European folklore festival

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The European Folklore Festival ( proper spelling : European folklore festival ) is a one-week folk dance and folk music event that has been taking place in Neustadt in Holstein since 1951 . The specialty of this festival is that the invited groups are accommodated by families from Neustadt during the event. Initially, the event was referred to as the European Costume Week, until the name was changed to European Folklore Festival in 2004 in an effort to create a more modern, contemporary appearance . This festival is one of the oldest of its kind in Europe and is organized on a voluntary basis.

history

In 1951, Gerd Beier, the head of the local adult education center at the time , suggested holding a costume week. Exercise should also folklore groups from the various states will be invited and groups which Silesia, Sudeten German, East Prussian and Pomeranian Customs cultivated and therefore their home and landscape show in music and dance. At this meeting, amateur musicians and folk dancers were supposed to represent their homeland in an authentic way.

The European Trachtenwoche association was founded to sponsor the event, and the mayor of Neustadt at the time, Paul Haas , was elected as its first chairman . The first event took place in the same year from August 4th to 11th, 1951. The poster for this German costume week on the Baltic Sea was designed by the lithographer and painter A. Paul Weber .

In addition to groups from Germany, the singing and play group of the Upper Austrian teachers' association from Linz was the first foreign group to take part in 1951 . The participation of this group triggered the fundamental question in the board of trustees as to how far one should invite other non-German groups in the future to come to a European folklore week. It was a concern of the organizers to overcome the isolation of Germany after the Second World War and to express the wish for a peaceful coexistence in Europe. With this in mind, groups from other European countries and later also from overseas were invited to the events in the following years .

Event concept

One of the club European garb week elected and honorary active board of trustees organized the event. In addition to citizens of the city of Neustadt, the board of trustees includes the mayor as well as members of the magistrate and the city administration. His tasks are advertising , finances, program design, procurement of accommodation , group support and press work .

The European Folklore Festival usually takes place every three years (annually until 1960). The duration of the folklore festival is eight days (Saturday – Saturday). The participants are accommodated and fed by families from Neustadt. In addition to the opening and closing events, the program of events includes a pageant , “dancing in the streets”, a church concert and daily afternoon and evening performances by the dance and music groups involved. In addition, there are performances by dance and music groups in hospitals, nursing homes and old people's homes in the city, so that their patients / residents can also take part in the event. In previous years, in addition to the church concert, there was also an instrumental and choral concert with folk music from the regions of origin of the participating groups. Group evenings are also an integral part of the program. Other groups from the surrounding area take part in the parade as well as in individual events.

The performances of the dance and music groups take place on the Neustädter Marktplatz on a partially covered stage of 10 m × 14 m, which is equipped with professional sound and lighting technology . For the audience a stand grandstand with 2500 seats and a standing area for about another 1,000 people are available.

The European Folklore Festival in Neustadt in Holstein was officially recognized by the International Council for the Organization of Folklore Festivals and Folk Art (CIOFF).

patronage

The special importance of the European Folklore Festival, which brings people together, was recognized by the fact that state , federal and European politicians took over the patronage of the event. The highest-ranking patrons to date have been the Federal Presidents Karl Carstens (1981), Richard von Weizsäcker (1985) and Johannes Rau (2001).

year	Patron
1951	Interior Minister of Schleswig-Holstein Paul Pagel
1952	Prime Minister Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke
1953	Prime Minister Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke
1954	Prime Minister Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke
1955	Prime Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel
1956	Prime Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel
1957	Prime Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel
1958	Prime Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel
1959	Prime Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel
1960	Prime Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel
1962	Prime Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel
1964	Prime Minister Helmut Lemke
1967	without patronage
1969	Federal Minister for Family and Youth Aenne Brauksiepe
1972	Prime Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg
1975	Prime Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg
1978	Bundestag President Karl Carstens
1981	Federal President Karl Carstens
1985	Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker
1988	Vice-President of the Commission of the European Communities Karl-Heinz Narjes
1991	Minister for Education, Science, Youth and Culture of Schleswig-Holstein Marianne Tidick
1994	Minister for Science, Research and Culture of Schleswig-Holstein Marianne Tidick
1997	Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Klaus Kinkel
2001	Federal President Johannes Rau
2004	President of the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament Heinz-Werner Arens
2007	Prime Minister Peter Harry Carstensen
2010	Prime Minister Peter Harry Carstensen
2013	Actor Axel Prahl
2016	Axel Prahl
2019	Prime Minister Daniel Günther

Awards

City of Neustadt in Holstein

In 1969 the city of Neustadt in Holstein was awarded the flag of honor by the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers . Neustadt has since been allowed to call itself European City. The Council of Europe wrote about the award:

"[...] the most prominent parts of your application will be included in a brochure that the Council of Europe will dedicate to the first award ceremony. In order to express even more its admiration and appreciation for the splendid and exemplary attitude that the city of Neustadt has adopted with regard to European understanding, the committee has instructed me to speak to you personally, Mr. Mayor, your city council and the inhabitants of your city warmest congratulations. The Council of Europe thanks the city of Neustadt and the Board of Trustees. "

- Council of Europe : website of the European Folklore Festival

On September 23, 2008, the city of Neustadt in Holstein was awarded the title Place of Diversity by the federal government for its commitment to cultural diversity .

Organizers and individuals

The European Folklore Festival was awarded in 2013 by the Lebendige Stadt Foundation in a Europe-wide competition as one of the most beautiful city ​​festivals with prize money of 1,250 euros.

The SPD Schleswig-Holstein honored the European Folklore Festival 2013 with the special prize of the Willi Piecyk Prize , “[...] because Neustadt shows that Europe can be happy. With their festival, the organizers are realizing a 'Europe of the People'. "

In 2013 the Board of Trustees of the European Folklore Festival was also awarded the Ostholstein District Culture Prize. The reason stated:

“For more than 60 years, the festival has represented a concept that is unique in this form for the connection of international cultures and thus makes a contribution to peace in Europe. It is particularly noteworthy that, thanks to the costume week, groups from the member states of the former Eastern Bloc were invited to the West German Neustadt during the most intense times of the Cold War and were enthusiastic about the festival of European folk cultures with both hospitality and friendship. [...] In combination with the accommodation of the international guests with host families from Neustadt, there is a cultural and international understanding that is unparalleled. "

- Ostholstein district : Internet presence of the Ostholstein district

In 2016, the CIOFF Central Europe section awarded Heinrich Evers its Silver Badge of Honor. He was chairman of the board of trustees of the 28th European Folklore Festival and had represented the Neustadt event for decades at the annual CIOFF meetings of the Germany section.

Participating groups

1951-1955

1951: German Costume Week on the Baltic Sea 4th – 12th August 1951

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Kolbermoorer Marktsingschule	Kolbermoor	Bavaria	Germany
Schlierseer Plattlergruppe of the adult education center	Hausham	Bavaria	Germany
Bad Liebenzell traditional costume group	Bad Liebenzell	Württemberg-Hohenzollern	Germany
Hessentrinchen	Erksdorf	Hesse	Germany
Dance group Bückeburg	Lindhorst	Lower Saxony	Germany
Lippe costume association	Schwalenberg	North Rhine-Westphalia	Germany
Hallun Moats	Heligoland	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
North Frisian dance group on the island of Föhr	Wyk on Föhr	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Singing and play group of the Upper Austrian teachers' association	Linz	Upper Austria	Austria
Dance group of the adult education center	Aachen	North Rhine-Westphalia	Germany
Four countries folk dance and costume group	Hamburg	Hamburg	Germany
East German folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Transylvanian Saxony
Youth dance and singing group	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1952: II. European Costume Week on the Baltic Sea 2. – 9. August 1952

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Playgroup of the Volkshögskola Jära	Malmbäck	Jönköpings län	Sweden
Folk dance group of the Kansalaisopisto	Riihimäki	Kanta-malice	Finland
Singing and play group of the Upper Austrian teachers' association	Linz	Upper Austria	Austria
Innviertel school sparrows	Ried im Innkreis	Upper Austria	Austria
Volksdanzkring	Rotterdam	South Holland	Netherlands
English Folk Dance and Song Society	Warminster	England	United Kingdom
Kolbermoorer Marktsingschule	Kolbermoor	Bavaria	Germany
Schlierseer Plattlergruppe of the adult education center	Hausham	Bavaria	Germany
Aschauer Buam	Hohenaschau	Bavaria	Germany
Franconian playing group	Neuhof b. Nuremberg	Bavaria	Germany
Landsberg Youth Choir	Landsberg am Lech	Bavaria	Germany
Martin's finches	Kaufbeuren	Bavaria	Germany
Bad Liebenzell traditional costume group	Bad Liebenzell	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Hessentrinchen	Erksdorf	Hesse	Germany
Hallun Moats	Heligoland	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
North Frisian dance group on the island of Föhr	Wyk on Föhr	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Farmers from four countries and fishermen from Blankenese	Stade	Lower Saxony	Germany
Play and dance group of the Mecklenburg Landsmannschaft	Ratzeburg	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Egerländer Gmoi	Herzogenaurach	Bavaria	Germany
East German folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Youth dance and singing group	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1953: III. European costume week 1. – 8. August 1953

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
University singing, dancing and play group	Lions	Flemish Brabant Province	Belgium
Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme Copenhagen	Frederiksborg	Hovedstaden region	Denmark
Volksdanzkring	Rotterdam	South Holland	Netherlands
Grenoble University Choir	Grenoble	Isère department	France
Latvian folk dance group / student choir			Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Singing and play group of the Upper Austrian teachers' association	Linz	Upper Austria	Austria
Traunstein folk dance group	Traunstein	Bavaria	Germany
Schlierseer Plattlergruppe of the adult education center	Hausham	Bavaria	Germany
Kirchstoaner	Bad Tölz	Bavaria	Germany
Kolbermoorer Marktsingschule	Kolbermoor	Bavaria	Germany
Schwalm costume group		Hesse	Germany
Folk dance group East Frisian landscape	Aurich	Lower Saxony	Germany
Home dance circle Hamburg	Hamburg	Hamburg	Germany
Probsteier traditional costume group	Schoenberg	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Play and dance group of the Mecklenburg Landsmannschaft	Ratzeburg	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Youth singing and dance group Berlin-Steglitz	Berlin	Berlin	Germany
East German folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Transylvanian Saxony
Youth dance and singing group	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1954: IV. European Costume Week 7. – 14. August 1954

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Société Chorale et Folklorique "Les Cramignons"	Liege	Walloon region	Belgium
Singing and dancing circle	Frederiksborg	Hovedstaden region	Denmark
Chorale Fédérale du Scoutisme Francais "A Coeur Joie"	Paris	Île-de-France	France
English Folk Dance and Song Society	Shoreham-by-Sea	England	United Kingdom
New Scotland Country Dance Society of the University	Edinburgh	Scotland	United Kingdom
Volksdanzkring	Rotterdam	South Holland	Netherlands
Gruppo Folkloristico "Cantorti del Friuli"	Udine	Province of Udine	Italy
Latvian folk dance group / student choir			Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Noregs Ungdomslaget	Oslo	Oslo	Norway
Innviertel school sparrows	Ried im Innkreis	Upper Austria	Austria
Viennese Singing Community	Vienna	Vienna	Austria
Playgroup of the Volkshögskola Jära	Malmbäck	Jönköpings län	Sweden
Traditional costume choir Züri	Zurich	Canton Zurich	Switzerland
Music and folk dance circle	Zurich	Canton Zurich	Switzerland
La Regidora Central de Cultura	Seville	Seville Province	Spain
Dance and singing group of students at European universities			India
Kolbermoorer Marktsingschule	Kolbermoor	Bavaria	Germany
Hessentrinchen	Erksdorf	Hesse	Germany
Folk dance group East Frisian landscape	Aurich	Lower Saxony	Germany
Home dance circle Hamburg	Hamburg	Hamburg	Germany
Youth dance and singing group	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
East German folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Folk dance group Parchim / Mecklenburg	Parchim	Schwerin district	German Democratic Republic

1955: 5th European Costume Week 6. – 13. August 1955

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Keizerlijke en Koninklijke Gilde St. Sebastian Neder-Over-Heembeek	Brussels	Brussels	Belgium
Singing and dancing circle	Frederiksborg	Hovedstaden region	Denmark
Folk dance group of the Kansalaisopisto Helsinki Työvänenopisto	Helsinki	Helsinki	Finland
New Scotland Country Dance Society of the University	Edinburgh	Scotland	United Kingdom
Volksdanzkring	Rotterdam	South Holland	Netherlands
Gruppo Folkloristico di Gravina di Puglia	Bari	Apulia	Italy
South Tyrolean singing and play group	Brixen	Trentino-South Tyrol	Italy
Occlud "Ivo Lola Ribar"	Belgrade	Serbia	Yugoslavia
Latvian folk dance group / student choir			Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Singing, play and dance group "Welser Rud"	catfish	Upper Austria	Austria
Kolbermoorer Marktsingschule	Kolbermoor	Bavaria	Germany
Swabian play circle	Stuttgart	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Odenwald music, dance and singing group	Erbach	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Traditional costume group Winningen / Mosel	Winningen	Rhineland-Palatinate	Germany
Traditional costume group Neustadt / Weinstrasse	Neustadt an der Weinstrasse	Rhineland-Palatinate	Germany
Dithmarscher sword dancer	Albersdorf (Holstein)	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Home dance circle Hamburg	Hamburg	Hamburg	Germany
Youth dance and singing group	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
East German folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1956-1960

1956: VI. European Costume Week July 28th – 4th August 1956

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
De Lioene folk art group	Ghent	East Flanders Province	Belgium
Hämeenlinnan Kansalaisopisko	Hämeenlinna	Häme region	Finland
Société Régionaliste Normandie "Alfred Rossel"	Octeville	Department of Manche	France
Oxford Dance and Choir Clubs	Oxford	England	United Kingdom
New Scotland Country Dance Society of the University	Edinburgh	Scotland	United Kingdom
Rotterdamse Volksdanzkring	Rotterdam	South Holland	Netherlands
"Canterini Nicastresi" di Nicastro	Catanzaro	Calabria	Italy
Folk dance group "France Marolt"	Ljubljana	Socialist Republic of Slovenia	Yugoslavia
Latvian Choir and Dance Association	Hamburg		Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Bondeungdomslaget Ervingen	Mountains	Hordaland	Norway
Singing and play group of the Upper Austrian teachers' association	Linz	Upper Austria	Austria
Singing, play and dance group "Welser Rud"	catfish	Upper Austria	Austria
Traditional costume choir Züri	Zurich	Canton Zurich	Switzerland
"Perintis Budaja" (= pioneers of folk art) from Sumatra			Indonesia
Heidelberg singing, dancing and playing group	Heidelberg	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Upper Bavarian yodelling and Plattler group	Hausham	Bavaria	Germany
Hessian folk dance, costume and play group	Marburg	Hesse	Germany
Saarland Folk Dance Association	Saarbrücken	Saarland	Germany
Dithmarscher sword dancer	Albersdorf (Holstein)	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Berlin folk dance circle Neukölln	Berlin	Berlin	Germany
Heimattanzkreis	Hamburg	Hamburg	Germany
East German folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Youth dance and singing group	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1957: VII. European Costume Week 3. – 10. August 1957

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Société Régionaliste Normandie "Alfred Rossel"	Octeville	Department of Manche	France
Folk dance group "France Marolt"	Ljubljana	Slovenia	Yugoslavia
St. Joseph's Past Pupils Choral Society	Dublin	Leinster	Ireland
Latvian Choir and Dance Association	Hamburg		Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Innviertel school sparrows	Ried im Innkreis	Upper Austria	Austria
Playgroup of the Volkshögskola Jära	Malmbäck	Jönköpings län	Sweden
Grupo Choros y Danzas de España	Murcia	Murcia	Spain
"Troubadour" group	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	United States
Landsberg Youth Choir	Landsberg am Lech	Bavaria	Germany
Saarland Folk Dance Association	Saarbrücken	Saarland	Germany
Youth singing and dance group Harzclub Westharz		Lower Saxony	Germany
East German folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Berlin youth dance group Steglitz	Berlin	Berlin	Germany
Harsleben folk dance circle Ostharz	Harsleben	Magdeburg district	German Democratic Republic
East Frisian folk dance group	Wiesmoor	Lower Saxony	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1958: VIII. European Costume Week 2. – 9. August 1958

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Folk dance group Työvänenopista	Turku	Varsinais-Suomi	Finland
Auvernha Dansaira	Clermont-Ferrand	Puy-de-Dôme department	France
Rotterdamse Volksdanzkring	Rotterdam	South Holland	Netherlands
Gruppo Folkloristico "Cantorti del Friuli"	Udine	Province of Udine	Italy
Gruppo Folkloristico di Gravina di Puglia	Bari	Apulia	Italy
AKUD "Slobodan Princip Seljo"	Sarajevo		Yugoslavia
New Scotland Country Dance Society University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Scotland	United Kingdom
Folk dance group Glattal	Zurich	Canton Zurich	Switzerland
Plattlergruppe of the mountain costume club "Immergrün"	Kolbermoor	Bavaria	Germany
Hans-von-der-Au costume group	Erbach	Hesse	Germany
Folk dance group Plaggenburg	Plaggenburg	Lower Saxony	Germany
The Schleswig-Holstein Young Choir	Lübeck	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
East German folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1959: IX. European costume week 1. – 8. August 1959

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Uilenspiegel Dansgild	Brasschaat	Flanders	Belgium
Folk dance group "Contrasejre"	Copenhagen	Hovedstaden region	Denmark
English Folk Dance and Song Society	Shoreham-by-Sea	England	United Kingdom
Folk dance group of the Kansalaisopisto	Riihimäki	Kanta-malice	Finland
Groupe Folklorique "I Macchiaghioli"	Bastia	Corsica	France
Les Enfants d'Aurosio		Vaucluse department	France
Gruppo Folkloristico di Nuoro	Nuoro	Sardinia	Italy
AKUD "Slobodan Princip Seljo"	Sarajevo		Yugoslavia
Group of the Alpine Club Youth	Graz	Styria	Austria
The Covenanter's Dance Group	Falkirk	Scotland	United Kingdom
Folk dance group Loßburg	Lossburg	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Folk dance group of the KAB	Laggenbeck	North Rhine-Westphalia	Germany
Folk dance group of the KAB St. Paulus	Rheine	North Rhine-Westphalia	Germany
Probsteier country youth group	Schoenberg (Holstein)	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Hamburg youth music group	Hamburg	Hamburg	Germany
The Schleswig-Holstein Young Choir	Lübeck	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Bungsberg folk dance circle	Schönwalde on the Bungsberg	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Berlin Mozart Choir	Berlin	Berlin	Germany
East German folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1960: Xth European Costume Week July 30th – 6th August 1960

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Singing and dancing circle	Frederiksborg	Hovedstaden region	Denmark
English Folk Dance and Song Society	Shoreham-by-Sea	England	United Kingdom
Hämeenlinnan Kansalaisopisko	Hämeenlinna	Häme region	Finland
Cercle Celtique	Redon	Brittany	France
Folk dance group of Lykeion Ellenidon	Athens	Attica	Greece
Rotterdamse Volksdanzkring	Rotterdam	South Holland	Netherlands
Gruppo Folkloristico "Cantorti del Friuli"	Udine	Province of Udine	Italy
South Tyrolean singing and play group	Brixen	Trentino-South Tyrol	Italy
Occlud "Ivo Lola Ribar"	Belgrade	Serbia	Yugoslavia
Singing and play group of the Upper Austrian teachers' association	Linz	Upper Austria	Austria
New Scotland Country Dance Society University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Scotland	United Kingdom
Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur	Uppsala	Uppsala län	Sweden
Traditional costume choir Züri	Zurich	Canton Zurich	Switzerland
Grupo Choros y Danzas de España	Murcia	Murcia	Spain
Plattlergruppe of the mountain costume club "Immergrün"	Kolbermoor	Bavaria	Germany
Deggendorf youth singing group	Deggendorf	Bavaria	Germany
Landsberg Chamber Choir	Landsberg am Lech	Bavaria	Germany
Hans-von-der-Au traditional costume group	Erbach	Hesse	Germany
Schlitzerländer costume and folk dance circle	slot	Hesse	Germany
Fering Ferian	Wyk on Föhr	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Hugo Distler Choir	Berlin	Berlin	Germany
Dithmarscher sword dancer	Albersdorf (Holstein)	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Probsteier country youth group	Schoenberg (Holstein)	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
East German folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1962-1975

1962: XI. European Costume Week July 28th – 4th August 1962

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Folk Art Greep "De Bosse"	Izegem	Flanders	Belgium
English Folk and Dance and Song Society	Chichester	England	United Kingdom
Folk dance group of the Kansalaisopisto	Riihimäki	Kanta-malice	Finland
Auvernha Dansaira	Clermont-Ferrand	Puy-de-Dôme department	France
Folk dance group "France Marolt"	Ljubljana	Slovenia	Yugoslavia
"Peer Gynt" Leikarringen	Lillestrøm	Akershus	Norway
Innviertel school sparrows	Ried im Innkreis	Upper Austria	Austria
Huskvarna Folkedanslag	Huskvarna	Jönköpings län	Sweden
Traditional costume group Höfe Eggli-Wylen	Wollerau	Canton of Schwyz	Switzerland
Vas-és Fémipari Dolgozok Szakszervezete Központi Müveszegyüttek	Budapest	Central Hungary	Hungary
Schlierseer Plattlergruppe of the adult education center	Hausham	Bavaria	Germany
Traditional costume and folk dance group	Upper Sweden	Lower Saxony	Germany
Folk dance group East Frisian landscape	Aurich	Lower Saxony	Germany
Silesian costume and youth group "Altvater Rübezahl"	Iserlohn	North Rhine-Westphalia	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1964: XII. European costume week 1. – 8. August 1964

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Folk Art Greep "De Bosse"	Izegem	Flanders	Belgium
Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme Copenhagen	Frederiksborg	Hovedstaden region	Denmark
Bristol University Folk Dance Society	Bristol	England	United Kingdom
Groupe Folklorique "I Machiaghioli"	Bastia	Corsica	France
Groupe Folklorique "Les Thioulins des Ligniéres-en-Berry"	Lignières	Cher department	France
Folk dance group "France Marolt"	Ljubljana	Slovenia	Yugoslavia
"Peer Gynt" Leikarringen	Lillestrøm	Akershus	Norway
Traditional costume group Bludenz	Bludenz	Vorarlberg	Austria
New Scotland Country Dance Society of the University	Edinburgh	Scotland	United Kingdom
Arbos-del-Panades	Barcelona	Catalonia	Spain
Turk Folklor Kulübü	Istanbul		Turkey
Folk art ensemble Tatabánya	Tatabánya	Komárom-Esztergom county	Hungary
Landsberg Chamber Choir	Landsberg am Lech	Bavaria	Germany
Schlitzerländer costume and folk dance circle	slot	Hesse	Germany
Folk dance group Nassweiler	Nassweiler	Saarland	Germany
Folk dance group Mantinghausen	Mantinghausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	Germany
Johannischer Chor	Berlin	Berlin	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1967: Week of European Encounters 18. – 26. August 1967

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Hans-von-der-Au traditional costume group	Erbach	Hesse	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1969: XIV. European Costume Week 12. – 19. July 1969

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Vlaamse Volkskunstfederatie Vendeliersgroep	Kortrijk	Flanders	Belgium
Choir technique	Bratislava		Czechoslovakia
Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme Copenhagen	Frederiksborg	Hovedstaden region	Denmark
Folk dance group of the Kansalaisopisto	Riihimäki	Kanta-malice	Finland
Groupe Folklorique "Le Berry"	Paris		France
Gruppo Folkloristico "I Cantorti del Friuli"	Udine	Province of Udine	Italy
Folk dance group "France Marolt"	Ljubljana	Slovenia	Yugoslavia
"Peer Gynt" Leikarringen	Lillestrøm	Akershus	Norway
Innviertel school sparrows	Ried im Innkreis	Upper Austria	Austria
New Scotland Country Dance Society of the University	Edinburgh	Scotland	United Kingdom
Huskvarna Folkedanslag	Huskvarna	Jönköpings län	Sweden
Traditional costume choir Züri	Zurich	Canton Zurich	Switzerland
Kolbermoorer Stadtsingschule	Kolbermoor	Bavaria	Germany
Landsberg Chamber Choir	Landsberg am Lech	Bavaria	Germany
Hans-von-der-Au traditional costume group	Erbach	Hesse	Germany
Silesian costume and youth group "Altvater Rübezahl"	Iserlohn	North Rhine-Westphalia	Germany
Traditional folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Youth folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1972: XV. European Costume Week 20. – 27. August 1972

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Vlaamse Volkskunstfederatie Vendeliersgroep	Kortrijk	Flanders	Belgium
Group Folklorique "Le Berry"	Paris		France
Byrne Group	Dublin	Leinster	Ireland
Grupo Folkloristico "Naxos"	Giardini Naxos	Sicily	Italy
"Peer Gynt" Leikarringen	Lillestrøm	Akershus	Norway
Singing and play group of the Upper Austrian teachers' association	Linz	Upper Austria	Austria
Ansamblul Folcloric "Bihorul"	Oradea	Bihor County	Romania
New Scotland Country Dance Society of the University	Edinburgh	Scotland	United Kingdom
Folk art ensemble "Taman" of the Kuban Cossacks			Soviet Union
Kolbermoorer Marktsingschule	Kolbermoor	Bavaria	Germany
Schlitzerländer costume and folk dance circle	slot	Hesse	Germany
Hallun Moats	Heligoland	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Four countries folk dance and costume group	Hamburg	Hamburg	Germany
Folk dance group Viöl	Viöl	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1975: XVI. European Costume Week July 26th – 2nd August 1975

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Folk art group "De Bosse"	Izegem	Flanders	Belgium
Folk Art Ensemble Bloegowgrad			Bulgaria
Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme Copenhagen	Frederiksborg	Hovedstaden region	Denmark
Folk dance group of the Kansalaisopisto	Riihimäki	Kanta-malice	Finland
Byrne Group	Dublin	Leinster	Ireland
Folk dance group Gries	Semolina quirein	Trentino-South Tyrol	Italy
Innviertel school sparrows	Ried im Innkreis	Upper Austria	Austria
Folk dance and singing group "Lachy"	Nowy Sącz	Lesser Poland Voivodeship	Poland
Asambul Folcloric "Bihorul"	Oradea	Bihor County	Romania
Choirs "La Vos da Locarno"	Locarno	Canton of Ticino	Switzerland
Kolbermoorer Marktsingschule	Kolbermoor	Bavaria	Germany
Bad Liebenzell traditional costume group	Bad Liebenzell	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Hans-von-der-Au traditional costume group	Erbach	Hesse	Germany
Four countries folk dance and costume group	Hamburg	Hamburg	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1978-1991

1978: XVII. European Costume Week July 29th – 5th August 1978

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Dance ensemble "Drushba"	Charmanli	Haskovo Oblast	Bulgaria
Bornholms Folkedansere	Nexø	Hovedstaden region	Denmark
Lycion ton Ellinidon	Heraklion	Crete	Greece
Nungme alikusersuissartut issigingnartitsissartutlo pe Katigit, NAIP	Nuuk	Greenland	Denmark
Byrne School of Irish Dancing			Ireland
Reykjavík's Folk Dance Club	Reykjavík	Höfuðborgarsvæðið	Iceland
Associazione Folklorica "Città di Giardini"	Giardini Naxos	Sicily	Italy
Groupe Folklorique Uucht - La Veillée	Luxembourg		Luxembourg
Innviertel school sparrows	Ried im Innkreis	Upper Austria	Austria
Folk dance and singing group "Lachy"	Nowy Sącz	Lesser Poland Voivodeship	Poland
Choirs "La Vos da Locarno"	Locarno	Canton of Ticino	Switzerland
Dansadors de la Vall d'Or			Spain
Folk dance ensemble of the Karl Marx University for Economics	Budapest	Central Hungary	Hungary
Folk dance circle Hohberg	Hohberg	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Four countries folk dance and costume group	Hamburg	Hamburg	Germany
Folklore group (island of Sylt)		Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1981: XVIII. European Costume Week July 25th – 1st August 1981

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Bornholms Folkedansere	Rønne	Hovedstaden region	Denmark
Cercle Celtique Brizeux	Lorient	Brittany	France
Men of Wight an their Ladies	Isle of Wight	England	United Kingdom
Choir and instrumental group Geschwister Zelger	Deutschnofen	Trentino-South Tyrol	Italy
Kulturno Umetnicko Drustvo Abramovic-Pik-a "Tanis"	Pančevo	Socialist Republic of Serbia	Yugoslavia
Folk dance group Schellenberg	Schellenberg		Liechtenstein
Folkloristic Boerendansgroep "De Hortense Boerendansers"	Holten	Overijssel Province	Netherlands
Krakowiacy Singing and Dance Ensemble	Krakow	Lesser Poland Voivodeship	Poland
Rancho Folclórico di Calvário	Lagoa (Algarve)	Algarve	Portugal
Huskvarna Folkedanslag	Huskvarna	Jönköpings län	Sweden
Bogazici University Folklore Club	Istanbul	Istanbul Province	Turkey
Folk dance ensemble of the economic university	Budapest	Central Hungary	Hungary
Wooden shoe dance group "The Gudshemer"	Odisheim	Lower Saxony	Germany
Stadtsingschule Kolbermoor	Kolbermoor	Bavaria	Germany
Youth folk dance group of the East Prussian Landsmannschaft Ostholstein district group	Schönwalde on the Bungsberg	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Traditional costume group Neustadt an der Weinstrasse	Neustadt an der Weinstrasse	Rhineland-Palatinate	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1985: XIX. European Folk and Costume Week 10. – 17. August 1985

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Associazione Folklorica "Città di Giardini"	Giardini Naxos	Sicily	Italy
Folk dance and singing group "Lachy"	Nowy Sącz	Lesser Poland Voivodeship	Poland
Mladost Kulturpo Umjetnicko Drustvo	Pale		Yugoslavia
Asambul Folcloric "Bihorul"	Oradea	Bihor County	Romania
Innviertel school sparrows	Ried im Innkreis	Upper Austria	Austria
Grupo de Coros y Danzas "Virgen de la Fuensanta"	Murcia	Murcia	Spain
Coro "La Vos da Locarno"	Locarno	Canton of Ticino	Switzerland
Neustadt forest community	Titisee-Neustadt	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Schlitzerländer costume and folk dance circle	slot	Hesse	Germany
Sylt youth costume group of the Söl'ring Foriining	Westerland	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Angeliter costume group	Flensburg	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1988: XX. European Folk and Costume Week July 30th – 6th August 1988

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Folklore group "Likion Ellinidon Naousas"	Naoussa	Central Macedonia	Greece
Folklore group "Vrsatec"	Bratislava	Slovakia	Czechoslovakia
Folk dance group "France Marolt"	Ljubljana	Socialist Republic of Slovenia	Yugoslavia
Folk dance group "Le Berry"	Paris	Île-de-France	France
Folk dance ensemble "Horyzwit"	Lviv	Lviv Oblast	Ukraine
Folklore group "Aura"	Sofia	Sofia City Oblast	Bulgaria
Associazione Folklorica "Città di Giardini"	Giardini Naxos	Sicily	Italy
Trachtenkapelle Kappel eV	Chapel	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Angeliter costume group from 1979	Süderbrarup	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Stadtsingschule Kolbermoor	Kolbermoor	Bavaria	Germany
Traditional costume and folk dance group Appenweier	Friesenheim (Baden)	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1991: XXI. European Folk and Costume Week July 27th – 3rd August 1991

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Folk dance ensemble "Horyzwit"	Lviv	Lviv Oblast	Ukraine
Folklore group "Aura"	Sofia	Sofia City Oblast	Bulgaria
Folklore group "Vrastec"	Dubnica nad Váhom	Trenčiansky kraj	Slovakia
Folk dance and singing group "Lachy"	Nowy Sącz	Lesser Poland Voivodeship	Poland
Folklore group "Közgaz"	Budapest	Central Hungary	Hungary
Grupo de Coros y Danzas "Virgen de la Fuensanta"	Murcia	Murcia	Spain
Folklore group "Vallee des 7 Chateaux"	Mersch	Canton of Mersch	Luxembourg
Folklore Ensemble Gelmel	Pods	Antwerp Province	Belgium
Folklore group "Uppsala Ungdomsring"	Uppsala	Uppsala län	Sweden
Traditional costume association "Murtaler"	Pernegg on the Mur	Styria	Austria
Folklore Dance Ensemble Rudolstadt	Rudolstadt	Thuringia	Germany
Dauching village musicians	Dauchingen	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Trachtenkapelle Kappel eV	Chapel	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1994-2007

1994: XXII. European Folk and Costume Week 13. – 20. August 1994

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Folklore group "Fazisi"	Potentiometer	Mingrelia and Upper Svaneti	Georgia
Folklore group "Likion Ellinidon Naousas"	Naoussa	Central Macedonia	Greece
Folklore group "Dolmen"	Dublin	Leinster	Ireland
Folklore group "Sadauja"	Vilnius		Lithuania
Grupo Folclorico "As Morenitas"	Ovary	Centro Region	Portugal
Ballet Folclorico "Guarionex"	Morovis		Puerto Rico
Folk dance group "France Marolt"	Ljubljana	Socialist Republic of Slovenia	Yugoslavia
Choir "Vos da Locarno"	Locarno	Ticino	Switzerland
Folklore group "Kunovjan"	Kunovice	Zlínský kraj	Czechoslovakia
Folklore group "Bakırköy"	Bakırköy	Istanbul Province	Turkey
Dauching village musicians	Dauchingen	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Stadtsingschule Kolbermoor	Kolbermoor	Bavaria	Germany
Heimatverein Neustadt / Spree	Neustadt / Spree	Saxony	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

1997: XXIII. European Folk and Costume Week 19. – 26. July 1997

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Gruppo Folkloristico "Amixi de Bogliasco"	Bogliasco	Liguria	Italy
Folklore group "Bakırköy"	Bakırköy	Istanbul Province	Turkey
Cercle Celtique Brizeux	Lorient	Brittany	France
Kud "Gerdan"	Ohrid	Southwest region	North Macedonia
Folklore Ensemble "Brestschanka"	Brest	Breszkaya Woblasz	Belarus
Folklore Ensemble "Koleczkowianie"	Koleczkowo		Poland
Folk dance group "Haijdü"	Debrecen	Hajdú-Bihar county	Hungary
Sampa folklore	Ascains	Varsinais-Suomi	Finland
Folklore group "Algap Kenya"			Kenya
Trachtenkapelle Elters / Rhön eV	Parents	Hesse	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

2001: XXIV. European Folk and Costume Week July 28th – 4th August 2001

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Folk dance group "Prajka"	Librazhd	Elbasan Qark	Albania
Folklore Ensemble "Gelmel"	Pods	Antwerp Province	Belgium
Bornholm Folkedansere	Gudhjem	Bornholm	Denmark
Folklore group "Dolmen"	Dublin	Leinster	Ireland
Cultural group "Tonalli Ambar"	Mexico city	Federal District	Mexico
Folklore Ensemble "Colina"	Chișinău		Moldova
Leikaringen Symra	Oslo	Fylke Oslo	Norway
Cathedral culture "Strzecha"	Racibórz	Silesian Voivodeship	Poland
AS "Lavradeiras"	Valadares	Porto District	Portugal
Academic folk dance group "France Marolt"	Ljubljana	Osrednjeslovenska	Slovenia
Vallachian folk dance group "Rusava"	Bystřice pod Hostýnem	Zlínský kraj	Czech Republic
Folk dance ensemble "Horyzwit"	Lviv	Lviv Oblast	Ukraine
Stadtsingschule Kolbermoor	Kolbermoor	Bavaria	Germany
Dauching village musicians	Dauchingen	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

2004: XXV. European Folk and Costume Week 25. – 30. July 2004

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Ripley Morris Men	Skegby	England	United Kingdom
Folk dance group "Pupolitis"	Ķegums	Livonia	Latvia
Folk dance and singing group "Lachy"	Nowy Sącz	Lesser Poland Voivodeship	Poland
Folk dance group "Rancho Folklorico do Calvario"	Lagoa	Algarve	Portugal
Asamblul Folkloric "Braduletul"	Brașov	Transylvania	Romania
Bo Lindvall	Svalov	Skåne County	Sweden
Group "Folklorique au bon vieux Temps"	Troistorrents	Canton of Valais	Switzerland
Folk dance group Abrasevic	Valjevo	Okrug Kolubara	Serbia
Folk dance group "Conjunto Folclórico Rapa Nui Tumu Henu"	Hanga Roa	Easter Island Province	Chile
The happy Harz Mountains	Seesen	Lower Saxony	Germany
Trachtenkapelle Friesenhofen	Friesenhofen	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Probsteier dance and costume group	Laboe	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Angeliter costume group	Flensburg	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Traditional costume and folk dance association Parchim eV	Parchim	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Germany
Folk dance group "Blue-White-Red"	Groemitz	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

2007: XXVI. European Folklore Festival , July 28th – 4th August 2007

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Folkdansarna på Åland	Sund	Åland	Finland
Hofretko Sigrotima	Kavala	East Macedonia and Thrace	Greece
Folk dance group Kalocsa	Kalocsa	Bács-Kiskun county	Hungary
Meitheal	Cork	County Cork	Ireland
Associazione Folklorica "Città di Milazzo"	Milazzo	Sicily	Italy
Folk dance ensemble "Polesie"	Włodawa	Lublin Voivodeship	Poland
Folk dance ensemble "Perlyna"	Lubny	Poltava Oblast	Ukraine
Folk dance and singing ensemble "Kolkha"	Tbilisi		Georgia
Folklore Ensemble Gelmel	Pods	Antwerp Province	Belgium
Severnaya Svonnitsa			Russia
Folk dance group "Blue-White-Red"	Groemitz	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Folk dance group of the TV Laboe	Laboe	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany
Vierländer costume group	Hamburg	Hamburg	Germany
De Beekscheepers	Scheeßel	Lower Saxony	Germany
Harmoniemusik Wiggensbach	Wiggensbach	Bavaria	Germany
Winniger traditional vintner costume and dance group	Winningen	Rhineland-Palatinate	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

2010–

2010: XXVII. European Folklore Festival 25. – 30. July 2010

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Folk dance group Leigarid			Estonia
Folk dance group Citta di Milazzo	Milazzo	Sicily	Italy
KUD Jedinstvo	Split	Split-Dalmatia County	Croatia
De Losser Böggelrieders en Dansers	Loser		Netherlands
Folk dance and singing group Lachy	Nowy Sącz	Lesser Poland Voivodeship	Poland
Group Rancho Folklorico Mensagieros da Alegria da Várzea Pequena	Ceira	Coimbra District	Portugal
Belomorje folklore ensemble	Severodvinsk	Arkhangelsk Oblast	Russia
Vallachian folk dance group Rusava	Bystřice pod Hostýnem	Zlínský kraj	Czech Republic
Folklore group Besiktas Belediyesi Oyun GSK Kabatas Lisesi			Turkey
Folklore group Chabarok	Minsk		Belarus
The Linan Dragon & Phoenix Folk Arts Ensemble of Zhejiang		Zhejiang Province	People's Republic of China
Dauching village musicians	Dauchingen	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Traditional costume club Immergrün	Kolbermoor	Bavaria	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

2013: XXVIII. European Folklore Festival , 20. – 27. July 2013

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Samppa folklore	Turku	Varsinais-Suomi	Finland
Folklore group Arapitsa			Greece
Les Mutins de Longueuil	Longueuil	Quebec	Canada
De Losser Böggelrieders en Daansers	Loser	Overijssel	Netherlands
Trachtenverein D'Steirerherz'n z'Graz	Graz	Styria	Austria
Folklore group Multicolor Espectaculos			Peru
Folklore group Belomorye	Belomorsk	Karelia	Russia
Mika Mitrovic'Jarac	Belgrade		Serbia
Folklore group Karpaty			Slovakia
Grupo Folklórico Los Jateros			Spain
Folklore group Kapuvar			Hungary
Iskele Municipality Folk Dance Group	Iskele		Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Dauching village musicians	Dauchingen	Baden-Württemberg	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

2016: XXIX. European Folklore Festival , July 29th – 6th August 2016

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Compañía de Danza Acuarela Boliviana	Tarija	Tarija Department	Bolivia
Folklore group Rouschoukleeche	Rousse	Russian Oblast	Bulgaria
Ann Carney School of Dance	Clony slogan	Leinster	Ireland
Folklore group Rasa	Kaunas	Kaunas district	Lithuania
Ballet Folklorico Yaocuauhtli Mariachi Garibaldi	Chihuahua San Diego	Chihuahua California	Mexico United States
Diyar Dance Theater	Bethlehem		Palestine
Grupo Etnográfico de Areos	Areosa	Minho-Lima	Portugal
Folklore group El Candil	Madrid	Autonomous Community of Madrid	Spain
Folklore group Perlyna	Lubny	Poltava Oblast	Ukraine
Apple Chill Cloggers	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	United States
Schlitzerländer costume and folk dance circle	slot	Hesse	Germany
Trachtenkapelle Elters / Rhön eV	Parents	Hesse	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

2019: XXX. European Folklore Festival July 26th – 3rd August 2019

Name of the group	Hometown	Country / Region	Country
Rioni Renaissance Flag Throwers Folk Ensemble	Cori	Lazio	Italy
Ann Carney School of Dance	Clony slogan	Leinster	Ireland
Folklore group "Fabaria Folk"	Favara	Sicily	Italy
Folklore group "Los del Bío-Bío"	Concepción	Región del Bío-Bío	Chile
Folklore group "Flor Ribeirinha"	Cuiabá	Mato Grosso	Brazil
Folklore group "Kotti"	Seoul		South Korea
Folklore group "Karpaty"	Bratislava		Slovakia
Music and dance group "Börte"	Ulaanbaatar		Mongolia
Folk dance and singing group "Lachy"	Nowy Sącz	Lesser Poland Voivodeship	Poland
Folk dance group "France Marolt"	Ljubljana	Osrednjeslovenska	Slovenia
Folklore group "Atakoy Halk Oyunları GSK Derneği"	Istanbul	Istanbul	Turkey
Harmoniemusik Wiggensbach	Wiggensbach	Bavaria	Germany
Traditional costume club Immergrün	Kolbermoor	Bavaria	Germany
Neustadt folk dance circle	Neustadt in Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany

2022: XXXI. European Folklore Festival July 29–6. August 2022

photos

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  Neustädter Marktplatz with grandstand, town hall and stage

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  Ballet Folkloristico Yaocuauhtli from Chihuahua, Mexico

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  Folk dance group El Candil from Madrid, Spain

Web links

• Website of the sponsoring association of the European Folklore Festival
• Website of the city of Neustadt in Holstein with information on the European Folklore Festival

literature

• Paul Haas: The European Costume Week . In: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heimatkunde in the district of Oldenburg (Hrsg.): Yearbook for the district of Oldenburg / Holstein . tape 2 . Working group for local history in the Oldenburg district, Oldenburg in Holstein 1958, p. 180-191 .
• The Board of Trustees of the European Folklore and Costume Week in Neustadt in Holstein (publisher): 25 years of the European Folklore and Costume Week in Neustadt in Holstein 1951–1975 . Anniversary brochure. Wagrisch-Fehmarnsche Blätter, Oldenburg in Holstein 1975 (64 pages).
• Kai Detlev Sievers: Festivals in Schleswig-Holstein. A lexical guide through the year . Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1984, ISBN 3-529-02672-7 , p. 119-120 .
• Heinrich Evers, Uwe Muchow: 50 years of the European Folklore and Costume Week . Program brochure. Ed .: Board of Trustees of the XXIV. European Folk and Costume Week 2001. Balticum Verlagsgesellschaft und Werbeagentur GmbH, Neustadt in Holstein 2001 (68 pages).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gisela Teuchert-Benker: Neustadt an der Ostsee shows traditional costumes, dances, temperaments. In: press release. Tourismus-Agentur Schleswig-Holstein GmbH, July 5, 2007, accessed on August 9, 2016 . 
2. ^ History. Rhythm of the costume week. Association European Trachtenwoche on the Baltic Sea in Neustadt in Holstein e. V., 2013, accessed July 29, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Festival Guide . Neustadt in Holstein July 2016.
4. ^ History. Patrons of the costume week. In: Internet presence of the folklore festival. Association European Trachtenwoche on the Baltic Sea in Neustadt in Holstein e. V., 2016, accessed on August 11, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Johannes Hugo Koch: The new Neustadt book . Self-published by JH Koch, Neustadt in Holstein 1980, p. 174 .
6. ^ City of Neustadt in Holstein, The Mayor (Ed.): Welcome home . Info brochure Neustadt, Pelzerhaken, Rettin. Balticum Verlagsgesellschaft und Werbeagentur GmbH, Neustadt in Holstein January 2004, p. 2 .
7. ↑ The European flag. In: Internet presence of the folklore festival. Association European Trachtenwoche on the Baltic Sea in Neustadt in Holstein e. V., accessed on August 7, 2016 . 
8. ↑ “The most beautiful city festival” innovative - close to the people - popular. Foundation Prize 2013. In: Press release. Living City Foundation, accessed on July 22, 2013 . 
9. ^ Willi Piecyk Prize 2013. In: Willi Piecyk Prize website. Retrieved August 9, 2016 . 
10. ↑ List of the citizens who have been honored with the Ostholstein District Culture Prize so far. In: Internet presence of the Ostholstein district. Retrieved July 29, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Heinricht Evers: Över mi. Levensloop and key data. In: Internet presence. Heinrich Evers, accessed on August 24, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Special award for Heinrich Evers . In: The Reporter . No. 63 , August 10, 2016, p. 11 ( online [PDF]).
13. ↑ Mixed choir of the Stadtsingschule Kolbermoor. Accessed July 31, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Four countries costume group. Accessed July 31, 2019 . 
15. ↑ Probsteier dance and costume group. Retrieved August 1, 2019 . 
16. ^ I Cantori del Friuli. Retrieved August 1, 2019 . 
17. ↑ Noregs Ungdomslaget. Retrieved August 1, 2019 . 
18. ^ Koninklijke en Keizerlijke Gilde St-Sebastiaan Neder-over-Heembeek. Retrieved August 5, 2019 . 
19. ^ Edinburgh University New Scotland Country Dance Society. Retrieved August 5, 2019 . 
20. ^ Traditional costume group Neustadt / Weinstr. eV Accessed August 1, 2019 . 
21. ^ Association normande Alfred Rossel. Retrieved August 5, 2019 . 
22. ^ Heidelberger Sing-, Tanz- und Spielkreis. Retrieved August 3, 2019 . 
23. ↑ Neustädter Volkstanzkreis eV Retrieved on August 1, 2019 . 
24. ^ Association normande Alfred Rossel. Retrieved August 3, 2019 . 
25. ↑ Akademska folklorna skupina France Marolt. Retrieved August 3, 2019 . 
26. ^ Grupo de Coros y Danzas Francisco Salzillo de Cieza. Retrieved August 3, 2019 . 
27. ^ Folk dance and traditional costume group Wiesmoor (on the website of the city of Wiesmoor). Retrieved August 3, 2019 . 
28. ^ Immergrün Kolbermoor eV Retrieved on August 5, 2019 . 
29. ↑ Hans-von-der-Au traditional costume group. Retrieved August 3, 2019 . 
30. ↑ Berlin Mozart Choir. Retrieved August 5, 2019 . 
31. ^ Hugo Distler Choir Berlin. Retrieved August 3, 2019 . 
32. ↑ Leikarringen Peer Gynt. Retrieved August 5, 2019 . 
33. ↑ Ansamblul Folcloric Profesionist "Bihorul". Retrieved August 5, 2019 . 
34. ^ Folk dance group Fries on the website of the "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Volkstanz in Südtirol". Retrieved August 5, 2019 . 
35. ^ Coros y Danzas Murcia. Retrieved August 5, 2019 . 
36. ↑ Trachtenkapelle Kappel eV Accessed on August 5, 2019 . 
37. ↑ Folklore Ensemble Gelmel. Retrieved August 5, 2019 . 
38. ↑ Kulturföreningen Fyrisgillet. Retrieved August 5, 2019 . 
39. ↑ Murtaler Pernegg traditional costume association. Retrieved August 5, 2019 . 
40. ^ Thuringian Folklore Dance Ensemble Rudolstadt eV Accessed on August 5, 2019 . 
41. ↑ Musikkapelle Dauchingen eV Accessed on August 5, 2019 . 
42. ↑ Cercle Celtique Brizeux. Retrieved August 3, 2019 . 
43. ↑ Harmoniemusik Wiggensbach. Accessed July 31, 2019 . 
44. ↑ Sbandieratori dei Rioni di Cori. Accessed July 31, 2019 . 
45. ↑ Flor Ribeirinha. Retrieved August 4, 2019 . 
46. ↑ Atakoy Halk Oyunları GSK Derneği. Retrieved August 4, 2019 . 
47. ^ Folklore Festival in Neustadt on the Baltic Sea. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .