more than 15 000 dancers and around 13 000 singers, demonstrating to the jury from the compulsory repertoire as well as freely chosen ones. more info

We will present the latest details including street closures, maps and other hard to find information. 

Patricia Tourist Office will also be providing a host of special services for visitors to Riga during the event. Services offered are on a FEE paid basis. Patricia LTD is a private tourist office and is NOT associated with the Latvian or Riga City Tourism agencies or the Latvian Song Festival organization committee.

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Here is a drawing of       "The essential Riga Latvia"

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