About the Department of Culture

We are a municipal institution that coordinates cultural activities in Daugavpils city under the Local Administration of the City Municipality. We cooperate with various local associations, organisations and local groups. One of our basic tasks is to plan, manage and coordinate the organization of national holidays, concerts, festivals and other cultural events in the city in cooperation with the cultural institutions of Daugavpils City, municipal and government institutions and non-governmental organizations. We are responsible for ensuring the diversity of cultural life events and the accessibility of the cultural process, involvement of the citizens in the events of cultural life. There are more than 40 artistic amateur groups in the city and they are actively involved in the cultural events.