41 years of Folkest

Folkest, 41 years of history 

FIESTE DI CHỂNTI 1979
Caterina Bueno Tuscany
Gruppo S. Giorgio di Resia Friuli
Lyonesse France
Narodna Klapa Slavia
Prinsi Raimund Piemonte
Veronique Chalot France
Whisky Trail Italy/Ireland

FIESTE DI CHỂNTI 1980
Alberto Balia Sardinia
An Douar Bras Brittany
Antonello Cotogno Sardinia
Cantovivo Piemonte
Country Ramblers Switzerland
Räms Switzerland
Dave Peabody England
Donald & Anicet Heller Hungary/Usa
Gruppo Val Resia Friuli
La Kinkerne Savoia
Moonshine Brothers Emilia
New Celeste Scotland
Ochorios Italy
Povolar Ensemble Friuli
Prinsi Raimund Piemonte
Riccardo tesi e Ambrogio Sparagna Italy
Red Wine String Band Genova
Siskin France
Southern Comfort String Band Milan
Suonofficina Sardinia

FIESTE DI CHỂNTI 1981
Bratschi France
El Bes Galilì Lombardia
Emma Mildenberger Germany
Gruppo Emiliano di Musica Popolare Emilia
Gruppo Val Resia Friuli
Heritage Scotland
La Lionetta Piemonte
Maurizio Angeletti Italy
Quadrella Switzerland
Re Niliu Calabria
Siskin France
Vermenton Plage France

FIESTE DI CHỂNTI 1982
Gruppo Val Resia Friuli
La Ciapa Rusa Piemonte
Lou Dalfin Occitania Italiana
Olivier Darras France
Paotread Termaji Brittany
Riccardo Tesi-Daniele Craighead Italy
Slanty Gart Italy
Tud Ar Vro Brittany

SUONI E TRADIZIONI 1983
Beautemp sur la Provence France
Edelzwicker Switzerland
Eliseo Iussa Slavia
Gereben Hungary
Job Philippe Brittany
La Ciapa Rusa Piemonte
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Le Petit Blanc Alsazia
Lunario Italy
Martin Carthy England
Paulin Noutclà Engadina
Povolar Ensemble Friuli
Robin Dransfield England
Schebeen Ireland
Suonofficina Sardinia
Ti Jaz Brittany

FOLKEST 1984
Alberto Cesa e Donata Pinti Piemonte
Ambrogio Sparagna Lazio
Baraban Lombardia
Cumpagnia Cantante di Ventimiglia Liguria
Cumpagnia di Sunadur di Ponte Caffaro Lombardia
Folketitrai Friuli
Gruppo Folkloristico Oinoi Greece
Kinvara Ireland
La Ciapa Rusa Piemonte
La Macina Marche
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Masondo, Esbroek e Marcucci Argentina/Belgium
Melchiade Benni e Annibale Barbieri Emilia
Re Niliu Calabria
Riccardo Tesi Italy
Ritmia Italy
Stefano Valla e Franco Guglielmetti Quattro Province

FOLKEST 1985
Alan Stivell Brittany
Andrea Piazza Lazio
Arp Occitania Italiana
Baraban Lombardia
Eliseo Iussa Slavia
Folkfriends Stiria
Gruppo Emiliano di Musica Popolare Emilia
Gruppo S. Giorgio di Resia Friuli
Heritage Scotland
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Marc Savoy Louisiana
Mea d’Ora Switzerland
Peppino D’Agostino Italy
Riccardo Tesi Italy
Ritmia Italy
Robert Mandel’s East European Folk Group Hungary
Suonabanda Emilia
Vízöntő Hungary

FOLKEST 1986
Alabatsch Germany
Ambrogio Sparagna Lazio
Anjadar a Noar Stiria
Baraban Lombardia
Bibi, Aldo e Tinut Friuli
Blowzabella England
Buntemp Piemonte
Calicanto Veneto
Caterina Bueno Tuscany
Danzerini di Aviano Friuli
Gruppo di Petriolo Marche
John Faulkner Group Ireland
Kodaly Kamaratanc Együttes Hungary
La Ciapa Rusa Piemonte
La Macina Marche
Lyonesse France
Maerlin Austria
Marc Savoy Louisiana
Perlinpinpin Folc Guascogna
Re Niliu Calabria
René Zosso e Anne Osnowycz Switzerland

FOLKEST 1987
3 Mustaphas 3 England
Alberto Balìa e Enrico Frongia Sardinia
Anita Anita France/Italy
Donal Maguire & Liam Webster Ireland
John Molineaux Usa
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Lo Jai Occitania
Magam Lombardia
Makvirag Hungary
Malbruk Piemonte
Marc Perrone France
Re Fa Sol Emilia
Ritmia Italy
Salpicao Spain
Tamalin Ireland
Ultan Ireland/Italy
Zsarátnok Hungary

FOLKEST 1988
Anjadar a Noar Stiria
Baraban Lombardia
Blowzabella England
Istranova Istria
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Liederlicht Spielleut Austria
Malbruk Piemonte
Malin Head Scotland
Mario Salvi e Luciano Gaetani Italy
Melchiade e Franco Benni Emilia
Riccardo Tesi e Patrick Vaillant Italy/France
Simon Nicol & Ric Sanders England
Trencito de Los Andes Italy
Vízöntő Hungary

FOLKEST 1989
Afterhours Ireland
Anjadar a Noar Stiria
Beautemp sur la Provence France
Cornerstone Scotland
Current Scotland
Eddie Walker Usa
Fairport Convention Great Britain
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Lakis & Achwach Greece
Malbruk Piemonte
Ocho Rios Caribbean
Tagda Ireland
Zsarátnok Hungary

FOLKEST 1990
An Erminig Brittany
Cantovivo Piemonte
Danny Thompson’s Whatever England
Dolores Keane & John Faulkner Ireland
Donovan Great Britain
Mala Dudacka Muzika Czechoslovakia
Orient Express Netherlands
Robert Mandel Hyngary
Rod MacDonald Usa
Tesi-Vaillant Italy/France
Yannick Monot & Nouvelle France France/Germany

FOLKEST 1991
Baul Bengal
Chhau Bengal
Chorowski Ukraine
Fintan Vallely & Mark Simos Ireland
Gdansk Poland
Gruppo Emiliano di Musica Popolare Emilia
Handala Palestine
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Mala Dudacka Musica Czechoslovakia
Malbruk Piemonte
Mara! Australia
Mediterraneo Italy
Miriam Makeba South Africa
Orient Express Netherland
Padus Italy/Switzerland
Tomas De Los Reyes Flamenco Group Spain
Whippersnapper England

FOLKEST 1992
Alan Stivell Brittany
Alice Italy
Allan Taylor England
Bevano Est Italy
Buralo Transilvania
Comitiva Brambilla Italy
Datina Romania
David & Ruth Cooper England
Furclap Friuli
Kathryn Tickell England
I Suonatori delle Quattro Province Italy
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Likemba Zambia/Italy
Lino Straulino Friuli
Lorraine Jordan Scotland
Maria Elena Villar Spain
Marta Sebestyen & Zsarátnok Hungary
Mary Ann Brandon & Freddie & The Screamers Usa
Mirror Over Kiev England
Moia Italy
Orchestra Giovanile di Prato Italy
Palinka Germany
Primera Nota Catalogna
Tamalin Ireland
Vincenzo Zitello Ensemble Italy
Whippersnapper England
Whiskey Priests England
Zyriab Morocco/Egypt/Lebanon

FOLKEST 1993
Agricantus Sicily
Banditaliana Italy
Bevano Est Italy
California (feat. Byron Berline & Dan Crary) Usa
Calicanto Veneto
Carantan Friuli
Color Latino South America/Germany
Cuarteto de Coimbra Portugal
Ditherum Ireland
Ed Schnabl Austria
Elena Ledda e Sonos Sardinia
Evelyne Girardon e Robert Amiot France/Canada
Fish Heands & Rice Usa
Gruppo della Comunità degli Italiani di Dignano Istria
Heritage Ireland
Ivano Fossati Italy
La Ciapa Rusa Piemonte
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Malbruk Piemonte
Mediterraneo Italy
Pierre Bensusan France
Richard Dobson & State of the Heart Usa
Rockin’ Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters Louisiana
Smeddum Scotland
Technik Ensemble Slovakia
The Cast Canada/Scotland
Tom Russell Band Usa
Umami South America/Italy
Vincenzo Zitello Italy

FOLKEST 1994
Allan Taylor England
Angelo Branduardi Italy
Annasach Scotland
Baraban Italy
Beppe Gambetta Italy
Bleizi Ruz Brittany
Blues Jeans Italy
Branco Selvaggio Italy
Braul Friuli
Carantan Friuli
Coop Blues Band Italy
Coro di S. Leonardo Slavia
Darbar Mantra Italy
Eddie Hawkins Usa
Fairport Convention Great Britain
Furclap Friuli
Ghymes Slovakia
I Solisti d’Istria Istria
I Suonatori delle Quattro Province Italy
Joan Baez Usa
Krishna Bhatt-Debiprasad Ghosh-Rashmi V. Bhatt India
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Lino Straulino Friuli
Mananàn Ireland
Mediterraneo Italy
Morrigan’s Wake Italy
Musicanti Istriani Istria
Nediski Puobi Slavia
Noa & Gil Dor Israel
Nosisà Friuli
Ozona Snuff Italy
Savrinke Istria
Shamrock Germany
Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana Italy
Tolovaj Mataj Slovenia
Gruppo Valdibora – Rovigno Istria
Wiener Tschuschenkapelle Serbia/Macedonia/Turkey/Austria
Ziryab Morocco/Egypt/Lebanon

FOLKEST 1995
America Usa
Arbe Garbe Friuli
Balen Lopez de Munain Trio Paesi Baschi/Italy/Angola
Braul Friuli
Caliban Ireland
Clàr Bog Déil Ireland
Coro di San Leonardo Slavia
Divogray Ukraine
Donovan Great Britain
Dordan Irlanda
Etienne Grandjean France
Fish Heads & Rice Usa
Flamenco Sketches Italy
Franco Morone Italy
Frank McLaughlin & Gillian MacDonald Scotland
Heather & Stuart New Zealand
Joan Baez Usa
Kertész Hungary
La Cantera Italy
La Ciapa Rusa Piemonte
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Lino Straulino Friuli
Los Lobos Usa
Manuel Luna y la Cuadrilla Spain
Mediterraneo Italy
Nediski Puobi Slavia
Noa & Gil Dor Israel
Nosisà Friuli
Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare Campania
Ogam Italy
Perlinpinpin Folc Guascogna
Rim Banna Palestine
Sergio Gato Preden Istria
Sirtos Greece
Tolovaj Mataj Slovenia
Vízöntő Hungary
Whiskey Priests England
Zsarátnok Hungary

FOLKEST 1996
Acquaragia Drom Italy
Adio Leon! Veneto/Trentino/Istria/Friuli
Aldo Giavitto Friuli
Arbe Garbe Friuli
Bob Dylan Usa
Bruce Cockburn Canada
Canto Libre Italy
Capercaillie Scotland
Carantan Friuli
Dalc’h Sonj Brittany
Elena Ledda e Sonos Sardinia
Etienne Grandjean et La Belle Societe France
Fabiano Riz Friuli
Flamenco Sketches Italy
Giovani Canterini di Sant’Olcese Liguria
Giulio Venier Quartet Friuli
Glaz Brittany
Jackson Browne Usa
Kepa Junkera Paesi Baschi
I Bintars Friuli
La Cantera Italy
La Cliba Friuli
La Lionetta Piemonte
La Lugh Ireland
Le Pays Natal Valle d’Aosta
Lino Straulino Trio Friuli
Liso e Gusto Slavia
Llan de Cubel Asturie
Loreena McKennitt Canada
Lorraine Jordan Galles/Ireland
Manouche e Dintorni Italy
Mari Boine Norway
Marko Morgan Istria
Marusic Is Tri Istria
Mau Mau Italy
Melinda Tucker Usa/Friuli
Metissage Morocco/Senegal/Italy
Morrigan’s Wake Italy
Na Lua Galizia
O’er The Border Scotland
Ottetto Femminile Lanischie Istria
Ottetto Maschile Lungomare Istria
Pitura Freska Veneto
Rattle’n’Reel Great Britain
Rim Banna Palestine
Solo Razafindrakoto Madagascar
Taberna Mylaensis Sicily
Terra Franca di Slavia Slavia
The Original Klezmer Ensemble Italy
Tony McManus Scotland
Tony Maude England
Vincenzo Zitello Italy
Whisky Trail Italy

FOLKEST 1997
Afterhours Ireland
Alboka Paesi Baschi
Aldo Giavitto Friuli
Amaro Suno Hungary
Andreas Vollenweider & Friends Switzerland
Armando Corsi Italy
Atlantic Wave Band England/Denmark
Boys of the Lough Scotland/Ireland
Braul Friuli
Calicanto Veneto
Carantan Friuli
Craobh Rua Ireland
David Byrne Usa
David Essig Trio Canada
Dug Denmark
Esta Israel
Fuluss Saba Italy
Gai Saber Piemonte
I Bintars Friuli
I Viulàn Emilia
Iron Horse Scotland
Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle England
Jackson Browne Usa
Jethro Tull England
Kate & Anna McGarrigle Canada
La Moresca Campania
La Piva dal Carner Emilia
Mari Boine Norway
Mau Mau Italy
Mediterraneo Italy
Meira Asher Israel
Morrigan’s Wake Italia
Musicalia Campania
Nosisà Friuli
Phil Campbell & Tom McFarland Ireland
Rhapsodija Trio Italia
Sidaja Venezia Giulia
Sin È Ireland
Tammorra Sicily
Tazenda Sardinia
The Byrds Celebration Usa
The Chieftains Ireland
The Klezmatics Usa
The Rhythm Factory Australia/Italy
Tomàs San Miguel y Txalaparta Paesi Baschi
Väsen Sweden
Yazoo Italy

FOLKEST 1998
Allan & Barnaby Taylor England
Amazing Blondel England
Angelo Branduardi Italy
Bevano Est Italy
Braul Friuli
Bruno Genero Ensemble Italy/Belgium/Africa
Carantan Friuli
Craobh Rua Ireland
David Crosby Usa
Deaf Shepherd Scotland
Dervish Ireland
Drop The Box Scotland
Ed Schnabl Trio Austria
Egschiglen Mongolia
Fabrizio De André Italy
Fiorella Mannoia Italy
Folk Studio A e Orchestra Nicola Esterhazy Italy
Gai Saber Piemonte
Gruppo Val Resia Friuli
Gruppo Arie da Nuoto di Rovigno Istria
Ian Bruce Scotland
Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle England
John Wright Band England
Kay McCarthy Ireland/Italy
La Macina Marche
Latin Crossings (feat.Steve Winwood, Tito Puente, Arturo Sandoval) GB/Portorico/Cuba
Mahlet Etiopia
Musicalia Campania
Muzica Pod Turman Slavia
Nosisà Friuli
Oige Ireland
Plommon Sweden
Pressgang England
Solis String Quartet Italy
Spin 2 England
Tarika Madagascar
The Tannahill Weavers Scotland
Timna Brauer & Elias Meiri Ensemble Austria
Vìzöntö Hungary
Vulcheva-Jenkins Incident Bulgaria/England

FOLKEST 1999
Acquaragia Drom Italy
Alberto Grollo Italy
An Erminig France/Germany
B.E.V. Italy
Beppe Gambetta Italy
Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings Great Britain
Canti Randagi: Barabàn, E. Ledda & Sonos, La Sedon Salvadie, Allan Taylor
Chakay Manta Italy
Compagnia delle Arti Xanti Yaka Italy
Cran Ireland
Dalc’h Sonj Brittany
Fabricamusica Ghana/India/Usa/Japan
Goran Bregovic Serbia/Bosnia/Macedonia
Gruppo Emiliano di Musica Popolare Emilia
Inti-Illimani Chile
James Taylor Usa
Jethro Tull England
John Trudell Usa
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Mike Oldfield Great Britain
Mireille Ben Quintet France/Italy
Morrigan’s Wake Italy
Na Doirse Ireland
Napulé Italy
Nosisà Friuli
Oysterband England
Pressgang England
Serras Denmark
Sirtos Greece
Szapora England/Macedonia
Tammurriata di Scafati Campania
Uyanga Mongolia
Värttinä Finland
Vladimir Denissenkov Ukraine
Vlado Kreslin Slovenia
Whiskey Priests England
Zachary Richard Louisiana

FOLKEST 2000
Balkan Babau Circus Orkestar Italy
Børte Mongolia
Caliban Ireland
Capercaillie Scotland
Carantan Friuli
Chakay Manta Italy
Cian Ireland
David Shea & Nuestra Signora Ensemble Usa/Italy/Istria
Dibidil Scoltland/Ireland
Etienne Grandjean et La Belle Societé Brittany
Goran Bregovic Serbia/Bosnia/Bulgaria
Hevia Asturie
Hurdy Gurdy Family Band Usa/Hungary
Inti-Illimani Chile
Ivano Fossati Italy
Joan Baez Usa
Joe Cocker Great Britain
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Lunasa Ireland
Michelle Shocked Usa
Musicanta Lombardia
Nomos Ireland
North Cregg Ireland
Nosisà Friuli
Nura Algeria/Italy/Russia
Paul Millns Trio Great Britain
Pierrick Lemou Brittany
Pucci-Venier Friuli
Riccardo Tesi e Banditaliana Italy
Susana Seivane Galizia
Tannas Scotland
The Chieftains Ireland
Tre Martelli Piemonte
Värttinä Finland
Werteticks Orkestar Hungary

FOLKEST 2001
Ambrogio Sparagna & Quartetto Lunatico Lazio
Aniada a Noar Stiria
Ann Biørg Lien Norway
Archedora Veneto
Balkan Babau Circus Orkestar Italy
Braul Friuli
Cadenza Ireland
Carantan Friuli
Céide Ireland
Clobeda’s Friuli
Destrani Taraf Trentino
Elliott Murphy Usa
Francesco Ursino Italy
Gigi Maieron Friuli
Giorgio Cordini Italy
Haugaard & Hoirup Denmark
Kathryn Tickell England
Koçani Orchestar Macedonia
John Hammond Usa
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
La Volée d’Castors Quebec
Máire Brennan Ireland
Mark Knopfler Great Britain
Marusic Is Trio Istria
Morrigan’s Wake Italy
Musicalia Campania
Na Doirse Ireland
Napoli Centrale Campania
New Celeste Scotland
Nosisà Friuli
Paul Millns England
Planet Groove Slovenia
Pratsky Pout’ovy Orchestr Czech Republic
Pucci-Venier Friuli
Sarabanda Sicily
Sirtos Greece
Tejedor Asturie
The Stormy Monday Spain
To Loo Loose Italy
Two Time Polka Ireland
Vinicio Capossela Italy
Vlado Kreslin Slovenia
‘Zuf de Zur Italy

FOLKEST 2002
Azarbe Spain
Bakala Blues Band Slovenia
Banda Jonica con R.Paci, F. Barovero, M.E. Giovanardi, V. Capossela, C. Zavalloni Italy
Bella Blues Band Italy
Braul Friuli
Broderick Ireland
Chakay Manta Italy
Contempo Trio France
Dave Shepherd & Becky Price England
Di Grine Kuzine Germany
Ed Schnabl Trio Austria
Elisa Italy
Esta Israel
European Youth Folk Orchestra Europe
Foehn Brittany
Gambetta/Aonzo/Coppo Italy
Goran Bregovic Serbia
Hoven Droven Sweden
John Trudell Usa
Kepa Junkera Paesi Baschi
La Zag Sud Tirolo
Los De Abajo Mexico
Los Van Van Cuba
Luigi Maieron Friuli
Massimo Bubola & Eccher Band Italy
Niall O’Callanain & S.T. Band Ireland
Noa Israel
Paolo Bonfanti Band Italy
Pipedown Scotland
Pucci Venier Friuli
Radiodervish Palestine/Italy
Roberto Lucanero Marche
Sara Tavares Cape Verde
Silvia Michelotti Friuli
Strepitz Friuli
Taraf da Metropulitana Romania
Tendachent Piemonte
To Loo Loose Italy
Vruja Istria
Wolfstone Scotland

FOLKEST 2003
Achanak England/India
Alan Stivell Brittany
Alice Italy
Allan Taylor England
Belle Germaine Berry France
Braul Friuli
Carantan Friuli
Claudio Cappelli Grup Friuli
Eric Andersen Usa
Esta Israel
Fabrizio Poggi e Turututela Italy
Fairport Convention England
Fine Friday Scotland
Florencio Mess Belize
Gráda Ireland
High Society England
I Musicanti del Piccolo Borgo Italy
Izaline Calister Curaçao
Jarabe de Palo Spain
Jethro Tull England
Joan Armatrading England
La Musgaña Castiglia
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Llangres Asturie
Los De Abajo Mexico
Macina & Gang Marche
Mahogany Gaspipes Ireland
Máiréad Nesbitt Ireland
Malinky Scotland
Massimo Bubola Italy
Mattotti-Zanier Friuli
Mediterraneo Italy
Michele Pucci Italy
Morblus Band Italy
Musafir India
Nosisà Friuli
Nuova Campagnia di Canto Popolare Campania
Paul Millns England
Phønix Denmark
Piero Sidoti Italy
Procol Harum England
Sergio Cammariere Italy
Serras Denmark
Sonic Weave Canada
Susana Seivane Galizia
Skolvan Brittany
Te Waka New Zealand
Tendachënt Piemonte
The Albion Band England
The Arabic Orchestra of Nazareth Israel
The Poozies Irland/Scotland
Van Morrison Irlanda
Vincenzo Zitello Italy
Vìzöntö Hungary
Whisky Trail Italy

FOLKEST  2004
‘Zuf the Zur Friuli
Alberto Grollo Italy
Alima Zaire/Italy
Altan Ireland
Aniada a Noar Stiria
Arasinda Hungary/Turkey
Battlefield Band Scotland
Brolum Scotland
Carantan Friuli
Carlos Nuñez Galizia
Circo Diatonico Italy
Contempo Trio France/Italy
Dirk Hamilton Texas
Dulaman Englad
Ed Schnabl Trio Austria
Ellika & Solo Norway/Senegal
Emma Montanari Grop Friuli
Etnika Malta
Farafina Burkina Faso
Finlay MacDonald Band Scotland
Gil Dor & Zohar Fresco Israel
Ilgi Latvia
Jaipur Kawa Brass Band Rajasthan/India
John Mayall England
John Renbourn Group England
John Trudell Usa
John Wright Band England
JPP Finland
Keep of the Grass England
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Lord of the Dance Ireland
Lou Tapage Piemonte
Luigi Maieron Friuli
Mafalda Arnauth Portugal
Manuhiri, Jordan & Hunter New Zealand/Scotland
Massimo Bubola Italy
Michele Pucci Italy
Musicalia Campania
Nébeda Catalogna
New Celeste Scotland
Nosisà Friuli
Nuevo Mester de Juglaria Castiglia
Nusa Scotland
Ponty Bone & Chicken Mambo Texas/Italy
Pucci-Venier Friuli
Radio Mundial Puerto Rico/Usa
Robben Ford Usa
Squadune Austria
Steve Winwood England
Strepitz Friuli
Swoja Droga Poland
Texas Girls Usa
Trad Lads Ireland/Denmark
Tradere Castiglia
Vladimir Denissenkov Quartet Ukraine/Italy

FOLKEST 2005
Achanak England/India
Abnoba Italy
Ararad Group Italy
Avion Travel Italy
Banda Mattotti Friuli
Barbapedana Italy
Big Brother & The Holding Co. Usa
Boris Kovac Serbia
Braul Friuli
Cantodiscanto Campania
Carlos Nuñez Galizia
Cofradìa Cuba
Country Joe McDonald Usa
Davide Van de Sfroos Italy
De Simone, Martinez & Moneta Italy
Dohl Foundation India/UK
Earth Wheel Sky Band Serbia
Emma Montanari Grop Friuli
Enzo Avitabile & i Bottari Campania
Francesco De Gregori Italy
Franco Morone Italia
Fromseier Rose Ireland/Usa
Gael Sli Ireland
Ginger Leigh Band Usa
Glauco Venier Italy
Gruppo Folk Vincanto Marche
Imperfecta Italy
I Nutui Friuli
Indovinatoduo Italy
Jefferson Starship Usa
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Linntilla Ireland
Llangres Asturie
Marios Hellas Kompania Greece
Mike Sponza & Central Europe Blues Convention Italy/Austria/Croatia
Modena City Ramblers Italy
Morrigan’s Wake Italy
Nediški Puobi Slavia Friulana
Noarn Grove Stiria
Omara Portuondo Cuba
Paolo Bonfanti Band Italy
Pipedown Scotland
Pucci-Venier Friuli
Real Time Scotland
Riccardo Tesi Italy
Ska Cubano Cuba
Talea Balkans/Italy
The Original Klezmer Ensemble Italy
To Loo Loose Italy
Tom McConville & Pauline Cato England
Two Time Polka Ireland
Vincenzo Zitello Italy
Vízönto Hungary
Vruj Slovenia
‘Zuf de Zur Italy

FOLKEST 2006
Alberto Grollo Italy
Alboka Paesi Baschi
Andreas Vollenweider & Friends Switzerland
Archedora Veneto
Balen Lopez de Munain Quartet Paesi Baschi
Beoga Ireland
Bollywood Brass Band India
Camillocromo Italy
Carlo Muratori Sicily
Donati e D’Agaro Italy
El Paño Moruno Catalogna
Enzo Avitabile e i Bottari Campania
Evros Hungary/Italy
Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo Italy
Fanfara Ziganka Italy
Fiamma Fumana Italy
Gan Ainm Irish Dancers Italy
Grada Ireland/New Zealand
Harduo Italy
Hevia Asturie
Indovinatoduo Italy
Kal Serbia
La Frontera Italy
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Luigi Grechi Italy
Màire Ni Chathasaigh & Chris Newman Ireland/England
Marasà Calabria
Matching Ties Usa/Germany
Maxmaber Orkestar Italia
Moya Brennan Ireland
Nabac Ireland
Nikola Parov Group Hungary
Noa Acoustic Band & Solis String Quartet Israel/Italy
Pepe Vaamonde Grupo Galizia
Piccola Orchestra La Viola Lazio
Poseidon Italy
Randy Newman Usa
Renato Borghetti Quartet Brasile
Rim Banna Palestine
Roy Paci-Frank London-Boban Markovic Italy/Usa/Serbia
Sara Grey & Kieron Means Usa
Solis String Quartet Italy
Solo Razaf Madagascar
Squadune Austria
Steeleye Span England
Straulino – Vescovo – Fedele Friuli
SuoniLavici Campania
Tandarandan Liguria
Tendachënt Piemonte
Tenores di Neoneli Sardinia
Terrasonora Campania
Tischlbong Friuli
TrioTresca Tuscany
Vinicio Capossela Italy

FOLKEST 2007
Allan Taylor England
Atlantic Roar Ireland
Avion Travel Italy
Baba Zula Turkey
Bevano Est Italy
Blixxa Italy
Boban Markovic Orkestar Serbia
Bodega Scotland
Braul Friuli
Breabach Scotland
Bubesapràvie Duo Italy
Calegaria Istria
Calicanto Veneto
Claudia Bombardella Trio Italy
Cofradia Cuba
Din Delòn Lombardia
Duo Zunino Italy
Earth Wheel Sky Band Serbia
Ed Schnabl Austria
Eliades Ochoa y Grupo Patria Cuba
Enerbia Emilia
Fairport Convention England
Fanfara Tirana Albania
Filippo Gambetta Trio Italy
Francesco De Gregori Italy
Genticorum Quebec
Luigi Maieron Friuli
Ginger Leigh Band & Carolyn Wonderland Usa
Harduo Italy
High Society England
Hotel Palindrone Austria
iMusicalia Campania
Indovinatoduo & Gan Ainm Irish Dancers Italy
Interfolk Group Albania
Katablues Italy
Krama Ensemble Italy
Lou Tapage Occitania italiana
Marco Maria Tosolini Italy
Martin Lubenov Bulgaria
Martin Moro Austria
Mercedes Peon Galizia
Mimbrales Italy/Spain
Morrigan’s Wake Italy
Nabac Ireland
Omphalos Puglia
Renato  Borghetti Brasil
Silvio Trotta e Jessica Lombardi Italy
Straulino – Vescovo – Fedele Friuli
Tangeri Cafè Orchestra Morocco/Spain
Tarantàs Italy
To Loo Loose Italy
Trio Contempo Italy/France/Argentina
Vruja Istria/Slovenia

FOLKEST 2008
Acquaragia Drom Italy
Alberto Grollo Italy
Aniada a Noar Stiria
Boban Marković Orkestar Serbia
Bollywood Brass Band India/England
Calegaria Istria
Carlos Nuñez Galizia
Claudia Bombardella Trio Italy
Docs Off Italy
Doc Trio Italy
Edoardo De Angelis Italy
Ezio Guaitamacchi e Brunella Boschetti Italy
Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo Italy
Franco Morone & Raffaella Luna Italy
Fratelli Mancuso Sicily
Gael Sli Ireland
Gian Maria Testa Italy
Gruppo Folkloristico Val Resia Friuli
Harduo Italy
Hevia Asturie
John Trudell & Bad Dog Usa
“King” Naat Veliov & The Original Koçani Orkestar Macedonia
Il Fondaco dei Suoni Italy
I Nutui Friuli
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Loreena McKennitt Canada
Lou Tapage Piemonte
Ma’arìa Italy
Massimo Bubola Italy
Matteo Cimenti Italy
Napulé Italy
Michele Pucci Italy
New Celeste Scotland
Noa Israel
Paul Millns England
Phønix Denmark
Pietro Nobile Italy
Riccardo Tesi Italy
Riccardo Zappa Italy
Rudy Rotta Blues Band Italy
Silvio Orlandi & Elisa Aragno Piemonte
Stradabanda Italy
Strepitz Friuli
Taraf da Metropulitana Romania
Teaspoon Quartet Italy
The Chieftains Ireland
The John McSherry Band Ireland
The Rising Spring Ireland
Tischlbong Friuli
Tony Maude England
Trio Ciuma – Salvi – Tombesi Italy
Trio Contempo Italy/France/ Argentina
Vincenzo Zitello Italy

FOLKEST 2009
Adesa Ghana
Allan Taylor England
At First Light Ireland
Beer Belly Slovenia
Bevano Est Italy
Chirikè Italia/Latin America
Commander Cody Band Usa
Ed Schnabl & Band Austria
Enzo Avitabile e Bottari Campania
Fanfara Tirana Albania
Flaco De Nerja & Flamenco Band Spain
Grop Tradizional Furlan Friuli
Jethro Tull Inghilterra
La Sedon Salvadie Friuli
Lev Feldmann Orchester Ukraine
MadForTrad Band Ireland
Matching Ties Usa/England/Ireland/Germany
Maxmaber Orkestar Italy/Bosnia
Mira Awad Palestine
Nafra Malta
Napulé Italy
Ray Wilson England
Riccardo Tesi e Banditaliana Italy
Roger McGuinn Usa
Sancto Ianne Campania
Steve Winwood England
To Loo Loose Italy
Tom McConville Band England
Trio Abado, Anastassiou, Bora Lebanon/Greece/Turkey
Trio Coltri – Menduto – Morelli Italy
Trio Massarutto Italy
Vìzontö Hungary
Zamballarana Corsica
Antidotum Tarantulae Italy
La Banda Improvvisa Italy
Franco Boggero Italy
Francesco Sossio Puglia
Giulia y Los Tellarini Italy/Spain
John Trudell Usa
Hot Tuna Usa
Monica Bulgarelli Italy
L’Uva Grisa Romagna
La Munglesa Italy
Richard Thompson England
Sequoia Bisquits Italy
Pucci-Venier Friuli
Quintèt d’Enzo Vacca Piemonte
Bella Blues Band & Kay Foster Jackson Usa/Italy
Toy Vivo Duo Israel
Ambrogio Sparagna & Orchestra Pizzicata Lazio
Takam Italy
Birkin Tree Italy
Nando Citarella e i Tamburi del Vesuvio Campania
Nadishana Siberia
Roberto Vecchioni Italy

FOLKEST 2010
Alan Stivell Brittany
Alberto Grollo Italy
An Erminig Germany/Brittany
Antiche Ferrovie Calabro – Lucane Calabria
Ashley Hutching’s Rainbow Chasers England
Banda di Piazza Caricamento Italy
Barbapedana Italy
Calan Galles
Chiriké South America/Italy
Claudio Rocchi Italy
Cristiano De André Italy
Diaduit Italy
Ed Schnabl Austria
Electric Céili Ireland
Elsa Martin Friuli
Eric Bibb Usa
Ezio Guaitamacchi in “Delitti Rock” Italy
Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo Italy
Folkeltic Band Italy
Francesco Bearzatti Tinissima Quartet Italy
Ginger Leigh Band Usa
Hotel Palindrone Austria
I Tamburellisti di Otranto Puglia
Inti Illimani Chile
Judith Mateo Asturie
King Chiaullee Isle of Man
Kurja Koža Slovenia
La Munglesa Italy
Los Lobos Usa
Malanova SIcily
Martin Lubenov Jazzta Prasta Bulgaria
Mimmo Sparacio Italy
Miroslav Evačic Čardaš Blues Band Croatia
Nosisà Friuli
OrcheXtra Terrestre Italy
Osanna & David Jackson Italy/England
Paul McKenna Band Scotland
Pucci-Venier Friuli
Quartiere Latino Italy
Riccardo Tesi Italy
Sciacchetrà Street Band Italy
Simple Minds Scotland
Sol Ruiz Cuba
Sväng Finland
Systema Solar Cuba
Tamburi del Burundi Burundi
TerraGnora Basilicata
The Grande Mothers Re-invented Usa
U’ Munacidde Puglia
Vujicsics Ensemble Hungary

FOLKEST 2011
Alan Reid & Rob Van Sante Scotland
Almoraima Puglia
Arnwil Italy
At First Light Ireland
Bandorkestra Italy
Branco Selvaggio Italy
Calicanto Veneto
Cantodiscanto Italy
Cantsilena Lazio
Chiriké South America/Italy
Compagnia Daltrocanto Campania
D’Agaro/Zanchini/Ottolini Italy
Danças Ocultas Portugal
Dave Palmley & Phil Holland Ireland
Davide Van De Sfroos Italy
Dhol Foundation India/England
Durkovic e i Fantasisti Del Metrò Italy/Romania
Edoardo De Angelis Italy
Esma Rezdepova Macedonia
Filarmonica Città di Spilimbergo Italy
Gastone Pietrucci e La Macina Marche
Girotondo d’Arpe Italy
Harduo Italy
Jimi Barbiani Italy
Koralira Calabria
Lou Tapage Occitania italiana
Marianne Green Trio Ireland/Denmark
Matching Ties & Tir Na Nog Usa/England/Germany
Matteo Segrado Italy
Mau Mau Italy
Max Manfredi Italy
Moni Ovadia Italy
Mu-Roots: Special Folkest Edition Italy
Nosisà Friuli
Paolo Tofani Italy
Passover Italy/Usa
Rocco Burtone Italy
Secondo a nessuno Emilia-Romagna
Sirventes Italy
Steve Hackett England
Strepitz Friuli
Tony Maude and The Knights of Friuli England/Friuli
Vincenzo Zitello Italy
Watcha Clan France
Willie Nile Band Usa
Wind Italy
Young 8 Folk Italy

FOLKEST 2012
Alan Stivell Brittany
Alberto Grollo & Five Strings Quartet Italy
Alice Italy
Area Italy
Babemalà Piemonte
BK Evolution Slavia
Bradley, Cunnane & Bradley Ireland
Calegaria Istria
Carrie Rodriguez Texas
Colour Four Slovenia
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones Texas
Decalamus Lazio
Demodé Italy
Elvira Impagnatiello Italy
Ensemble Righi Italy
Giordano Dall’Armellina Italy
Gualtiero Bertelli Italy
Guidewires Ireland
Humpty Duo Italy
Irish&More Italy
Jenny Sorrenti Trio Campania
Jureduré Italy
Kal Serbia
Kiana Hawaii
Krasì Italy
Lino Straulino Friuli
Maurizio Bettelli Italy
Max Arduini Italy
Mosche di Velluto Grigio Italy
Musicanti del Piccolo Borgo Italy
Né Ladeiras Portugal
Neri Marcorè Italy
Nosisà Friuli
Paolo Bonfanti Trio Italy
Peter Cam Italy
Priska Friuli
Q-Blues Italy
Quinta Rua Piemonte
Rachele Colombo Italy
Resia 3000/Mosole -Viezzi – Pagnutti Italy
Roberto Vecchioni Italy
Rosas e Cançoes Italy
Saba Anglana Somalia/Etiopia
Sikè Sicily
Silvia & The Fishes On Friday Italy
Sirtos Greece/Hungary
The Klezmatics Usa
The Piedmont Brothers Band Italy
To Loo Loose Italy
TreniInCorsa Lombardia
Treves Blues Band Italy
Trio Musicanti Italy
Vola Vola Vola Italy
Vruja Istria

FOLKEST 2013
Alberto Grollo & Five Strings Quartet Italy
Abacà Italy
Alef Band Italy
Allan Taylor England
Antonella Ruggero Italy
Area Italy
Blunt
Branco Selvaggio Italy
Carantan Friuli Daniele Arzuffi Italy
Dualismagic Italy
Elsa Martin Friuli
Ezio Guaitamacchi Italy
Figli di Puff Italy
Giovanni Floreani e Tony Pagliuca Italy
I Salici Italy
I Tamburellisti di Otranto Puglia
Inti-Illimani Chile
Irish & More Italy
L’Orage Valle d’Aosta
La Frontera
Luna e un Quarto Friuli
Macchia Libbre Puglia
Mandolin Brothers Italy
Maria Devigli
Mimmo Cavallaro & Cosimo Papandrea Taranproject Calabria
Orchestra Minima Mysticanza Italy
Pier Lica Montessoro Italy
Raffaele Antoniotti Italy
Serio e Faceto Italy
Simone Avincola Italy
Simone Cristicchi Italy
Starmash Scotland
Tryo Yerba Italy
Ugo Gangheri Campania
Vizöntõ Hungary

FOLKEST 2014
Alberto Sergi & Arakne Group Italy
Ambra Pintore Sardinia
BandaJorona Lazio
Bevano Est Italy
Branco Selvaggio Italy
Carantan Friuli
Celtie Pixie Italy
Cicciabanda Street Italy
Cristiano De Andrè Italy
Diaduit Italy
Domenico Castaldo e Figurelle Orkestar Italy
Edoardo de Angelis “Non ammazzate Anna” Italy
Elvenking Italy
Emanuele Graffiti Italy
Ensemble Sangineto Italy
Francesca Gallo Italy
Gan Ainm Irish Dancers Italy
Ginger Leigh Texsas
Giovanni Giusto Veneto
Giuseppe Spiedino Moffa Abruzzo
Giuseppina Casarin e coro Le Cicale Italy
Green Clouds Italy
Harduo Italy
Hubert Dohr & Edgar Unterkirchener Carinthia
L’Orage Val d’Aosta
Luna e un quarto Friuli
Le Cheile Ireland
Modena City Ramblers Italy
Mlin Slovenia
Morrigan’s Wake Italy
Nosisà Friuli
Osanna & David Jackson Italia/England
Riccardo Tesi e Banditaliana Italy
Serena Finatti Italy
Simona Colonna Piemonte
Sugar Ray Dogs Italy
To Loo Loose Italy
Vinicio Capossela e La Banda della Posta Italy
Unavantaluna Sicily
Vruja Istria

FOLKEST 2015
Alberto Grollo & Five Strings Quartet Italy
Armonauti Italy
Ascanti Puglia
Baraban Lombardia
Bella Ciao Italy
Calantia Campania
Calendra Veneto
Cinque uomini sulla cassa del morto Italy
Celtic Pixie Italy
Diatonic Strings Duo Istria
Do’Storieski Veneto
Domuns de Janas Italy
Duo Bottasso Piemonte
Duo mezza pensione Emilia Romagna
Echi di terre Friuli
Elliot Murphy & Oliver Durand Usa/France
Eugenio Finardi Italy
Flò Campania
Folkestra e Folkloro Piemonte
Folk Fiction Veneto
Francesco Alessandrini Italy
Frichetti DJ set Italy
Giuseppina Casarin e il coro Le Cicale Italy
Goitse Ireland
Harduo Italy
Hevia Austria
Hubert Dohr & Edgar Unterkirkner Carinthia
JEMM Music Project Italy
Kerkim Puglia
La Mesquia Piemonte
Loris Vescovo Friuli
Mandolin’ Brothers Italy
Maria Laura Ronzoni Italy
Maurizio Geri Swingtet Italy
Morrigan’s Wake Italy
New Trolls – la storia Italia
Pietro Bianchi e Roberto Maggini Switzerland
Rudi Bučar Istria
Sergio Pennavaria Italy
To Loo Loose Italy
Uriah Heep England
Valeria Tron & Joglar Piemonte
Vincenzo Zitello Italy

FOLKEST 2016
Richard Thompson England
Roberto e Alessandro Tombesi Veneto
Rolling Around Italy
Capitano tutte a noi Italy
Rolling Around Italy
Roberto Durkovic e i Fantasisti del Metrò Italy/Rmani
Ninfa Giannuzzi Puglia
Fragment Italy
Les loups garous Italy
Lamorivostri Lazio
Electric Circus Italy
Iona Fyfe Band Scotland
Straulino & Fedele Friuli
Iona Fyfe Band Scotland
Maurizio Geri Swingtet Italy
Carantan Friuli
Fooga & Nico Italy
Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare Campania
Na Fuoia Cadore
Smorfiácc Lombardia
Flamenco Tango Neapolis Italy
Domo Emigrantes Italy
Teach tShleibhe Ireland
Orchestra Bailam e Coro Trallallero Liguria
Teach tShleibhe Ireland
Brigata Lambrusco Emilia
Tama Trio Sicily/Campania/Sardinia con Luigi Lai e Elena Ledda Sardinia
Serena Finatti e Andrea Varnier Friuli
Andrea Capezzuoli e Compagnia Italy
Mestison Italy/Colombia
Kitchen Implosion Italy
Saba Anglana Italy/Somalia
Celtic Pixie Italy
Riccardo Tesi Tuscany
Orchestrabottoni Lazio
Cinqueinpunto Italy
I Viulàn Emilia/Tuscany
Giuliano Gabriele Lazio
Rudi Bučar in Istrabend Istria
Sandro Joyeux Italy/France
Tsuumi Sound System Finland
Billy Cobham Band United States
Almamegretta Campania
Suzanne Vega United States
Roda do Cavaco Brasil
James Senese e Napoli Centrale Campania

FOLKEST 2017
Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya, South Africa
Ajde Zora, Italy
Alzamantes, Italy
Ambra Pintore, Sardinia
Antilabè, Italy
Arbitri Elegantiae, Italy
Braul, Friuli
Cinqueinpunto, Italy
Coffee, San Marino
Cuig, Ireland
Danilo Ruggero, Sicily
Domo Emigrantes, Italy
Doro Gjat, Italy
Duo Ammatte, Italy
Ensemble Sangineto, Italy
Enzo Avitabile, Campania
Fairport Convention, England 
Folkstone, Italy
Giulia Mei, Sicily
Gli Archimedi, Italy
Herbert Pixner Projekt, Soth Tyrol
Heron Valley, Scotland
Jenny Sorrenti & Saint Just, Campania
Kaixides, Greece
Kal Band, Serbia
Kokoneko Folk Band, Japan/Italy
Lune Troublante, Italy
Maldestro, Campania
Martina Iori, South Tyrol
Maz Vilander & Makadam Zena, Liguria
Mi Linda Dama, Italy
Michele Pucci e Angelo Giordano, Italy
Miki Martina, Italy
Na Fuoia, Cadore
Nando Brusco, Calabria
Nobraino, Italy
Orchestrona di Forlimpopoli, Romagna
Pietro Sabatini & Co, Italy
Pupi di Surfaro, Sicily
Randolph Matthews, England
Ray Wilson, England
Rive No Tocje, Friuli
Ron, Italy
Rosarubra, Italy
Saodaj’, La Reunion
Sophie Liebregts & Valerio Vettori, Holland/Italy
Swingari, Italy
Symphoniae Ensemble, Molise
Taragnule, Italy
Teresa De Sio, Campania
Valeria Caucino, Italy
VESEVUS – Solis String Quartet, Gianluca Brugnano, Giovanni Falzone, Campania
ViaNova e la Compagnia Suon&Passion, Campania
Wooden Legs, Italy
Zampognorchestra, Molise

FOLKEST 2018
Allegra Gente, Italy
Almakantica, Italy
Altermix Quartet, Italy
Alvise Nodale, Friuli
Alzamantes, Lombardia
Amira Medunjanin e Ante Gelo, Bosnia/Croatia
Ashcroft, Scotland
Baia Trio, Piedmont  
Canusia, Lazio
Carantan, Friuli
Contrada Lori’, Veneto
Cristiana Verardo, Italy
Fran & The Groovies, Italy
Franco Giordani, Friuli
Franco Presti, Italy
Giuditta Scorcelletti, Tuscany
Gli Archimedi, Italy
Humpty Duo, Italy
Irdorath, Belarus
Joan Baez, USA
La Macina, Marche
La Mesquia, Piedmont
La Quadrilla, Piedmont
Mag Mell, Ireland
Manuel Bellone, Italy
Mosaicantos, Italy
Parole Femmina con Nicoletta Oscuro e Matteo Sgobino,  Italy
Ponk, Czech Republic
Pyrates, England/Holland
Random Quartet, Piedmont
Renanera, Basilicata
Russell Joslin & Sarah McCaig, England/Australia
Stewart Hardy & Frank McLaughlin, Scotland
Stona, Italy
T’ses Folk, Piedmont
Taranterrae, Campania
Taverna Umberto I, Sicily
That Dog Was A Band Now, Usa/Canada/Sweden
Vruja, Istria