The main spruce from Riga will turn on Sunday

On Sunday 2 December at 5 pm, on the Place du Dôme, the main spruce of the metropolis will light up, informed Delfi to the Riga City Council.

It has already been announced that 50 trees for Riga this year will cost 18,000 euros. The four thin ones will have a height of 14 to 16 meters. These sprues will be placed on the decommissioning track of 11 November at the Technical University of Riga, Rātslaukums, Dome Square and the playground of the sports center located in Krišjāņa Barona iela 116a.

At the Riga City Council, the "energy" company "Enefit" was called "illuminate" lighting Christmas trees by the municipality.

Mayor Nils Ušakovs (S), the Liepāja Call Ensemble Campanella, the children's vocal group "Knips and Knauks", the soloists Sanita Sāne and Gustavs Melbārds, as well as the students of the puppet theater of the Latvian Academy, "The Christmas Tale of a Family", will participate in the ceremony. .

But since 1 December, visitors to the Duomo Square are waiting for the Old Riga Christmas Market, which will allow them to buy folk art, special occasions, various foods and party gifts. During the weekend, various shows will take place.

In addition to the Doma Square market, the Riga City Council will also visit visitors to Līvu Square, the Esplanade, as well as Saturdays and Sundays in the Kalnciems district, where the Christmas markets will be held.

On Sundays, various events are also expected in cultural centers and churches, the council said. The concert of the first advent, with the participation of the orchestra "Riga" and soloists, will sound in the dome of Riga, but that of Riga The listeners of St. Peter's Church are waiting for the concert "Cross the Desert to the Christmas Star ".

In the courtyard of the cultural center "Iļģuciems", there will be a traditional "dwarf procession" in which amateur cultural groups of the cultural center will participate and where the spruce of Iuciems will illuminate. The concert "Mozarts Piano" will take place at the Cultural Center "Mazā Ģilde". Visitors to the cultural castle "Ziemeļblāzma" will be invited to the concert of the choir and the "Halloween Christmas" badtail party.

On Sunday, will begin the concert cycle "Advent Music Festival in Riga", where Karl Kazaks will sing in the Baptist Church of Riga in Riga, but in New St. Riga. Harald Simeon will play at Gertrude's church.