XVII Krastu mačs — Riga's Bank-vs-Bank Basketball Match
Sat 15 Aug – Sun 16 Aug · Esplanāde park, Riga · Riga
Details & booking — Rīgas vasara 2026 (Riga City Council official festival programme)
via Rīgas vasara 2026 (Riga City Council official festival programme) · Checked 8 Aug 2026
About this event
Riga's left bank plays its right bank at basketball, outdoors in the Esplanade, for the seventeenth time. It is a real city rivalry dressed up as a street tournament, running from early afternoon deep into the night with music between games. Latvia takes its basketball seriously, and this is the free, standing-on-the-grass version of it.
Why we picked it
A uniquely Riga sporting tradition, free to watch, falling on the city's 825th birthday.
Free entry
Free entry, confirmed on the official festival programme.
Registration
None
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