World Village Festival
| World Village Festival | |
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 Buzz Singh from the band Kissmet playing in 2006 | |
| Location(s) | Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland |
| Years active | 1995– |
| Website | |
| www.maailmakylassa.fi | |
Jukka Poika performing at the World Village Festival in 2012.
The World Village Festival (Finnish: Maailma kylässä, Swedish: Världen i byn) is an annual festival in Helsinki, Finland that exhibits cultures from around the world. The programme includes music from ethno to pop and rock, as well as dance, theater, literature and food from different countries. It also hosts exhibitions on multiculturality, globalization and development aid.
Between 1995 and 2005 the festival was held every other year, and since 2005 annually in late May.
According to the organizers, some 70,000 to 80,000 people visited the 2011 festival, while the number of exhibitors exceeded 400.[1]
References
- ↑ "Maailma kylässä -festivaalilla vieraili 70-80 000 kävijää". World Village Festival (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 May 2011.
External links
Coordinates: 60°10′30″N 24°56′35″E / 60.17500°N 24.94306°E