Dear Latvians!
At the Song Festival we celebrate our roots and our identity.
Through song we express the core of our nation.
Through song we manifest the soul of our nation.
Song is…
150 years ago, at the First Nationwide Latvian Song Festival, the Latvian nation was born and our later national anthem – "God Bless Latvia!" – was played for the first time. Could there be a more…
Latvia and song are inseparable. Our country and the Song Festival are inseparable.
Through song, Latvians throughout the ages have expressed their yearning for self-determination and freedom. In…
Dear compatriots! Dear friends!
Culture is the foundation of the Latvian State. The Latvian State has no special reason to exist if it is not the state of the Latvian nation. The Latvian nation…
On 2 February, President of Latvia Egils Levits met with directors and organisers of XXVII National Song and XVII Dance Festival of Latvia. Meeting addressed artistic and administrative preparations,…
On 31 May, President of Latvia and Patron of the National Youth Song and Dance Celebration, Egils Levits, had an online meeting with organisers of the 12th nationwide festival: Reinis Suhanovs,…