Central Hostel recommends:

Every day at 12:00 Eat Riga Free Tour –

from Saint Peter’s church - 3 hour alternative walking tour to discover the real Riga.

Ice skating in Old Town Between Kaļķu and Tirgoņu streets. If you have your skates with you it is for free. Skate rent 2LVL for hour.

More information about culture events in Latvia you can find in kultura.lv

08.03. Monday:

Ice skating in Old Town Between Kaļķu and Tirgoņu streets. If you have your skates with you it is for free. Skate rent 2LVL for hour.

Forum Cinemas – On Mondays watch James Cameron’s masterpiece “Avatar”, Martin Scorsese’s „Shutter Island”, Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” and many other movies only for 1.99LVL till 18:00 (movies in 3D – 2.69LVL), 2.99LVL – after 18:00 (movies in 3D – 3.99LVL)!

09.03. Tuesday:

Riga City Exhibition Hall "Riga Art Space" The exhibition, titled "Māris Subačs. New Works and Retrospective", presents a large number of latest drawings (2008-2010) by Subačs, that deal with theological, psychological and sociopolitical matters. Also on display - Subačs' watercolors, ink and wash, linocuts that were created over a period of more than twenty years.

Gallery “LMS” - “Kingdom’s Gospel”- a solo exhibition - a dialogue with the community on Christian values. Textile art by Baiba Osīte.

Riga Congress Centre 19:30 the venue for the world rhythm sensation "Stomp", last seen in Riga in 2007.

10.03. Wednesday:

Club Depo – 21:00 “Keira is You” (alternative / indie / postrock; PL), “Mala” (LV), “Parára” (LV). Entrance free.

The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia hosts an exhibition focusing on the Ukrainian nationalist partisan army or the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, which fought against Nazi Germany and Soviet Union in 1940s and 1950s.

Great Guild 19:00 Great Guild Hall presents pianist Dang Thai Son from Vietnam.
On the bill - Frederik Chopin's "Three Mazurkas op.50", "Sonata No.3", "24 Preludes" and more.

11.03. Thursday:

Latvian National Opera House Main Hall 19:00 “Werther”. The French composer Jules Massenet turned the novel into an opera in 1887. The world premiere of Werther in Vienna in 1892 was an enormous success. The music is extremely romantic, emotional, passionate, and packed with beautiful, rich melodies. It is considered one of the finest accomplishments of French opera and performed regularly at the world's greatest opera houses. Werther was first staged in Riga 1899. Werther is desperately in love with the beautiful Charlotte who returns his feelings but, obliged by a promise she made to her dying mother, marries another man - and drives Werther into suicide. Conductor: Modestas Pitrenas, Stage Director: Andrejs Žagars.

Exhibition Hall "Arsenāls" of Latvian National Museum of Art a (nearly) 50 year retrospective of the career of painter Edvards Grūbe. In tandem with the many works on display - a 2002 documentary from director Olafs Okunovs and screenwriter Laima Slava about the artist and his spouse Inta Celmiņa, and a book (in Latvian and English) "Edvards Grūbe", released by "Neputns".

Riga Congress Centre 19:00 the venue for the world rhythm sensation "Stomp", last seen in Riga in 2007.

12.03. Friday:

Club Depo – 21:00 – Accidental Deejays (Shurez, Shplint, Metaphor, Kreazot, Maxim, Perepeliza, Andrey Detochkin) – Techno, Breaks, Dubstep etc.

Riga Art Gallery Exhibition "The Glass Bead Game". Exhibition of works by Ilmārs Blumbergs at the Riga Gallery. Blumbergs has always been fascinated by the subject of the "unbearable lightness" of human existence and explores the theme in all of his works: stage design, book illustatrions, graphics.

Gallery “Supernova” Art exhibit "Och livet stod bredvid /And life stood at the side" - an installation by Sandra Norrbin (Norway).

Riga Congress Centre 17:30, 21:00 the venue for the world rhythm sensation "Stomp", last seen in Riga in 2007.

Great Guild 19:30 "Sinfonietta Rīga" and pianist Diāna Ketlere. Great Guild Hall in Old Town Riga is the venue for a concert starring the chamber orchestra "Sinfonietta Rīga" and pianist Diāna Ketlere. Normunds Šnē is the conductor.

Latvian Society House 19:00 "Latvia's New Music Days" double concert - "Apmātie" ("Obsessed") starring the vocal ensemble "Putni", ensemble "Altera Veritas", Ieva Parša (mezzo soprano), Kristaps Pētersons (double bass) and Ivars Bezprozvanovs (cello). Music by Indra Riše, Juris Ābols, Santa Ratniece, Kristaps Pētersons, Romualds Kalsons and Marģeris Zariņš. Organized by the Latvian Composers' Union, "Latvia's New Music Days" are being held for the third year. Each year the festival focuses on one music luminary, and this time it's composer/writer Marģeris Zariņš.

13.03. Saturday:

Latvian Sports Museum a tribute exhibition on the participation of Latvian athletes in the Winter Olympics since 1924.This year in Vancouver, Latvians will compete in nine events.

State Museum of Art  presents a major French Impressionism exposition for the first time in Riga - “Peindre en Normandie” - 60 paintings selected by Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille Director Alain Tapié, including works by such masters as Monet, Courbet, Corot, Daubigny and Vuillard. "Painted in Normandy" is being presented by the association "Les Flux des Arts", the Embassy of France and the French Culture Center in Riga. The origins of “Peindre en Normandie” date back to 1992 when the Lower Normandy Regional Council began to collect paintings from the years 1750 to 1950.

Museum of Foreign Art The Time of Rodin - The exhibition has been created on the basis of the French art collection of the Museum of Foreign Art. The works have been selected within the timeframe of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, respectively, the lifetime of the prominent French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917).

Riga Congress Centre 16:30, 20:00 the venue for the world rhythm sensation "Stomp", last seen in Riga in 2007.

Spikeri Concert Hall 19:30 In Riga's Spikeri Concert Hall, a concert titled "Spīķeri Jazz".

14.03. Sunday:

Latvian National Opera House Main Hall 19:00 Guiseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata”. This production of La Traviata takes place in Paris after the 2nd World War. This is the time when people tried to forget the death, blood and losses, to heal the recent wounds and to enjoy life with a great ardor once again. The impossible, beautiful love story of the courtesan Violetta and her impassioned suitor, Alfredo; resplendent balls and intimate meetings; unforgettable melodies and waltz rhythms - these are the elements that comprise Verdi's most popular work, which features the dream roles of every soprano and tenor. Conductor: Normunds Vaicis, Atvars Lakstīgala; Director: Andrejs Žagars.

State Museum of Art Exhibition "Painted in the Baltics. Studies" The Latvian National Museum of Art hosts an exhibition titled "Painted in the Baltics. Studies", that is shown in tandem with a major French Impressionism exposition “Peindre en Normandie”. "Painted in the Baltics. Studies" offers just a small part of paintings from the National Museum of Art collection, mostly landscape art showing many beautiful locations in spring, summer and fall.

15.03. Monday:

Ice skating in Old Town Between Kaļķu and Tirgoņu streets. If you have your skates with you it is for free. Skate rent 2LVL for hour.

Forum Cinemas – On Mondays watch James Cameron’s masterpiece “Avatar”, Martin Scorsese’s „Shutter Island”, Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” and many other movies only for 1.99LVL till 18:00 (movies in 3D – 2.69LVL), 2.99LVL – after 18:00 (movies in 3D – 3.99LVL)!

16.03. Tuesday:

Club Hamlets 21:00. Jolanta Gulbe and “Riga Groove Electro” (LV) – Brazilian and African themes in jazz and funk sounds.

Ethnographic Open-air museum Latvian Ethnographic Open-air Museum presents paintings, water colors and ceramics by students and 2009 graduates of the Valka School of Art. Also on display, items from the Valka Regional Research Museum's permanent collection.