Faces (festival)

Faces is a music festival celebrating multiculturalism, world music and multiplicity held annually in Raseborg, Southern Finland in July–August ever since 1998 organized by the nonprofit Etnokult Association which was formed for this express purpose in December 1997 by Börje Mattsson and Holger Wickström.

Maria Gasolina performing in 2008 Faces

Location

View from Fiskari Village, the 2016 site of the festival

Program

Faces program includes a wide variety of world music from home and abroad but is not limited to music. Other annual happenings in the Faces are the Finnish Street Performance Championships, the Small Faces program for children, free stage for impromptu participation and art installations throughout the festival area. Performing arts and workshops have along the years included e.g. live action painting, spiral yoga, wellness awareness, instrument building and concientiousness participatory workshops. Faces Etnofestival has always gone the extra mile to provide for accessibility and is also known as one of the most family-friendly festivals in Finland.

Pekka Kuusisto and the Luomuplayers performing in the Faces etnomusic festival in summer 2005.

Spin-offs

Spin-off festivals have been arranged in Petroskoi, Karelia since 2003 and in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2006.

Raseborg Castle ruins, site of 1998 and 2014-2015 Faces

External links

References

  1. "Faces festival revived to celebrate immigrant cultures". yle.fi. Finnish Broadcasting Corporation. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  2. Tiainen, Paula (2016-01-12). "Faces-festivaali saa jatkoa ja muuttaa Fiskarsiin". yle.fi. Finnish Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2016-01-26.

Coordinates: 60°07′48″N 23°32′40″E / 60.1300°N 23.5444°E / 60.1300; 23.5444

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