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Angelo Branduardi (Italy) performing at Folkest Festival, Tito Square, Koper-Capodistria, 1994

Folkest Festival is a world music festival held in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto (Italy), Carinthia (Austria), and Istria (Slovenia and Croatia) under the sponsorship of UNESCO. It was launched in 1979 at San Daniele del Friuli by a group of young cultural entrepreneurs, journalists, and musicians, initially to provide a meeting point for avant-garde folk music movements, but it later developed new formulas and experiments (stages, seminars, screenings, new itineraries) and new names.

In Slovenia the festival takes place in the city of Koper-Capodistria and at Hrvatini-Crevatini and in total with the other events held in Fruili and Carinthia attracts 50,000 visitors and numerous foreign journalists every year.

Programme

Musical proposals from throughout the world have been presented beside artists of the region. Always open to quality proposals, the Folkest Festival offers a programme that presents established artists as well as new talents from various cultures. Presenting ethno music from various countries has always been the festival's priority. Almost a thousand musical groups have already performed at the festival, with more than 100 Friulian, Slovene, Carinthian and Istrian localities hosting itinerant performances.

Performers

Since 1992 TV Koper-Capodistria has officially covered the entire festival. During the second half of the 1990s Folkest began promoting large exclusive productions, including performances by Angelo Branduardi, the Chieftains, David Shea, the Inti Illimani and Carlos Nuñez, together with Friulian artists such as La Sedon Salvadie and Daniele D'Agaro.

Since 2001 Folkest hosted among others the musicians Vlado Kreslin (Slovenia), Dario Marušič (Istria), Allan Taylor (UK), Goran Bregović (Serbia), John Trudell, Joan Baez, Joe Cocker (USA), Richard Dobson (USA-Switzerland), the European Youth Folk Orchestra and the groups Los De Abajo (Mexico), Variano (Brazil), Taraf da Metropulitana (Romania), Contempo Trio (France), Boban Marković Orkestar (Serbia), Vruja (Istria), Sara Tavares (Cape Verde), Radio Mundial (Portorico-USA), Ginger Leigh Band & Carolyn Wonderland (USA), Noa and Esta (Israel), Achanak (India-UK), Te Vaka (Polynesia-New Zealand), Farafina (Burkina Faso), Ska Cubano (Cuba) Baba Zula (Turkey), Pitura Freska, Mau Mau (Italy), Vizonto (Hungary), Fanfara Tirana (Albania), The Grande Mother Re:Invented (USA), Systema Solar (Columbia), along with several Dutch, Austrian, Spanish, German, Scottish, Irish, Swedish and Slovene folk musicians. The programme in 2011 presented the Roma singer Esma Redžepova (Macedonija) and the group At First Light (Irland). The concerts have been covered also by Italian RAI and the Swiss TV.

Venues

The events in Koper-Capodistria usually take place at the Titov trg Square, the Carpacciov trg Square, in the lapidarium of the Koper Regional Museum and at the Summer Gardens of the Italian Community in Koper-Capodistria and Hrvatini. The programme is co-organised by the AIAS, Associazione Italiana Arte e Spettacolo, the Coastal Italian Self-Governing National Community Koper-Capodistria and the Municipality of Koper-Capodistria.

External links

Folkest Festival website (in Italian)
Folkest Festival on Wikipedia

Gallery

Angelo Branduardi (Italy) performing at Folkest Festival, Tito Square, Koper-Capodistria, 1994

Joan Baez (United States) performing at Folkest Festival, Tito Square, Koper-Capodistria, 1995

Joe Cocker (United Kingdom) performing at Folkest Festival, Bonifika sports hall, Koper-Capodistria, 2000

Vlado Kreslin & Mali bogovi performing at Folkest Festival, Tito Square, Koper-Capodistria, 2001

Boban Marković Orchestra (Serbia) performing at Folkest Festival, Carpaccio Square, Koper-Capodistria, 2008

Esma Redžepova (Republic of Macedonia) performing at Folkest Festival, Carpaccio Square, Koper-Capodistria, 2011

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+{{image|Folkest Festival 1994 Angelo Branduardi.jpg}}
+[[Folkest Festival]] is a world music festival held in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto (Italy), Carinthia (Austria), and Istria (Slovenia and Croatia) under the sponsorship of UNESCO. It was launched in [[established::1979]] at San Daniele del Friuli by a group of young cultural entrepreneurs, journalists, and musicians, initially to provide a meeting point for avant-garde folk music movements, but it later developed new formulas and experiments (stages, seminars, screenings, new itineraries) and new names.
-{{Teaser|
+In Slovenia the festival takes place in the city of Koper-Capodistria and at Hrvatini-Crevatini and in total with the other events held in Fruili and Carinthia attracts 50,000 visitors and numerous foreign journalists every year.
-[[Folkest Festival]] is a world music festival held in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Carinthia (Austria) and Istria (Slovenia) under the sponsorship of UNESCO. It was launched in 1979 at San Daniele del Friuli by a group of young cultural entrepreneurs, journalists and musicians, initially to provide a meeting point for avant garde folk music movements, but it later developed new formulas and experiments (stages, seminars, screenings, new itineraries) and new names. Almost a thousand musical groups have now performed at Folkest, with more than 100 Friulian, Slovene, Carinthian and Istrian localities hosting itinerant performances. The festival attracts some 50,000 visitors and numerous foreign journalists every year. Since 1992 [[TV Koper-Capodistria]] has officially covered the entire festival. During the second half of the 1990s Folkest began promoting large exclusive productions, including performances by Angelo Branduardi, the Chieftains, David Shea, the Inti Illimani and Carlos Nuñez, together with Friulian artists such as La Sedon Salvadie and Daniele D'Agaro. In 2002 Folkest hosted the European Youth Folk Orchestra, Los De Abajo from Mexico, John Trudell (USA), Variano (Brasil), Taraf da Metropulitana (Romania), Contempo Trio (France), Goran Bregovic (Serbia), Vruja (Istria), Sara Tavares (Capo Verde) and the groups Noa and Esta from Israel, along with several Italian, Dutch, Austrian, Spanish, German, English, Scottish, Irish and Swedish folk musicians. The Folkest Festival takes place at Friulian, Slovene (in the city of Koper and at Hrvatini), Carinthian and Istrian localities.
 }}
+==Programme==
+Musical proposals from throughout the world have been presented beside artists of the region. Always open to quality proposals, the Folkest Festival offers a programme that presents established artists as well as new talents from various cultures. Presenting ethno music from various countries has always been the festival's priority. Almost a thousand musical groups have already performed at the festival, with more than 100 Friulian, Slovene, Carinthian and Istrian localities hosting itinerant performances.
+==Performers==
+Since 1992 [[TV Koper-Capodistria]] has officially covered the entire festival. During the second half of the 1990s Folkest began promoting large exclusive productions, including performances by Angelo Branduardi, the Chieftains, David Shea, the Inti Illimani and Carlos Nuñez, together with Friulian artists such as La Sedon Salvadie and Daniele D'Agaro.
+Since 2001 Folkest hosted among others the musicians [[Vlado Kreslin]] (Slovenia), Dario Marušič (Istria), Allan Taylor (UK), Goran Bregović (Serbia), John Trudell, Joan Baez, Joe Cocker (USA), Richard Dobson (USA-Switzerland), the European Youth Folk Orchestra and the groups Los De Abajo (Mexico), Variano (Brazil), Taraf da Metropulitana (Romania), Contempo Trio (France), Boban Marković Orkestar (Serbia), Vruja (Istria), Sara Tavares (Cape Verde), Radio Mundial (Portorico-USA), Ginger Leigh Band & Carolyn Wonderland (USA), Noa and Esta (Israel), Achanak (India-UK), Te Vaka (Polynesia-New Zealand), Farafina (Burkina Faso), Ska Cubano (Cuba) Baba Zula (Turkey), Pitura Freska, Mau Mau (Italy), Vizonto (Hungary), Fanfara Tirana (Albania), The Grande Mother Re:Invented (USA), Systema Solar (Columbia),  along with several Dutch, Austrian, Spanish, German, Scottish, Irish, Swedish and Slovene folk musicians. The programme in 2011 presented the Roma singer Esma Redžepova (Macedonija) and the group At First Light (Irland). The concerts have been covered also by Italian RAI and the Swiss TV.
+== Venues ==
+The events in Koper-Capodistria usually take place at the Titov trg Square, the Carpacciov trg Square, in the lapidarium of the [[Koper Regional Museum]] and at the Summer Gardens of the Italian Community in Koper-Capodistria and Hrvatini. The programme is co-organised by the AIAS, Associazione Italiana Arte e Spettacolo, the Coastal Italian Self-Governing National Community Koper-Capodistria and the Municipality of Koper-Capodistria.
+==See also==
+*[[TV Koper-Capodistria]]
 == External links ==
-*[http://www.folkest.com Folkfest Festival website] (in Italian)
+*[http://www.folkest.com Folkest Festival website] (in Italian)
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folkest Folkest Festival on Wikipedia]
+{{gallery}}
 [[Category:Festivals]]
+[[Category:Festivals in July]]
 [[Category:Music festivals]]
 [[Category:Music]]

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