Haitaripelimanni Lauri Kotamäen uutta Kotamäki Company -kokoonpanoa on kuvailtu rosoiseksi mutta helläksi rock-yhtyeeksi. Kuva: JP Niemelä Uusia nimiä festivaaliviikolle 11.–17. heinäkuuta: Ida Elina, Kotamäki Company, Maija Kauhanen, Pepe Willberg… Kaustinen...
Kaustisen kansanmusiikkijuhlat on valinnut vuoden 2022 showcase-yhtyeet. Ne ovat Lapua-Uusi-Guinea, Bergå Folk Project ja Zäpämmät – kaikki uusia suomalaisia kokoonpanoja, jotka tähtäävät ulkomaisille konserttilavoille ja festivaaleille. Lapua-Uuden-Guinean tuore...
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...
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...
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...
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...
