11.01.2019
52nd Kaustinen Folk Music Festival 8 – 14 July 2019 Kaustinen is already heading towards the coming summer. The festival will take off with a night-time hiking event Yövaellus on Sunday July 7th in cooperation with Perhonjokilaakson Retkeilijät ry....
16.05.2018
Last year Kaustinen Folk Music Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary but when the festival is arranged for the 51st time the tempo does not slow down! The whole festival program is published Wednesday 16th of May and contains a wide range of artists. The same music...
12.01.2018
Kaustinen Folk Music Festival Press release 12 January 2018, free for release at 9pm The 51st Kaustinen Folk Music Festival will be held 9-15 July 2018. During the opening day of the festival week, Kaustinen municipality will grant everyone free entry to celebrate its...
13.01.2017
Press release 13 January 2017 Kaustinen celebrates its 50th festival year with an abundant display of both the historical roots which form the foundation of the festival, and a lavish array of visions of the future. The 50th anniversary theme is Feast and it’s...
8.03.2016
Press release 8 March 2016 Kaustinen celebrates its 49th festival summer in 2016. The versatile programme consists, as always, of a myriad of amateur folk musicians, best professional folk musicians in the country, highly interesting international world music names...
8.01.2016
Kaustinen Folk Music Festival 2016 moves your dancing feet to the music of wind instruments. This year’s festival celebrates 150 Years of Folk Dance and traditional wind instrument music. The regional theme is the eastern Finnish region of Kainuu. The Band of...
