This year’s 37th edition of the “Sounds of the North” Festival will be held in a revamped formula.

Don’t worry! There will be concerts, workshops and dances – everything you know well from past editions. Our main focus is still on interesting and innovative music projects from Poland, Scandinavian countries and other places around the Baltic Sea which prove that tradition is a living, inspiring and vigorous thing.

Our schedule for a few days in July is filled with exciting events to be held in the interiors and neighbourhood of the historic headquarters of the Baltic Sea Cultural Centre in Gdańsk. In addition to fantastic concerts at the spectacular St. John’s Centre we invite you to a space for relaxation and creative work around the Gothic church and in the Old Town Hall, where we can meet at workshops, try storytelling and handicrafts, watch a film, discover some tricks of the trade of translators of Scandinavian literature, and above all dance a lot and have fun together!

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:

Every two years, in early July, Gdańsk hosts one of Poland’s most important and oldest folk festivals: the “Sounds of the North”. The idea behind the event is to show the musical tradition in a lively and contemporary form. The festival focuses on the musical tradition and culture of the Baltic Sea region. We invite artists who are closer to the in crudo movement as well as those who reinterpret tradition by adding a new dimension of contemporary musical experience.

“Sounds of the North” is not only superb concerts, but also dance, singing, instrumental and handicraft workshops, film screenings, meetings, theatrical and culinary presentations, and dances with live music. It is also the only event in our country that focuses on the tradition and music culture of the Baltic Sea region.

For the BSCC it means more than 30 years of popularising contemporary music inspired by the traditional culture of Poland and the Baltic Region countries. We explore trends in the Polish and Scandinavian folk music, listen to and invite the most interesting artists who combine traditional melodies and instruments with contemporary music experience, giving a new dimension and a new artistic life to tradition.

Past performers include Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa, Kimmo Pohjonen, Vołosi, Adam Strug, Urszula Dudziak, Maria Kalaniemi, Vassvik, Nordic, Harald Haugaard, Kapela Maliszów, Dreamers Circus, Maarja Nuut, Kroke, Valkyrien Allstars, Sutari, Wimme, Bastarda, Frigg, Radical Polish Ansambl, Nordic Fiddlers Bloc, Lumpeks, Odpoczno, Wowakin and many others.

Organiser: Baltic Sea Cultural Centre in Gdańsk

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