What to do in Riga / Events in Riga! January
Opening hours:
29.10.2023. – 29.01.2024.
Monday – Thursday
Garden: 16.00 – 20.00, ticket office: 15.45 – 19.30
Friday – Sunday, holidays
Garden: 16.00 – 21.00, ticket office: 15.45 – 20.30
30.01.2024. – 03.03.2024.
Monday – Thursday
Garden: 17.00 – 20.00, ticket office: 16.45 – 19.30
Friday – Sunday, holidays
Garden: 16.00 – 21.00, ticket office: 15.45 – 20.30
Snow White exhibition 2023/24
The Garden of Lights is coming to Riga for the first time to host a light show inspired by the story of Snow White. This outdoor event filled with light shows will take you into the world of children’s stories. No matter your age, our guests will enter the forest and scenes from popular stories.
Let’s start a wonderful journey in the Magic Garden, the story world where you, your family and friends will walk the path of light and discover the fate of Snow White, the mother of evil, the dwarves and the king.
The exhibition will also feature interactive content and challenges for children, as well as a series of special video installations throughout the exhibition to document the visit to the Site. Light, fun and original.
When you take your lover for a walk in the forest, you’ll find a lost princess taking refuge from her jealous mother-in-law and a small house always open to new guests.
Tickets:
EUR 10.00 – EUR 15.00
Contacts
Place: Grand Stage at Mežaparks
Address: Ostas prospekts 11, Ziemeļu rajons, Rīga, LV-1034
Web: gardenoflights.com
Light Festival in the Botanical Garden
The Festival of Lights is the path to colorful winter fun featuring lights, poems and actors, installations and music, video projections and lasers. His slogan is “Don’t let the joy of winter go to sleep!” The organizers of the Festival of Lights will invite visitors of all ages to visit the Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia.
One of the main authors of the Festival of Lights will be artificial intelligence – together with Latvian artists under the leadership of festival director Dita Lūriņa, she will invite everyone to remember the works and interpretations of famous poets. Party invitation: “Charge your phone and get ready for a fun and extraordinary journey.”
Tickets:
EUR 6.00 – EUR 12.00
Contacts
Place: The Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia
Address: Kandavas iela 2
Web: ziemasnedarbi.lv
Opening hours:
20 DEC – 14 JAN
17:00 – 22:00
Working hours
Mo – Su:
10:00 – 16:00
Ballet The Nutcracker
The ballet takes place in Riga at the end of the XIX century. The city’s ancient streets, Art Nouveau interiors, botanical patterns and the like create the mood of the day: It’s winter outside, but flowers are blooming inside. Christmas tree decorations and toys come to life and Maria’s dreams begin to come true. Although the sound is created according to the rules and standards of classical ballet, it all takes place on Christmas Eve.
All dates
07 JAN 2024 15:00
14 JAN 2024 12:00
14 JAN 2024 18:00
28 JAN 2024 12:00
28 JAN 2024 18:00
Tickets: EUR 11.00 – EUR 50.00
Place: Latvian National Opera
Address: Aspazijas bulvāris 3
Web: www.opera.lv
Ballet La Bayadère
Latvian National Opera will present French artist Marius Petipa’s ballet La Bayadère for the first time, with music by Ludwig Minkus.
La Bayadere is the only magnificent ballet that has not yet been performed in Riga. Almost the entire ballet troupe of the Latvian National Opera took part in the complex show. Only a few ballet companies can reach the level of “La Bayadere”. Now the Latvian National Ballet has become one of them.
For more than 100 years, audiences have been captivated by the stunning choreography of Marius Petipa’s romantic tale of the elegant temple dance Nikiya. Her love for the brave warrior Thorol is put to death in the luxurious Eastern palace, where passion and intrigue are deadlier than vipers.
Next performance:
All dates
12 JAN 2024 19:00
08 MAR 2024 19:00
Tickets: EUR 10.00 – EUR 45.00
Contacts
Place: Latvian National Opera
Address: Aspazijas bulvāris 3
Web: opera.lv
If you are interested in more ballet performances then you can always visit the site of www.opera.lv.
Concerts at Riga St Peter's Church
Within the scope of restoration and improvement works, St. Charity concerts are regularly held at St. Peter’s Church in Riga to raise money for the church to purchase a grand piano. Each concert will invite classical artists to bring different music to the audience.
January 31, 18:00 – Aija Kuzmane
February 7, 18:00 – Aija Graudiņa (violin) and Liene Circene at the piano
February 15, 18:00 – Georg Sarkisyan (violin solo)
All dates
31 JAN 2024 18:00
07 FEB 2024 18:00
15 FEB 2024 18:00
Tickets: Free entrance
Contacts
Place: St. Peter’s Church
Address: Reformācijas laukums 1
Web: svpetera.lv
