On October 22-23 you will have the opportunity to experience Swedish music as it was long before Abba and Roxette and as it still is. Linköping’s folk music festival will take place at Cupolen, Folkets Park, Majgatan 4, right across the street from Gamla Linköping (the Old Town), and lots of bands will be playing more or less traditional music. Bands like Garmarna, Hoven Droven, Nåra and Klintetten play traditional Swedish folk music with their own personal touch. Kandels Kapell does it the Klezmer way and Golbang the oriental way. Vurpa is more into medieval music. These, and many others will give their best during the festival. There will also be a forum for folk dance on stage with several different acts performing. The second Studentspelmanslags-VM, world championship for student amateur groups playing traditional music, will also take place during the festival.

There will be beginners' workshops in Balkan, African and Scandinavian dancing. The dance taught at the Scandinavian workshop is the Polska, which has many variants in Scandinavia and is danced to some of the Swedish folk music.

Polska workshop: Friday 18.00-19.00, Saturday 13.00-14.00 and 15.00-16.30.
Klezmer workshop: Saturday 18.00-20.00
African workshop:  Saturday 14.00-15.00 and 00.30-01.15

Of course the restaurant will be open and so will the pub so that you can have something to eat and drink while you enjoy the music.

Entrance:

Friday 150 SEK (student 125 SEK)
Saturday 175 SEK (student 125 SEK)
Friday + Saturday 300 SEK (student 250 SEK)

Contact: Mattias 013-41373, festival@folkmusik.nu