The Burgas International Folklore Festival 2017 takes place 21-25 August in Burgas. The Burgas IFF is the oldest folklore festival in Bulgaria, and a popular gathering of performing artists from around the world. This year the festival welcomes participants from 13 countries under the motto “To preserve the legacy of our ancestors and pass it down to our children.”
The programme includes a full schedule of concerts on the stage of the Sea Garden Summer Theatre, with additional performances at open air venues throughout the city including Meden Rudnik, Izgrev Park, Slaveykov Park, Flora Expo Center, Atanas Sirekov Square and the Ohlyov Theater. Gallery exhibits and a bazaar of traditional souvenirs round out the official activities.
Performances are free of charge, so if you’re in Burgas during the festival come out to enjoy the show!
Nestinarka Prize for Folk Songs and Dance Works
One of the highlights of the festival each year is the awarding of the Nestinarka Prize for exceptional merit in the development, preservation and dissemination of Bulgarian folklore. This year the prize goes to the Ivan Velev Ensemble from Pleven.
Burgas International Folklore Festival 2017 Programme
The programme operates each evening with performances starting from 18:00. Multiple venues are used simultaneously, offering a variety of national performances around the city.
Monday, 21 August 2017
18:00 – Procession of all participants from Troykata Square in front of the Burgas City Hall to the Sea Garden Summer Theatre.
20:00 – Summer Theatre
Official Opening of the Burgas International Folklore Festival 2017
Performances:
Trepetilika Childrens’s Choir
FA Lukoil Neftochim Kukeri
Severniashki Ensemble, Pleven
National Performance: Vietnam
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
18:00 – Open Air Concerts
Meden Rudnik Stage (Elin Pelin Basic School)
National performances: Romania, Algeria
Izgrev Park Stage
National Performances: Slovakia, Russia
Flora Exhibition Center Stage
National performances: Georgia, Poland
Summer Theatre
Performances:
Magda Pushkarova Authentic Folklore Group
Transfiguration Pensioners Club
Malko Tarnovo Sedyanka
Malko Tarnovo
19:00 Open Air Concerts
Ohlyov Open Air Stage
National performances: Bulgaria, Romania
Burgas Municipality Stage
National Performances: Georgia, Poland, Algeria
Slaveykov Quarter Stage
National Slovakia, Russia
20:00 Summer Theatre
National performances: Colombia, Greece, Germany, Serbia, Sudan
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
18:00 Open Air Concerts
Meden Rudnik Stage (Elin Pelin Basic School)
National performances: Serbia, Slovakia
Izgrev Park Stage
National Performances: Algeria, Greece
Flora Exhibition Center Stage
National performances: Colombia, Germany
19:00 Summer Theatre
P.R. Slaveykov 1927 Community Center Authentic Folklore Group
San Stefano Village, Karnobat
19:00 Open Air Concerts
Ohlyov Open Air Stage
National performances: Sudan, Serbia, Slovakia
Burgas Municipality Stage
National Performances: Colombia, Germany, Sudan
Slaveykov Quarter Stage
National Performances: Algeria, Greece
20:00 Summer Theatre
National performances: Russia, Romania, Poland, Georgia
Thursday, 24 August 2017
18:00 Open Air Concerts
Meden Rudnik Stage (Elin Pelin Basic School)
National performances: Georgia, Poland
18:30 Open Air Concerts
Izgrev Park Stage
National Performances: Sudan
Flora Exhibition Center Stage
National performances: Serbia
Ohlyov Open Air Stage
National performances: Greece, Germany
Burgas Municipality Stage
National Performances: Russia, Romania
Slaveykov Quarter Stage
National Performance: Colombia
19:00 Summer Theatre
National Community Center Prosveta-1929 Folklore Ensemble
Lyulyakovo Village
20:00 Summer Theatre
National Performances: Sovakia, Algeria, Bulgaria
Friday, 25 August 2017
18:00 Parade of all participants from Burgas City Hall to the Sea Garden Summer Theatre
20:00 Summer Theatre
Gala Concert
Official Closing of the Burgas International Folklore Festival 2017
Contact the Burgas International Folklore Festival 2017
Maria Jovcheva (Coordinator)
(t) +359 (0 )56 820 055, +359 (0) 886 063 556;
(e) [email protected]
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