Festival No. 0001557 · Est. 2010
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Where it happens
Festival site
Festival grounds
The details
- Venue
- Positivus Festival
- Address
- Sporta iela 6 LV-4033
- City
- Salacgriva, Latvia
- Capacity
- 80,000
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For the record
About the artists
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20SYL was born in Nantes, France, on 17 February 1979. Plays electronic, hip hop, turntablism. -
Air formed in Versailles, France, in 1995. Plays alternative rock, ambient, ambient pop, chillout, downtempo, electronic, electronica, experimental.
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Blue House formed on 20 October 2015.
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C Duncan was born in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 29 July 1989. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, avant-garde, chamber pop, dream pop, indie rock, pop, shoegaze.
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Carnival Youth formed in 2011.
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Charles Bradley was born in Gainesville, United States, on 5 November 1948, and died on 23 September 2017, aged 68. Plays funk, soul.
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Choir of Young Believers formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2006. Plays chamber pop, indie folk.
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Cigarettes After Sex formed in El Paso, United States, in 2008. Plays ambient, ambient pop, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, pop, shoegaze, slowcore.
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Dzelzs Vilks formed on 23 April 1991. Plays metal.
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Ellie Goulding was born in Hereford, United Kingdom, on 30 December 1986. Plays club, contemporary r&b, dance, dance-pop, dream pop, edm, electropop, indie folk.
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Grimes was born in Vancouver, Canada, on 17 March 1988. Plays alternative rock, ambient, art pop, avant-garde, avant-garde pop, chillwave, contemporary r&b, dance.
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HANA was born in Atlanta, United States, on 11 July 1989. Plays alternative pop, dance, electropop, melodic house, pop, synth-pop.
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Ho99o9 formed in Newark, United States, in 2012. Plays punk rap.
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Hot Chip formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays alternative dance, alternative r&b, deep house, electronic, electronica, electropop, house, indie pop.
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Hælos formed in 2014. Plays trip hop.
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Iggy Pop was born in Muskegon, United States, on 21 April 1947. Plays alternative rock, art rock, classic rock, garage rock, hard rock, new wave, post-punk, proto-punk.
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John Newman was born in Settle, United Kingdom, on 16 June 1990. Plays breakbeat, dance-pop, northern soul, pop, pop soul, soul.
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M83 formed in Antibes, France, in 2001. Plays ambient, ambient pop, dance, dream pop, electro, electronic, electronic rock, electronica.
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Mark Ronson was born in St John's Wood, United Kingdom, on 4 September 1975. Plays alternative rock, club, dance, dance-pop, electropop, funk, hip hop, jazz pop.
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Mercury Rev formed in Buffalo, United States, in 1989. Plays chamber pop, dream pop, experimental rock, indie pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, noise rock.
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Minor Victories formed in 2015. Plays dream pop, indie rock, shoegaze.
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Noëp was born on 22 March 1990. Plays bass house, dance, drum and bass, edm, electronic, electronica, house, melodic house.
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Oh Wonder formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2014. Plays electronic, indie pop, pop, synth-pop.
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Pienvedeja Piedzivojumi formed in September 1994.
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Richard Hawley was born in Sheffield, United Kingdom, on 17 January 1967. Plays rock, singer-songwriter.
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Seinabo Sey was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on 7 October 1990. Plays electropop, pop, soul.
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Skyforger formed in 1995. Plays folk metal, pagan black metal.
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The Japanese House was born in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, on 14 July 1995. Plays dream pop, electropop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, pop, synth-pop, yacht rock.
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Wolf Alice formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays alternative rock, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, noise pop.
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Years & Years formed in London, United Kingdom, on 20 July 2010, and split up on 16 December 2023, after 13 years. Plays alternative r&b, dance-pop, electropop, house, nu disco, synth-pop, uk funky.