Positivus Festival 2012 ticket sales open already this Wednesday, November 23rd. Only for the first two days, the ticket price will be EUR 36.00. Tickets will be available on tickets.positivusfestival.com, Pilletlevi (EE) and Bilietu Pasaulis (LT). Payment methods available on tickets.positivusfestival.com are credit and debet cards

Starting from November 25th, ticket price will increase to EUR 41.50 (two day ticket without a camping place) and EUR 46.50 (two day ticket with a camping place).

More information on www.positivusfestival.com

Valsts policija un festivāla apsardze sadarbībā ar pasākuma organizatoriem visu festivāla laiku sekos līdzi tā norisei, novēršot likumpārkāpumus. Policija aicina festivāla apmeklētājus nepārkāpt likumu, nebojājot svētkus nedz sev, nedz citiem, savukārt mēs vēlamies sniegt dažus praktiskus ieteikumus.

Ceļā uz festivālu:

• Esiet gatavi mainīgiem laika apstākļiem un izvēlieties apģērbu atbilstoši nedēļas nogales laika prognozei. Lietus prognozes gadījumā iesakām paņemt līdzi gumijas zābakus un lietusmēteļus. (Lietussargus teritorijā ienest aizliegts!).
• Pirms došanās ceļā pārliecinieties, lai transportlīdzeklis ir braukšanas kārtībā. Pārbaudiet riepas, gaismas, neaizmirstiet rezerves riepu u.tml.
• Neatstājiet automašīnā lietas, kas nav nepieciešamas festivālā. Parūpējieties, lai jūsu auto nepiesaistītu garnadžu uzmanību.
• Dodieties ceļā savlaicīgi, lai izvairītos no transportlīdzekļu sastrēgumiem. Tuvojoties festivāla norises vietai, sekojiet organizatoru izvietotajām norādēm, lai nokļūtu autostāvvietā un telšu pilsētiņā. Autostāvvieta šogad atradīsies tālāk no telšu pilsētiņas nekā iepriekšējos gadus!
• Ielas ap festivāla teritoriju var būt slēgtas. Automašīnas atļauts novietot tikai festivāla izveidotajā stāvvietā un ielās ap teritoriju, kur tas nav aizliegts. Speciālajās autostāvvietās nepieciešamas festivāla organizatoru izsniegtās caurlaides.

Ierodoties festivālā:

• Novietojiet transportlīdzekli tikai iezīmētajā teritorijā, ievērojot autostāvvietas darbinieku norādījumus. Maksa par autostāvvietu ir Ls 2, un tiks iekasēta par katru iebraukšanas reizi, neatkarīgi no stāvvietā pavadīto stundu vai diennakšu skaita.
• Autostāvvietā drošības apsvērumu dēļ stingri aizliegts uzsliet teltis.
• Kemperus, kam nepieciešams elektrības pieslēgums, iespējams novietot tam speciāli paredzētās vietās Telšu pilsētiņā. Maksa Ls 15.
• Neatstājiet automašīnā dokumentus, naudu un citas vērtīgas lietas. Pārliecinieties, ka automašīna ir aizslēgta.
• Lai nakšņotu telšu pilsētiņā, katram telts iemītniekam ir jāiegādājas sava ieejas biļete. Cena Ls 4.50 noteikta par cilvēku nevis telti. Par atsevišķu samaksu telšu pilsētiņā būs pieejama arī duša.
• Iezīmējiet savu telts vietu, lai būtu vieglāk to atrast diennakts tumšajā laikā.
• Telšu pilsētiņa tiks apsargāta, taču organizatori neuzņemas atbildību par telšu pilsētiņā atstātajām mantām, par to nozaudēšanu vai sabojāšanu. Neatstājiet teltīs vērtīgas lietas.
• Ierodoties telšu pilsētiņā, paņemiet atkritumu maisu saviem atkritumiem, lai nepiesārņotu dabu.

Biļešu kontrole:

• Pirms ieejas festivāla teritorijā apmeklētāju biļetes tiks skanētas īpaši izveidotās check-in teltīs, kur noskanētās biļetes tiks apmainītas pret festivāla ieejas aprocēm. Check-in teltīs tiks skanētas gan elektroniskās, gan parastās ieejas biļetes, kā arī ielūgumi.
• Skanēšanas jeb check-in teltis atradīsies pie abām ieejām festivāla teritorijā un pie ieejas Merrild telšu pilsētiņā, kur, noskanējot festivāla biļeti un telšu pilsētiņas biļeti, apmeklētāji saņems gan festivāla, gan telšu pilsētiņas aproci.
• Aproces nozaudēšanas vai sabojāšanas gadījumā jāpērk jauna festivāla ieejas biļete.
• Festivāla rīkotāji aicina neiegādāties biļetes vai ielūgumus “no rokas”. Īpaši bīstami ir iegādāties elektroniskās biļetes, jo tās ir viegli pavairot. Pateicoties ļoti stingrai skanēšanas sistēmai, ieeja festivāla teritorijā ar viltotām biļetēm nebūs iespējama.
• Bērniem līdz 10 gadu vecumam (un ieskaitot) ieeja festivālā kopā ar pieaugušo, kam ir derīga festivāla biļete, ir bez maksas. Bērnus no 3 gadu vecuma varēs atstāt "Bērnu pilsētiņā". Maksa Ls 4 uz visu festivāla laiku.

Festivāla teritorijā aizliegts ienest:

• profesionālo video tehniku un fototehniku (t.i., kameras ar maināmiem foto objektīviem);
• lietussargus;
• ieročus, sprāgstvielas un citus priekšmetus, kas var apdraudēt pārējo apmeklētāju ērtības vai drošību (piemēram, nažus, gāzes baloniņus, stikla priekšmetus u.tml.);
• narkotikas;
• pārtikas produktus, alkoholiskos un bezalkoholiskos dzērienus;
• lielgabarīta priekšmetus;
• mājdzīvniekus.

Festivāla norises laikā:

• Noglabājiet naudas maku drošā vietā. Vietās, kur apgrozās daudz ļaužu, mēdz rosīties garnadži. Visbiežāk nauda, dokumenti un citas vērtības tiek pazaudētas pūlī pie skatuves.
• Festivāla laikā atrastās mantas iespējams nodot un meklēt festivāla informācijas centrā, kas atrodas teltī netālu no galvenās ieejas festivāla teritorijā.
• Festivāla teritorijā un telšu pilsētiņā aizliegts lietot narkotikas. Personas, kas tiks turētas aizdomās par narkotiku lietošanu, glabāšanu un/vai izplatīšanu tiks aizturētas. Atgādinām, ka par narkotisko vielu nelegālu glabāšanu, lietošanu un izplatīšanu var tikt ierosināts kriminālprocess.
• Ja festivāla norises vietā nepieciešama kārtības sargu palīdzība, aicinām vērsties pie festivāla drošības dienesta (apsardzes) vai teritorijā patrulējošajiem policijas pārstāvjiem.
• Turieties kopā ar draugiem un neklīstiet apkārt vieni paši diennakts tumšajā laikā.
• Tumšajā diennakts laikā jūrā peldēties aizliegts.

Dodoties mājup:

• Pārliecinieties, vai neesat aizmirsuši savas mantas telšu pilsētiņā vai autostāvvietā.
• Pazaudētās mantas pēc festivāla noteiktu laiku būs pieejamas pie organizatoriem. Sūtiet e-pastu uz adresi info@positivus.com, aprakstot pazudušo lietu.
• Pārliecinieties, ka transportlīdzeklis ir braukšanas kārtībā. Notīriet vējstiklu labākai redzamībai, ja tas ir noputējis.
• Nebrauciet mājās, ja esat esat noguruši vai esat apreibinošo vielu ietekmē. Risks nav tā vērts!
• Atpakaļceļā no festivāla iespējami transportlīdzekļu sastrēgumi. Esiet pacietīgi un izvairieties no agresīvas braukšanas, neradot traucējumus citiem ceļu satiksmes dalībniekiem.

Merrild telšu pilsētiņa apmeklētājiem būs atvērta no ceturtdienas, 14. jūlija, plkst.17:00.

Festivāla teritorija apmeklētājiem būs atvērta no piektdienas, 15. jūlija plkst.12:00.

LAI MUMS VISIEM LIELISKS FESTIVĀLS!

The visitors of this year’s Positivus`11 festival are going to be pleased to discover that Nordea has provided them an easy access to funds – two ATMs of Nordea will be available to public throughout the event. One of them will be located within the confines of the festival venue, the other – outside it.

• Customers of any banks can use Nordea ATM.

• Charges are defined by card issuuing bank. Go to your banks web page (price list) and see what they charge for cash withdraws from ATM in a foreign country. 
For Nordea customers in Baltics it is free of charge (only DEBETcards) (Nordea in Baltics are have common network). 

• Cash can be withdrawn only in Latvian lats. 

• Please note, that ATMs accept DEBETcards and CREDITcards. However when using creditcard there are alwyas rather high charges. ATMs are mostly used for debetcards (commonly salary account).

The organizer of Positivus festival Ģirts Majors comments the fact, “Having ATMs within the territory of the festival is going to be one of the most positive surprises, as it is not an infrequent thing that you find yourself running out of the cash taken along faster than expected. This practice is a novelty for Latvia, but already being used in the most popular European festivals, so that the visitors would not have to worry where to dig up cash. Together with Nordea, we take this to a new level for us.”

Nordea Head of Retail Jana Strogonova reveals, “The idea of setting up an ATM for Positivus festival occurred to us last year already. We are happy that we managed to make it come true and get even closer to our customers and visitors of the event. The nearly seven metre tall ATM structure will be the peak point on the main street – what we are going to provide is not merely an ATM featuring the traditional functions, it also will be a convenient and visible meeting spot.”

We would like you to be reminded that you can still obtain entry tickets to Positivus`11 in Nordea ATMs, and at a good price, besides. Festival tickets will also be available on spot, during the event. By now, each day we see a number of tickets being bought via Nordea ATMs. This service is available to customers of any bank without an extra commission fee being charged.

During this year, Nordea has considerably expanded its ATM network. Nearly 400 ATMs are available to Nordea customers in Latvia, in Riga as well as in rural regions.

Create a unique, unusual and comfortable chair, take part in the competition and go to the most positive event of this summer – Positivus Festival. The British Council and Positivus will give away free tickets to the festival up to 30 best designers of an “unusual” chair.

Participants of this competition must use only eco-friendly and recycled materials, for example, recycled PET bottles, pallets, tyres or old furniture. The chair must hold an adult's weight, however, considering a flight of imagination, there are some restrictions: the chair’s weight must not exceed 10 kg. Furthermore, it should be a handmade work, because simply painted chair will be disqualified. More information about the competition rules and regulations can be found on the British Council Creative and Cultural Economy homepage www.creativeeconomy.lv

“In the sheds and garages there are a lot of interesting and unusual things, which “waits” for their appearance on the big Positivus stage! Last year we had a great experience in organising the tent contest, therefore this year together with Positivus Festival we organise the contest which is available for everybody who has a creative imagination and skilful hands! The competition winners will get the tickets to Positivus Festival and have the possibility to take part in a creative workshop with British designers and young entrepreneurs Nick Rawcliffe from Rawstudio and Adam Fairweather from Re-Worked. British designers will create various objects of art from used at the festival PET bottles and glasses," – said Maija Udre, Young Creative Entrepreneurs program manager (the British Council Latvia).

Moreover, near the British Council’s tent and the festival entrance everybody will be able to get British groups’ song’s lyrics, which will be performing at the festival. The main aim of this activity is to popularize the free English language learning resource on the Internet from the British Council - LearnEnglish.

Finally, the poets from Latvia and the United Kingdom will be performing urban poetry slam for all visitors of the festival. Urban poetry slam is a competition at which poets read or recite their original work. After that these performances are judged by audience which chooses a winner. This competition distinguishes from others by the fact that poets are evaluated by their original work as well as their performance.

Scratch Perverts, one of the world's most progressive DJ collectives, will headline Saturday night on Red Bull Music Academy stage at Positivus Festival. Other acts who join Red Bull Music Academy stage Saturday line-up are Big Sensation (Finland), Innocent Sorcerers (Poland), Sander / Busta / DJ SIN (Estonia), Renegades of Bump (Lithuania), Mario & Vidis feat. Jazzu Live (Lithuania) and Crystral Sound System (Latvia).
 

Austra, Glasser and King Charles are set to play on the two main stages of the festival on Saturday, July 16th. They join Editors, James, Hurts and many more on the line-up for the two-day festival.

Austra is a three-piece from Canada. Band leader Katie Stelmanis, part-Latvian, part-Canadian, is a classically trained musician with a tendency to use her mainly electronic compositions for neo-operatic flights of vocal fancy. Feel It Break, Austra's long-anticipated debut album, written primarily by Stelmanis and mixed by Damian Taylor (Björk, The Prodigy, UNKLE) was just released this week on May 17.

Glasser is the recording and stage name of the American singer songwriter Cameron Mesirow. Her experimental music blends densely layered electronic sounds with various acoustic instruments and her angelic voice. She is often compared with artists like Fever Ray, Björk, Bat for Lashes and Florence + the Machine.

Gloriously psychedelic and exploding with vibrant sounds King Charles can be alt folk to up-beat psyche-rock with a frequent nod to Africa. His songs contain striking lyrical prose that make them stand out from the crowd mostly dealing with universal themes such as love and sacrifice without sounding trite.

James, Editors, Beach House and Hurts are all confirmed to play at the fifth edition of Positivus Festival – largest music festival in the Baltics. The line-up this year also includes OK Go, Chapel Club, Tunng, Fanfarlo, The Kissaway Trail, and many more are yet to be announced.

Set amid the beautiful landscape of coastal town Salacgriva, northern Latvia, the Positivus music and art festival is the largest of its kind in the emerging Baltic states. Positivus Festival has maintained the unique charm generated right from its first year and keeps delivering an eclectic mix of musical genres and an inimitable atmosphere to the 20,000 festival goers passing through its gates each day.

The long summer nights all but guarantee plentiful sun, whilst the festival's location complete with a beach and lush woodland ensures a lungful or two of fresh Nordic air to go with the sunny spells. Those tired out by the music and entertainment can hide away in the sand dunes, take a nap in hammocks slung between the pine trees, or have a splash in the Baltic Sea.

Positivus Festival offers a diverse program on two main stages, the Red Bull Music Academy Dance Marquee and the “I Love You” Stage with local and Baltic independent acts, a Theatre and Literature Stage, the Body and Soul Area, Beach Stage, Cinema Tent and numerous indie market stands with handmade art, fashion and vintage as well. The festival camping site offers complimentary coffee.

In 2009 Positivus was a finalist in the Best Overseas Festival category in the UK Festival Awards. Previous headliners and artists include Muse, Scissor Sisters, Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics, Moby, Fatboy Slim, Travis, Malcolm 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.

Positivus Festival 2011 tickets are on sale now priced at only 52 Euro for a two-day pass (including camping). Tickets are available online at www.seetickets.com

The festival is accessible from all of Europe via Riga International Airport, only 120 km away on the Via Baltica highway (E67). The festival site is close to the Estonian border – only 70 km south of Estonia's liveliest summer resort town, Pärnu. The Estonian capital Tallinn is 200 km away.

All confirmed Positivus Festival 2011 acts so far:

Editors | James | Hurts | Beach House | Alcoholic Faith Mission | Alina Orlova | Auļi | Chapel Club | Dzelzs Vilks | Ewert And The Two Dragons | Fanfarlo | Gustavo | Iiris | OK Go | Satellites LV | The Kissaway Trail | Tunng |
 

 From October 4, tickets to Positivus Festival 2011 are available in all three Baltic states. Only for three days they are on sale for the lowest possible price - 24 LVL (27,50 LVL with camping) for two day ticket. Later the festival tickets will cost 29 LVL (32,50 LVL with camping) and after the announcement of the festival artists the cost will rise again. 

Positivus Festival 2011 will take place on July 15th-16th in Salacgriva. Tickets will go on sale on Monday, October 4th, and will be available online at www.bilesuserviss.lv. For the first three days only (from October 4th-6th) two day ticket will cost a special price of LVL 24.00. From October 7th the ticket price will be LVL 29.00.

“Next summer we will celebrate the fifth edition of Positivus Festival and we work hard to provide the best festival line-up once again. We cannot announce yet the date when the line-up of Positivus Festival 2011 will be revealed but we are doing our best to make sure it happens as soon as possible,” says Girts Majors, Positivus Festival.

Positivus is the largest music and arts festival in the Baltic countries. Previous line-ups include such acts and artists as MUSE, SCISSOR SISTERS, MOBY, TRAVIS, MANIC STREET PREACHERS, FATBOY SLIM, JAMES, STEREOPHONIC and many more.

Watch movie about Positivus Festival 2010 online:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClPcs6xQJqs
http://www.vimeo.com/15340288

Two day ticket from October 4th-6th will cost LVL 24.00; from October 7th – LVL 29.00. Two day ticket after line-up announcement will cost LVL 33.00. Two day ticket with camping from October 4th-6th will cost LVL 27.50; from October 7th – LVL 32.50. Two day ticket with camping after line-up announcement will cost LVL 36.50. One day tickets will be available later. Buy tickets online at www.bilesuserviss.lv.
 

For the first time at Positivus Festival on July 17th artists from all Baltic States have a chance to measure up themselves in a fascinating competition. 8 teams consisting of 16 talented illustrators, designers, comic and street artists, will compete in an international PAINT CLUB tournament.

Within the interactive tournament artists in teams of two are going to compete against each other for the national title. The national contest consists of some preliminary rounds followed by one final in which the teams are running for the national title. Coloured paint markers and white canvases are the general basics of every tournament. The audience together with the judges will make the decision over victory or defeat. The winner qualifies automatically for the international competition in October in Berlin.

The fascination of the PAINT CLUB arises through the interaction with the audience, the battle between the different teams and through the cooperation and the strategy within the singular teams. The PAINT CLUB will take place in context of significant events of major public interest and offers therefore a first-class forum for the artist and all involved partners.

Official homepage of PAINT CLUB: www.the-paint-club.com

Scissor Sisters return with their third album, Night Work, today on the June 28th! Night Work is a dynamic album with a big heart and some killer dance moves. Scissor Sisters will headline Positivus Festival on July 17.

One of the biggest bands in the UK over the past decade, Scissor Sisters have been hard at work in studios in London, Bahamas and their home town of New York, and are ready to follow up on the phenomenal success of 2006’s #1 album Ta-Dah. That album was the third biggest seller of 2006, selling over 1.4 million copies in the UK alone and producing the single, I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’, also a UK #1.

Night Work is a dance record but it’s not all electronic. You can still hear the sound of a band spinning out together in a rehearsal room. “Night Work is really us boiled down to who we are. It feels quintessentially us,” says Jake Shears. The album was preceded by the lead single Fire With Fire on June 20.

It is the first time Scissor Sisters have worked with another producer; they recruited Stuart Price (The Killers, Madonna) to co-produce.

Happy Mondays were the leaders of the late-'80s/early-'90s dance club-influenced Manchester scene who immersed themselves in the club and rave culture, eventually becoming the most recognizable band of that scene.

The music relied heavily on the sound and rhythm of house music, spiked with '70s soul licks and swirling '60s psychedelia. Happy Mondays were one of the first rock bands to integrate hip-hop techniques into their music. They didn't sample, but they borrowed melodies and lyrics and, in the process, committed rock blasphemy.

With their second album, 1988's Bummed, Happy Mondays became British superstars, particularly Ryder. Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches, released in 1990, marked the height of the band's popularity, creativity, and influence. In 2007, 15 years since their last record, the band (minus about half the original members, including guitarist Mark Day) released their fifth studio album, Uncle Dysfunktional.

Benji B is one of the UK's most respected DJs. Renowned worldwide for his radio shows and club sets alike, he's amassed a fanbase who have come to see him as a leader in the future and soulful music movement, mixing the genres of hip hop, house, soul, funk, dubstep, and more, seamlessly taking his audience from one genre to the next.

For the past seven years he's being doing his own two hour show on BBC 1Xtra playing the latest and greatest music from dubstep and hiphop to house and soul and everything in between while inviting some of the very best artists to the show for interviews and exclusive mixes ranging from Juan Atkins to J Rocc and Dorian Concept to Kode 9.

When 1Xtra launched in 2002 he was asked to present a show on Thursday nights. It soon became essential listening for music fans around the globe. Recently Benji made the move to Sundays and has recently been given an extra hour and will now broadcast from 10 pm until 1 am every Sunday night.

As a DJ it is easier to count the countries Benji hasn't DJ'ed in than the ones he has. Every weekend he is in a different part of the world and is one of the UK's most international specialist DJs, playing regularly in the USA, Japan, the Middle East, Asia and Australia as well as all over Europe.

Alongside his weekly BBC show on 1Xtra Benji has been running his club night Deviation Sessions in the East London's Gramaphone for almost two years. Each month he installs a bespoke soundsystem on which have played the likes of Flying Lotus, J Davey, Martyn and Skream to Moodymann, Dam-Funk and many more. It is now widely regarded as one of the very best club nights in London.

Manchester based Ten Bears are screaming fuzzy guitars and riotous synths. They are the B of the Bang. They are Prince, MGMT, and White Stripes and yet they are not. They are what they are and what they are is FuturePop and FuturePop is Ten Bears!

Despite not even having an album yet, they have played Glastonbury, The Secret Garden Party and this year's SXSW. Their debut single Braces is a perfect example of what they do; feel good up-beat indie synth-pop.

UNKLE will perform on the main stage of Positivus Festival on Friday. With its blend of electronic, hip-hop, dance and rock music UNKLE defies definition. UNKLE albums have featured collaborations with artists such as Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Mike D (Beastie Boys), Jason Newsted (Metallica), Badly Drawn Boy, Richard Ashcroft (The Verve), Ian Brown (The Stone Roses), Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Robert Del Naja (Massive Attack) and many more.

Meanwhile UNKLE have just relased their new album Where Did the Night Fall on May 10. For more information visit www.unkle.com

The line-up for the fourth edition of the festival this year will also include Stornoway, ASIWYFA (And So I Watch You From Afar), The Climbers, Kira Kira and more. For full line-up confirmed up to now please see the list below.

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.

With diverse program on two main festival stages, Red Bull Music Academy dance tent, I Love You stage for local and international independent acts, cinema, theatre and literature stages, Body and Soul area, Beach zone and various other activities, the price of Positivus Festival tickets is only 45 euro for the weekend including camping.