Skaņu Mežs 2026 Announces Krallice as First Confirmed Act and Opens Early Bird Ticket Sales

Riga, Latvia’s experimental music festival Skaņu Mežs 2026 will take place on October 9–10 at the venue Hanzas Perons (16A Hanzas Street), and its first confirmed act is avant-garde metal group Krallice, hailed by “Stereogum” as “one of the most unique and...

Alan Courtis returns to Riga with new show and listening workshop

On January 24, 2026, Argentinian experimental musician Alan Courtis will play a show at bar “Aleponija” (Ernesta Birznieka-Upīša street 22) in Riga, Latvia. He will be joined onstage by Latvian drummer Rinalds Maksimovs.  The concert starts at 20:00, and tickets...

Skaņu Mežs recommends: Chamber of Circuits”

Chamber of Circuits: Music for 24 SynthesizersA. Fišere / S. Grünberg The concert features a premiere of Anna Fišere’s Noesis for eight performers and fourteen synthesizers, bringing on stage musicians from Latvia’s classical and electronic music scenes, alongside the...

Skaņu Mežs 2025 in pictures by Artūrs Pavlovs and Arnis Kalniņš

The 23rd edition of Riga, Latvia’s Skaņu Mežs festival for experimental music happened on October 3-4 at Hanzas Perons (16A Hanzas Street). Line up for October 3 (photos by Artūrs Pavlovs): Balss Lūzums (Kārlis Tone, Inese Tone, Sarma Gabrēna, Uģis Jansons, choir...

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