The election was announced at the Eläköön Folk! gala in Tampere on Saturday 20 February.(Photo: screenshot) Duo Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström have been chosen as Kaustinen's Band of the Year. Both musicians are important pioneers in the development of their...
Photo by Jimmy Träskelin Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström have been chosen as Kaustinen Band of the Year. Both musicians are important pioneers in the development of their instruments and important role models: their long-standing collaboration continues to develop year after year. The selection...
Kaustinen's long-time favourite band Frigg.Photo: Lauri Oino The history of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival has continued unbroken. The largest folk music festival in the Nordic countries will be held for the 54th time in the second week of July. The world's most...
The unga svenska Spöket i Köket has attracted attention through its energy. Kaustinen Folkmusic Festival has a long history. Nordens största folkmusic festival is held for 54 years on the second weekend in July. Världens mest kända sameartist, den norska Mari Boine, kan vi...
The world's most famous Sámi artist, Norwegian Mari Boine (Photo: Gregor Hohenberg) The history of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival has been unbroken. The largest folk music festival in the Nordic countries will take place in the second week of July for the 54th time....
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...
We are on holiday 23.12.2020-3.1.2021
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 [...]
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 [...]