The popular The Festival Weekend series will wrap up a successful 2026 in Latvia, with The Festival Weekend Riga running from September 10-13 at the Olympic Voodoo Casino.
The early fall series is headlined by the €555 Mystery Bounty Main Event, which features three Day 1 starting flights (including a Turbo format), and a wide selection of mixed-game events, side tournaments, and even a blackjack tournament for all you casino fans.
Online satellites are available now on OlyBet Poker, where players can secure their spot at the festival through a wide range of tournaments with hundreds of seats up for grabs for a low buy-in.
The Festival Weekend Riga 2026 Full Schedule
Date
Time
#
Event
Buy-In
Starting Stack
Levels
Late Reg
Thu 10 Sep
13:00
1
Satellite to Main Event (Unl. Rebuys + Add-on, 2 Seats GTD)
€30
5,000
20/10 min
Level 6, 15:15
Thu 10 Sep
15:00
3
Main Event Mystery Bounty Day 1A
€555
40,000
30 min
Level 12, 21:45
Thu 10 Sep
17:00
2
PLO4/PLO5 BOMB Pot (Button Round Each, 8-Handed)
€350
30,000
25/20 min
Level 8, 20:50
Thu 10 Sep
19:00
4
Blackjack Tournament (Winner Takes All)
€150
N/A
N/A
19:30
Thu 10 Sep
21:00
5
NLH Progressive Bounty (€60 Progressive Bounties)
€200
25,000
15 min
Level 12, 00:30
Fri 11 Sep
12:00
6
Satellite to Main Event (Unl. Rebuys + Add-on, 2 Seats GTD)
€30
5,000
20/10 min
Level 6, 14:15
Fri 11 Sep
13:00
3
Main Event Mystery Bounty Day 1B
€555
40,000
30 min
Level 12, 19:45
Fri 11 Sep
14:00
7
PLO4/PLO5 PKO (Button Round Each, 8-Handed)
€350
30,000
25/20 min
Level 8, 17:50
Fri 11 Sep
19:00
3
Main Event Mystery Bounty Day 1C (Turbo)
€555
40,000
15 min
Level 12, 22:30
Fri 11 Sep
21:00
8
OmahaJack
€150
20,000
15 min
Level 8, 23:15
Sat 12 Sep
12:00
3
Main Event Mystery Bounty Day 2
N/A
40,000
40 min
Closed
Sat 12 Sep
13:00
9
NLH 7-2 Estonia Special (incl. INES Rule)
€200
25,000
20 min
Level 9, 16:30
Sat 12 Sep
16:00
10
Dealers Choice All PL (PLO HiLo8, BigO, PLO4, PLO5, PLO6)
€350
30,000
30/20 min
Level 8, 20:30
Sat 12 Sep
20:00
11
€200 NLH Big Bounty
€200
20,000
15 min
Level 12, 23:30
Sun 13 Sep
12:00
12
NLH Sunday Brunch (Added Package to The Festival Tallinn 2026)
€200
25,000
20 min
Level 9, 15:30
Sun 13 Sep
15:00
13
Satellite to The Festival ME Tallinn (2x €550 Tickets GTD)
€30
5,000
15/10 min
Level 6, 16:45
Schedule Highlights
The action gets underway on Thursday, September 10 with the first of three €555 Main Event Mystery Bounty starting flights, with Day 1A beginning at 3 p.m. Players will have another standard flight on Friday at 1 p.m., followed by the faster-paced Turbo Day 1C at 7 p.m. The surviving players will return for Day 2 at noon on Saturday, with 40-minute levels in play.
The schedule also features plenty of action away from the Main Event, including PLO4/PLO5 BOMB Pot and PKO events, a €200 NLH Progressive Bounty and OmahaJack. Saturday brings the €200 NLH 7-2 Estonia Special and a €350 Dealers Choice event featuring PLO Hi-Lo 8, Big O, PLO4, PLO5 and PLO6.
The final day features the €200 NLH Sunday Brunch before the festival wraps up with a €30 satellite to The Festival Main Event in Tallinn, with two €550 tickets guaranteed. Casino fans will also have their chance to get involved with the €150 Blackjack Tournament on Thursday, where the winner takes the entire prize pool.
There's a lot to like about the Riga schedule, particularly if you're the sort of player who gets bored grinding the same game all weekend. The €555 Mystery Bounty Main Event is obviously the headline act, but the side event lineup is where things get interesting, with PLO, OmahaJack, 7-2 and a Dealers Choice event all offering something a little different.
And if poker isn't quite enough, there's even a Blackjack Tournament on Thursday night. It's a proper Festival schedule in that respect: plenty of familiar formats, a few curveballs, and enough variety to keep things interesting from Thursday through Sunday.
Eliot Thomas is an Editor at PokerNews, specializing in casino and poker coverage. He is on the ground in Barcelona covering the European Poker Tour and has previously worked at the World Series of Poker and Triton Super High Roller Series.
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