Dates of next edition:
From: 02/07/2025
To: 05/07/2025
Where:
Doma square 8,
LV-1050
Riga
Latvia
When:
July
Artistic Director:
Maris Briezkalns
Description:
The Rīgas Ritmi Festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year in early July. Representatives of the American new wave of jazz – the jazz-funk band Kennedy Administration and singer Shayna Steele with the premiere of the Latvian Maestro Raimonds Pauls song program Shayna Steele sings Raimonds Pauls – will also celebrate together with the festival team.
The main stage of the longest-running improvisation, jazz and global music festival in the Latvian capital will again be in Riga Cathedral Garden this year, where Kennedy Administration will perform on July 3, and Shane Steele on July 4. This year’s festival will also feature Senegalese singer and kora player Momi Maiga, the Gospel Choir of Riga Cathedral Choir School, and other great artists.
Rīgas Ritmi 2025 will take place from July 2 to 5. Festival concerts will also be held at the Riga Jazz Lounge at the Radisson Blu Latvija hotel, while free masterclasses given by the festival’s guest artists will take place at the Latvian Radio Studio 1.
The Rīgas Ritmi Festival is one of the leading improvisation, jazz and global music festivals in the Baltics, widely known in Europe and the world. Every year, the festival stages in Riga bring together both world-renowned and awarded artists, as well as new and unheard musical talents. Over two and a half decades, the Rīgas Ritmi Festival has become an integral part of Latvian cultural life, entering Riga’s name into the tourist guides of global and jazz music culture. Over 250 thousand visitors have already enjoyed the performances of approximately 750 world musicians in more than 1,000 concerts.
Over the past 25 years, the festival’s long list of guest artists has included such world-class stars as Billy Cobham, Bobby McFerrin, Pat Metheny, Take 6, Richard Bona, Scott Hamilton, The Yellowjackets, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Robert Glasper and more.
The festival is organized by the Contemporary Music Centre foundation. Tickets for the 2025 festival concerts planned for Riga Cathedral Garden can be purchased at bilesuparadize.lv. More information rigasritmi.lv.
