ABOUT POSITIVUS FESTIVAL
The Positivus music and art festival, the largest of its kind in emerging Baltic states, delivers an eclectic mix of musical genres and an inimitable atmosphere to the 20 000+ festival goers passing through its gates each day.
Positivus Festival is a budding attraction to locals and Europeans alike. Festival site in Salacgriva, Northern Latvia, is accessible from all Europe via Riga International Airport, only 120 km away. The breathtaking scenery of the festival’s location, set in the woods next to the beach of a beautiful coastal town together with a friendly and open crowd makes it a different experience even for experienced festival-goers. Positivus Festival 2009 was voted into the finals of UK Festival Awards as the Best Overseas Festival.
Previous headliners and artists of Positivus Festival include
2011: JAMES (UK), EDITORS (UK), HURTS (UK), ROYKSOPP (NO), MARK RONSON & BUSINESS INTL., BEACH HOUSE (US), GASLAMP KILLER (US), SCRATCH PERVERTS (US), PULLED APART BY HORSES (UK), TUNNG (UK), FRANKIE & HEARTSTRINGS (UK), YOAV (IE), GLASSER (US), KING CHARLES (UK), CHAPEL CLUB (UK), ALCOHOLIC FAITH MISSION (DK), GUSTAVO (LV), SATELLITES LV (LV), ALINA ORLOVA (LT) COLOURS OF BUBBLES (LT), HMP? (LV), APARĀTS (LV), IIRIS (EE), EWERT AND THE TWO DRAGONS (EE) and many more
2010: MUSE (UK), HAPPY MONDAYS (UK), UNKLE live (UK), SCISSOR SISTERS(US), ASIWYFA (And So I Watch You From Afar) (IE), ASTRO'N'OUT (LV), AUTUMN OWLS(IE), BAD APPLES (EE), BENJI B (UK), EL MARS (LV), EWERT AND THE TWO DRAGONS (LV), GEMMA (UK), GIULIA Y LOS TELLARINI (ES), HAPPYENDLESS (LT), KIRA KIRA (IS), LADY DAISEY (US/DE), MONA DE BO (LV), POPIDIOT (EE), PRINCE AND CROSBY (LV/US), SATELLITES LV (LV), SHORELINE (UK), SONS OF NOEL AND ADRIAN (UK), SOUNDARCADE (LV), STORNOWAY (UK), TEN BEARS (UK), THE CLIMBERS (UK), THE GIN RIOTS (UK), THE MISERABLE RICH (UK), TRAMPLĪNI (LV), TRIĀNAS PARKS (LV), TRIBES OF THE CITY (LV)
2009: MOBY (US), PRĀTA VĒTRA (LV), SINEAD O'CONNOR (IE), PETER DOHERTY (UK), THE WHIP (UK), EBONY BONES (UK), THE TIGER LILLIES (UK), TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB (UK), THE LEISURE SOCIETY (UK), SONS OF NOEL AND ADRIAN (UK), THE HAPPY ENDINGS (LT), JURGA (LT), INSTRUMENTI (LV), DZELTENIE PASTNIEKI (LV), THE HOBOS (LV)
2008: TRAVIS (UK), MANIC STREAT PREACHERS (UK), FATBOY SLIM (UK), BRITISH SEA POWER (UK), I'M FROM BARCELONA (SWE), MITSOURA (HU), IĻĢI (LV), GORBACHOV (IE), GUSTAVO (LV), MOFO (LV), MY FEDERATION (UK), INOKENTIJS MĀRPLS (LV), PIENVEDĒJA PIEDZĪVOJUMI (LV), MONA DE BO (LV), BOGDAN TARAN (LV), ASTRO’N’OUT (LV), THE BRIEFING (LV), SATELLITESLV (LV), LIVINGSTONS (LV), VOICEKS VOISKA (LV)
2007: JAMES (GBR), STEREOPHONICS (GBR), BRETT ANDERSON (GBR), MUMIY TROLL (RUS), MALCOLM MCLAREN (GBR), BADLY DRAWN BOY (GBR), THE CONCRETES (SWE), DJ LETHAL (USA), MOFO (LAT), GORAN GORA (LAT), SATELLITES LV (LAT), R.A.P. (LAT), S.U.N. (EST), HOSPITĀĻU IELA (LAT), TRIBES OF THE CITY (LAT), S.P.B. (LAT), MARTIN CONFUSED (LAT), SIGMA (LAT), BACKFLOW (LAT), OTRA PUSE (LAT)
