XVII Krastu macs (Bank Match) street basketball
Sat 15 Aug – Sun 16 Aug · Esplanade, Riga · Riga
Details & booking — Rigas vasara (City of Riga official summer programme)
via Rigas vasara (City of Riga official summer programme) · Checked 11 Aug 2026
About this event
Left bank against right bank, the seventeenth running of Riga's own basketball derby, played outdoors on the Esplanade with the city split into two supporting camps for the afternoon and evening. Latvia takes its basketball seriously, and this is the one fixture where the rivalry is geographic rather than tribal. Spectating is free.
Why we picked it
A homegrown sporting tradition with real local identity, free to watch, right in central Riga on the birthday weekend.
Free entry
Listed as free entry (bez maksas) in the official Rigas vasara city summer programme.
Registration
Registration needed
None for spectators
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