A Christmas tree will be lit during the first advent in Riga and the Christmas markets will begin to work.

Before Christmas, from December 1st, the Christmas Market of the Old Town of Riga will take place on Doma Square. It will allow visitors to purchase works of folk art, special occasions, food and holiday gifts. The market will have the opportunity to enjoy the usual seasonal holidays and street food. At the end of the week, "Pieci.lv" DJs, folklore groups, the Riga Dance Club as well as acoustic music performers and music groups will delight visitors to the fair.

In addition to the Dome Square fair, visitors are also welcome to the Liv Square, Esplanade, as well as on Saturdays and Sundays in the Kalnciema district, where the Christmas markets will be held.

On Sunday, holidays will be felt in cultural centers and churches. 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 "dune procession" in which will participate the amateur art collectives of the cultural center and where the spruce of Iļģuciems will be lit. In turn, the concert "Mozart" will take place at the Cultural Center "Mazā Ģilde". Piano ", but the visitors of the castle" North "in the Palace of Culture await the choir and set of badtails" Sing Christmas ".

That day will begin the concert cycle "Advent Music Festival in Riga", during which Karl Kazaks will sing at the Baptist Church Agenskalns of Riga, but at the street New Street Riga. Harald Simeon will play at Gertrude's church.

Enefit, the energy company that has been celebrating for many years the Christmas Eve of the Riga Christmas tree, brings a special mix of energy for the celebration of several holiday spas in the capital, reinforcing the Holiday feeling of every citizen and guest of the city.