Positivus Festival
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Positivus Festival is an annual, three-day summer music and culture festival that was held in Salacgrīva, Latvia from 2007 to 2019. After two cancelled editions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the festival will move to the capital 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 is organized by Positivus Music. The festival always takes place during an extended weekend- from Thursday afternoon until Sunday morning of the third week of July. Positivus Festival is the largest music and arts festival in the Baltic States that takes place every year in the middle of July. Every year Positivus Festival is becoming more and more popular in Europe. It is a festival with international chart toppers and underground emerging talent set in an idyllic holiday location. Positivus Festival has been awarded the title "Best European Festival" and is mentioned in many shortlists as one of the top music festivals to visit in Europe.
Positivus festival has a vibe of bohemian, friends and family oriented sort which weighs over the loud party vibe more common at music festivals. Positivus attendance has been around 30000 people for the last few years.
Over the years there have been up to six live stages featuring around 60-70 artists every year on average, most notably including Pixies, Alt-J, Ellie Goulding (multiple years), The Lumineers, Hot Chip, John Newman, Placebo, M83, Air, Iggy Pop, Tom Odell (multiple years), Elbow, Daughter, Kraftwerk, Bastille, The Kooks, Sigur Rós, Imagine Dragons, The XX, Hurts, OK Go, Muse and many others. The festival line-up usually consists of a number of chart topping artists as well as new and exciting performers from all over the world, with Latvian and Estonian artists having a strong presence. The festival takes place only 12 km from the Estonian-Latvian border, therefore there is 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. Estonians call it "Estonia's biggest music festival in Latvia".
Landscape[]
Positivus is held in the Latvian coastal town of Salacgrīva; it's located between the A1 Via Baltica highway and the beach of the Riga Bay. The festival offers access to meadows, forests, the beach, as well as the local town of Salacgrīva.
Camping[]
The festival camping site is located on the other side of the A1 Via Baltica road, directly across from the festival venue and it is sponsored by Merrild coffee, which provides complementary coffee refills for campers during the entire festival. The camping grounds also has catering services. The car parking is located within a short distance from the camping site. As of 2016 there has been a separated area for caravans and trailer houses.
Positivus Festival 2020[]
The festival was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Positivus Festival 2019[]
The festival took place on July 26–27, 2019.[2][3]
Line-up[]
| Main stage | Lāčplēsis stage | ||
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Positivus Festival 2018[]
The festival took place on July 20–22, 2018.
Line-up[]
| Main stage | Other stage | Piena svētki stage | Arts And Nature Stage |
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Positivus Festival 2017[]
The festival took place on July 14–16, 2017.
Line-up[]
| Lattelecom Stage | Nordea Stage | Electric Room Stage | Palladium Stage | Arts And Nature Stage |
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Positivus festival 2016[]
The festival took place on July 15–17, 2016.
Line-up[]
| Lattelecom stage | Nordea stage | Palladium stage | I Love You stage | Red Bull Music Academy stage | Arts and Nature stage | |
| July 15 | ||||||
| San Fermin Years & Years Hot Chip Ellie Goulding |
Rīgas Modes Sofi Tukker Ho99o9 Arthur Beatrice Minor Victories Richard Hawley Mark Ronson |
Grässhopas Estrada Orchestra Milk Singapūras Satīns Laika Suns 20syl & Mr. J. Medeiros present AllttA Mielavs un Pārcēlāji |
Kristaps Bedrītis The Boondocks Chomsky Chess Club Tehnikums The Pink Elephant NOËP JoyCut DJ Kārlis Dagilis |
MakeMake Mr. Nestor Avoid Dave Chloe Martini Kashuks DJ Craze DJ Slow Two |
Kikit ImproZoo Elizabeta Lāce Ezeri Starmetis 7Synths | |
| July 16 | ||||||
| Baio Joss Stone Latvian Radio Big Band & Ralfs Eilands John Newman M83 |
Super Besse Alise Joste Dzelzs Vilks C Duncan Seinabo Sey Mercury Rev |
Ouu I Wear* Experiment Bandmaster Postaal Liima Satellites LV Skyforger Ozols |
Mionia Kasetes Blue House Howling Owl Irving Ark Židrūns Pienvedēja Piedzīvojumi DJ Pēteris Bajārs |
Smthing Smthing Mario Moretti NiklāvZ Dave Storm & Stee Downes Fingalick & Vaiper Mike Skinner & MURKAGE present TONGA Branko MHKL & Quest |
I-DEJAS MĀJA morning workout Prieka Ministrija Art-i-šok Comedy Latvia Riga Improvisation Theatre Anneli Arro Vladislavs Nastavševs Coals Colin Johnco Northern C MMMM Gas Of Latvia Tonik Ensemble Indriķis Ģelzis | |
| July 17 | ||||||
| Carnival Youth Hælos Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires Wolf Alice Air Iggy Pop |
Choir of Young Believers The Japanese House The Very Best Oh Wonder Grimes |
Frankie Animal Lexsoul Dancemachine Kali Briis Band Daddy Was A Milkman Cigarettes After Sex Reiks DaGamba |
THE ROOP Kashuks Markas Palubenka Brothers Water Erki Pärnoja: Himmelbjerget |
Kaminsky Alaska KAMP! Sander Mölder |
I-DEJAS MĀJA morning workout Comedy Estonia Orbīta - Slow Show FM Reinis Jaunais Levīti HANA Anna Pluto Regīna Sūdi | |
Positivus festival 2015[]
The event took place on July 17–19, 2015.
Line-up[]
| Lattelecom stage | Nordea stage | Palladium stage | I Love You stage | Red Bull Music academy | Dabas stage |
| July 17 | |||||
| Everything Everything Jungle Tom Odell Placebo |
DJ Ai-Va Without Letters Dorian Concept Trio Break Da Funk Camo & Krooked DJ Sliink DJ Quest & Paul Oja |
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| July 18 | |||||
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Ewert and the Two Dragons Warpaint Kasabian |
Mr. Nestor Niklāvz Formacja Avoid Dave Dave Storm Egyptian Lover Breach Grind Live |
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| July 19 | |||||
| Basement Jaxx St. Vincent Fenech-Soler Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters |
Elliphant |
Münzpauzn Bandmaster Mr. Krime Smthing Smthing |
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Positivus festival 2014[]
The event took place on July 18–20, 2014.
Line-up[]
| Lattelecom stage | Nordea stage | Palladium stage | I Love You stage | Red Bull Music academy | |
| July 18 | |||||
| FM Belfast The Horrors You Me At Six Phantogram Elbow |
Birth of Joy Junip Laura Mvula Future Islands |
Cherub Pompeya |
Get Your Gun Carnival Youth |
Just Blaze | |
| July 19 | |||||
| And So I Watch You From Afar Daughter Anna Calvi Ellie Goulding Kraftwerk |
Tricky Pharoah Sanders Quartet Jauno Jāņu orķestris King Charles Carnival Youth |
The Dumplings Sons of Noel and Adrian Trad.Attack! |
Garbanotas Bosistas Rubenis, Eihmanis & Helmss |
Leslie Da Bass Full Crate X Mar A-Trak | |
| July 20 | |||||
| MØ Aluna George The 1975 Bastille The Kooks |
NONONO Of Montreal Chet Faker Temples |
Rīgas modes |
Frankie Animal |
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Positivus festival 2013[]
In 2013 for the first time ever the festival lasted for three days, taking place on July 19–21, 2013.
Line-up[]
| TELE2 stage | Nordea stage | I Love You stage | Palladium stage | Red Bull Music academy | Dabas stage |
| July 19 | |||||
| Crystal Castles Noah and the Whale Iiris |
Twenty One Pilots Zodiaks Palma Violets Elephants From Neptune |
Elephants From Neptune Satellites LV |
OYT Jesse & Jimi Tenor Jack Beats Riton |
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| July 20 | |||||
| Sigur Rós Imagine Dragons Willy Moon |
C2C Charli XCX John Grant |
Carnival Youth Sibyl Vane |
I Wear* Experiment Outloudz |
MJ Cole Artwork |
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| July 21 | |||||
| The xx Two Door Cinema Club Michael Kiwanuka Tom Odell Team Ghost |
Darwin Deez Suuns !!! Efterklang Laime pilnīga |
Tribes of the City |
Laime pilnīga |
Indygo | |
Positivus festival 2012[]
The event took place on 20 and 21 July 2012.
Line-up[]
| TELE2 stage | Nordea stage | Palladium stage | I Love You stage | Red Bull Music academy |
| July 20 | ||||
| Friendly Fires Instrumenti Keane Niki & the Dove |
King Charles Lucy Rose Vondelpark 2:54 |
Laime Pilnīga |
Mimicry Tenfold Rabbit |
DJ Zinc |
| July 21 | ||||
| Ewert and The Two Dragons Givers Manic Street Preachers SBTRKT Skyforger The Vaccines |
Damien Rice Jamie N Commons Wild Beasts Brodka Fanfarlo |
Elephants From Neptune |
Sibyl Vane |
Jesse Boykins III Tom Middleton Hudson Mohawke Lunice |
Positivus festival 2011[]
The event took place on 15 and 16 July 2011.
Line-up[]
| TELE2 stage | Cēsu Alus stage | I Love You stage | Red Bull Music academy | Tallinn Music Week Stage |
| July 15 | ||||
| Yoav Gustavo Hurts Editors |
Dry the River Alina Orlova Pulled Apart by Horses Tunng |
Parara and Malcolm Lincoln |
The Gaslamp Killer |
Mimicry Nevesis Kreatiivmootor |
| July 16 | ||||
| Satellites LV King Charles OK Go Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. James Röyksopp |
Auļi Iiris Ewert and the Two Dragons Chapel Club Glasser Beach House |
Scratch Perverts |
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Positivus festival 2010[]
The festival was held on 16 and 17 July 2010.
Line-up[]
| TELE2 stage | Cēsu Alus stage | I Love You stage | |
| July 16 | |||
| The Climbers Happy Mondays Unkle |
Shoreline Happyendless Lady Daisey Popidiot |
Soundarcade | |
| July 17 | |||
ASIWYFA Scissor Sisters Muse |
The Miserable Rich Stornoway |
Sons of Noel and Adrian Ewert and the Two Dragons | |
Positivus festival 2009[]
The festival was held on 17 and 18 July 2009.
Line-up[]
| TELE2 stage | Cēsu Alus stage | I Love You stage | Space Dog tent |
| July 17 | |||
| Sons of Noel and Adrian The Tiger Lillies Prāta vētra |
Bedwetters Laime pilnīga Two Door Cinema Club Pete Doherty |
Hospitāļu iela |
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| July 18 | |||
| Instrumenti Ebony Bones The Whip Moby |
Dun Dun The Hobos Dzeltenie Pastnieki Jurga The Leisure Society Sinéad O'Connor |
Satellites LV |
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PositivusAB 2008[]
The festival was held from 18 to 19 July 2008. It was attended by approximately 18,000 people.
Stages[]
- AB Stage – where all 4 headliners as well as others performed
- TELE2 Stage – where the majority of the bands performed
- Shark dance tent – was open during the night
- Mamma Daba Kušš Tuss tent – a minor stage featuring musical, literary and theatrical performances
Line-up[]
| AB Stage | TELE2 Stage | Shark dance tent | |
| July 18 | |||
| I'm From Barcelona Travis Manic Street Preachers |
Mitsoura Satellites LV |
Timo Maas | |
| July 19 | |||
Gustavo Fatboy Slim |
My Federation British Sea Power |
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PositivusAB 2007[]
It was the first PositivusAB festival. The festival was held from 27 to 28 July 2007.
Line-up[]
| AB stage | BBC stage |
| July 27 | |
Brett Anderson Mumiy Troll |
Backflow Malcolm McLaren Badly Drawn Boy |
| July 28 | |
DJ Lethal The Concretes Stereophonics James |
Satellites LV Tribes of the City Hospitāļu iela The Sun |
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "Positivus Festival headliner announced - A$AP Rocky". Best of Baltic Entertainment Ltd.
- ^ eng.lsm.lv; Leitholde, Aiga; LSM autore (26 June 2019). "July is festival month in Latvia!". eng.lsm.lv. Latvian Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ Brikmane, Zane (26 July 2019). "Sācies 13. "Positivus" festivāls". LSM.lv (in Latvian). Latvian Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
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