On Saturday, May 2, as part of the “Liepāja – European Capital of Culture 2027” programme, the second Aizpute Old Town Festival will take place, transforming the city’s historic centre into a joint cultural and social gathering, where people can come together, creative activities take shape, performances are staged, and all kinds of things find new owners.<\/p>
Visitors will have the opportunity to learn various new skills in creative workshops and activities – including a clog-making master class, a screen-printing, a wooden twig pen and brooch-making workshops. Various activities and entertainment, including pony rides, are also planned for the festival’s youngest visitors.<\/p>
At this year’s Aizpute Old Town Festival, a plant and item exchange point and a flea market will welcome visitors to highlight the cycle of reusing items. Visitors will also be welcomed by a homestead producers’ market, where shoppers will have the opportunity to purchase various farm-fresh goods, delicacies, and handmade crafts. Local Aizpute caterers will provide delicious snacks and meals during the festival.<\/p>
As part of the Aizpute Old Town Festival, there will be an open-air painting plenary session featuring artists from Liepāja, bringing together members of the Liepāja Artists’ Association “Mākslas kolēģi”, who will work in various techniques – painting with oils, acrylics, watercolors, and pastels.<\/p>
The Interdisciplinary Art Group SERDE will entertain visitors all day long with a season-opening programme rich in activities, featuring traditional dye-making, key and lock restoration, wooden house repairs, restoration and upholstery of household furniture, pottery wheel throwing, a novuss board game workshop, an exhibition of traditional instruments, songs, stories, and other creative activities.<\/p>
The audience will be entertained by a musical performance featuring students from the Aizpute Music School, the Otaņķi Ethnographic Ensemble, and the capella group “Lēnām pār tiltu”.<\/p>