Gathering 12,000 visitors in two days, the “Bauska TASTE” music festival was held for the fourth time on August 5 and 6 at the Bauska Pilskalnas park stage with a diverse constellation of artists, the festival organizers informed the “Delfi” portal.
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After a two-year hiatus, the festival organizers wanted to surprise the regular visitor, but not make it lose the feeling of home. This year, the territory was already decorated with ribbons, hammocks, a meeting clock, flags and bright strings of lights, which already make up the signature of the festival, but the innovation was the cubes of wooden constructions with the symbols of the festival, which were equipped with rest corners with pallets, as well as the “Aura” swing, which hung down and shone in the evening hours , adding to the overall composition of the festival.
The usual festival territory had also received minor changes – the children’s area was established near the entrance gate of the festival, but the catering area was moved further into the territory. This time, in Bauskas Pilskalnas park, two large stages – “Castle” and “Parka” stage – which got their names thanks to the picturesque venue, were spread over the ridges. Both of them alternately surprised with a powerful program.
The festival also experienced two nights for the first time, so that the biggest fans of night dance rhythms could enjoy them twice. A special test for the festival team was the overflowing of the Moosa River, as a result of which the location of the paid parking lot was changed a couple of days before the event, but during the festival all the artists were transported to the territory on golf carts decorated with strings of flags.
On the first day of the festival, August 5, such artists recognized in Europe and Latvia as Patrisha, Aija Andrejeva and “Very Cool People”, “Daddy Was A Milkman”, “Instrumenti” and “Citi Zēni” took to the “Pils stage”. On the other hand, the association “Kruumi”, “B-optimist”, “Kris&Oz”, “ak69” and “Pienvedėja Piederživjumi” were waiting for their audience to meet at the “Parka stage”. DJ Stocka provided the party atmosphere until 05:00 in the morning.
As a surprise to all visitors, during the performance of the “Instrumenti” group, the rapper ansis came on stage, performing the song “Memory problems” together. However, the show of the group “Citi Zēni” was supplemented by the presence of the artist Arstarulsmirus.
On the second day of the festival, August 6, visitors were welcomed on the “Pils stage” by Boo, Chris Noah, Arstarulsmirus, Intars Busulis and the Abonementa Orchestra and “Jumprava”. However, the “Parka stage” audience was delighted by the group “Mother of Pearl”, Elizabete Gaile, “Sapnu fragments”, MARTA, RAUM, Finķis and PRAGAII, as well as “Laika Suns”. Singer MARTAI managed to get on stage three times on Saturday – in her concert, as well as in duets with Intara Busuli and RAUM. DJ Makree was waiting for everyone at the night party at the end of the festival.
Since the festival has been thinking about families with children since its inception, the youngest visitors were welcomed with a special program and varied activities by the children’s area “TASTE mantu kaste”, which was taken care of by the event agency “Smaidu Darbnīca”. Near the children’s area, a care room for mothers with babies “ZELT babies” was set up, where the smallest ones can be fed and changed.
Also, a diverse design market “Tasterāde”, a catering area “Bauskas Alus dārzs”, a Ministry of Health activities tent “Viss ir norm.a” and other activities were operating in the territory. Visitors had the opportunity to capture the moment in a 360 video spinner and relax at the charging station in the tent, both charging their smartphone’s battery and recharging their strength for new adventures.
The producer of the “Bauska TASTE” festival, Līga Stankeviča, says: “The beautiful thing is that the festival does not take place only in a park or in the city. It takes place in every place where you think about it. And it is created by everyone who wants to associate themselves with this festival. We saw the social network in the comments that each other – friends, relatives, acquaintances – offer their lodgings and places for tents, because already in May, accommodation reservations were full in Bauska.”
“We saw the services created and offered especially for the festival, such as applying festival makeup or renting sup boards. The festival breathes in the city and breathes out unprecedented things! If we said before August 5 that it was an event between the three rivers and the festival sky, now … it has gone out of the banks and down over the sides like the Musas river. At the moment, the festival lives in the minds of many, and it is momentary and exciting at the same time,” adds Līga Stankeviča.
Jānis Dūmiņš, director of the Bauska Culture Center, is also pleased with the event: “This was the grandest event in Bauska this century, and I am grateful to everyone who trusted and was with us in this event. Although there were various unforeseen obstacles at the festival, I am truly proud , saying that the festival went “like clockwork”, and my biggest thanks to the festival team, who made this festival brilliant and unforgettable.”
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