This weekend in Liepaja, Latvia is the second Summer Sound festival. I was there last year.While I've only been to Liepaja twice--once for the Baltic Beach Party and once for Summer Sound-- my impression is that it feels a lot like New Orleans- a port city with a constant party.
Both times I've been to Liepaja, I've stayed at the Fontaine Hotel, which seems lovely overall, but decorated with a rather unique eye for what goes together. (It's also one of the hotels in the world that gives you a feeling that you are in a certain place, rather than swimming around in a world dominated by corporate interests.)
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| Dude lives at the Fontaine hotel! |
While I won't be at the festival this weekend, you can catch acts like Ewert and The Two Dragons, whom I stood in the rain to hear play a set at Summer Sound last year. If you know me, you know that I don't stand in the rain by choice very often!
Since the festival is right on the beach, some of the events are on grass and some are on sand. The beach at Liepaja has some of the nicest sand in the world!
Since I don't enjoy standing outside in the rain, I didn't have a fantastic time at Summer Sound last year. I can only hope the festival has better weather this year than it did last year!
Below are a selection of pictures from Summer Sound 2011.
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| In Liepaja, on the way to the festival. |
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| Karlis Daglis plays records! |
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| A kiss on the head...might be just because you are posing for a picture! |
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| Karlis Daglis playing a set. |
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| Partygoers at Summer Sound. |
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| Dance, dance, dance! |
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| Capitalism is alive in Latvia. |
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| Alise Joste |
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| The Shark tent, before a big wind blew it down. |
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| Which way to the stage? |
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| Dark clouds at the beach are never a good thing. |
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| Road case table! |
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| Yep, there were rides at the festival! |
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| Art! |
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| Ewert and the Two Dragons |
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| Ewert and the Two Dragons |
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| Ewert and the Two Dragons |
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| Ewert and the Two Dragons |
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| Goran Gora |
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| The Shark tent after the big wind :( |
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| Rain at Ewert and the Two Dragons. |
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| Uldis Rudaks and Toms Grevins |
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| Uldis Rudaks and Toms Grevins |
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| Uldis Rudaks, Toms Grevins and the records they have known. |
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