Positivus Festival

Positivus Festival is an annual, three-day summer music and culture festival held in Salacgrīva, Latvia.

Main stage, sponsored by Lattelecom
Second largest stage, sponsored by Nordea
Charli XCX performing at Positivus Festival 2013

First held in 2007, Positivus combines a variety of genres, including indie, pop, folk, electronic and more styles in between. The festival is organized by Positivus Music. The festival always takes place during an extended weekend- from Thursday afternoon until Sunday morning of the third week of July. Positivus Festival is the largest music and arts festival in the Baltic States that takes place every year in the middle of July. Every year Positivus Festival is becoming more and more popular in Europe. It is a festival with international chart toppers and underground emerging talent set in an idyllic holiday location. Positivus Festival has been awarded the title "Best European Festival" and is mentioned in many shortlists as one of the top music festivals to visit in Europe.

Positivus festival has a vibe of bohemian, friends and family oriented sort which weighs over the loud party vibe more common at music festivals. Positivus attendance has been around 30000 people for the last few years.

Over the years there have been up to six live stages featuring around 60-70 artists every year on average, most notably including Pixies, Alt-J, Ellie Goulding (multiple years), The Lumineers, Hot Chip, John Newman, Placebo, M83, Air, Iggy Pop, Tom Odell (multiple years), Elbow, Daughter, Kraftwerk, Bastille, The Kooks, Sigur Rós, Imagine Dragons, The XX, Hurts, OK Go, Muse and many others. The festival line-up usually consists of a number of chart topping artists as well as new and exciting performers from all over the world, with Latvian and Estonian artists having a strong presence. The festival takes place only 12 km from the Estonian-Latvian border, therefore there is a strong attendance of Estonian visitors, musicians, caterers and marketers as well as festival personnel, rendering Positivus an unofficial yearly meeting of the two neighbour countries. Estonians call it "Estonia's biggest music festival in Latvia".

Landscape

Positivus is held in the Latvian coastal town of Salacgrīva; it's located between the A1 Via Baltica highway and the beach of the Riga Bay. The festival offers access to meadows, forests, the beach, as well as the local town of Salacgrīva.

Camping

Camping area at Positivus festival

The festival camping site is located on the other side of the A1 Via Baltica road, directly across from the festival venue and it is sponsored by Merrild coffee, which provides complementary coffee refills for campers during the entire festival. The camping grounds also has catering services. The car parking is located within a short distance from the camping site. As of 2016 there has been a separated area for caravans and trailer houses.

Positivus Festival 2020

The festival is canceled due to coronavirus.

Positivus Festival 2019

The festival took place on July 26–27, 2019.[1][2]

Line-up

Main stage Lāčplēsis stage
Friday, July 26
July 27

Positivus Festival 2018

The festival took place on July 20–22, 2018.

Line-up

Main stage Other stage Piena svētki stage Arts And Nature Stage
Friday, July 20
  • Ivan Dorn
  • Arturiks Šaginovs
  • Maigonis Stirnpisis
  • Dead Furies
      Saturday, July 21
          Sunday, July 22

              Positivus Festival 2017

              The festival took place on July 14–16, 2017.

              Line-up

              Lattelecom Stage Nordea Stage Electric Room Stage Palladium Stage Arts And Nature Stage
              July 14
              • Bandmaster
              • Singapūras Satīns
              • Edavārdi
              • Beyond Beyond
              • Chris Noah
              • Okym & Tiiu
              • Matīss Čudars
              • Riga Improvisation Theatre
              • DJ Music DJ
              • Polifauna
              • DJ Oriole & VJ Linda Konone
              • Kosmodisk
              • Mad Ant
              July 15
              • Crookers
              • Kingdom
              • DJ Aspirīns vs DJ Toms Grēviņš
              • NOËP
              • Raimonds Tiguls and Moonlight Sound Design
              • Fakts
              • Teachers
              • Francobollo
              • Rachel Claudio & Rick Feds
              • Lepatriinu
              • Riga Improvisation Theatre
              • Comedy Latvia
              • Tehnikums
              • Viņa
              • Platon Buravicky
              • Pachamama Beats
              • Sign Libra
              • Āres
              July 16
              • Rudelies
              • Rīgas DJ Skola: DJ Dubra, DJ PM2Theam, DJ Aspirins
              • Mārcis Auziņš
              • Sūdi
              • Tīna Šipkēvica
              • Woman Stand Up
              • Comedy Estonia
              • Kapelmeistars Group

              Positivus festival 2016

              The festival took place on July 15–17, 2016.

              Line-up

              Lattelecom stageNordea stagePalladium stageI Love You stageRed Bull Music Academy stageArts and Nature stage
              July 15
              San Fermin
              Years & Years
              Hot Chip
              Ellie Goulding
              Rīgas Modes
              Sofi Tukker
              Ho99o9
              Arthur Beatrice
              Minor Victories
              Richard Hawley
              Mark Ronson
              Grässhopas
              Estrada Orchestra
              Milk
              Singapūras Satīns
              Laika Suns
              20syl & Mr. J. Medeiros present AllttA
              Mielavs un Pārcēlāji
              Kristaps Bedrītis
              The Boondocks
              Chomsky Chess Club
              Tehnikums
              The Pink Elephant
              NOËP
              JoyCut
              DJ Kārlis Dagilis
              MakeMake
              Mr. Nestor
              Avoid Dave
              Chloe Martini
              Kashuks
              DJ Craze
              DJ Slow
              Two
              Kikit
              ImproZoo
              Elizabeta Lāce
              Ezeri
              Starmetis
              7Synths
              July 16
              Baio
              Joss Stone
              Latvian Radio Big Band & Ralfs Eilands
              John Newman
              M83
              Super Besse
              Alise Joste
              Dzelzs Vilks
              C Duncan
              Seinabo Sey
              Mercury Rev
              Ouu
              I Wear* Experiment
              Bandmaster
              Postaal
              Liima
              Satellites LV
              Skyforger
              Ozols
              Mionia
              Kasetes
              Blue House
              Howling Owl
              Irving Ark
              Židrūns
              Pienvedēja Piedzīvojumi
              DJ Pēteris Bajārs
              Smthing Smthing
              Mario Moretti
              NiklāvZ
              Dave Storm & Stee Downes
              Fingalick & Vaiper
              Mike Skinner & MURKAGE present TONGA
              Branko
              Cartoon
              MHKL & Quest
              I-DEJAS MĀJA morning workout
              Prieka Ministrija
              Art-i-šok
              Comedy Latvia
              Riga Improvisation Theatre
              Anneli Arro
              Vladislavs Nastavševs
              Coals
              Colin Johnco
              Northern C
              MMMM
              Gas Of Latvia
              Tonik Ensemble
              Indriķis Ģelzis
              July 17
              Carnival Youth
              Hælos
              Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
              Wolf Alice
              Air
              Iggy Pop
              Choir of Young Believers
              The Japanese House
              The Very Best
              Oh Wonder
              Grimes
              Frankie Animal
              Lexsoul Dancemachine
              Kali Briis Band
              Daddy Was A Milkman
              Cigarettes After Sex
              Reiks
              DaGamba
              THE ROOP
              Kashuks
              Markas Palubenka
              Brothers Water
              Erki Pärnoja: Himmelbjerget
              Kaminsky
              Alaska
              KAMP!
              Sander Mölder
              I-DEJAS MĀJA morning workout
              Comedy Estonia
              Orbīta - Slow Show FM
              Reinis Jaunais
              Levīti
              HANA
              Anna Pluto
              Regīna
              Sūdi

              Positivus festival 2015

              The event took place on July 17–19, 2015.

              Line-up

              Lattelecom stageNordea stagePalladium stageI Love You stageRed Bull Music academyDabas stage
              July 17
              Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges & Coolmans Report
              Everything Everything
              Jungle
              Tom Odell
              Placebo

















              DJ Ai-Va
              Without Letters
              Dorian Concept Trio
              Break Da Funk
              Camo & Krooked
              DJ Sliink
              DJ Quest & Paul Oja









              July 18
              Dagamba+Sinfonietta Rīga+Juventus
              King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
              Ewert and the Two Dragons
              Warpaint
              Kasabian












              Mr. Nestor
              Niklāvz
              Formacja
              Avoid Dave
              Dave Storm
              Egyptian Lover
              Breach
              Grind Live




              July 19
              Basement Jaxx
              St. Vincent
              Fenech-Soler
              Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters
              Elliphant











              Münzpauzn
              Bandmaster
              Mr. Krime
              Smthing Smthing




              Positivus festival 2014

              The event took place on July 18–20, 2014.

              Line-up

              Lattelecom stageNordea stagePalladium stageI Love You stageRed Bull Music academy
              July 18
              FM Belfast
              The Horrors
              You Me At Six
              Phantogram
              Elbow
              Birth of Joy
              Junip
              Laura Mvula
              Future Islands
              Audience Killers
              Cherub
              K.Remonts
              Pompeya
              The Sound Poets
              Daniel Levi
              Freaks on Floor
              The Citizens
              Pyro Trees
              Tallinn Daggers
              Big Wave Riders
              Get Your Gun
              Carnival Youth
              Kārlis Dagilis
              Just Blaze
              Rebeka
              Oriole
              Napo
              Temper Temple
              Dave Storm
              Nick Hook
              MHKL & K-Sein
              Vaiper Despotin
              July 19
              And So I Watch You From Afar
              Daughter
              Anna Calvi
              Ellie Goulding
              Kraftwerk
              Tricky
              Pharoah Sanders Quartet
              Dzelzs Vilks Jauno Jāņu orķestris
              Kid Karate
              King Charles
              Carnival Youth
              Audience Killers
              The Dumplings
              Sons of Noel and Adrian
              Trad.Attack!
              Wilhelm
              Marten Kuningas
              Stefan Rausch
              Garbanotas Bosistas
              Starmetis
              Junk Riot
              Super Besse
              Rubenis, Eihmanis & Helmss
              Pēteris Bajārs
              Martas asinis
              Niklavz
              DJ All-viss
              Leslie Da Bass
              Avoid Dave
              Full Crate X Mar
              DJ Quest
              Paul Oja
              A-Trak
              July 20

              Aluna George
              The 1975
              Bastille
              The Kooks
              Junk Riot
              Justina Lee Brown
              Latvian Blues Band
              NONONO
              Of Montreal
              Chet Faker
              Temples
              Argo Vals
              Kali Briis
              Three Leg Dog
              The Velvet Supernova
              Pikaso
              Rīgas modes
              Manta

              Vincent Long
              The Sinclair Sinclair
              Das Sonntags Legion
              Laika suns
              Frankie Animal
              Margaret
              Sander Mölder
              DFRNT
              Mr Nestor

              Positivus festival 2013

              In 2013 for the first time ever the festival will last for three days, taking place on July 19–21, 2013.

              Line-up

              TELE2 stageNordea stageI Love You stagePalladium stageRed Bull Music academyDabas stage
              July 19
              Crystal Castles
              Noah and the Whale
              Iiris
              Elektro Guzzi
              Twenty One Pilots
              Zodiaks
              Palma Violets
              Rasabasa
              Elephants From Neptune
              Colours of Bubbles
              Franco Franco
              Andis Grīva
              Deeper Upper
              Parára
              Laika suns
              Mikus Frišfelds
              Milk
              Luministic
              Very Cool People
              Elephants From Neptune
              Satellites LV
              DJ RAPA
              Oogle Vision
              Kwazar
              OYT
              Mr. Nestor
              Jesse & Jimi Tenor
              Eltron John
              Jack Beats
              Riton
              DJ Quest & Paul Oja
              Kristaps Bedrītis
              Treeeye
              Du Duo
              Pyro Trees
              Alise Ģelze
              July 20
              Sigur Rós
              Imagine Dragons
              Jauns mēness
              Willy Moon
              Latvian Blues Band
              C2C
              Charli XCX
              John Grant
              Pienvedēja piedzīvojumi
              Zebra Island
              Momend
              Carnival Youth
              Sibyl Vane
              Alise Joste
              Markas Palubenka
              Them Lemons
              Jagaspace
              Paabel
              I Wear* Experiment
              Wolfredt
              Galvanic Elephants
              Candy Empire
              Faun Racket
              Outloudz
              Halfbrother
              Fingalick
              Elvi/Dunian
              Shotman
              Kamp!
              Firejose
              B. Bravo
              MJ Cole
              Artwork
              Superskankers
              Samba De Riga
              Sus Dungo
              Martas asinis
              Audience Killers
              Y Silent
              July 21
              The xx
              Two Door Cinema Club
              Michael Kiwanuka
              Tom Odell
              Team Ghost
              French Films
              Darwin Deez
              Suuns
              !!!
              Efterklang
              No Ceremony
              Laime pilnīga
              Without Letters
              Anete Kozlovska
              Bernības milicija
              Odd Hugo
              Stūrī zēvele
              Tribes of the City
              The Stanleys
              Age of Stones
              Komjaunatne
              Kurak
              Oranžās brīvdienas
              The Sound Poets
              Laime pilnīga
              Kaktiņš un Stūrītis
              Indygo
              The Coco'Nuts
              Elizabete Balčus

              Positivus festival 2012

              The event took place on 20 and 21 July 2012.

              Line-up

              TELE2 stageNordea stagePalladium stageI Love You stageRed Bull Music academy
              July 20
              Friendly Fires
              Housse De Racket
              Instrumenti
              Keane
              Niki & the Dove
              King Charles
              Lucy Rose
              Vondelpark
              Iļģi
              2:54
              The Wow
              Black Apple Market
              Laime Pilnīga
              Rīga Metro
              Triānas parks
              Astro'n'out
              Baložu pilni pagalmi
              Galaxy Bosons
              Talbot
              The Big Bluff
              Freaks on Floor
              Alise Joste
              Markas Palubenka
              Mimicry
              Rasabasa
              Tramplīni
              Audience Killers
              Mācītājs on Acid
              Tenfold Rabbit
              Zig Zag
              Momend
              Brockenchord
              DJ Quest
              Downtown Party Network
              Dave Storm
              Kienra & ЯVRS
              DJ Rapa
              Full Crate & Mar
              DJ Zinc
              July 21
              Ewert and The Two Dragons
              Givers
              Manic Street Preachers
              SBTRKT
              Skyforger
              The Vaccines
              Damien Rice
              Cashier No. 9
              Jamie N Commons
              Wild Beasts
              Brodka
              Kuchenbeat
              Fanfarlo
              Abraham's Cafe
              Elephants From Neptune
              Animal Drama
              ESKIMO
              Sibyl Vane
              The Sound Poets
              Zebra Island
              Elizabete Balčus
              Toms Grēviņš
              Jesse Boykins III
              Sander Molder
              Tiger Milk
              Mr. Nestor
              Oyt
              Tiger&Woods
              Tom Middleton
              Hudson Mohawke
              Lunice
              ELVI/DUNIAN

              Positivus festival 2011

              The event took place on 15 and 16 July 2011.

              Line-up

              TELE2 stageCēsu Alus stageI Love You stageRed Bull Music academyTallinn Music Week Stage
              July 15
              Yoav
              Gustavo
              Hurts
              Editors
              Freak Owls
              Dry the River
              Alina Orlova
              Pulled Apart by Horses
              Frankie & Heartstrings
              Tunng
              Frekvence
              Kārlis Kazāks
              HMP?
              Parara
              ZRYA
              Das Sonntags Legion
              Goran Gora and The Yrs
              Malcolm Lincoln
              The Gaslamp Killer
              Mondo in Stereo
              Bassline Riga
              Mr. Nestor
              BrassBastardz
              Mad Mats
              Mimicry
              Aides
              Nevesis
              Junk Riot
              Kreatiivmootor
              Badass Yuki
              July 16
              Satellites LV
              King Charles
              OK Go
              Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.
              James
              Röyksopp
              Auļi
              Dzelzs Vilks
              Iiris
              Ewert and the Two Dragons
              Alcoholic Faith Mission
              Chapel Club
              Glasser
              Beach House
              Aparāts
              Momend
              Bērnības milicija
              Starmetis
              Acid rain
              Andis Grīva
              Colours of Bubbles
              Lie Lie Sister
              Black Apple Market
              The Mundane
              Scratch Perverts
              Crystal Sound System
              Kaur Kareda
              Renegades of Bump
              Oyt
              Big Sensation
              Innocent Sorcerers

              Positivus festival 2010

              The festival was held on 16 and 17 July 2010.

              Line-up

              TELE2 stageCēsu Alus stageI Love You stage
              July 16
              The Climbers
              Ten Bears
              Happy Mondays
              Unkle
              Triānas parks
              Shoreline
              Happyendless
              The Gin Riots
              Lady Daisey
              Popidiot
              Astro'n'out
              Soundarcade
              Zizzou
              Lie Lie Sister
              Bad Apples
              Alise Joste
              Mona De Bo
              July 17
              Autumn Owls
              ASIWYFA
              Scissor Sisters
              Muse
              Svjata Vatra
              Prince and Crosby
              The Miserable Rich
              EIMIC
              Goran Gora
              Giullia y Los Tellarini
              Kira Kira
              Stornoway
              Martin Confused
              100 White Souls
              El Mars
              S.P.B.
              Sons of Noel and Adrian
              Tramplīni
              Ewert and the Two Dragons

              Positivus festival 2009

              The festival was held on 17 and 18 July 2009.

              Line-up

              TELE2 stageCēsu Alus stageI Love You stageSpace Dog tent
              July 17
              Sons of Noel and Adrian
              The Tiger Lillies
              Prāta vētra
              Reigani
              Bedwetters
              Laime pilnīga
              The Happy Endings
              Two Door Cinema Club
              Pete Doherty
              Pop Beats Poetry
              Voiceks Voiska
              S.P.B.
              Gaujarts
              Hospitāļu iela
              Mona De Bo
              Kārlis Kazāks
              Čipsis un Dullais
              All Day Long
              Septiņi pieauguši vīrieši
              July 18
              Instrumenti
              Ebony Bones
              The Whip
              Moby
              Dahling
              Dun Dun
              The Mundane
              Zig Zag
              The Hobos
              Dzeltenie Pastnieki
              Jurga
              The Leisure Society
              Sinéad O'Connor
              Acid Rain
              Them Lemons
              Maripossa
              Martin Confused
              El Mars
              Satellites LV
              Sound Religion
              Striķis
              Kuchenbeat

              PositivusAB 2008

              The festival was held from 18 to 19 July 2008. It was attended by approximately 18,000 people.

              Stages

              • AB Stage – where all 4 headliners as well as others performed
              • TELE2 Stage – where the majority of the bands performed
              • Shark dance tent – was open during the night
              • Mamma Daba Kušš Tuss tent – a minor stage featuring musical, literary and theatrical performances

              Line-up

              AB StageTELE2 StageShark dance tent
              July 18
              I'm From Barcelona
              Travis
              Manic Street Preachers
              Živile
              Astro'n'out
              The Briefing
              Mitsoura
              Satellites LV
              Iļģi
              Timo Maas
              July 19
              Voiceks Voiska
              Gorbachov
              Mofo
              Gustavo
              Fatboy Slim
              Land
              Mild
              Livingstones
              Kuchenbeat
              Mona De Bo
              Nohow
              Inokentijs Mārpls
              Pienvedēja piedzīvojumi
              My Federation
              British Sea Power

              Line-up

              18 July

              • Bogdan Taran
              • DJ Sun from Lithuania

              19 July

              • Jānis Krauklis

              PositivusAB 2007

              It was the first PositivusAB festival. The festival was held from 27 to 28 July 2007.

              Line-up

              AB stageBBC stage
              July 27
              Sigma
              Goran Gora
              Brett Anderson
              Mumiy Troll
              Otra Puse
              Backflow
              Malcolm McLaren
              Badly Drawn Boy
              July 28
              Mofo
              DJ Lethal
              The Concretes
              Stereophonics
              James
              Martin Confused
              S.P.B.
              R.A.P.
              Satellites LV
              Tribes of the City
              Hospitāļu iela
              The Sun

              References

              1. eng.lsm.lv; Leitholde, Aiga; LSM autore (26 June 2019). "July is festival month in Latvia!". eng.lsm.lv. Latvian Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
              2. Brikmane, Zane (26 July 2019). "Sācies 13. «Positivus» festivāls". LSM.lv (in Latvian). Latvian Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
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