The theme of this year's Staro Riga festival is "The Light Dawned", a line from Latvian classical composer Jazeps Vitols' song "The Castle of Light".
Festivāla tēma pagājušajā gadā bija "Gaisma sauca", bet šogad ir "Gaisma ausa", kas ir teksta fragments no Jāzepa Vītola dziesmas "Gaismas pils".