1.02.2022
The Aapintuva minstrels have always been at the heart of all the festival's festive music. (Photo: Risto Savolainen) The band of the year, Aapintuvan pelimannit, has been the great invisible influence of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival for four decades. It is the...
1.02.2022
Artist of the Year Vilma Jää (Photo: Mikko Malmivaara) Folk musician, singer and composer Vilma Jää has received the Musicians' Union's Artist of the Year award. She is described in the award criteria as a luminous soloist who breaks the boundaries of different genres. Vilma Jää...
17.12.2021
Pro Kaustinen ry. PRESS RELEASE 17.12.2021 Pro Kaustinen ry., the production organisation that organises the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, has confirmed the results of the past summer festival and production season at its annual meeting on 16.12.2021. The festival, which was organised as a hybrid format, sold...
16.12.2021
The Kaustinen players at the opening of the festival. On 15.12.2021, the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee inscribed the Kaustis Violin Orchestra on UNESCO's List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The Kaustis Violin Orchestra was nominated for the...
10.01.2020
Tuure Kilpeläinen and the Kaiho Caravan bring Finnish world music to the festival week.(Photo: Central Line ) More than four thousand players are expected to attend the 53rd Kaustinen Folk Music Festival from 13-19 July. The total number of visitors has in recent years...
8.10.2019
Silja Heikkilä, Executive Director of Pro Kaustinen ry, the organiser of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, is resigning from the association. Heikkilä will leave her position and her related positions of trust as of 14.10.2019, taking annual leave until the end of her employment contract....
