What happens after the European Capital of Culture year ends? Nine countries, including Latvia and the team of Liepāja2027, have joined forces in the ECoC Echo legacy project, led by our dear friends and partners Tartu 2024.
This international initiative seeks to ensure that the impact of the ECoC title year doesn’t fade, but instead grows stronger. At the end of May 2025, project partners met for the first time in Tartu to plan how to continue the cooperation, strengthen the cultural sector, and promote regional development.
We are pleased to be part of this journey. We firmly believe that the impact of the European Capital of Culture does not end with the final event of the festival program. It continues to shape future collaborations, influence processes, and change our perception of cultural development.
The project is co-funded by the European Union’s Interreg Europe programme, which supports interregional cooperation and helps public authorities across Europe develop better policies.
On 11 April, Liepāja 2027 will take to the stage at Tallinn Music Week 2026’s City Stage to present the concept of Liepāja – European Capital of Culture 2027: (un)rest.
With this open call for artists to participate in the exhibition and symposium, the association “ASTE. Art, Science, Technology, Education” launches the project “ElektrON – The Future of Amber”, interpreting the heritage of amber—along with the future potential of other fossil materials—through a symbiosis of art and science, within the programme “Liepāja – European Capital of Culture 2027”. Applications to participate in the project can be submitted by 23:59 on 19 April.
On July2, experimental music festival Skaņu Mežs will hold an exclusive mini-edition in the city of Liepāja, featuring musical acts and sound artists from Latvia, Japan, Norway, United Kingdom, Sweden and Germany.