ABOUT POSITIVUS FESTIVAL
The largest festival in the emerging Baltic countries, music and art festival Positivus, bestows a delicious mix of musical genres and an inimitable atmosphere upon 30’000 that pass through its gates every year. By focusing on the details and inviting more foreign bands, especially promising new acts from all around the world, Positivus festival has been able to keep its unique charm and the special atmosphere for everyone to enjoy the music and art.
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 Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics, Moby, Fatboy Slim, Travis, James, Malcom McLaren, Peter Doherty, British Sea Power, Sinead O’Connor, Badly Drawn Boy, The Tiger Lillies, The Whip, The Leisure Society, Sons of Noel and Adrian, Ebony Bones, Two Door Cinema Club and many more.
