29th Festival of Music Inspired by Folklore “Sounds of the North” :: 29 July - 2 August, Gdańsk
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It is a cyclical, international event, presenting traditional music from the countries of northern hemisphere, organised by the Baltic Sea Culture Centre in Gdańsk.
This year, 29th edition of the Festival is based on the idea of presenting regions, not the particular countries. Regions, though their borders often do not coincide with the national borders – i.e. Republic of Karelia (Finland/ Russia) or Lapland (Norway/ Russia/ Sweden/ Finland), truly are very characteristic and fairly homogeneous.
The Festival consists of two parts: four days of dance workshops and two concert days. Dance workshops will be led by dancers and musicians from Denmark, Sweden, Estonia and Poland. The workshops finale – The Night of the Dance, the dance party with the participation of public and, simultaneously, the show of the most characteristic dances from particular countries will take place on the second day of the Festival.
The main star of the concert part of the Festival is Warsaw Village Band (Poland), the most famous Polish folk band in the world.
More information can be found here.