The call for applications for Folkest Showcase is now open: this section of the Folkest festival program is part of the Upbeat project, the European platform for World Music Showcases, and is dedicated to live performances by young international artists in the world music scene. The selected artists will perform between July 3 and 5,...Read More

30 May – 27 July Among the guests: Tazenda, Le Orme, Moni Ovadia, Joachim Cooder, Allan Taylor, 99 Posse, Giua & Riccardo Tesi The lines of the 47th edition of Folkest have been defined, and this year too it presents itself with an adage that clearly paints its features: a festival curious about the world....Read More

Alberto Cesa Prize: six finalists chosen to take the stage at Folkest 2025. The territorial selection phase of the Alberto Cesa Prize, the award dedicated to music that enhances cultural roots from all over the world, has concluded. The competition, named after the great Piedmontese musician, collected more than 150 applications from all over Italy....Read More

Alberto Cesa Prize selections concluded! Here is the list of winners who will take the stage at Folkest 2025 in July. Zerofolk Duo Stefano Turolla Trio Pasticcio Meticcio Urtie Massimiliano Felice Fan Chaabi See you in San Daniele del Friuli at the main stage on the evening of July 6th 2025 for the final of...Read More

Applications for the Folkest World Music Showcase 2025 – Powered by UPBEAT for emerging European artists closed on January 2025. The 8 selected artists will be guests from July 4th to July 6th, 2025 in San Daniele del Friuli. During these days they will have the opportunity to be seen and heard by international agents,...Read More

The call for participation in Folkest Showcase powered by UPBEAT is now open: the section of theFolkest festival program is part of the UPBEAT project, the European platform for World Music Showcases, and dedicated to live shows for emerging international artists in the panorama of this important musical genre. The selected artists will perform, in...Read More

In Stevenà di Caneva (PN), straddling Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto, next Friday 4th October at Villa Frova at 9.15 p.m., Le Orme will perform the last live show of their busy summer tour, a much-awaited event for the many fans of this historic band and, more generally, for all music fans. The initiative was...Read More

Registrations for Alberto Cesa Prize opens on September 9 to participate in the 2025 edition of the Alberto Cesa Prize, the annual event conceived by Folkest to enhance musical projects that know how to give voice to one or more cultural roots from anywhere in the world. Twenty editions consumed, this year the twenty-first, with...Read More

We inform you that on Monday, September 9th 2024, registration for the 2025 edition of the Alberto Cesa Prize will open and the regulations will be published. Time to register until next October 31 by midnight.Read More

On the festival’s final evening, the Alberto Cesa Prize, now in its twentieth year, went to I Trillanti – Tradizione 2.0 as best group. To the Ars Antiqua World Jazz Ensemble the prize for the best arrangement in Friulian language of a text by Federico Tavan. Good Luck guys! Nuovo IMAIERead More

Alberto Cesa Prize finalists have been selected: the appointment in San Daniele at Folkest 2024 After six selections around the Boot, the musical proposals that will take the stage at Folkest 2024 in San Daniele del Friuli on 7 July to win first place in the Alberto Cesa Award have been defined. In Arezzo, the...Read More

Folkest signs the milestone of its 45th anniversary with some important novelties: starting with the return to its first venue, the town of San Daniele del Friuli, and the new collaboration with Aria di Festa, now in its 37th edition, a cross-cultural event where food and wine meets regional excellence, culture, good living and quality...Read More