Folk Festivals in Italy

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals in Italy
From: Dazbo
Date: 09 Feb 08 - 08:44 AM

Thanks for the links and the info.

Anyone else like to add any?

Thanks again,

Darren

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals in Italy
From: Roberto
Date: 06 Feb 08 - 01:56 AM

There is a magazine, Folk Bullettin, that lists a lot festivals of traditional music in Italy. Now they have a site: http://www.folkbulletin.com/index.html. The èproblem is it is in Italian, but I think you could contact them.

Another site that lists folk festivals in Italy: http://www.folkest.com/index.php?id=10.

R

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals in Italy
From: Brendy
Date: 05 Feb 08 - 09:42 PM

Capodanno Celtic

B.

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals in Italy
From: Jim Martin
Date: 05 Feb 08 - 09:39 PM

Sorry, you've just missed this one:http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/pontecaf.htm#carne
The Carnival of Ponte Caffaro, it was yesterday. Next year, maybe?

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals in Italy
From: Andy Jackson
Date: 05 Feb 08 - 06:24 PM

Try this

Hirio you go !!

Andy

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals in Italy
From: Suegorgeous
Date: 05 Feb 08 - 05:55 PM

Sian

Can't make that link work....

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals in Italy
From: sian, west wales
Date: 05 Feb 08 - 03:36 PM

crikey! Where did it go???

OK - we'll try that the old way. Her name is Arianna Fioretti, website is www.hirio.com and there's a link there to Celtic World, which seems to have further links to festivals.

Right. Let's see if THIS ONE works! (you can breathe now, Dazbo.)

sian

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals in Italy
From: Dazbo
Date: 05 Feb 08 - 03:08 PM

Sian, stop teasing me:-)

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals in Italy
From: sian, west wales
Date: 05 Feb 08 - 12:23 PM

I was speaking to an Italian agent/festival organizer up at Celtic Connections. Her website is

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals in Italy
From: Folkiedave
Date: 05 Feb 08 - 11:34 AM

Some of those sword dance festivals get pretty hot!! But you are right and it may also just have been a "local" event.

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals in Italy
From: GUEST,Dazbo at work
Date: 05 Feb 08 - 10:29 AM

Yes, Dave I know although I got the impression it was a Sword Dance festival rather than a general folk festival. Would have loved to have been there though.

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals in Italy
From: Folkiedave
Date: 05 Feb 08 - 10:04 AM

Grenoside Sword Dance Team went to Italy last year to perform.

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals in Italy
From: GUEST,Dazbo at work (also pretending)
Date: 05 Feb 08 - 08:43 AM

Thanks Liz.

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals in Italy
From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work
Date: 05 Feb 08 - 08:37 AM

There is a large music festival running in Italy about the end of May, which, if I recall correctly, 2 years ago had a huge assortment of music - unfortunately, because I was involved in one of the choirs performing, I didn't get to see any of the other acts. I do know that it was huge and covered a large part of the Verona/Padua/Venice region, with lots of different genres. I'm not at home right now (pretending to work) but I'll see if I can find the publicity from the concerts we did when I get there.

LTS

Subject: Folk Festivals in Italy
From: GUEST,Dazbo at Work
Date: 05 Feb 08 - 08:01 AM

I was asked last night (as I'm quite into Italian folk music) if I knew of any folk festivals in Italy. I had to admit that I'd not really gone into it but in my wanderings around the 'net I'd only seen references to local festivals celebrating local saints, harvests, crops etc and one in north west Italy called, if IIRC, Folkermesse which seemed to be regionally based over the summer/autumn period.

Are there any Sidmouth/Towersey like folk music festivals in Italy?

Any experience of them?

Cheers,

Darren