RIGA WINE & CHAMPAGNE 2025

In collaboration with our great friends & supporters – Spice, Liebherr, and Lexus Riga Airport – we are making the annual champagne festivities in March a truly grand affair!

Our first surprise is a spectacular Epic Rosé tasting, where, together with the Truffle Pig team, you will for the first time be treated to such an exquisite and seductive selection of rosé champagnes!

The Champagne Gala Dinner (Bring me Champagne when I’m thirsty!) at Barents is also going to be unforgettable – during this multi-course dinner, you will be entertained by Champagne cult personalities, winemakers, growers, owners, and ambassadors who have graced the festival with their presence!

New to the festival is Chefs + Champagne, a symposium on the "marriage" of fine food and champagne – and we are offering you, dear champagne lovers, a few tickets to this gourmet experience!

Attending the Baltic's grandest Bubble Parade at Hanzas Perons is, shall we say, a must?!

We will conclude the festivities with Size Matters, the harvest celebration of three exceptional Champagne growers – Geoffroy, Tarlant, and Agrapart. The winemakers themselves will treat you to rare and unattainable magnums from their cellars!

And that's not all! The official after-parties will be curated by Truff le Pig – so let’s get together every evening (starting from Wednesday) for a champagne themed party at the city's most stylish wine bar!

TechChill 2025

The Startup & Tech Event — TechChill Returns on February 6-7 in Riga, Hanzas Perons!

Reconnect with friends, meet new people, get inspired by startups, gather ideas, and bring your own to life — that’s what TechChill is all about.
With a stellar program and international speakers, TechChill will transform Riga into the Baltic capital of entrepreneurship and innovationthis February.

What to expect?
→ 3 stages and over 100 international speakers
→ A competition featuring the TOP 50 Baltic startups
→ Focus events — industry-led masterclasses, networking opportunities, and parties
→ 250+ investors seeking the next big idea and 300+ startups shaping the future 🌍

Don’t miss your chance to be part of this event!
Tickets start from 59 € — Get yours here.

Learn more about the event here.

TechChill 2025

The Startup & Tech Event — TechChill Returns on February 6-7 in Riga, Hanzas Perons!

Reconnect with friends, meet new people, get inspired by startups, gather ideas, and bring your own to life — that’s what TechChill is all about.
With a stellar program and international speakers, TechChill will transform Riga into the Baltic capital of entrepreneurship and innovationthis February.

What to expect?
→ 3 stages and over 100 international speakers
→ A competition featuring the TOP 50 Baltic startups
→ Focus events — industry-led masterclasses, networking opportunities, and parties
→ 250+ investors seeking the next big idea and 300+ startups shaping the future 🌍

Don’t miss your chance to be part of this event!
Tickets start from 59 € — Get yours here.

Learn more about the event here.

ECOM'21

Join the Baltics' Top FinTech Gathering at ECOM'21!

Mark your calendars for November 27-28 and head to Hanzas Perons in Riga for ECOM'21, the leading conference for fintech and eCommerce in the Baltics. This event is co-organized by DECTA, Mastercard, and KPMG, bringing together the brightest minds from over 250+ companies.

Program:

Dive into our rich program divided into four key areas: Trends in Payments, Product Development, Blockchain, and Automation. Each segment is designed to address the current and future landscape of fintech innovations, through hands-on workshops and keynote presentations.

 

Who attends:
Diverse Industry Participation: Banks, financial institutions, regulators, payment institutions, payment schemes, fintech's, payment tech providers, compliance professionals
250+ Companies: Meet the decision-makers and C-level executives.
60+ Speakers & 50+ Partners: Pioneers and thought leaders from over 30 countries.

Why Attend ECOM21?
Elite Networking: Engage with top industry leaders from 250+ companies.
Interactive Workshops: Gain actionable insights and enhance your skills.
Insightful Keynotes: Learn from top minds in fintech and e-commerce.
Business-Speed-Networking: Quickly expand your professional network.
Exclusive Parties: Enjoy relaxed networking at two premium events.
Early App Access: Start connecting two weeks before the event.

ECOM'21

Join the Baltics' Top FinTech Gathering at ECOM'21!

Mark your calendars for November 27-28 and head to Hanzas Perons in Riga for ECOM'21, the leading conference for fintech and eCommerce in the Baltics. This event is co-organized by DECTA, Mastercard, and KPMG, bringing together the brightest minds from over 250+ companies.

Program:

Dive into our rich program divided into four key areas: Trends in Payments, Product Development, Blockchain, and Automation. Each segment is designed to address the current and future landscape of fintech innovations, through hands-on workshops and keynote presentations.

 

Who attends:
Diverse Industry Participation: Banks, financial institutions, regulators, payment institutions, payment schemes, fintech's, payment tech providers, compliance professionals
250+ Companies: Meet the decision-makers and C-level executives.
60+ Speakers & 50+ Partners: Pioneers and thought leaders from over 30 countries.

Why Attend ECOM21?
Elite Networking: Engage with top industry leaders from 250+ companies.
Interactive Workshops: Gain actionable insights and enhance your skills.
Insightful Keynotes: Learn from top minds in fintech and e-commerce.
Business-Speed-Networking: Quickly expand your professional network.
Exclusive Parties: Enjoy relaxed networking at two premium events.
Early App Access: Start connecting two weeks before the event.

Top 100 WINES + CHEFS

Top 100 WINES + CHEFS is looking forward to welcoming you at Hanzas Perons, which will once again be turned into a foodie & wine lover’s heaven – not only giving the possibility to sample the Top 100 (actually 154 this year) imported wines in Latvia but also taste the signature dishes from the most exciting restaurants and chefs of Riga, all set in Hanzas Perons - the most modern events’ venue in Riga.

As usual, wines, drinks, and masterclasses are included in the entrance price, however, chef creations and food will be for an extra cost.

Wines?

Gold and Silver medalists or Top 154 wines of the Wine of the Year competition, including everything from champagnes to whites, rosés, reds, and fortified wines. 🥂

You can check out the Top wines in the October issue of Santa or Klubs magazines.

Chefs?

Māris Jansons and KEST
Artūrs Arnicāns and Harper Wolf
Ronalds Striguns and Le Dome
Juris Dukalskis and Pavāru māja
Gaitis Burba and Buržujs

Masterclasses?

Special wines will be presented in masterclasses by leading sommeliers. The timing and content of the sessions will be announced closer to the event.

When, Where, What time?

November 23, 2023
Hanzas Perons
17:00 – 21:00 Top 100 Wines + Chefs
21:00 – 23:00 Gala Party

The Night of the Ad Eaters

The Night of the Ad Eaters: a kooky culture clash!

For one night, let yourself be overwhelmed by a tsunami of advertising from the farthest corners of the planet: amazingly creative, aesthetic, exotic, touching, sometimes very kitschy, and especially funny!

Created 42 years ago by Jean Marie Boursicot, "The Night of the Ad Eaters" has become an unforgettable event for lovers of advertising cinema all over the world and on all 5 continents.

Forget the commercial side of advertising, which is too often aggressive, repetitive, or intrusive... The Night of the Ad Eaters is about fun and great mini-movies!

Advertising is #magic! Open your eyes and ears, open up to the world, and come celebrate the best - and a little bit the worst - creative ads from around the world. It's an evening dedicated to loudly and proudly expressing your opinion on the ads of your choice. Let your voice be heard like in France, Madagascar, or Tahiti! At The Night of the Ad Eaters, we laugh, shout, clap, whistle, and maybe even cry. Since its humble beginnings, The Night of the Ad Eaters has been an extraordinary UFO that walks a tightrope between advertising and shows. It is a concept that has so far been unclassifiable.

Let go of some of your preconceptions about advertising. Commercials can offer amazing cinematic moments: action, suspense, exoticism, twists, intrigue, melancholy, a little romance, but most of all, lots of humor!

This year in Latvia, come and enjoy a fun and creative atmosphere with activities, games, the artist Žoržs Siksna, the coolest people, and, of course, commercials!

Warning! Latest ads, uncensored ads, best ads, international ads, exotic ads, unusual ads, historical ads (1898 to present), cultural and political parodies, banned ads, 18+ ads (tobacco, drinks, condoms, underwear, gambling), ads, ads, ads, ads... No censorship...