GENERAL PROGRAMME

Concerts, performances, exhibitions, presentations, artistic workshops and competitions are just some of the attractions waiting for participants of our 7-day folk festival.

The programme of this year’s 14th edition of the festival will be inspired by Oriental, Latin, Arabic, African, Eastern, Western, Caucasian, Balkan and Polish culture.

We have planned 6 activity zones within cultural and educational events.

FOLK ART PASSAGE

  • Multicultural stands prepared by festival participants
  • A square of ethnic and folk animations for children, youth and adults
  • City games “In the city of factories, art and folk”
  • “Golden Boat 2024” photo-video, drawing and painting competitions

FOLK DANCE FACTORY

  • Street dance improvisations “Dance folk and smile!”
  • Choreography workshops – circle dances, eastern dances
  • Evenings with dance – oriental, eastern, western, Latin, Arabic, Caucasian, Balkan, Polish
  • “Golden Boat 2024”- choreography competition

FOLK SONG STUDIO

  • Festival song – composition, recording in the studio, dissemination
  • Vocal workshops – festival song with chorus in several languages
  • The concert “Party in a Lodz way” – a canon of Polish feast songs from various regions of Poland
  • “Across Europe with song” performance – choirs and groups
  • ”Golden Boat 2024”- vocal competition

FOLK MUSIC STAGE

  • Music workshops-intercultural band
  • Art-music installation ”Folk pianos”
  • Concerts of vocalists and instrumentalists ”Stars of folk stage”
  • ”Golden Boat 2024”- music competition

FOLK FASHION

  • ”Colours of the world”-music, dance and fashion inspired by tradition and folk culture of different nations
  • Costumes exhibition ”Traditionally modern”
  • ”Golden Boat 2024” design competition

FOLK – ETHNO THEATRE

  • Theatre of small forms ”Ethno inspirations” – performances of theatres inspired by the culture of different nations
  • Theatre-music performance ”Łódzko-bałucka story”
  • Parade of festival participants on Piotrkowska street
  • “Golden Boat 2024”- theatre competition