Weekend entertainment for families and children – large-scale Family Festival in AKROPOLE Alfa

Caring about families’ joy and well-being, the shopping and entertainment centre AKROPOLE Alfa will host a Family Festival this weekend, on 12 and 13 October. The festival programme will offer a wide range of activities and entertainment, inviting every member of the family to join in and have fun being together. Visitors will also be able to enjoy a musical atmosphere with DJ Edgars Bercis, performances by illusionists and even a children’s fashion show.

“The shopping centre AKROPOLE Alfa is constantly working to provide a family-friendly shopping environment with everything you need – a wide range of shops for everyday and festive needs, as well as a variety of entertainment and leisure options. This weekend, we have something special in store – we will be hosting a Family Festival where families with children can take part in a variety of games, enjoy dance and illusion performances, and, of course, win prizes and experience lots of positive emotions. I am glad that we can offer families and children such an extensive and diverse programme and, most importantly, the opportunity to spend quality time together,” says Kaspars Beitiņš, General Manager and Member of the Board of SIA Akropole Latvija, inviting everyone to the Family Festival.

Entertaining activities to suit all tastes

On 12 and 13 October, festival-goers will be offered a wide range of activities – most of them will take place on the 2nd floor of AKROPOLE Alfa. Games will be available for young and old alike to test their strength, speed and logic, including table hockey, exciting games, large puzzles, a toy car track and virtual reality. And professional artists will help girls get colourful braids and beautiful hairstyles. Everyone will also have the opportunity to take part in a photo activity. A variety of fun activities will also be offered by Akropole Alfa’s shops and service outlets, for example, McDonald’s will invite festival guests to spin the wheel of fortune, Cinamon Akropole Alfa will organise a tattoo workshop, and the Adventures’ Zone will also offer a fun activity. To strengthen family cooperation, parents are invited to take part in workshops with their children to create their own family flag and pins.

Children will be able to collect stamps as they take part in the activities, and if they collect at least ten stamps, they will be able to receive a prize from XS Rotaļlietas, McDonalds, Chil Pizza, KFC, Gabi, Rimi, Brain Games, Latvijas Pērles, Stenders, Hooligaan Bubble Tea & Coffee Riga, Lieliska dāvana and others.

Spectacular stage programme and surprises

The main events of the Family Festival will take place on the stage on the 2nd floor of AKROPOLE Alfa. On 12 October, accompanied by the enthusiastic event host Mārtiņš Počs, the characters of the children’s favourite animated series, Paw Patrol, will take the stage and invite visitors to play games. Illusionist Robijs Trankalis will make magic happen, and the vocal studio TĪ MAŽORS and the dance studio Blaze will give wonderful performances. On Saturday, visitors of the Family Festival will also be able to watch a children’s fashion show, in which 70 different outfits will be presented by the young stars of the children’s modelling agency BABOCHKA.

On 13 October, Zili brīnumi will provide an educational atmosphere on stage, creating a visually beautiful and educational science show. The son of the famous illusionists Dace and Enrico Pecolli, the well-known illusionist Dante Pecolli, will also entertain the visitors, as well as the vocal studio Spāre, the dance studio Dance Art Theater and the characters of Paw Patrol. DJ Edgars Bercis will provide an uplifting atmosphere in the festival area on both days.

The AKROPOLE Alfa Family Festival will take place on 12 and 13 October from 12:00 to 19:00. All activities will be free of charge. More about the Family Festival: https://www.akropolealfa.lv/lv/notikumu/gimenu-festivals/41847 

 

About AKROPOLE Alfa

AKROPOLE Alfa is the largest shopping centre in Latvia, offering a wide and varied range of fashion and services, among which are H&M, Lindex, ZARA, Reserved, Sportland, NS King, Salamander, HalfPrice and others, including the only Zara Home, JD Sports un DAN JOHN stores in Latvia, and the first eapavi.lv store. The 3rd floor of the shopping centre hosts an extensive catering area with restaurants and cafés such as Lido, GanBei, Čili Pizza, and 9 Drakoni, while the 1st floor also offers fast food restaurants such as McDonald’s, KFC and Hesburger. AKROPOLE Alfa is home to the modern and spacious MyFitness sports club and the indoor children’s playground Adventures’ Zone. Cinema lovers have access to eight Cinamon cinema halls. Parking spaces for up to 1750 cars are available for AKROPOLE Alfa visitors.