Skaņu Mežs festival 2025

”Arguably the most important experimental music festival in the Baltics” – THE WIRE

After its most successful edition in 2024, Skaņu Mežs festival is announcing the dates for the next edition, Skaņu Mežs 2025 will happen on October 3-4 at Hanzas Perons (16A Hanzas Street).

PROGRAM:
These New Puritans
Joan La Barbara
Shabaka Hutchings & Hamid Drake

Skaņu Mežs will announce further acts in the further months of 2025. In addition to the central concert evenings of October 3 and 4, the festival will also feature a free-entry opening event and a discourse program.

The first confirmed supporters are the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia, Riga municipality and “Valmiermuiža”.
Skaņu Mežs is part of the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary art and sound art project “tekhnē”, both supported by the European Union and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia. SHAPE+ is also supported by Pro Helvetia.