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Viljandi Folk Music Festival had over 23 000 guests
31.07.2008
XVI Viljandi Folk Music Festival attracted over 23 000 traditional music friends to Viljandi within the four days of the Festival.
The largest audiences came, expectedly, on Saturday when about 12 000 people visited concerts, workshops and other Festival venues.
XVI Viljandi Folk Music Festival main program offered 74 concerts performed by 28 Estonian and 15 foreign ensembles. The most liked concerts according to ticket sales were given by Untsakad, Vägilased, Svjata Vatra, Zetod, Oort and Gjangsta from Estonia, and Flook from England, Tbilisi and Merani from Georgia, Paco Serrano from Spain and Fernando Stern and Alejandro Soto from Chile.
In addition to visiting the Festival concert venues it was also possible to watch live Internet transmission of the concerts on our website or on Elion DigiTV. There were 10 500 people enjoying the Festival over the Internet, 14 550 households participating in the Festival via Elion DigiTV which is a fourth of Elion DigiTV clients who have access to this particular Elion channel.
Viljandi Folk Music Festival is organized by Estonian Traditional Music Center together with more than 200 volunteers.
The next Viljandi Folk Music Festival takes place on July 23-26, 2009. This Festival was dedicated to plucked instruments, the theme of the Festival next year will be disclosed in September.