Positivus Festival

Positivus Festival is an annual, three-day summer music and culture festival that was held in Salacgrīva, Latvia from 2007 to 2019. After two cancelled editions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival moved to the capital Riga from 2022.[1]

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. At its Salacgriva location, the festival took place only 12 km from the Estonian-Latvian border and therefore saw 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 called it "Estonia's biggest music festival in Latvia".

Landscape

From 2007 through 2019, Positivus was held in the Latvian coastal town of Salacgrīva located between the A1 Via Baltica highway and the beach of the Riga Bay. The festival offered access to meadows, forests, the beach, as well as the local town of Salacgrīva.

Camping

Camping area at Positivus festival

From 2007 through 2019, the festival camping site was located on the other side of the A1 Via Baltica road, directly across from the festival venue and it was sponsored by Merrild coffee, which provided complementary coffee refills for campers during the entire festival. The camping grounds also had catering services. The car parking was 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 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Positivus Festival 2019

The festival took place on July 26–27, 2019.[2][3]

Line-up

Main stage	Lāčplēsis stage
Friday, July 26
Disclosure The 1975 ansis Daddy Was a Milkman	Cut Copy Elderbrook Rick Feds Bezgalībieši
July 27
Underworld Royal Blood Superorganism Emma-Jean Thackray	Ivan Dorn Ewert and The Two Dragons Husky Loops Adam Naas

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
Years & Years Tove Lo NOËP	Ivan Dorn Dead Furies
Saturday, July 21
The Prodigy Arturiks Šaginovs Maigonis Stirnpisis Imka. Shipsea. Nepariet	MESA Youngr Artikus Seksulikus Rolandos Se Tankos\|
Sunday, July 22
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Lauv DaGamba	Confidence Man Frankie Animal Satellites LV Rīgas Modes

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
Pixies Maxïmo Park Nothing But Thieves Trad.Attack!	Grandmaster Flash JP Cooper Cigarettes After Sex Margaret Glaspy Get Your Gun	Aeroplane AraabMuzik Makree	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
Ellie Goulding Rae Sremmurd Kamasi Washington Dzelzs Vilks	Austra Rhye L.A. Salami DaGamba Daddy Was A Milkman	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
Alt-J The Lumineers José González	Mew Ray BLK Julia Jacklin Pienvedēja Piedzīvojumi Eska	Rudelies Rīgas DJ Skola: DJ Dubra, DJ PM2Theam, DJ Aspirins	Satellites LV Mesa Bucharest Go Away Bird Mauno Meesit	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 stage	Nordea stage	Palladium stage	I Love You stage	Red Bull Music Academy stage	Arts 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 stage	Nordea stage	Palladium stage	I Love You stage	Red Bull Music academy	Dabas 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 stage	Nordea stage	Palladium stage	I Love You stage	Red 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
MØ 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	Nē 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 lasted for three days, taking place on July 19–21, 2013.

Line-up

TELE2 stage	Nordea stage	I Love You stage	Palladium stage	Red Bull Music academy	Dabas 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 stage	Nordea stage	Palladium stage	I Love You stage	Red 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 stage	Cēsu Alus stage	I Love You stage	Red Bull Music academy	Tallinn 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 stage	Cēsu Alus stage	I 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 stage	Cēsu Alus stage	I Love You stage	Space 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 Stage	TELE2 Stage	Shark 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 stage	BBC 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

"Positivus Festival headliner announced - A$AP Rocky". Best of Baltic Entertainment Ltd.
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.
Brikmane, Zane (26 July 2019). "Sācies 13. "Positivus" festivāls". LSM.lv (in Latvian). Latvian Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Positivus Festival headliner announced - A$AP Rocky". Best of Baltic Entertainment Ltd.

[LSM-26June2019-2] .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.

[LSM-26July2019-3] Brikmane, Zane (26 July 2019). "Sācies 13. "Positivus" festivāls". LSM.lv (in Latvian). Latvian Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 28 July 2019.