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Music Festivals this summer
- over 100 music and concert program events
Over 100 music and concert program events to be
held during the summer of 2010. In the centre of
Sweden – in the provinces of Uppland, Gästrikland,
Hälsingland, Dalarna and Västmanland. The main
emphasis of the festivals is Swedish folk music,
both the traditional spelmansstämma (“Fiddlers’
Meetings”) and concert programs with some of the
best folk musicians in Sweden. Well-established folk
musicians such as Mats Berglund, Peter Puma Hedlund, Sven Ahlbäck, Susanne Rosenberg, Mikael
Marin, Carina Normansson, Hugo Westling, Tony
Wrethling, Görgen Antonsson and Leif Alpsjö, as
well as young musicians from the next generation
of skilled folk musicians, such as Hanna Lindblom,
Mia Marin and Elinor Fritz. And many, many more.
You will find music of all sorts in the program - the
glorious music that each year fills the summertime
air of Sweden. Everything from Swedish pop music
as played by the beloved Swedish musician Ted
Gärdestad, dragspels-stämmor (“Accordion Meetings”) and dance evenings to hard rock concerts.
New groups representing many different genres
stand on the stages. Young musicians from Sweden
and the rest of the world. Groups from other
countries in Europe and from Africa.
Read our digital magazine which contains information about all the programs.
This program is preliminary and subject to
change, please see our website for changes and upto-date information.
Spelmansstämmor
Folkmusikfesten
Historisk
vecka largest
Byss-Callestämman in Älvkarleby
in the north of Uppland is one of
Sweden’s best known traditional
spelmansstämmor (“Fiddlers’
Meetings”). Each year it attracts
several hundred visitors and over
100 folk musicians. The nyckelharpa (“Swedish key fiddle”)
player Carl Ersson Bössa was
born in 1783 in Älvkarleby and
left after him a great heritage of
tunes. Byss-Callestämman aims
to spread these tunes. Salastämman, Rapp-Kallestämman,
Östervålastämman and Joel Rådbergdagen are other traditional
spelmanstämmor in the region.
Read more about these in the
magazine.
Folkmusikfesten in Stjärnsund
has around 20 program events
during the festival weekend. The
event profile is broad and the
local organiser is one of the most
successful in the region. Vildrosfestivalen (“The Wild Rose Festival”) is a new addition and the
organisers have an incredibly
broad program with musicians
from both Sweden and abroad.
Our folk music festivals often
include concerts but there are
even other program events such
as spelmanstämmor, workshops,
exhibitions and dance. This is
the case with Folkmusik på
Brunnen, Spelmansfest Vretas,
Ovansjöfesten and Historisk
vecka in Säter. Read more about
all these events in the magazine.
Historisk vecka (”Historic
Week”) in Säter had a huge 4
700 visitors in 2009 and was
thus the largest of all the events
held. This year the program
includes Säterstampen with theatre, handicrafts, food, markets,
song, music and dance. Storytelling theatre ” Letters from
Queen Christina” with actor
Jonas Bergström and lutenist
Suzanne Persson.
Ted Gärdestad evening with Erik
Winqvist, Simon Forsman and
Peo Valdas Hagfeldt.
A concert tribute to the folk
music of Dalarna’s mining district.
With Ellinor Fritz, Maria Hulthén,
Erik Köpmans and several other
musicians and dancers. Read
more in the magazine.
Background – The Folk Music Festival
There are about 30 local organisers who work together to present this broad selection of programs.
Most local organisers are active in small communities in the region. The group now cooperate in a joint
marketing project. In the year 2000 these events had a combined total of just a few thousand visitors.
By the year 2009 we reached 14 000 visitors and this was a record result for our joint project. The three
largest events for 2009 were: Historisk vecka in Säter, Folkmusikfesten in Stjärnsund in Hedemora and
Hållnäsveckan in Tierp.
Read about the record result for 2009 and the positive experiences in Stjärnsund in this magazine.
Over 14 000 visitors during 2009. A Warm Welcome to you too!
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Sandviken 29 aug
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Hedemora
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Avesta
Tärnsjö
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Summer Music in Sweden
– Read This First!
In Sweden there is a rich heritage of older folk music with roots as far back as the
Middle Ages. The majority of these tunes are dance music to be played to the reel,
a traditional Swedish dance called “polska”. “Polska” is a partner dance in triple
metre which has been danced and developed in Northern Europe since the 1400s.
There are currently over 100 local traditional “polska”
dances documented, as well as tens of thousands of
“polska” tunes. In Sweden there are about 10 000
folk musicians who play this type of older music, as
well as tens of thousands of dancers who have learnt
these older traditional dances.
Those musicians who truly play according to older
traditions can gain recognition as a national folk
musician, in Swedish called “riksspelman”.
In contrast to many other countries in Europe
there is a vibrant and living folk music tradition with
links back to the Middle Ages in Sweden, Norway
and Finland.
In Sweden today there are therefore many folk
musicians with a repertoire consisting of tunes for
dancing “polska” and more modern music such as
waltzes, schottische, polka and other dances. Most
folk musicians –in Swedish called a “spelman” - play
the fiddle and can thus be called fiddlers. However
in some areas of Sweden such as in the province of
Uppland, the nyckelharpa (“Swedish key fiddle”) has
a strong position. The history of the nyckelharpa can
be traced back to the Middle Ages.
The accordion spread widely throughout Sweden
during the 1800s. The accordion has mostly been
used for more modern types of music and not for the
oldest traditional music.
Many folk musicians today are members of a Fiddling
group known in Swedish as a “spelmanslag”. These
Folkmusikfesten 2010
– The digital magazine
This magazine presents all events
participating in the collaborative promotion
project Marknadsföring Folkmusikfest.
This year more than 25 local organisers in
14 municipalities are participating in the
project.
Editor: Göte Andersson,
gote.andersson@notisbolaget.com
Layout: Dietmar Kämmerling,
dietmar@dietmardesign.se
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usually consist of 10 to 50 members playing many
different instruments such as fiddles, nyckelharpas,
clarinets, accordions, mouth organs and other wind
instruments. The Fiddling groups often have a repertoire consisting of both older and more modern
music.
During the last few decades a new generation of
skilled young folk musicians has arisen in Sweden.
These musicians have a very broad repertoire including
everything from the oldest traditional tunes to newly
composed music with lots of swing and influences
from other cultures. Both the older traditional Swedish
folk music and the new creative music can be of
interest to our international visitors.
Traditional folk music can be heard at gatherings
or sessions which in Swedish are called “spelmansstämmor”, “Fiddlers’ Meetings”. Fiddlers come to
these gatherings to meet and play fiddle music. The
accordionists have their own “Accordion Meetings”,
in Swedish called “dragspelsstämma”. The “Folkmusikfest” events are more like festivals and there
one can experience many different sorts of music performances and programs. Each local organiser
designs their own music festival.
In reality of course, many fiddlers also play rock
music on their electric guitar at some time during the
week.
We have received wide ranging support for our
events, from both private and public organisations.
Many thanks go to our sponsors and contributors.
UNT, Arbetarbladet and Gefle Dagblad,
Dalarnas Tidningar, Annonsbladet Sandviken,
Sala Sparbank, Södra Dalarnas Sparbank, Karlit
AB, Marma Medical AB, Gunvor Göranssons
Kulturstiftelse, Göranssonska Fonderna, Lars
Bucans Kulturstiftelse, Anna & Per G Berggrens
Stiftelse, Tierpsbyggen, Sensus Studieförbund,
ABF Gästrikebygden, the Municipalities of Heby,
Tierp, Älvkarleby, Gävle, Sandviken, Avesta,
Hedemora, Säter, Falun, Ockelbo, Bollnäs and
Söderhamn. The County Councils of Dalarna
and Västmanland, Dalfolk-Folkmusikens Hus,
Musik Gävleborg, Västmanlandsmusiken,
Region Gävleborg, the County Administrative
Boards in the counties of Dalarna, Uppsala and
Västmanland.
We cannot give an exhaustive list of our sponsors and contributors here. See our website,
www.folkmusikfesten.nu for more information.
See also www.folkmusikfesten.nu
Nedre Dalälven
Folk Music
Festival 2010
Sätra Brunn Sala 17-18 July
Folkmusik på Brunnen,
Sätra Brunn 2010
“Folk Music at ”Brunnen”, Sätra Brunn”
Saturday 17 July
13.00-17.00 Stage performances by
folk music groups and solo musicians
15.00-17.00 Workshops
• Folk tunes on the fiddle with
national folk musician Carina
Normansson
•Folk tunes on the nyckelharpa
with national folk musician
Ragnar Berglund
• Learn to play the mouth organ:
with national folk musician John
Erik Hammarberg (mouth organ
G-major)
• Folk dances from the province of
Västmanland and elsewhere with
Birgitta and Erwin Röwer
• Folk song workshop/sing-along:
Majja Neverland and guests
18.00-19.00 Concert with the Mats
Berglund trio
20.00 Dance/pub in societetshuset
(“The Society House”) – dance,
music, drinks and of course something
to eat
Sunday 18 July
13.00 Spelmansstämma, “Fiddlers’
Meeting”
14.00-15.00 ”From Landin to Ferlin”,
a concert with national folk musician
Carina Normansson and the troubadour Colbjörn Lindberg
Sätra Brunn – a health spa in the
province of Västmanland with a history dating back to the early 1700s.
Here you will find a hotel, restaurant
and spa.
www.satrabrunn.se
For bookings, ring +46 224 54610;
info@satrabrunn.se
Local organisers: Sätra Brunn and
Västmanlands Spelmansförbund
Hållnäs 19-25 July
Hållnäsveckan 2010
“Hållnäs Week”
Saturday 24 July 14.00-22.00
Dragspelsstämma, “Accordion
Meeting” at Hållnäs Hembygdsgård.
Performers include Sören Rydgren,
Iggesund’s Accordion Club and many
more. Christer Lehti treats us to an
Accordion Cavalcade, a portrait of
1890 to the present in words and music.
Sunday 25 July 12.00-17.00
Hållnäsdagen, “Hållnäs Day”. Performance by “Next Generation”, a
group of 18 young musicians who
sing and play so it swings! They are
well-known from TV and have given
concerts in many schools throughout
Sweden. They sing about the wonder
of being alive and having so much to
discover in life. Leader: Leif Lundgren
Hållnäs Week – schedule for each day
Sunday 18 July 18.00 Screening of
the film “Hemsöborna” (in Swedish),
filmed partly in Hållnäs.
Monday 19 July 17.00 Auction at
Hembygdsgården – come and find
yourself a bargain!
Tuesday 20 July 18.00 Griggebosåg, a water-driven sawmill from
1848, is open for visitors.
Wednesday 21 July 19.00 Open
sing-along at Hembygdsgården.
Leaders: Evert Persson and Maria
Hallengren-Larsson
Thursday 22 July 10.00-16.00
Bagarstugan, ”The Baker’s Cottage”
is open. Come and try out traditional Hållnäs bread baking.
Saturday 24 July 14.00-22.00
Dragspelsstämma, “Accordion
Meeting”
Sunday 25 July 12.00-17.00
Hållnäsdagen, “Hållnäs Day”
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Local organiser:
Hållnäs Hembygdsförening
Contact person: Per-Erik Karlsson,
+46-(0)-70-328 77 18
pkarl@telia.com
See also www.folkmusikfesten.nu
Nedre Dalälven
Folk Music
Festival 2010
Konnsjögården 22-24 July
Vildrosfestivalen
“The Wild Rose Festival”
Folk and world music, poetry, theatre,
dance floor, jamming (“buskspel”),
markets.
Vildrosfestivalen is a new addition
this summer, with an incredibly
broad program and musicians from
all over the world.
Workshops & Seminars
20-21 July
New Tango Orquesta / Kultiration /
Stefan Sundström / Östblocket / Dan
Viktor / Kandels Kapell / Nyali Zambia / Pajala Tatawin - Tunisia /
Dánjal - Faroe Islands / Afenginn Denmark / Anne Feeney - USA / Jan
Hammarlund / Kajsa Grytt / Dan
Fägerquist / Å feat, Roland Keijser /
Emma & Gänget /Yakumbé &
Teater MaskArado / Clockwise /Ylljali / Navarra / Zibur / Bengt Berg /
Birgitta Lillpers / Ismael Ataria / Kåre
Olsson / Erik Fosse / Lisa Swahn /
Berit Ås / Ulf Lundén / Claes von
Rettig / Svenska Flickan / Aiva Susanne
& Karin / Bordun /Avesta Fiddlers
Association / Margareta Söderberg &
Martina & Agnes / Essens.
Solidarity & Woman power
The connecting thread in seminars,
talks, songs.
The Wild Rose Prize awarded to Lo
Kouppi
Tickets can be purchased through
Tourist Information offices in
Dalarna and on Ticnet.se
Tel +46-(0)-22641040
Email vildrosfestivalen@gmail.com
The venue for this event is
Konnsjögården, Horndal, southern
Dalarna
Östervåla 31 July
Östervålastämman – “In the
spirit of Bohlin and Tallroth!”
This year we are planning a traditional “Fiddlers’ Meeting” at Mårtsbogården – Östervåla’s hembygdsgård – concentrating on all-play,
performances and jamming (“buskspel”), and keeping the folk musician
in focus. One important reason for
this format is that the meet is intended
primarily as an expression of our proud
local folk music tradition, especially
the rich musical heritage left by the
Bohlin and Tallroth families. We
believe that many folk musicians will
find this year’s arrangement extra
interesting and exciting!
Mattias Landén
Östervåla Hembygdsförening
Leif Alpsjö
Musical host at the Meet
Göran Lindal
Heby Municipality – Department of Culture
Saturday 31 July 2010 at
Mårtsbogården
Program
13:00 Assembly. Social playing.
(It’s fine to arrive earlier ...)
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14:00–16:00 Workshops
(Participation free of charge):
• Seminar/lecture on tunes with Leif
Alpsjö
• Song games for children (Details
not finalised yet)
• Demonstration of the musical
instrument Psalmodikon
16:30 (approx.) Performances (by
play list)
18:00
• All-play
• Leif Alpsjö with ”Våla music and
some other things”
19:00
• ”Diploma performances” (application on site, to Leif Alpsjö)
• Continued performances (by play list)
The spelmansstämma (“Fiddlers’
Meeting”) then progresses to general
jamming (“buskspel”) and maybe
even dance, for example down next
to the old stage – Mårtsbogården is
a spacious and comfortable venue!
Contact person: Mattias Landén
+46-(0)-731-82 91 28
mattias.landen@telia
Practical information
• Free entry for active musicians.
Others 50 SEK, < 18 years free
• Folk musicians participating in the
seminar and/or performances are
treated to dinner and a snack
• Refreshments available (coffee,
sandwiches etc)
• Will be held indoors in the case of
bad weather
• Toilet accessible by the disabled is
available
• It is possible to camp in the area
• Möbelmuséet, The Furniture
Museum is open 13–16 (Shows
the special history of carpentry in
Östervåla)
• Transport – see map. Bus 844
from Uppsala – see www.ul.se for
timetable.
Local organisers: Östervåla Hembygdsförening – Heby Municipality,
Dept. Culture
See also www.folkmusikfesten.nu
Nedre Dalälven
Folk Music
Festival 2010
Väsby Kungsgård Sala 1 August
Salastämman på
Väsby Kungsgård, Sala
“Fiddlers’ Meeting” at Väsby Kungsgård”
Sunday 1 August
13.00 Performances by folk musicians
and dancers, dance to folk music.
Refreshments available: coffee and
other beverages.
Sala – Sweden’s Silver City with the
Sala Silver Mine, Aguéli Museum
and other tourist attractions.
www.sala.se
Local organiser: Sala Hembygdso Fornminnesförening
Information:
info@vasbykungsgard.se
Västland 6 & 8 August
Rappkallestämman 2010
“Rappkalle ”Fiddlers’ Meet”
Friday 6 August 19.00
Västlands Hembygdsgård
Concert with Peter Puma Hedlund,
one of the most prominent traditional
players of the nyckelharpa in Sweden.
Peter has a large repertoire including
both his own compositions and many
traditional tunes from the province
of Uppland.
Sunday 8 August
Rappkallestämman
11.00 Church service with folk
music, in Västland Church.
13.00 Traditional ”Fiddlers’ Meeting” for the 32nd year in a row.
Venue: Västlands Hembygdsgård.
We will start off with All-Play, as
usual. This will be followed by stage
performances and jamming “buskspel”.
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Refreshments available.
Free entry for playing folk musicians.
Background
Rappkallestämman is a genuine traditional “Fiddlers’ Meeting” which
for many years attracted famous
folk musicians from the whole of the
province of Uppland, for example
the Sahlström family of musicians.
Rappkallestämman has taken its
name from the fiddler Karl Johan
Medén, also known as Rappkalle,
who lived in Västland at the end of
the 1800s.
Our venue Hembygdsgården has a
long history back to the 1600s. It is
a part of the old Ironworks in Västland and lies next to the stream
called Tämnarån.
Local organisers: Västlands
Hembygdsförening and Västland
Fiddlers.
Contact person: Carl-Bertil Wallin,
+46-(0)-70-689 47 94
cb.wallin@telia.com
See also www.folkmusikfesten.nu
Nedre Dalälven
Folk Music
Festival 2010
Stjärnsund 6-8 August
Folkmusikfesten i
Stjärnsund 2010
“The Folk Music Festival in Stjärnsund”
– jam-packed days in a fantastic historical setting
Saturday 7 August
16.00 Concert with the world music ensemble Bolingo. Part-singing as
you’ve never heard it before, with influences from the Congo, Brazil and
Sweden… Be there when we blow the roof off the church!
18.30 Fast-paced concert with The Original Swedish Arvika Blues Breakers.
A cool, swinging mixture of folk music, country jazz and Finnish tango.
Folkmusikfesten – day by day
Friday 6 August
16.00 Opening: Art exhibition Ngoma – paintings of music and dance
17.00-18.30 For beginners: try dancing the reel (“polska”)
19.00 Old-time dancing and reels. Dance evening.
Saturday 7 August
08.00 Herders’ music at Björktjärn
09.30-10.30 For beginners: try horn blowing, with Bernt Lindström
09.30-11.00 For beginners: try herder calls (“kulning”), with Pia Holmqvist
10.00-12.30 Workshop: part-singing with the world music ensemble Bolingo
10.00-11.30 Folk tune workshop on the fiddle,, with Hanna Lindblom
11.00-12.00 For absolute beginners: try the fiddle,, with Bernt Lindström
and Helena Kåks
11.00-13.00 Local markets with jamming (“buskspel”)
11.00-12.30 Harp music in the herb garden, Mia Westlund
12.00-18.00 Ngoma – paintings of music and dance
12.00 Fantasy-filled musical parade through Stjärnsund
13.00-14.00 Eleven tunes in a gazebo, Kalle Sjöblom, Karl-Arne Gustafsson,
Helena Kåks
13.00-15.00 For beginners: try the mouth organ, with Erik Johansson
14.30-15.30 Clay, slag stone, fragments of memory. Poetry and music with
Karin Kåks, Mia Westlund and Bernt Lindström
16.00-17.00 Concert: World music ensemble Bolingo
From 17.00 Soup with folk musicians
18.30 Fast-paced concert with The Original Swedish Arvika Blues Breakers
19.30-24.00 Spelmanspub, “Folk Music Pub” at Herrgården
24.00 Music at Midnight, Klara Leandersson Andréas, Birgitta Törnros
Sunday 8 August
12.00-17.00 Ngoma – paintings of music and dance
13.00 Free church hymns with The Salvation Army
16.00 Folk Music Mass: Join in the dance with choirs, dancers and folk
musicians
Principal local organiser: Föreningen Folkmusikfesten i Stjärnsund
Contact person: Maria Westman +46-(0)-70-526 50 12,
folkmusikfestenistjarnsund@hotmail.com
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See also www.folkmusikfesten.nu
Nedre Dalälven
Folk Music
Festival 2010
Gustafs-Säter 6-15 August
Historisk vecka, Säter
“Historic Week”
See our fantastic cultural heritage and beautiful natural surroundings. Experience
the great tradition of folk music, dance and song from Southern Dalarna. In the
Municipality of Säter we have many meeting places which convey the story of our
joint cultural heritage in a playful way.
During Historisk vecka there will be culture-historical walking-tours and programs
from the 1400s to the 1970s, about topics such as politics, mining, industry and
hospital history.
Saturday 7 August 11.00 – 17.00
Säterstampen. The whole of the
inner area of the town of Säter
opens its leafy courtyard gardens
and entertains with theatre, handcrafts, food, markets, song, music
and dance. You can experience one
of Sweden’s best preserved wooden
towns just as it was 100 years ago.
Chargrilled herring, toffee apples,
bacon pancakes. Rope making, hair
crafts and house timbering. You’ll
find everything that could be wished
for by hungry mouths and fingers
that are willing to fiddle. There are
also major events going on in the
town’s inner courtyards – a general
strike, a lodge meeting, the union
crisis and a meeting about the establishment of the new hospital.
The Culture Society Säterstampen
was formed in 1997 by local history
enthusiasts. The purpose of the Society’s playful form of popular education is to strengthen local ties and to
highlight the historical perspective.
Come and let us entice you! There is
history around every corner in Säter.
Sunday 8 August 10.00
Guided tour: Pursuing the trail of
silver and iron along the cultural
trail Silverringen.
18.00 Historical dinner, 1600s style
19.30 Storytelling theatre: ”Letters
from Queen Christina” comes to
life through words and music with
actor Jonas Bergström and Suzanne
Persson, lutenist on the baroque lute
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See also www.folkmusikfesten.nu
Nedre Dalälven
Folk Music
Festival 2010
and theorbo. Who was she - the
Swedish queen who abdicated,
moved to Rome and became a Catholic? Through some of her letters we
catch a glimpse of a colourful and
multifaceted woman. Music of Bocquet, Gaultier, Kellner and
Kapsberger. Venue: Brännvinskällaren, Säters stadshotell. Advance
bookings only
Friday 13 August 20.00
”Ted Gärdestad evening – a story
about songs and life” Under the
open sky and by the light of the
open fire we meet Erik Winqvist,
song, Simon Forsman, song and
keyboard and Peo Valdas Hagfeldt,
percussion. Venue: Östra Silvbergs
gruva. Advance booking
”Ted Gärdestad only lived to be 40
years old, and died too young. But
his songs live on and the question is
whether they have almost become
immortal”. “Erik Winqvist and
Simon Forsman stay close to the
originals, but it still feels innovative”
”heartfelt and warm, with a deeper
meaning. For the sake of love ... “ so
wrote reviewer Åke Lundgren in the
Swedish newspaper Norra Västerbotten.
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Saturday 14 August 18.00
Folkmusikfest Ton & tradition,
“Folk Music Festival: Tones &
Tradition” – A concert to celebrate
the folk music of the Bergslagen
mining district of Dalarna. The
evening concludes with an award
presentation. Musicians Ellinor
Fritz, Maria Hulthén, Erik Köpmans
together with other folk musicians
and folk dancers. Venue: Stora
Skedvi Church.
Come and enjoy this homage concert with many of the best from the
huge treasure trove of older tunes,
songs and folk dances from the
province of Dalarna’s southern
regions and mining districts. The
concert also includes newly composed folk music from skilled carriers
of the region’s traditions. This year
the presentation of the Maja and
Ingvar Norman Award Fund for
young folk musicians is included in
the program. The winner of the
award will be revealed at the concert.
Several of the previous winners are
today successful folk musicians and
include Erik Köpmans, Sara Lindblad,
Anna Ekstam Ristner, Karin Hellqvist
and Ellinor Fritz.
Advance booking of all tickets:
Säter Library: +46-(0)-225-55186,
Säter Tourist Information office:
+46-(0)-225-55300
Contact persons:
Karin Hästö
Tel. +46-(0)-225-55 189,
+46-(0)-70-2289885
karin.m.hasto@kommun.sater.se
Ann-Christine Östlund Bäckehag
Tel. +46-(0)-243-24 03 64,
+46-(0)-70-535 60 61
annchristine.o.backehag@gmail.com
See also www.folkmusikfesten.nu
Nedre Dalälven
Folk Music
Festival 2010
Älvkarleby 15 August
Byss-Callestämman
“Byss-Calle ”Fiddlers’ Meeting”
Sunday 15 August
11.00 Church service with folk
music, in Älvkarleby Church.
approx. 12.00 at the Byss-Calle
Stone – Welcome speech by BrittMarie Strand
13.00 venue: Gammelgården – Allplay, performances by Byss-Calle
Award aspirants and jamming
(“buskspel”).
Leader: Leif Alpsjö
14.00 Folk dance performance by
folk dancers from Denmark.
Performances and All-Play continue.
Refreshments available: meatballs
with mash, salmon sandwiches, coffee, cordial, ice cream.
Raffles, selling of Byss-Calle booklets,
Byss-Calle pins etc
Free entry for playing folk musicians.
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Background
Byss-Callestämman is one of the
largest folk musician gatherings in
the province of Uppland. The
”Fiddlers’ Meeting” attracts several
hundred folk musicians and visitors
each year. The first Byss-Callestämma was held in 1973, and the
format has been the same since
1983.
Carl Ersson Bössa, known as the
folk musician Byss-Calle (17831847), was a legendary player of the
nyckelharpa from Östanå in the
parish of Älvkarleby in the north of
the province of Uppland. He has left
a legacy of many beautiful tunes.
Our intention in holding the Meet is
to keep folk music alive, and to
increase interest for Byss-Calle’s tunes.
Local organisers: Älvkarleby hembygdsförening in cooperation with
the parish of Älvkarleby-Skutskär.
Contact person: Britt-Marie
Strand, +46-(0)-76-315 23 40
britt-marie.strand@alvkarleby.se
See also www.folkmusikfesten.nu
Nedre Dalälven
Folk Music
Festival 2010
Valbo 21 August
Spelmansfest Vretas
Saturday 21 August
11.00 Workshop. Venue: Vretas
hembygdsgård
- Leaders – a group of skilled folk
musicians who are well renowned in
Sweden. Jernberg tunes with Sven
Ahlbäck and Tony Wrethling.
Ensemble play with Mia Marin and
Mikael Marin. Percussion or
ensemble workshop with Petter
Berndalen. Folk songs with Susanne
Rosenberg
To participate, register with the
organiser at
info@folkmusikfesten.nu.
Last day for applications 17 August
Approx. 14.00 Lecture. Venue:
Vretas hembygdsgård
Låtspråk – The language of tunes:
stylistic features of older Swedish
folk music.
Sven Ahlbäck, Sweden’s only professor of Swedish folk music, explains
what is meant by the term folk like –
what gives traditional folk music its
characteristic sound, based on the
tunes of Jernberg.
15.00 Spelmansstämma, “Fid-
dlers’ Meeting” at Vretas hembygdsgård
Leader: Tony Wrethling
The Meeting will conclude with the
awarding of the Gustav Jernberg
medal.
16.00 Concert with Järngänget at
Vretas hembygdsgård.
Järngänget - Bertil Månsson, Per
Börjesson, Anders Gill and Lennart
Östblom, well known folk musicians
from the provinces of Gästrikland
and Hälsingland who often play the
tunes of Gustav Jernberg.
17.00 Concert: Music from the Valbo
area, at Vretas hembygdsgård Sven
Ahlbäck, violin, Petter Berndalen,
percussion, Mia Marin, violin,
Mikael Marin, viola and Susanne
Rosenberg, song present tunes and
songs from the district of Valbo.
The focus of the concert is on the
rich heritage of tunes from the Jernberg family from Sikvik. Together
the musicians give this music a new
sound while maintaining their deep
roots in traditional folk music.
20.00. Dance to folk music at
Vretas Hembygdsgård
Sandvikens Spelmanslag led by Tony
Wrethling, plus other groups.
Background
This event has been developed by a
small group of people who love the
music of Gustav Jernberg. Gävle
should have an annual event to celebrate the fantastic music of Gustav
Jernberg. A real celebration of folk
music and musicians.
Contact persons
Lena Åstrand
tel +46-(0)-73-9051976
Lena.stig.astrand@tele2.se
Malin Månsson Leinonen tel +46-(0)-70-2955371
Malin.leinonen@gmail.com
Valbo 22 August
Vretasdagen
“Vretas Day”
Sunday 22 August
The day’s program starts at 13.00
• Performance by the music group
ÅMA with Åke Hillström, Magnus Wallinder and Anders Jonsson. Inspired by popular singers
and poets such as Allan Edvall.
• Folkteaterns Låtstuga, music
group led by Görgen Antonsson.
• Dance performance: “Sarkofagen”
with the folk dancing groups Rillen and Valbo Folk dancers.
• Gästrike Låtverkstad, a group of
young musicians led by Tuva
Modéer.
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• Summer music with Valbo School
band, with young musicians from
Sofiedal School.
• Vocal ensemble Vox G with folk
songs from the province of
Gästrikland
• Several other groups of young
musicians.
• Approx. 17.00, after the concert
programs: come and try some oldtime dancing with the folk dancing
groups Rillen and Valbo Folk
dancers.
Background
Musikfest Vretas, the “Vretas Music
Festival” is a new event in Valbo in
the Municipality of Gävle. Our goal
is to establish an event that is held
annually, has a broad profile and
includes a variety of types of music
and dance.
Contact person
Valbo HembygdsföreningMartin
Lööv, +46-(0)-70-3032976
info@folkmusikfesten.nu
See also www.folkmusikfesten.nu
Nedre Dalälven
Folk Music
Festival 2010
Gamla Staberg 27 August
Folkmusikfest Gamla Staberg
“Folk Music Festival at Gamla Staberg, Falun”
27 August
Concert, herding calls (“kulning”),
folk songs and jamming (“buskspel”).
With two of Sweden’s best-known
fiddling groups, the Fiddlers’ League
of Falun and Svärdsjö Fiddlers.
More participants to be announced
shortly.
A new event in the Municipality of
Falun, with a broad profile.
Our intention is to create a permanent meeting place for folk music in
the Municipality of Falun.
Local organisers: Studieförbundet
Sensus in cooperation with Vika
Hosjö Hembygdsförening.
Contact person: Fredrik Månsson
Tel. +46-(0)-70-247 76 03
fredrik.mansson@sensus.se
Ovansjö-Storvik 27-28 August
Ovansjöfesten
“Ovansjö Festival”
Friday 27 August.
Nostalgia Shock from the 1970s!
The legendary national folk rock
group Kebnekajse. Warm-up band
Agnes Nykäsenoja, Elin Skogh,
Ambjörn Lätt and Nicke Bertilsson.
Traditional tunes from the province
of Gästrikland - Concert Felan
Går with Tony Wrethling, Sandvikens Fiddlers’ group and others.
Sune Liljevall plays his own tunes.
Sätra Bälg o Strängar (Bernt-Olov
Andersson, Kjell Nordlöf, Stefan
Lassila and Lars Westerman).
Concert and dance. Venue: Lyran,
Storvik.
Granliden House of Food and
Wine (“Mat- och Vinhus”), Storvik.
After last year’s success- a new
festival at Granliden. Program
information available in August.
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Saturday 28 August
Storvik
Central Storvik. Talk to local politicians. Questions and answers.
ICA Harvest markets. Large
motorcycles exhibited by Big Bay.
Storvik Station House 15:0018:00. Storvik Sport Club’s big car
bingo final with Jackpot prizes.
19.00 Sångfest, “Vocal Festival”
Ovansjö. Concert: Folk tunes and
part-singing with the vocal group
Vox G and others. Venue: Lyran,
Storvik
Granliden House of Food and
Wine (“Mat- och Vinhus”): new
festival at Granliden with live
bands and much more. Program
information available in August.
Kungsgården
Kulturfest, “Culture Feast” at
Kungs-Pizzeria in Kungsgården.
Start 15.00. Local bands such as
Logic Confusion and many more
from Västerberg Folk High
School.
Åshammar
Family program at Folkets Park,
Åshammar. Start 11.00
Program for children, competitions,
quiz, exhibitions, refreshments
available etc.
Background.
Ovansjöfesten is a new event. We
aim to establish an annual event
with a broad profile including
music, dance and other types of
programs.
Contact persons:
Lena Glimmerbäck
+46-(0)-707693755
Göte Andersson
+46-(0)-705755400
gote.andersson@notisbolaget.com
See also www.folkmusikfesten.nu
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Folk Music
Festival 2010
Sandviken 29 August
Joel Rådbergdagen
“Joel Rådberg Day”
29 August
Joel Rådbergdagen. A traditional
spelmansstämma (“Fiddlers’ Meeting”) at the venue Drömparken at
Drömfabriken.
Start 13.00. With all-play, jamming
(“buskspel”), performances on stage
and a concert program.
The leader for the all-play session is
national folk musician Tony Wrethling, one of the best known folk
musicians in the province of
Gästrikland.
New for this year is a concert with
the group Tzeitel, who play klezmer
music. Klezmer is a music tradition
which has been developed by the
Jewish population in Eastern
Europe. Music for weddings and
other festive occasions.
Background to the event.
Joel Rådberg was a legendary fiddler
in Sandviken who played older traditional tunes, and also composed
many tunes himself. The folk musicians of today play many of Joel’s
tunes at the Meeting.
It is mostly local folk musicians
from the Municipality of Sandviken
who participate in the Meeting.
Contact person:
Bo Larsson tel. +46-(0)-703171232
bo.larsson@dromfabriken.se
Gävle 2 October
Ungdomsfest Gävle
“Youth Festival Gävle”
Saturday 2 October 2010
11.00 Workshops with song, music
and dance.
• Irish tunes, song and dance with
Rachel Conlan and Alan Reid
from Ireland.
• World music without borders:
wind instruments, strings or
accompanying instruments- all
instruments are welcome! With
Stefan Westberg from Falun
Dance and Music School.
• Folk songs from Gästrikland and
part-singing with the vocal group
Vox G from Sandviken.
• Fantastic Jernberg tunes with
Malin Månsson Leinonen from
Gävle.
• Several other workshops to be
announced later.
17.00 Concert program with participating young musicians from the
counties of Gävleborg and Dalarna.
So far the following groups have
registered: Bergby School Band from
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Gävle, Gästrike Låtverkstad, Vikarbyns little Fiddlers’ group from Rättvik Music School and Ängsklockans
Dancers from Avesta
Attendance fee 300 SEK (includes
food and workshop)
Last day for applications:
1 September 2010.
Register with:
Marianne Broman
Tel: +46-(0)-70-233 32 61
Email: bromansandviken@gmail.com
Background:
This is the 7th year an Ungdomsfest
is held in Gävle. At last year’s Ungdomsfest (2009), there were over 20
groups with 200 young musicians
participating. Most were from
schools, music schools, culture
schools and folk dance groups from
Gävleborg and Dalarna.
See also www.folkmusikfesten.nu
Ödmården
Festival 2010
Folk Music
Concert by Kvinnfôlk 7 July
Skogsfolkets Dag 16 July (“Skogsfolkets” Day)
Final evening at Åmotsparken. 6 August
Åmotsparken-Åmot
Wednesday 7 July, 18.00
Concert by Kvinnfôlk
Concert with the vocal group
Kvinnfôlk from Ockelbo. Venue: the
Bunges Kapell, Åmotsbruk. Songs
from the Ockelbo area and further
afield. Featuring Gerd Olsson, Ulla
Persson and Anette Stein.
Background
It has become a tradition that the wellknown vocal ensemble Kvinnfôlk
hold a concert in the Bunges Kapell
at the beginning of summer, and this
year is no exception!
Contact person for
Bunges Kapell: Reino Tunninen
+46-(0)-70-213 87 13
Friday 16 July. From 21.30
Skogsfolkets Dag
“Skogsfolkets” Day, the day for the
“People of the Forest” in Åmotsparken. Dance to the music of the
famed Torgny Melin Orchestra.
Pub-style refreshments available
including food, beer and wine.
Background
Skogsfolkets Dag is a day of great
festivities, with a long tradition in
Åmot. This year the customary program will be held on 16 July.
Contact person for Åmotsparken:
Sture Norgren +46-(0)-73-360 00 69
sturenorgren@gavlenet.se
Friday 6 August. From 21.30
Final evening at
Åmotsparken
Final evening at Åmotsparken.
Dance to the music of Casanovas.
As seen on the TV program “Dansbandskampen”!
Pub-style refreshments available
including food, beer and wine.
Background
For the summer of 2010, Åmotsparken has expanded the summer
program to include three events. A
Hard rock music concert was held
for the first time on 29 May; this
was a great success and attracted
over 300 visitors. The Dance
evening on 6 August is another new
event. Skogsfolkets Dag is held every
year.
Contact person for Åmotsparken:
Sture Norgren +46-(0)-73-360 00 69
sturenorgren@gavlenet.se
Local organisers and partners:
the Bunges Kapell in Åmot,
Föreningen Åmots Folkpark.
Tönnånger-Holmsveden 23 July
Westlings spelmän spelar
i LarsErs hage
“Westlings play folk music in LarsErs field”
23 July
Folk Music Festival in LarsErs field,
Tönnånger, Holmsveden.
Start 18:00 Tunes from the Forest
with Westlings. Åkereds with young
local musicians.
Bring something to eat, and something
to sit on.
Westlings play tunes from Tönnånger
and other villages in the parish of
Skogs which lies south west of Bollnäs. They also play tunes from the
Westlings’ own repertoire.
Westlings consists of Hugo Westling
and Britt-Marie Jonsson. Westlings
is a legendary group which was
founded by Hugo around the same
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time as the Hälsinge Hambon dance
competition started in 1965. The
number of members has varied over
the years as musicians have come
and gone. Westlings usually play a
few times per month, though in the
summer months it is the busy “high
season”. Apart from playing in various venues around Sweden, Westlings have also toured in Norway,
Denmark, Germany and the USA.
Westlings mostly play to old-time
dance, with a sprinkling of other
rural and traditional dances. Dance
competitions- especially the hambo
polka- have become a specialty.
Kerstin and Sverker Åkered play
mostly local folk music tunes, here
together with young local musicians.
Kerstin and Sverker are music teachers
from Söderhamn.
This folk music event in LarsErs
field started in 2003 and is now held
for the 8th time.
Contact person:
Tore Björklund +46-(0)-705101836
tore.bjorklund@swipnet.se
See also www.folkmusikfesten.nu
Ödmården
Festival 2010
Folk Music
Gustafsfors 7-29 August
Loses-Revyn
“The Loses Revue”
New amateur folk theatre production with the 1960s in focus
The 2010 production from
Finnskogsteatern is a tall story
about the people of Loses and is set
in the early 1960s. We remember
the local singer “Snoddas”, Beman,
Sputnik, Khrushchev, the offshore
radio station “Radio Nord”, LosesAsta and much, much more.
Humour and nostalgia all jumbled
together. A stand-alone continuation
of the previous years’ successful productions: “The Personal Ad”
(2006), “Love, Poaching and Old
Women” (2007), “The Evening
Bus” (2008) and “InFiftyYears”
(2009)
12 performances, starting 7 August.
The Finnskog theatre is one of the
largest amateur theatre groups in the
Municipality of Bollnäs. Performances are given at Loses Kulturplats
which lies 20 km south of Bollnäs,
between the villages of Gustavsfors
and Flugbo. The site is used for theatre, concerts, dance, music, parties,
exhibitions, local district days, literature evenings, markets, courses,
study circles, leisure activities and
nature trails.
Fotograf Olle Wester
7-29 August.
Gösta “Snoddas” Nordgren
Contact person:
David-Reino Svensson
tel +46-(0)-27882039
kristina.svensson@helsingenet.com
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Record result for Swedish
Folk Music Festival
Record result for “Folkmusikfesten”, a regional Swedish folk music festival.
In 2009 there was an amazing 14 216 visitors, compared to 13 887 in 2008.
25 local organisers in 14 municipalities reported record attendance figures
despite the global economic crisis.
600 visitors came to the Fiddlers’ Meet in Mobydalen, Ockelbo
The 25 local organisers are to be found in the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Gästrikland, Hälsingland,
Uppland and Västmanland. Together they organised
over 100 music events during the European summer
of 2009.
The total turnover for these events was 1.7 million
SEK during 2009, of which programme costs were
1.1 million SEK. Joint promotion costs of 600 000
SEK covered local, regional and national marketing.
- Thanks to our involvement in the marketing
project we reach out to a larger area with advertising
for the Accordion Meet in Hållnäs, says Per-Erik
Karlsson from Hållnäs Hembygdsförening in the
municipality of Tierp.
- We have had visitors come from as far away as
Piteå in the far north of Sweden. We want to continue with this concept of wide-scale marketing, says
Per-Erik Karlsson.
Hållnäs Week had in 2009 a total of 1430 visitors
and the Accordion Meet was one of the larger events
during the week.
Per-Erik Karlsson is participating in discussions
about how this collaboration might be able to continue after 2010. It is clear that many of the 25
organisers wish to continue working together, but it
is important to first evaluate the best way forward.
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2009’s Hit Concert with Sofia Jannok in Östra Silvberg’s
Old Mining Area in the municipality of Säter.
Visitor numbers hit 8000 in 2006
Many of the local organisers have been working in
collaboration since around the year 2000 within the
framework of the Folk Music Festival of Nedre
Dalälven and the Folk Music Festival of Ödmården.
In 2006, over 8 000 visitors were reported by the 20
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organisers who were participating at that time. Many
new events with a folk music focus have been established during this period.
A new three-year joint marketing project was
started in 2008 as a continuation of the established
collaboration between these organisers. The economic foundation of the project is the economic
grants from 13 municipalities, the County Administration Boards of Dalarna, Uppsala and Västmanland
plus the Regional Cooperation Council of Gävleborg.
The goal of the marketing project is to, during the
project period, establish a local and also a joint
organisation which can organise and implement marketing campaign and also secure the long-term
financing of the operation. Each local organiser has a
projected goal for the number of visitors, in total this
is over 19 000 for the year 2010.
The goal is in sight
The results which the marketing project can present
so far indicate that the planned goals are actually in
sight. The projected budget for the three years (1.9
million SEK) will most likely be surpassed. This is the
result of local grants and support from sponsors
within the private sector almost certainly exceeding
the projected goal. If all goes well, then even the goal
for attendance figures will be achieved: this would
mean just over 19 000 visitors for 2010.
Local organisers are the foundation on which collaboration is built. One of the most successful is the
organising committee of the Folk Music Festival in
Stjärnsund. Helena Kåks from Stjärnsund writes
about their working methods, read the article. Local
organisers who are active and creative are of course
the most successful.
Marketing attracted more visitors to Säter
The three largest events during the Folk Music Festival of Nedre Dalälven and Ödmården are Historical
Week in the municipality of Säter in Dalarna (4 782
visitors in 2009), Hållnäs Week in the municipality of
Tierp in Uppland (1 430 visitors) and the Folk Music
Festival in Stjärnsund in the municipality of Hedemora in Dalarna (1420 visitors). In the county of
Gävleborg the biggest events were the Summer Show
featuring the music of Evert Taube, held at Gammelstilla in the municipality of Hofors (1269 visitors),
The Fiddlers’ meet at Mobydalen in the municipality
of Ockelbo (600 visitors), the Music Festival at
Ovansjö in the municipality of Sandviken (550 visitors). In the county of Västmanland the largest event
was called Folk Music at the “Brunn” (250 visitors).
- The marketing project has helped us attract visitors from other areas of Dalarna County to our
event Historical Week. We estimate that a third of
the audience at the concert by Sofia Jannok in Östra
Silvberg’s Old Mining Area in August 2009 was here
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Bacon pancakes make a tasty snack at the Fiddlers’ meet in
Mobydalen.
for the first time, says Karin Hästö, municipal cultural secretary in Säter.
For the organiser (the Municipality of Säter) this
meant some extra income. The concert by Sofia Jannok had a paying audience of 287 which gave a ticket
revenue of 56 800 SEK.
- By establishing a broad local network of local
organisers who collaborate within the framework of
Historical Week we have achieved much more with
the resources that we have at our disposal. The Week
has expanded to become a much bigger event in
which many different activities are included, says
Karin Hästö.
- When the municipality, non-profit organisations
and volunteers cooperate in this way it is to everyone’s advantage, says Karin Hästö.
Göte Andersson
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The Folk Music Festival
in Stjärnsund
Music from the master of Argentinean tango Piazzolla met tunes from the south of Dalarna during
the Folk Music Festival in Stjärnsund. Lars-Åke Gustafsson, accordion, & Fredrik Petrini, guitar.
The region of southern Dalarna has long been lacking a large annual folk music
event. In 2005 a group of local residents in Stjärnsund took initiatives which resulted
in just such an event: the Folk Music Festival in Stjärnsund. With the backing of the
collaborative marketing project, the Folk Music Festival of Nedre Dalälven, we have
created an annually recurring and diversified festival which attracts relatively large
numbers of visitors - and which is in continual development.
The district of Stjärnsund lies in the Municipality of
Hedemora in Dalarna County, and consists of the old
Ironworks area of Stjärnsund with well-preserved
buildings from the1700s and onwards, plus a number
of near lying villages. These historic locations are of
course a resource in our work, as is the fact that there
are many active people living in the area. There are
around 400 permanent residents plus many summer
residents in the area, which despite its small size has
made itself a name for its rich cultural life.
Key factors: pleasure and creativity
The Folk Music Festival in Stjärnsund has since its
start been held during the first weekend in August.
The first festival was held over three days and
included about ten different events. The festival grew
during the following years and at its biggest consisted
of about 30 items over four days. When planning the
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festival last year we felt that it was time to cut things
down a little. If a festival of this type is going have
staying power we must ensure that our creativity and
enthusiasm do not get pushed aside by organisational
or financial problems. We don’t see the growth of the
festival as an end in itself.
Climax in the old Forge
The festival of 2009 was launched with a Friday
evening dance with reels and old-time dancing in the
local community hall followed by a music and art happening near Lake Grycken. The culmination of Saturday’s events was an evening concert in the old Forge,
with musicians such as Jonas Knutsson and Johan
Norberg. During the day there was herders’ music, a
sing-along cafe, a concert with Tango music, jamming,
traditional song and dance games, many try-it-out
activities, and also a spectacular musical parade.
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The spectacular musical parade was a popular feature of the
program during the 2009 Folk Music Festival in Stjärnsund.
For the running of the Folk Music Festival in
Stjärnsund answers an association with the same
name. A board has the economic responsibility and
makes the formal decisions. It is however in a more
loosely defined program group that most of the work
is done. Amongst the group members are people with
skills in many areas such as music, sound engineering, teaching, history, marketing and economy. We
create the program events ourselves around different
themes, often in partnership with others such as the
local church, businesses and other associations.
The music of southern Dalarna meets other
genres
We wish to place an emphasis on the music of the
southern part of Dalarna County, while also allowing
it to meet other music genres. We strive to bring
together musicians from different places in new
groupings and also to facilitate encounters between
folk music and other forms of art and creative
expression. Another of our aims is that the Folk
Music Festival should benefit the music and cultural
life of the area all year round. We achieve this by
organising dance evenings, day courses, a Midwinter
Fiddlers’ Meet and staging concerts etc during the
non-summer months. The fiddling group Korsmora
Fiddlers, which was started in anticipation of the first
Folk Music Festival in 2005, has regular activities
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and meetings. Several other smaller groups have also
been started as a result of our work with the Folk
Music Festival.
The Folk Music Festival in Stjärnsund
seeks sponsors and applies for grants
The financial side of things is of course a problem.
The Municipality of Hedemora and a local bank,
Södra Dalarnas Sparbank, give us each year an initial
contribution that we can build on. We also look for
sponsors amongst local businesses to supplement the
income we have from ticket sales and entry donations. The Folk Music Festival in Stjärnsund participates in a broad collaborative marketing project
which means that we have wide-ranging national and
regional promotion of our event.
Helena Kåks
See also www.folkmusikfesten.nu