Viru Folk
Music festival
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Viru Folk is an Estonian music festival held in August in Käsmu since 2008.[2]
| Viru Folk | |
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| Genre | Folk music |
| Dates | August |
| Locations | Käsmu, Estonia |
| Years active | 2008-present |
| Founders | Peep Veedla[1] |
| Website | www |
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
- 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]
