Welcome to apply as a Pelimanni performer for the 2024 festival!

Welcome to apply as a Pelimanni performer for the 2024 festival!

Do you perform folk music, folk dance or more modern productions based on folk music and want to be part of creating a unique family-friendly festival atmosphere and presenting the gems of your repertoire to a dedicated festival audience? Don't hesitate...

Kaustinen Folk Music Festival is Festival of the Year 2024

Kaustinen Folk Music Festival is Festival of the Year 2024

Festivaaliareenan tunnelmaa. Kuva Krista Järvelä. Finland Festivalsin hallitus on nimennyt Kaustinen Folk Music Festivalin Vuoden festivaaliksi 2024. Hallitus toteaa perusteluissaan: Kaustinen Folk Music Festivalilla pääosassa...

We are looking for a Restaurant Manager!

We are looking for a Restaurant Manager!

We are looking for a Restaurant Manager for the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival. The Restaurant Manager will be responsible for the entire restaurant sector of the Folk Music Festival, including the bar and cafés and, if agreed separately, backstage catering. Our aim is to renew and develop...

To Kaustinen Village 2024

To Kaustinen Village 2024

The celebrations will continue from 8 to 14 July in 2024, with next year's theme being In the Village. The theme highlights and highlights how villages, neighbourhoods or other micro-environments work at the grassroots level to promote a living cultural heritage.Kaustinen is the place where...

Second largest audience ever in Kaustinen

Second largest audience ever in Kaustinen

A record number of players and beautiful sunny weather ensured that all expectations of the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival were met and more! The total attendance for the week is 48 312, which is thousands more than ever before, leaving aside...

Young people have found Kaustinen

Young people have found Kaustinen

As the festival week draws to a close, everything has been happy: the weather has been kind and people have been enjoying life in peace and quiet. This year, teenagers have found their own thing, especially on the night before Friday night. The evening...

Peter, volunteer

Peter, volunteer

I can't remember ever looking forward to an event as much as I am looking forward to the Folk Music Festival this year. Over the past year I have become friends with many musicians, from metal to jazz, and as a result my interest in music has reached through the roof. The money, though, is not...

From rock drummer to player

From rock drummer to player

Antti Mäkelä plays in Jarkko Ahola's band, but right now he's into folk music. The rock drummer from Lietoa came to Kaustinen as a guitarist in the Turku Folks! band. The Kaustinen experience has been a first for Mäkelä. - A great event! First of all, it was a surprise...

Elephant Sessions meets the Arena

Elephant Sessions meets the Arena

The super-popular Scottish band Elephant Sessions already filled the Kallioklub on Friday, so that not everyone could get in. But luckily, on Saturday night at 22:00 at the Keskipohjanmaa Arena, there will be another chance to hear this world-touring band. Before and after...

Samuli Putro likes Kaustinen

Samuli Putro likes Kaustinen

Thursday evening and a packed Central Ostrobothnia arena, lots of people listening on the grass outside. As Samuli Putro sings and speaks about bullying, harassment and peace, the young people in front of the stage record his words in their minds. It's obvious that...