This summer, the country music festival “Country Iecava” will be held for the first time in Iecava. Visitors to the event are waiting for the performance of various country music performers, activities for the whole family, as well as a Christmas ball, Armands Rutkovskis, cultural project manager at the Iecava House of Culture informed the portal.
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He revealed that the groups “Dakota”, “The Farmers”, “Sestā Judze”, “Klaidonis” will be on the stage on the stage of Iecava Park, and local country music musicians: Aivars Birzmalis and the two Patricijas on appeared on July 27. Spales and Anna Patricijas Kareles perform. Various performances by line dancers are also expected.
A. Rutkovskis said that the visitors of the event will have several entertainment options for children and adults, a holiday market, and at the end of the holiday there will be a ball in a rural setting.
The price of the ticket when buying in advance is set at 20 euros, and if you buy a ticket on the day of the event, the entrance fee will be 25 euros. Children up to the age of 7 (inclusive), as well as children with disabilities and the person accompanying the child do not have to pay for the ticket.
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A 20% discount is given to card holders of Bauskas district residents, when buying a ticket at the “Biļešu paradīze” box office, as well as on the Internet, by indicating the resident’s card number next to the discount code. A. Rutkovskis notes that each person with a Bauska county resident card can only purchase one ticket with a discount.
In the meantime, residents are wondering where the “Country Bauska” festival went? “It was a popular event every summer, we don’t need the “Bauska TASTE” festival, but we want the country music festival to return to the city for several days, ”said the letters to “Bauska Dzīvei”.
In 2022, the “Country Bauska” festival would be held for the 22nd time. It was planned to hear musicians such as Jessica Lynn (USA), Doug Adkins (USA), Creedence Tribute (LT), Shota Adamashvili (GE), as well as popular artists in Latvia like “Klaidonis”, “Dakota”, “Sestā Judze”, The Rolltones, and others. However, taking into account the situation that has developed after the long-term pandemic and the restrictions that followed, as well as the position of the festival’s cooperation partners regarding what taking place in Ukraine, the organizers of the festival decided to cancel the event.
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Mārtiņš Jātnieks, musician, producer of the festival “Country Bauska”, admitted to “Bauskas Dzīvei” that it is a pleasure to hear that people want to return to the country. “But it’s not that easy because it all requires a lot of funding! Of course, we think about what we will do every year, but we are not promising anything right now. There definitely won’t be an event this year!” confirmed M. Jātnieks.
For many years, it was Mārtiņš Ruža who organized the folk music festival. He revealed that he recently spoke to a culture-related member of the Bauska County Council, to whom he expressed the idea that the festival “Bauska Country” could be renewed. He was told that the procedure was known and that he had to do it himself.
“Unfortunately, I have become too confident and, in my opinion, the town should take the first step, because six years ago, despite the fact that the festival was at its peak, I was pushed aside in favor of the people near the town. the council of that time.
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The festival’s biggest problem over the years is the unpredictable flow of visitors. With the idea of the 20th country music festival, there were ideas to change the format a little and update it to attract younger listeners and visitors from the nearest foreign countries, but it was not possible to make it happen.
Another big problem is the lack of sponsors. If the big events 10-15 years ago were the ones that the advertiser could talk to the audience, now it can be done very effectively on the Internet for less money . This will also affect ticket prices.
There have been attempts to organize folk music festivals elsewhere, but Bauska has traditions, aura and atmosphere that cannot be found anywhere else,” said M. Ruža.
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When asked if he would be ready to bring back the festival, M. Ruža admits that he could do it, but, in his opinion, the initiative should come from the Bauska County Council and sit at the bargaining board as equal partners.
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2024-04-18 04:15:14
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