STREET MODE FESTIVALTZIGANIE Where: Seissan, FRANCE When: April Main Balkan & Gypsy music festival in France, happening in the village of Seissan close to Toulouse, since 2008. VILJANDI FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL TRANSFORM – TRONDHEIM WORLD FESTIVALWhere: Viljandi, ESTONIA When: July The folk music festival taking place in Viljandi Castle Hills and city center is the ultimate expression of the unique way of thinking that values tradition, heritage and local identity. Viljandi Folk Music Festival with more than 75 concerts and various additional programme has become one of the largest in the Baltic and Nordic countries. TREFPUNT FESTIVALZVUK FOR ŠTIAVNICA Where: Banska Stiavnica, SLOVAKIA When: October The goal of the Zvuk for Štiavnica is to popularize world music and jazz and present them in non-traditional forms. Music reaches people through atypical Štiavnica concert venues and also in absolutely new locations: in combination with the musical genres of fusion or with new technological procedures. 99
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