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| Viru Folk | |
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| Genre | Folk music |
| Dates | August |
| Locations | Käsmu, Estonia |
| Years active | 2008-present |
| Founders | Peep Veedla[1] |
| Website | www |
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 4,000 (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
[edit]- 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]
- 2025 Year of North America[21]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Peep Veedla: "Kes Viru Folgi maha magab, raiskab lihtsalt oma aega!"". Õhtuleht. 9 August 2019.
- ↑ "Viru Folk". Visit Estonia. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ↑ "Festivali korraldajad". Viru Folk. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ↑ "Peep Veedla: Käsmu inimestel käib ajaarvamine folgist folgini". Virumaa Teataja. 17 July 2019.
- ↑ Parksepp, Anette (25 August 2018). "Suvefestivalide korraldajad püüavad küllastunud turul nina vee peal hoida". ERR.
- 1 2 Weidebaum, Reet (9 August 2020). "Käsmus lõppes kolm päeva väldanud Viru Folk". ERR.
- ↑ "Festivalide uuring 2022" (PDF). Visit Estonia. 2022.
- ↑ "Viru Folk ja Pärna festival said Euroopa festivalikataloogi kvaliteedimärgi". Virumaa Teataja. 11 June 2015.
- ↑ "Viru Folk pälvis taas Euroopa kvaliteedimärgise". Virumaa Teataja. 10 May 2017.
- ↑ "Bra! Suvine Viru Folk tuleb sel aastal Rootsi moodi". Kroonika. 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "Viru folk tutvustab saami kultuuri". Kuulutaja. 1 August 2014.
- ↑ "Käsmus peetav Viru Folk on pühendatud Taani muusikale ja kultuurile". Pealinn. 7 August 2015.
- ↑ "Viru Folk toob tänasest külastajateni põhjala saarte muusikud". ERR. 12 August 2016.
- ↑ "Viru Folk tähistab Soome juubeliaastat!". Postimees. 24 January 2017.
- ↑ "Viru Folk 2018". EV100. 2018.
- ↑ "Viru Folk 2019". Kultuurikava. 2019.
- ↑ "Kõik folgisõbrad kogunesid Käsmu Viru folgile". Õhtuleht. 6 August 2021.
- ↑ "Viru Folk tuleb heade naabritega". Kuulutaja. 5 August 2022.
- ↑ "British and Irish Isles focus of this year's Viru Folk Festival". ERR. 13 August 2023.
- ↑ "VIRU FOLK 2024 – ALPINE YEAR IN KÄSMU". Viru Folk. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ↑ "Viru Folk Põhja-Ameerika aasta". Viru Folk (in Estonian). Retrieved 2025-06-11.
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