RE RIGA!

RE RIGA! is an international contemporary circus and street art festival taking place annually in August since 2013. In year 2014 RE RIGA! was included in the official programme of Riga – the European Capital of Culture. Since the beginning, the festival has positioned itself as an international meeting point for circus professionals and circus lovers offering to the audience the diversity of the circus and street arts. It is the only contemporary circus and street arts festival of this scale in Latvia and one of the most important in the Baltics.

Over the years, the festival has welcomed circus companies as La Meute (FR), Bram Graafland (NL), Circo EIA (ES), Animal Religion (ES), Cie Defracto (FR), Svalbard (SE), Kalle Nio (FI), Galapiat Cirque (FR), Ricochet (USA), Tripotes la Compagnie (BE), Marina Cherry (SE, BE), Be Flat (BE), Los Galindos (ES), Kapsel (SE), Cie Monad (FR) and many others. RE RIGA! and Rīgas cirks are members of the international networks: Baltic-Nordic Circus Network, Baltic Circus Grassroot Network, Circostrada, Circusnext, Fedec. The festival has made partnerships with Arts Printing House (Lithuania), Circusinfo Finland, other festivals as Miramiro (Belgium), Theater op de Markt (Belgium), Subcase Art Fair (Sweden), Fira Tarrega (Spain), New Circus Weekend (Lithuania), and Epicirq (Estonia).

In 2024 the festival will take place from 13 to 17 August and will mark its 12th edition. The festival is organised by Rīgas cirks, a multifunctional art centre, that since 2017 aims not only at offering important and topical circus performances to an ever-expanding public, but also promotes the development and visibility of the circus industry in the Latvian society in the long term. Rīgas cirks is also responsible for the circus education promotion and its accessibility both in Latvia and the Baltic States. Riga Circus school organises regular classes and sessions for children and adults, as well as training for circus professionals. For its 12th edition, the festival has planned to bring together circus artists from Europe and Baltic states, thus also developing the local circus community and stimulating new collaborations between the artists. The programme will include the following companies: Company Midnight (Belgium), Cie Defracto (France), Cia Alta Gama (Spain), Art For Rainy Days (Latvia/Lithuania), and others. The programme is still in the finalising process. Just like every year, the programme will feature Riga Circus School's activities for children and adults, as well as the masterclasses led by festival artists for the local professionals.