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As part of the European Capital of Culture programme “Liepāja 2027”, the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra will present three major musical events at the festival “Opera by the Sea”, featuring internationally acclaimed soloists, including Marina Rebeka and Lusiana Mansini, and performing newly commissioned works.

Creative chef experiments, spring-inspired flavors, and special menus created exclusively for this occasion – Liepāja Spring Restaurant Week will take place from April 10 to April 19.

On 16 April 2026, exactly on the composer’s 80th birthday, Pēteris Vasks will return to his hometown of Aizpute for a special anniversary concert at St. John’s Church, beginning at 18:00. The composer will be joined by some of his closest musical minds: the Latvian Radio Choir, the chamber orchestra Sinfonietta Rīga, and conductor Sigvards Kļava.

“Illuminated Liepāja: Deliberate Modesty” invites residents and visitors to experience the city transformed by light artists over four evenings — 18, 19, 20, and 21 March, from 7.00 pm to 11.00 pm.

In the summer of 2027, from 9 to 15 August, the international choral music festival EUROPA CANTAT will take place in Liepāja, Latvia, bringing together about 3,000 participants from across Europe and around the world.

On Tuesday, 24 February, the Liepāja Latvian Society House invites the public to a donation and support campaign, as well as a charity concert, uniting in shared support to strengthen Ukraine’s resilience.

With two monumental concerts and the audience’s thunderous standing ovations on November 7 and 8, the tenth anniversary of the Liepāja Concert Hall “Great Amber” was celebrated.

On November 7 and 8 at 7:00 p.m., Liepāja Concert Hall “Great Amber” invites audiences to join the culmination of its 10th year anniversary celebrations, where a long-cherished dream will come true – the performance of Arnold Schoenberg’s romantic oratorio Gurre-Lieder.

On October 3, the first of two sold-out “Rock and Organ for Liepāja” concerts took place at Liepāja Lutheran Church. The audience enjoyed a unique mix of classical music, world rock classics, and Liepāja rock legends’ greatest hits, with organ sounds blending seamlessly with guitars and vibrant lights.

The media art and technology festival UPDATE: Blue Shift takes place in Liepaja from September 29 to October 4, bringing together artists, researchers, and students from across Europe.