Everyone can participate in the festival!

At the Kaustinen Festival music or dance is not only a performative act but it underlines participatory approach by offering the audience opportunities in joining the music-making and dancing.

- Master folk singer Jussi Asu

The 57th Kaustinen Folk Music Festival will be held from 8th to 14th of July 2024.

The Kaustinen Folk Music Festival serves a hand-picked diverse sample of Finnish Folk Music and Folk Dance, as well as an annual program presenting international ensembles and traditions.

The artists at the festival vary from traditional Finnish solo performers to contemporary folk bands and international acts. The programme includes folkdance, some Finnish popular artists, children´s music, multi-artistic performances besed on folklore and participatory acts. The festival plays a crucial role in the preservation and promotion of various fields of heritage from different regions of Finland and all over the world. The Festival has a unique family-friendly and cozy atmosphere, which is worth experiencing.

The theme of next year's festival in 2024 will be Visiting the Village, highlighting and demonstrating how villages, neighbourhoods or other micro-environments work at the grassroots level to promote a living cultural heritage. The theme emphasises the importance of active local level participation for the whole field of folk music and dance, but also for the well-being of the individual, and encourages all actors to visit both unfamiliar environments and familiar activities and traditions.

The regional theme for 2024 is South Ostrobothnia. The Centre for the Promotion of Folk Music and Folk Dance (CEFF) theme Make it up! will also be reflected in the festival programme.

 

Performer Info
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Pelimanni performers

Pelimanni performers; players, dancers and singers are the heart of Kaustinen Folk Music Festival.
Warmly welcome to the 57th Kaustinen Folk Music Festival that will be held from 8th to 14th of July!

The festival is committed to the Safer Place policy. For more information, visit Kaustinen.net/en/info

The call for Pelimanni performers for the 2024 festival has closed.

Application timetable for Pelimanni performers

  • The call for Pelimanni performers has closed 31st of January at 5 pm.
  • The names and other details of the group members will be requested during the spring. Instructions on how to provide this information will be sent to the contact persons.
  • The contact person will know in  April if the group is being accepted to perform at the festival. It is the responsibility of the contact person to pass on the information to their group.
  • The details of the dates and times of performances will be sent to the contact person of the accepted groups in  May - June.

If your application is missing an audio sample or video link, please send it to us as soon as possible to pelimannit@kaustinen.net.
NOTE! Upload the video on YouTube and send the link by email to address above.  

Audio and /or video samples will speed up the approval process and help with the possible placement of the performances

Booking of performer accommodation will open during the spring. We will announce it in the Pelimanni performers letters (Pelimannikirje) and on our website.

 

Conditions and benefits for those accepted as official Pelimanni performers

  • Performer wristband which entitles entrance to the festival area and all events on all festival days.
  • Free music and dance workshops, seminars and a guaranteed relaxed atmosphere with thousands of friends.
  • Shared / dormitory kind accommodation for a low price
  • Performer meal for discount price at the Festival restaurant.
  • Free instrument storage.

More details about the conditions and benefits will be announced during the spring in the Pelimanni performers letters (Pelimannikirje).

Guestions will be answered from the festival office!

pelimannit@kaustinen.net
tel. +358 40 3582 198

Master Folk Musicians

The Master Folk Musician, the Master Folk Singer and the Master Folk Dancer (Mestaripelimanni) is a title awarded by the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival to a person who, with his or her traditional skills, abundant repertoire or other significant merits, has promoted folk music or folk dance and promote their pursuit. The Masters have been named since 1970.

Applications for Master Folk Musicians, Dancers and Singers can be sent throughout the year. The applications can be sent to matti.hakamaki@kaustinen.fi or give a call to +358 40 574 1917.

 

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Artists

The festival program is complemented by concerts completed by folk music and folk dance professionals. All festival guests and enthusiasts will be able to participate in a workshops of many professionals throughout the festival week.

Performers applying for an artist gets paid for their performance. The free-form application can be submitted either by e-mail directly to the Program Director firstname.lastname@kaustinen.net or to artists@kaustinen.net. Offers should be sent during August to December.

NOTE! We get so many artist offers that unfortunately not all posts can be answered. However, all applications will be reviewed, and each potential band or group will be contacted in person. Inriquiries can be made either by email or by phone directly from the Program Director.

Jaettuna parempi

Jaettuna parempi -konsepti on juurruttanut paikkansa festivaalin ohjelmaan ja tulevanakin kesänä on kansantanssiryhmillä mahdollista päästä esiintymään juhlille musiikinopiskelijoista kootun yhtyeen kanssa.

Konseptin keskeinen ajatus on mahdollistaa kansantanssiryhmille esiintymiskokemus elävän musiikin kanssa sekä sytyttää ja vahvistaa kipinää tanssisoittoa kohtaan.

Mukaan voivat hakea kansantanssiryhmät, joilla ei ole omaa säestysyhtyettä ja ovat valmiita hyppäämään yhteistyöhön muusikoiden kanssa. Ohjelmisto, jolla voi hakea mukaan tulee olla olemassa oleva kokonaisuus, jonka kappaleita on mahdollista vaihtaa ja tarvittaessa sovittaa Jaettuna parempi -yhtyeen kokoonpanolle sopivaksi.

Haku on päättynyt ja valituille ryhmille ilmoitetaan henkilökohtaisesti viimeistään maaliskuussa 2024

Lisätietoja Kaustinen.net/jaettuna-parempi

Kysymyksiin vastaa
pelimannit@kaustinen.net
tel. +358 40 3582 198

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