Viljandi Folk Music Festival 2023 aftermovie

The folk music festival that takes place in Viljandi Castle Hills and city centre every July is the ultimate expression of the unique way of thinking that started spreading in the beginning of the 1990s. It values tradition, heritage and local identity and tries to adapt the spiritual values that people have developed over hundreds and thousands of years to the contemporary way of life. The aim of all of it is to keep our traditions alive, strengthen our national character and invigorate our musical mother tongue.
Our youthful and happy festival guests are cheerful and caring towards their surroundings and themselves, and open to the opportunities of falling in love and delving deep into something. That's the spirit of the festival! Viljandi Folk Music Festival has become one of the largest of its kind in the Baltic and Nordic countries.
In 2023 Viljandi Folk Music Festival celebrated its 30th birthday and the theme of the festival was "Let it resound!". The festival took place on July 27-30 in 2023.
Video: Kevin Kohjus
Drone: Taavi Bergmann
Music: Trad.Attack! - "Pidu lõppeb"
A huge thanks to all the artists: Alamakstud Härrad, Alle-aa, Ando and Friends, Angus, Cätlin Mägi & Viljandi Culture Academy bagpipers, Djely Tapa, Duo Tuus, Ethno Estonia 2023, EHALE, El Khat, ESTLAGER, Flook, Folgilotoristid, Góbé, Haldi, Harry Bent and Friends, Heino Tartes ja sõbrad, HUIK, Estonian-Irish Song Power, inBoil, Int & Müller, Jaak Tuksam and Ain Agan, Júlia Kozáková, Kaisa Kuslapuu Trio, Kandlelumm, Kärt Johanson and Robert Jürjendal, Kertu-Liis Õnnis, Kirbla Trio, Kuuratsanikud, Ethno Kids 2023, Le Diable à Cinq, Leik and Andre Maaker, Lõõtsavägilased and Lõõtsanøøbid, Loten Namling, LØYLY Orchestra, MANDOTERROR, MandoTrio, Mari Kalkun, Mattias Thedens ja Åsmund Arnesen Farstad, Minu Isa Oli Ausus Ise, Naised Köögis, Young Folk Band 2023: Triuka and Lõõm. Paabel, Pärt Uusberg "Regiväli", Rahu The Fool, Regisong Podcast, Ross Daly Trio, Ruhnu violin orchestra, Sadam ja Sillad, Svjata Vatra and Rute Trochynskyi, Tallinna Danceclub musicians, Tbilisi, Tęgie Chłopy, Tidi & Bande, Tintura, Trad.Attack!, trad.kvintessents, Tuulelõõtsutajad, Tuulikki Bartosik feat. Sander Mölder, Untsakad, Kert Krüsban, Martin Arak, Vägilased, Varispäivätrio, Veljo Tormis sing-along, Vormsi noored talharpajad, Wisla, Zetod.