Kaustinen Folk Music Festival

Kaustinen Folk Music Festival

Kaustinen Folk Music Festival ("Kaustisen kansanmusiikkijuhlat"), arranged yearly in July in Kaustinen, Finland, is the biggest folk music and dance festival in the Nordic countries. It was first arranged in 1968.

In its first year, the festival expected 6000 visitors. The number was over three times the estimate, though. Nowadays the festival lasts nine days and is visited by over 100,000 people. There are over 3000 performers from Finland and other countries every year.

The festival has a different country theme every year (2003 Greece, 2004 multicultural Canada, 2005 Hungary, 2006 Italy, 2007 Russia). Every year the festival nominates the Master Folk Musician, the Ensemble of the Year, and Festival Ensembles amongst prominent Finnish folk musicians.

In 2006 Hyperborea were nominated as band of the year at the festival.

External links

* [http://www.kaustinen.net Kaustinen Folk Music Festival]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Hyperborea (Finnish folk music group) — Hyperborea is a folk music group, comprising four young Finnish musicians. They are: *Piia Kleemola fiddle, viola, kantele, vocals *Antti Paalanen accordion *Petri Prauda cittern, mandolin, bagpipes, vocals *Paula Susitaival fiddle, keyed fiddle… …   Wikipedia

  • Music of Finland — Karelia Sami music Humppa Kantele Genres Folk Pop Opera Rock (Suomirock) Hip hop Trance …   Wikipedia

  • Kaustinen — ( Kaustby in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 4,432 (2003) and covers an area of 362.02 km² of which 7.94… …   Wikipedia

  • Kaustinen — Kaustisen kunta Wappen Karte Basisdaten Staat …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Kaustby — Kaustisen kunta Wappen Karte Basisdaten Staat …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Motora — is a folk dance group from Eastern Finland, city of Joensuu. Motora is specialized in Karelian folk dance. Karelia is a frontier; it is partly is Finland, partly in Russia. The influences of eastern and western cultures can be seen in Motora s… …   Wikipedia

  • Värttinä — Infobox musical artist Name = Värttinä Img capt = Background = group or band Origin = flagicon|Finland Rääkkylä, Finland Genre = folk Years active = 1983 – present Label = URL = [http://www.varttina.com/ www.varttina.com] Associated acts =… …   Wikipedia

  • Frigg (band) — Frigg is a Finnish Norwegian folk music band. Their music is a combination of Kaustinen and Nord Trondelag with a bit of Americana and Irish folk music mixed in. They were chosen as the Band of the Year at the 2003 Kaustinen Folk Music… …   Wikipedia

  • Loituma — Infobox Musical artist Name = Loituma Img capt = Background = group or band Alias = Jäykkä Leipä Origin = flagicon|Finland Helsinki, Finland Genre = folk Years active = 1989 – present Label = NorthSide URL = Current members = Sari Kauranen Anita… …   Wikipedia

  • Martti Erik Ala-Könni — Martti Erik (Erkki) Ala Könni (2 February 1911, Ilmajoki–2 September 1996, Tampere) was a Finnish ethnomusicologist, researcher, and recorder of Finnish folklore. He received a doctorate degree in folk music in 1956 from the University of… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”