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Virtual queue – what does it mean?
Taking into account the experience of previous holidays, a virtual queue will be introduced for the sale of holiday tickets on the Internet.
The virtual queue means that when the sale starts, every buyer who is on the “Biļešu paradīze” website at that moment is assigned a queue number, and the purchase of tickets can be started, waiting for their turn.
Jānis Ķuzulis, chairman of the board of “Biļešu paradīzes”, explained to LTV “Rīta Panorāmā”:
“No one has to do anything special. The only step to be taken is to come to the “Ticket Paradise” page shortly before 10:00 AM.
It will be quite enough if it is 9.50 or 9.45 – you will enter the “Ticket Paradise” page, the ticket “waiting room” will welcome you. All users will be exactly the same. No one will have any advantage in relation to how early he has come. Therefore, it is not necessary to come to “Bilešu Paradis” neither today nor on Sunday evening. We enter shortly before the trade, and there everything will be said and written in advance, there should not be any misunderstandings, difficulties.”
Virtual waiting room – the view that the user will see when visiting the “Biļešu paradīze” website before the start of ticket sales.
“Each buyer will see his or her queue number, how many buyers are still ahead and a dynamically changing time, which is the computer’s forecast, how long it might take until the buyer himself gets to the system to buy tickets. Here, however, it should be taken into account that it is very much depends on how fast the buyers themselves act,” explained Ķuzulis.
Virtual Queue – the view the user will see when ticket sales have started.
The user must be sure of his Internet connection – in case it breaks, he will have to enter the virtual queue again. Kuzulis also bit:
“The main wisdom is to enter the page and do nothing – don’t leave, don’t click a hundred times, it makes no sense, because the page will be renewed automatically, there will be no benefits from clicking it.”
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Tickets will go on sale gradually
Ticket prices for festive events will range from 5 to 100 euros.
The start of ticket sales for holiday paid events will take place gradually, giving interested parties the opportunity to buy tickets for concerts of various sectors in the online store.
In the first week of ticket sales, it will be held online only.
From May 15 it will be possible to buy tickets online for 15 events: sacred music concert, conductors’ choir concert “Conductor”, seats in the tribune during the holiday procession, opening concert of the holiday, vocal ensembles’ contemporary music concert “Skaņu portreti”, vocal ensembles’ spiritual music concert “God. Nature. Cilvēks”, children’s and youth vocal ensembles’ concert “I want to tell you something”, brass band concert “Laiks iet pāri” and brass band’s Latvian music concert “Partitūra svetkiem”, wooden music concert “Laika upe” and night concerts – “Gardens of Light” ” and “Night song”, minority group concert “Songs of the Sun on canvas”, vocal symphonic music concert “Shūpulis”, folk costume show “Mēnesnāki” and folk music concert “Trejdeviņi spēlmanīši”.
From May 17 tickets for dance concerts will be available to buyers in online sales: the big concert “Balts” in Arena Riga and the big performance “Eternal Engine” in Daugava Stadium.
From May 19 tickets for the choir’s big concert “Tīrums” and its dress rehearsal, the final concert “Kopā upsup” and its dress rehearsal, as well as the sing-along night will be available for sale on the Internet (the holders of tickets for the final concert do not need to buy separate tickets).
From May 22 tickets will also be available at the box office, and it will also be possible to redeem tickets in a previous reservation.
Jānis Ķuzulis, chairman of the board of “Biļešu paradīze”, told LTV –
it should be expected that, most likely, tickets for the most popular events will be purchased online and therefore may not be available at the box office.
From June 12 will be able to redeem the tickets applied for in the previous reservation, which will not be redeemed.
Ticket Policy
A maximum of four tickets for one event can be purchased at one time of purchase. In total, one buyer will be able to buy 20 tickets for various events in one purchase.
All pre-booked tickets that will not be redeemed will go on public sale on June 12.
In cooperation with the Society Integration Fund, large families with Latvian Honorary Family Certificates were given the opportunity to apply for tickets in the previous reservation for a number of tickets greater than 4.
Song festival – also without tickets
The public media – Latvian Television (LTV), Latvian Radio (LR) and LSM.lv – from June 30 to July 9 will broadcast the events of the Song and Dance Festival in abundance. Every user of television, radio and internet platforms will have the opportunity to follow the ambitious cultural event, being a part of it.
On July 1 from 10 a.m. LTV7, LSM and LR3 – choir competition “Choir Wars”, where the final competition of Latvia’s best amateur choirs will take place in the categories of mixed, men’s, women’s and senior choirs. The performance of the participants will be evaluated by an international jury. Traditionally, the results of the competition are announced immediately after the competition, in the presence of all participants and causing unforgettable emotions.
On July 2 at 10:00 a.m. LTV1, LSM and LR1 – procession of the participants of the festival “Province of the Regions”. The participants’ procession is an integral part of the holiday tradition, which winds like a river along the main Riga street, starting at the Freedom Monument and ending at the Daile Theater. The splendor of folk costumes, cheers and the joy of meeting will merge together. In the evening at 21.00 LTV1, LSM, LR1 and LR2 will broadcast the opening concert – it will open doors and gates this year, celebrating maturity and the empowering code that has allowed step by step, voice by voice to come together again and say – this is who we are, what we can and want.
On July 3 at 21.00 LTV1, LSM and LR3 – conductor’s choir concert “Conductor”. A concert will take place in Mežapark’s Kokaru hall, in which choir conductors from all over Latvia will participate, playing only the repertoire chosen by the concert participants themselves. The concert is planned in two parts, revealing both the repertoire of homogeneous choirs and the opus of double choirs and mixed choirs, as well as outlining the vision of the future Song Festival.
On July 5 at 21.00 LTV1, LSM and LR3 – brass band concert “Time passes”. The concert is designed as a story of the masculinity and growing up of the Latvian people – from the shepherd’s table, the archer’s songs and the soldier’s majesty to the eeriness at parties and deep emotionality at the turns of the ages. All Latvian amateur brass bands, soloists, folk and contemporary dancers will take part in the concert.
On July 6, at 8 p.m., LTV1, LSM and LR3 will host a big concert of choirs “Tīrums. Song path”. In Mežaparka Sidraba birzī, a folk song will be highlighted as the beginning of the choir’s singing. Kopkoris will perform folk song covers and original compositions inspired by folk songs, its sound will play an important role the chapel for singing. The grand concert program includes both the legacy of previous Song Festivals and compositions that artistically vividly express Latvian identity, freedom of the people, respect for the heritage of ancestors, the search for the spiritual field and revelations of the future.
On July 9 at 19.30 LTV1, LSM, LR3 and LR4 – final concert “Together Up”, which will be a tribute to 150 years of the Song Festival tradition and a wish for a common and bright tomorrow for all of us. Mixed choirs, women’s, men’s, seniors’, children’s and youth choirs, brass bands and woodwind ensembles will perform in the Sidrab forest of Mežapark, under the guidance of experienced chief conductors and honorary chief conductors. The colors of the regions of Latvia will be seen in newly created music suites and dance performances. The 15 favorite choral songs chosen by the choristers themselves will also be performed in the concert, the diamonds of Latvian choral music will shine in a wide historical spectrum – from the Golden Fund of the Song Festival to the present day, with new works by Lolita Ritmane and Jēkab Jančevskis experiencing their premieres.
There will be public viewing events in the vicinity of Riga
In eight neighborhoods of Riga, every resident will be invited to follow the big concerts and the final concert live for free on the big screen. This will allow everyone to experience the central events of the holiday together and for free. Public viewing will be possible in the territory of the Imanta Cultural Center, Nordeķu Park, Arkadija Park, Pļavnieku Birzī, Strazdumuiža Park in Jugla, Bolderāja Library, Latgale Park and Čiekurkalns Library, but there will also be a festive restaurant on the Esplanade near the Art Museum.
The XXVII General Latvian Song and XVII Dance Festival will be held in Riga from June 30 to July 9, 2023, its main highlight will be the 150th anniversary of the Song Festival tradition. The festival is organized by the Latvian National Culture Center, which is a state institution subordinate to the Ministry of Culture.
2023-05-12 08:32:05
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