Positivus Festival

After two cancelled editions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival moved to the capital city of Riga from 2022.

[1] First held in 2007, Positivus combines a variety of genres, including indie, pop, folk, electronic and more styles in between.

The festival always takes place during an extended weekend — from Thursday afternoon until Sunday morning of the third week of July.

It is a festival with international chart toppers and underground emerging talent set in an idyllic holiday location.

At its Salacgriva location, the festival took place only 12 km from the Estonian-Latvian border and therefore saw a strong attendance of Estonian visitors, musicians, caterers, and marketers as well as festival personnel, rendering Positivus an unofficial yearly meeting of the two neighbour countries.

From 2007 through 2019, Positivus was held in the Latvian coastal town of Salacgrīva located between the A1 Via Baltica highway and the beach of the Riga Bay.

The festival offered access to meadows, forests, the beach, as well as the local town of Salacgrīva.

[2] The 2022 festival was held for the first time in Lucavsala Park in the capital city of Riga on July 15 and 16.