10.07.2025
In the past, restaurant services in the festival area have been outsourced. Now all cafés, takeaways, catering, the festival restaurant and the soup kitchen are owned by the festival and managed by Pro Kaustinen ry. The kitchen at the primary school has a capacity of 1,000...
9.07.2025
The Folkskandia event brings together more than 550 young people to play together during the festival week in Kaustinen. The Kaustis-based children and youth Keyboard Players have received guests from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and Shetland. They have a habit of exchanging ideas and...
8.07.2025
Konsta Jylhä's compositions have never been heard in the Konsta Jylhä competition, and hardly anywhere else, with so many different instruments, genres and combinations as in this year's competition at the beginning of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival week....
8.07.2025
Finding accommodation in a small place can feel like a challenge at first. But the problem miraculously diminishes after the first festival trip. If the accommodation is a success, many people will book it again for next year. In 2025...
7.07.2025
Linnéa Holmberg, Liisa Kupiainen, Eero Myllymäki and Rauno Nieminen (from right to left in the picture) have been awarded the title of Master Player at the opening ceremony of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival on Monday evening. (Photo: Tiiu Hyyryläinen) Master players have a great value...
5.07.2025
Why has no one told you that there is such a unique festival in Finland? This is the question many first-timers ask every year at the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival with a happy smile on their face. But why is Kaustinen really different from other festivals? Pro Kaustinen...
