headliners Iggy Pop, M83, and more for Latvia's Posivitus

including Hot Chip, Years And Years, Air, Grimes, Charles Bradley, & more

By Scott Williams | Published: Fri 4th Mar 2016

Positivus Festival 2016 - Iggy Pop
Photo credit: Nicholas Wesson

Positivus Festival 2016

Friday 15th to Sunday 17th July 2016
Zvejnieku parks, Sports street 6, Salacgriva, Northern Latvia, Latvia MAP
87 euro (approx £61) with camping
Daily capacity: 40,000

Iggy Pop, and M83, will headline the 10th Posivitus Festival with Hot Chip, Years And Years, Air, Grimes, Charles Bradley & his Extraordinaires, and Oh Wonder leading the latest additions to the bill for the festival which takes place in Salacgriva, Northern Latvia from Friday 15th until Sunday 17th July 2016.

Also confirmed are Ho99o9, Cigarettes After Sex, Arthur Beatrice, The Japanese House, Postaal, Choir Of Young Believers, Alise Joste, Ozols, Dzelzs Vilks, Carnival Youth, Mielavs un Parcelaji, Skyforger, Da Gamba, Sattellites, LV, Rigas Modes, and Super Besse.

They join Ellie Goulding who was the first announced headliner. Also confirmed are Wolf Alice, John Newman, Richard Hawley, C Duncan, Mercury Rev, San Fermin, and Seinabo Sey.

Festival organiser Ä¢irts Majors said he’s "confident that this year’s artists will deliver plenty of surprises and excitement, with visitors having to make effort to catch all the fleetingly dazzling festival highlights."

The 40,000 capacity Posivitus is the largest music festival in Baltics and the three day festival offers festival goers a varied programme of international bands, and up coming European acts. The festival also offers other activities besides the main stages - theatre, cinema, plenty of food and drink vendors, and circus.

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The early bird offer has ended. Tickets are priced at 79 euros without camping, and a three-day with camping ticket is priced 87 euros.

The festival aims to appeal to all European festival goers and offers camping and is only 100 km from Riga by via the Baltica highway E67 and approximately 15km from Estonian border, and 70km from Estonia's liveliest summer resort town Parnu. Riga is also the nearest airport.




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