Viru Folk
GenreFolk music
DatesAugust
Location(s)Käsmu, Estonia
Years active2008-present
Founded byPeep Veedla[1]
Websitewww.virufolk.ee
Festival Viru folk in Käsmu (2019)
Viru Folk (2023)

Viru Folk is an Estonian music festival held in August in Käsmu since 2008.[2]

It is organised by the nonprofit organization (MTÜ) Viru Folk, and Peep Veedla is the main organiser of the festival.[3] Since 2013, Viru Folk has focused on the music and culture of one region per festival.[4]

Between the years 2010–2020, the amount of festival visitors have varied from 4000 (in 2020, due to Corona) to 12 000.[5][6] According to the study, 63% of the visitors were aged between 21–50 and 66% of the visitors were women.[7]

Viru Folk has been awarded the European Festivals Association's EFFE Label twice (2015 and 2017).[8][9]

Theme-years of Viru Folk

  • 2013 Year of Sweden[10]
  • 2014 Year of Sami[11]
  • 2015 Year of Denmark[12]
  • 2016 Year of the Nordic Islands[13]
  • 2017 Year of Finland[14]
  • 2018 Year of Estonia[15]
  • 2019 Year of Ireland[16]
  • 2020 Year of Norway[6]
  • 2021 Slavic year[17]
  • 2022 Year of friendly neighbours[18]
  • 2023 Year of British Isles[19]
  • 2024 Year of the Alps[20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Peep Veedla: "Kes Viru Folgi maha magab, raiskab lihtsalt oma aega!"". Õhtuleht. 9 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "Viru Folk". Visit Estonia. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Festivali korraldajad". Viru Folk. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Peep Veedla: Käsmu inimestel käib ajaarvamine folgist folgini". Virumaa Teataja. 17 July 2019.
  5. ↑ Parksepp, Anette (25 August 2018). "Suvefestivalide korraldajad püüavad küllastunud turul nina vee peal hoida". ERR.
  6. 1 2 Weidebaum, Reet (9 August 2020). "Käsmus lõppes kolm päeva väldanud Viru Folk". ERR.
  7. ↑ "Festivalide uuring 2022" (PDF). Visit Estonia. 2022.
  8. ↑ "Viru Folk ja Pärna festival said Euroopa festivalikataloogi kvaliteedimärgi". Virumaa Teataja. 11 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Viru Folk pälvis taas Euroopa kvaliteedimärgise". Virumaa Teataja. 10 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Bra! Suvine Viru Folk tuleb sel aastal Rootsi moodi". Kroonika. 9 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "Viru folk tutvustab saami kultuuri". Kuulutaja. 1 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Käsmus peetav Viru Folk on pühendatud Taani muusikale ja kultuurile". Pealinn. 7 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Viru Folk toob tänasest külastajateni põhjala saarte muusikud". ERR. 12 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Viru Folk tähistab Soome juubeliaastat!". Postimees. 24 January 2017.
  15. ↑ "Viru Folk 2018". EV100. 2018.
  16. ↑ "Viru Folk 2019". Kultuurikava. 2019.
  17. ↑ "Kõik folgisõbrad kogunesid Käsmu Viru folgile". Õhtuleht. 6 August 2021.
  18. ↑ "Viru Folk tuleb heade naabritega". Kuulutaja. 5 August 2022.
  19. ↑ "British and Irish Isles focus of this year's Viru Folk Festival". ERR. 13 August 2023.
  20. ↑ "VIRU FOLK 2024 – ALPINE YEAR IN KÄSMU". Viru Folk. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
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