Kaustinen Folk Music Festival has been nominated in the Festival of the Year category of the Industry Awards organised by Music X Media. The nomination is a significant recognition for one of the largest folk music and dance festivals in Finland and Northern Europe....
Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, the largest folk music event in the Nordic countries, has once again been a success. Total attendance for the festival week was 54 371. A total of 20 461 tickets were sold in advance, online or at the gates. The organiser is quite satisfied with the figures -...
The dream of more than 200 musicians, singers and dancers from Hämälä came true when they performed their big provincial concert at the main arena in Kaustinen on Friday. The festival's regional theme Häme was exceptionally broad this year, covering the old Hämälä regions...
The Kaustinen Folk Music Festival is the start of a dream festival weekend. Already from the beginning of the week there have been a lot of people around. The weather forecast is the best: sunshine and warmth, with even high temperatures on Saturday....
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...