{"id":13650,"date":"2026-05-05T14:23:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/?post_type=event&#038;p=13650"},"modified":"2026-05-05T14:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:25:46","slug":"rap-contest-the-concrete-beats","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/events\/rap-contest-the-concrete-beats\/","title":{"rendered":"Rap contest \u201cThe Concrete Beats\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>Energetic rap contest &ldquo;The Concrete Beats&rdquo; will be held in Liep&#257;ja Theatre on 21 August at 19.00. This event is part of the International Theatre in Close-Up Festival. Young people aged 14 to 25 will be coming together to compete for the title of best rapper.<\/p><p>They will be representing their schools or organisations in a fantastic setting where street culture meets professional theatre arts. Participants will be tasked with delivering prepared lyrics and demonstrating their improvisation skills. The most accomplished finalists will proceed to a final showdown with actors from Liep&#257;ja Theatre.<\/p><p>Participation is free of charge.<\/p><p>Registration is open until 21 July via <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/FQM7kuc7uoc4SRwk7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the application form<\/a>.<\/p><p>The event has been created as part of the Liep&#257;ja 2027 youth programme. The aim of the youth training and mentoring programme is to encourage active participation by young people in developing and delivering the Liep&#257;ja &ndash; European Capital of Culture 2027 programme. It offers motivated participants from Liep&#257;ja, South Kurzeme and Kuld&#299;ga the opportunity to contribute to a range of cultural projects and events.<\/p><p>Activities for the 2025-2026 academic year are organised by the association Development Platform YOU+. The Youth Programme is implemented by the Liep&#257;ja 2027 Foundation with financial support from the Liep&#257;ja City Municipality, South Kurzeme Municipality, Kuld&#299;ga Municipality and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia. Total project funding amounts to 60,035 euros, fully co-financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia. The Liep&#257;ja 2027 Youth Programme forms part of the Youth Connect project, implemented with support from the Interreg Estonia-Latvia 2021-2027 programme.<\/p><p>The Liep&#257;ja 2027 programme is supported by its main partner in environmental education and sustainability, AS CleanR Grupa, Jsc; its main partner in air mobility and international communication, AS airBaltic Corporation, Jsc; and its land mobility partner, SIA Lux Express Latvia, Ltd. Media partners are VSIA Latvijas Sabiedriskais Medijs and AS Kurzemes Radio, Jsc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13647,"template":"","event-location":[228],"event-category":[104],"event-accesibilty":[],"class_list":["post-13650","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/13650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-location?post=13650"},{"taxonomy":"event-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-category?post=13650"},{"taxonomy":"event-accesibilty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-accesibilty?post=13650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}