Sigulda
2012-02-20 - 2012-03-04
This playful festival in Latvia’s most scenic town includes skiing competitions, a snow-sculpture championship, and the Sigulda Snowboarding Cup. Also take part in Shrovetide celebrations with Latvian folk songs, dances, food and rituals.
Rigas Birža
2012-02-09 - 2012-03-11
This new exhibition of Japanese art at the Riga Bourse Art Museum features more than 200 locally collected exhibits from the 18th to the early 20th centuries – mostly ceramics and colorful woodcuts in the ukiyo-e style, such as landscapes, Kabuki theater scenes and portraits of actors.
Congress Center
2012-02-24 - 2012-02-24
Brass fans should head to this musical adventure celebrating jazz music icon Glenn Miller and his swinging orchestra. Formed in 1983, the version of the orchestra coming to play the Congress Center is a close follower of the original arrangements, directed by talented pianist Wil Salden.
Arena Riga
2012-02-24 - 2012-02-24
To see Latvians at their most passionate, forget about picking one up at a bar. Instead, see an ice hockey game. Tonight, at Arena Riga, two giants of the Kontinental Hockey League clash. On Feb 26, the local heroes take on Amur (Khabarovsk).