The Viljandi Folk Music Festival is a music festival in Estonia with a central focus on European folk music. It is traditionally held in late July, when the otherwise quiet city of Viljandi is completely transformed as the small city center is suddenly flooded with people. The main attraction of the festival is the friendly atmosphere. In the year 2006, over 24,000 people attended the concerts, but many more just came to take part in the festivities.

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  • The Viljandi Folk Music Festival is a music festival in Estonia with a central focus on European folk music. It is traditionally held in late July, when the otherwise quiet city of Viljandi is completely transformed as the small city center is suddenly flooded with people. The main attraction of the festival is the friendly atmosphere. In the year 2006, over 24,000 people attended the concerts, but many more just came to take part in the festivities. As such, it is the largest annual music festival in Estonia, and one of the largest folk music festivals in Europe. The festival itself has grown from a more traditional Estonian folklore festival to a massive enterprise with an increasing number of international celebrities. Even some of the key native bands headlining the festival could easily be classified as folk rock (Vägilased) and even folk metal (Oort). The modern and popular music influences makes it highly appealing to the youth and almost all university students have been to the festival before they graduate, but hardcore fans of Estonian ethnic music prefer the more traditional festival held in Võru (south Estonia).
  • Viljandi Folk Music Festival ist ein seit 1993 jährlich stattfindendes, mehrtägiges Event in der estnischen Stadt Viljandi. Die Veranstaltung ist über die Landesgrenzen hinaus bekannt. Das Festival ist die grösste jährliche Musikveranstaltung in Estland und eines der grösseren seiner Art in Europa. Sein Fokus hat sich über die Jahre weg von einer regionalen Veranstaltung für die traditionelle estnische Volksmusik hin zu einem internationalen Treffen der europäischen Folkmusik verschoben. Auch die Musik der inländischen Zugpferde des Festivals fällt mittlerweile oft eher in die Genres Folk Rock oder Folk Metal. Diese Einflüsse haben das Festival vermehrt für ein junges Publikum attraktiv gemacht, Anhänger der traditionellen estnischen Volksmusik wenden sich dem Festival in Võru zu. Das Viljandi pärimusmuusika festival dauert vier Tage und findet jeweils Ende Juli statt, 2007 vom 26. bis 29. Juli. Über 400 Künstler gaben mehr als 100 Konzerte in den Burgruinen, Kirchen, Plätzen und Höfen der Stadt.
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  • The Viljandi Folk Music Festival is a music festival in Estonia with a central focus on European folk music. It is traditionally held in late July, when the otherwise quiet city of Viljandi is completely transformed as the small city center is suddenly flooded with people. The main attraction of the festival is the friendly atmosphere. In the year 2006, over 24,000 people attended the concerts, but many more just came to take part in the festivities.
  • Viljandi Folk Music Festival ist ein seit 1993 jährlich stattfindendes, mehrtägiges Event in der estnischen Stadt Viljandi. Die Veranstaltung ist über die Landesgrenzen hinaus bekannt. Das Festival ist die grösste jährliche Musikveranstaltung in Estland und eines der grösseren seiner Art in Europa.
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