Recruitment of festival staff and volunteers has started. For more information and application forms, click here.
Valentine's Day ticket offer 14.2.-16.2.2020!
Valentine's Day special offer for Valentine's Day, day by day ticket 25€ (+ delivery charges). Save up to €9/day! Offer valid 14-16 February 2020 Tickets available from 14 February at the festival office on the third floor of Kansantaiteenkeskus (Jyväskyläntie 3) on weekdays from 10 am to 3 pm (note: card payment only) www.kaustinen.net www.lipputoimisto.fi www.tiketti.fi The full programme will be published on 7 April 2020 #kaustinenfmf #kesanonnellisellisimmatpaivat #kaustinen
Come and sell your products at festivals!
You can now apply for exhibitor, sales and food outlets for the coming summer using the online application form. We are focusing on sales products that fit the character of our festival, such as crafts, design, jewellery and textiles, and on the food side we would like to see all kinds of food, café products, sweets and ice cream sold at the festival. Read more here!
We are looking for a Sales Secretary
We are looking for a sales professional to join our festival team. The sales secretary's duties include group and corporate sales, marketing, order management and sales support. The Sales Secretary will act as a liaison with customers and stakeholders, reporting to the Executive Director and working closely with our event production organisation. The job description is broad, depending on the strengths of the person selected. We are looking for an active, competent person who is used to working in a team and has the ability to work under pressure [...]
Tuure Kilpeläinen, Paula Vesala, Frigg...
Piirainen Blom Company, musicians Venla Ilona Blom and J-P Piirainen and four dancers will offer a modern interpretation of folk music in Kaustinen next summer.(Photo: Jimmy Träskelin) Among the Finnish performers announced recently for July are Frigg, trio Paula Vesala, Jutta Rahmel & Aili Järvelä, Freija, Piirainen Blom Company (photo), Arto & Antti Järvelä, Rehupiikles, Jannika B, Tuure Kilpeläinen and Kaihon Karavaani, as well as Finland's largest pelican orchestra Orivesi All Stars. Kangasalan Pikkupelimannit, which has been operating for 40 years, has been chosen as the band of 2020. [...]
Kaustinen announced the first performers: Tuure Kilpeläinen, Paula Vesala, Frigg...
Tuure Kilpeläinen and the Kaiho Caravan bring Finnish world music to the festival week.(Photo: Central Line ) More than four thousand players are expected to attend the 53rd Kaustinen Folk Music Festival from 13-19 July. Total attendance has stabilised in recent years at over 46 000 visitors. Among the Finnish performers announced on Friday are Frigg, trio Paula Vesala, Jutta Rahmel & Aili Järvelä, Freija, Piirainen Blom Company, Arto & Antti Järvelä, Rehupiikles, Jannika B, Tuure Kilpeläinen and Kaihon Karavaani, as well as Finland's largest pelican orchestra Orivesi All Stars. The 2020 band of the year is [...]
Kaustinen Folk Music Festival increased attendance, surplus result
Pro Kaustinen ry, the production organisation that organises the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, made a surplus of EUR 12,077 in the 2019 financial year due to an increase in the number of visitors compared to the previous year. Turnover for the financial year was just over EUR 1,030,000. ”We are pleased with the overall result of last summer's festivals, the increase in attendance and the positive development in various areas of event production,” says Ira Korkala, President of Pro Kaustinen ry. At its meeting on 18 December 2019, the annual meeting of Pro Kaustinen ry elected Ira [...]
Registration for summer 2020 has started
Year after year, hundreds of musicians, singers and dancers flock to the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival to enjoy a great atmosphere, a diverse, rich and surprising programme. In addition to their performances, the musicians come to Kaustinen to meet each other, make new acquaintances and maybe even form lifelong partnerships or new bands. The first application period is 15.11.2019-15.01.2020. The second, additional application period is 17.2.-31.3.2020. In 2020, the celebrations will have their own [...]
Silja Heikkilä, Executive Director of Pro Kaustinen ry, leaves her position at the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival
Silja Heikkilä, Executive Director of Pro Kaustinen ry, the organiser of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, is resigning from the association. Heikkilä will leave her position and her related positions of trust as of 14.10.2019, taking annual leave until the end of her employment. Heikkilä has been the Executive Director of the Folk Music Festival since June 2018. ”It is with sadness that I leave the position, as the festival is an exceptionally wonderful event in our country's cultural scene and it has been a pleasure to work with the people”, says Heikkilä. [...]
A clear increase in the number of players and more tickets sold than last year
The number of players at the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival increased significantly this year. A total of 4,340 pelimannis performed (last year 4,049), which makes Pro Kaustinen's chairman Ira Korkala particularly happy: - This was the 52nd time that people played and danced in Kaustinen. It was the 52nd time that Kaustinen was the venue of the 52nd annual concert. There is always a place to play and dance here. The festival achieved its pre-set goal, the same as the year before. The total attendance was now [...]