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"Cēsis 814" - the first virtual city festival in Latvia

Throughout the July 18, the “Cēsis 814” festival stage will be provided with live internet and television broadcasting. This way, the celebration feeling will be preserved for Cēsis residents and anyone interested anywhere in the world.

With a series of program about creative artists from Cēsis, which can be watched both on online and on television, Cēsis begun work on its biggest event of the year - “Cēsis 814” - which on July 18, 2020 will become the first virtual city festival in Latvia.

The theme of the  city festival this year will be "Celebrate together!". As Andra Magone, director of the municipal agency “Cēsis Culture and Tourism Center” explains, it was chosen to emphasize that even during pandemic restrictions and virtual celebrations, a sense of community and celebration is possible, which would be accessible and binding for everyone.

The program of city festival deliberately is made diverse. At this festival, city wants to show everyone how diverse and talented people come from Cēsis, so the festival stage will be a platform for musicians, cooks, comedians, illusionists, etc. to maintain the dynamism of "Cēsis 814" throughout the day. In addition, the benefit of the live broadcast of the festival is that in this way the record of “Cēsis 814” will remain available to anyone interested.

Cēsis was founded in 1206, it is the third oldest city in Latvia and the birthplace of the Latvian flag.