Musicians, dancers, singers... Welcome to join us for a summer 2021 highlight in July! (Photo: Krista Järvelä) Kaustinen Folk Music Festival will take place this year from 12-18 July. Registration for the festival starts on 26 January and ends on...
Open call: three jobs in the festival team
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We are on holiday 23.12.2020-3.1.2021
VirtualCaustic was a success, an exceptional year for a surplus
The result of the production organisation Pro Kaustinen ry, which organises the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, was a surplus of 14.454,88 euros for the financial year 2020. The Virtual Kaustinen website attracted 123 000 visits from 51 countries during the summer festival week, bringing the total number of visits to 161 000 by the end of July. The association's turnover for the financial year was EUR 205 150,25. ”We are very pleased with the result achieved in this very exceptional global situation, where the organisation of a traditional festival was not [...]
You can continue watching the performances on the video channel
The VirtuaaliKaustinen website is now closed, but you can still watch the gameplay videos on the festival's YouTube channel. It also contains the interviews with studio guests conducted during the online event, as well as the morning greetings. Join us to follow the Kaustinen videos! You can find the productions during Virtual Kaustinen in the playlists. If you have a gmail account, you can also subscribe to the channel by clicking here. Then you can also [...]
VirtuaaliKaustinen has been viewed online more than 123 000 times in 51 countries
The VirtuaaliKaustinen festival ended on Sunday, but the material on the Kaustinen2020.net website is available until the end of July. All videos, including the evening concerts, and the rest of the programme can be viewed there free of charge. The site was visited more than 123 000 times between 13 and 18 July. The most popular content was the games programme, with 45 new videos each day. Over 6 days, the programme was followed by almost 10 [...]
Kaustinen was viewed online more than 123,000 times from 51 countries
The programme of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival's online festival ends on Sunday, but VirtualKaustinen's website Kaustinen2020.net will be open until the end of July. All videos and other content can be viewed there - for free. The VirtualKaustinen site was visited more than 123,000 times between 13 and 18 July. The most popular content [...]
Kaustista was viewed online more than 123 000 times in 51 countries
The Kaustinen Folk Music Festival's online programming will end on Sunday of the festival week, but the VirtualKaustinen website Kaustinen2020.net will be open until the end of July. All videos and supporting programme will be available there free of charge. The six evening concerts broadcast during the festival week have also been launched today. In total, the website was visited more than 123 000 times between 13 and 18 July. By far the most popular content was the daily game man shows, with around 45 new videos published every day. [...]
Let's play the songs of 2021, one year to rehearse with Mauno Järvelä
On Sunday 19.7.2020, a significant moment in the history of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival will be recorded: the players will come together online to play together in a video broadcast, filmed at Mauno's Makasiini in Kaustinen. A significant moment will also take place next year: the same songs will be played in a big concert, which has been decided to bring back the early days of the festival. Every year, around 4000 players gather in Kaustinen. The driving force behind the whole festival is playing together, and next year it [...]
Co-playing 19.7.2020 / Jam session / Allspel
19.7.2020 SUNDAY / SUNDAY / SUNDAY At 2 pm / kl. 14 Facebook / My KaustinenAt 19 / at 7 am / kl. 19 Kaustinen2020.net/evening-concert-su/ The video recording of the concert will take place on Sunday 19 July at 2 pm, when there will be a live broadcast from Mauno's Maasino in the My Kaustinen group on Facebook. The group will provide the sheet music for the songs to be played in advance. The recording will be available at [...]