Busto Arsizio: from 15th to 17th September BustoFolk 2024 returns, the XNUMXrd Edition of the Interceltic Festival
There will be no shortage of workshops and the consolidated Irish music sessions. About ten harp and Irish and Scottish dance courses, all to be tried, without forgetting the activities dedicated to young visitors, first of all the appointment with mini rugby.
Busto Arsizio: from 15 to 17 September BustoFolk 2024 returns, the XNUMXrd Edition of the Interceltic Festival. Shows, concerts, dance, culture, food, crafts, entertainment for the whole family.
At the Textile Museum in Busto Arsizio (VA), from 12 to 15 September 2024, the XXIII Edition of BustoFolk 2024, organized by the Gens d'Ys Irish Dance Academy (35 locations in Italy – www.gensdys.it).
An event that has become a tradition, with a four-day program that unites music, dance and culture, will enliven not only the suggestive Textile Museum, but the entire city of Busto Arsizio (VA).
So many sounds, so many rhythms! With a wide range of musical genres, the Festival offers: fifteen live concerts, Gens d'Ys dance shows and the return of Busto Tattoo with the participation of eight marching bands, coming from different European nations.
On Sunday the Bands, accompanied by the Gens d'Ys dancers and other artists, will parade through the streets of the city, starting from the Courthouse and They will close the performance on the Bustofolk stage by playing 2 songs together. Over 100 artists on stage at the same time! It will be a moment of great emotion and spectacle.
The Textile Museum square is preparing to welcome internationally renowned groups and young talents. There is anticipation for the great return, after last year's success, of the Wellermen became famous and viral on social media with “the wellermen” and for the performance of the Irish “the Kilkennys” . Known throughout the world, they are ready to make the audience dance, but above all sing the most beautiful ballads of the Emerald Isle.
On the bill, not to be missed, a folk rock saturday night with selected Italian bands highly appreciated by fans of this musical genre.
This edition will be accompanied by events outside the Textile Museum which will involve, on Saturday evening, the city districts of Beata Giuliana and Sacconago with 2 band concerts. The foreign bands will be joined by the Busto bands: the Corpo Musicale Pro Busto and the Coro degli Alpini Voci del Rosa.
A great musical opportunity for the City and a cultural growth that will arise from the musical exchange with foreign realities.
For the 2024 news to report FOLK OPEN MIC: a great opportunity to free participation aimed at those who can sing, play alone or with their own band and have the desire to perform. They will have a prestigious stage, a knowledgeable audience and a professional audio/lighting service. A reservation is required.
They will not fail workshops and the well-established Irish music sessions. A dozen or so harp and Irish and Scottish dance courses, all to be tried, without forgetting the activities dedicated to young visitors, first and foremost theappointment with mini rugby.
With the theme Thunder and Lightning – Thunder and Lightning the ninth edition of the will be presented Folk Pages Contest, a successful initiative that gives space to all writing enthusiasts. This year, the realities linked to the literary world of the city of Busto Arsizio, official partners of the competition, will award the winners!
With the same theme to develop, also starting the eighth edition of the Celtic Contest Bodypainting, the ancient pictorial technique of decorating the human body, with a thousand meanings. The public will have the opportunity to witness all the phases of the artists' work.
In the meadow outside the Museum walls, there will be no shortage the historical fields, which include the presence of three important Clans. A will be made Celtic village with all its activities, to give a glimpse of life in the past. Adults and children will have the opportunity to get closer to Celtic traditions, with a a busy calendar of workshops and new features.
By popular demand, the role-playing games, with a dedicated area, which will allow you to travel among the myths and legends of a fantastic imagination that has its roots in the wild lands of the north.
Many of the events are free to attend., starting with the inauguration, Thursday 12 September: from 21pm doors open and everyone on the dance floor with the Duilleoga group (Piedmont), a big dance party, a magical moment to sing and dance together.
The event will be framed by a craft market of unique hand-made objects and gastronomic specialties, accompanied by craft beers or original drinks such as mead. So many products, all to be discovered.
In collaboration and with the patronage of:
Lombardy region
City of Busto Arsizio
Varesotto Community Foundation
Chamber of Commerce Varese – Future Enterprise Territory
CultureIreland
Irish Tourism
TICKETS 10/15 euros – free entry on Thursday
Detail:
Day tickets are can be purchased directly at the event location during the days of the Festival.
Discounted multi-day passes can only be purchased online, while stocks last. www.bustofolk.it
Free entry to the dance evening on Thursday
Friday concert area entrance 10 euros
Saturday concert area 15 euros
Sunday concert area 10 euros
Free for children up to 12 years and people with 100% disability.
Dogs are allowed on a leash (with a muzzle in the case of breeds identified by law as dangerous)
SUMMARY DATA OF THE BUSTOFOLK 2024 EVENT:
23rd edition of the Interceltic Festival of the city of Busto Arsizio.
Event Duration: From Thursday, September 12, to Sunday, September 15, 2024
Location: Textile Museum and various places in the city of Busto Arsizio
Address: via Volta 6 – Busto Arsizio (VA)
Organization and Artistic Direction: Umberto Crespi – Gens d'Ys Irish Dance Academy
info and complete program: www.bustofolk.it – info@bustofolk.it
TEL + 39 335 7155360
All events will take place even in case of bad weather.
ARTISTS AND GROUPS PRESENT AT THE TEXTILE MUSEUM
Thursday September 12 2024 free entry
21.30pm Irish dance party with Duilleoga (Piedmont)
3 young virtuoso musicians from Piedmont and France who are making their mark on the world of national Irish music with their trad sets.
I am in fact back in Busto Arsizio, after national and international successes including an American tour, for an evening to listen and dance to.
Friday 13 September 2024
20.00 The Wellermen (Scotland-England)
After last year's great success, the band, all vocal, that overwhelmed the network with millions of views on social media returns for the second time to Busto. Friday for a taste and Sunday for the big show.
21.00 Gens d'Ys Irish Dance Academy (Lombardy)
At the end of the summer tour that took them all over the peninsula where they made thousands of people dance, the dancers of the Show Company of the Gens d'Ys Academy are ready to thrill you with new and old choreographies but also with surprises that they are convinced will please many. Long live Irish dance.
22.30 The Kilkennys (Ireland)
For the first time at Bustofolk, known throughout the world, the boys from Kilkenny are ready to make the audience dance, but above all sing the most beautiful ballads of the Emerald Isle.
Saturday 14 September 2024
18.30 The Kilkennys (Ireland)
They return to the stage for a short concert for those who missed them on Friday.
20.00 Cattle Cart (Umbria)
The winners of the European Celtic Contest organized by the Montelago Festival. A young and explosive band that will thrill the Bustofolk audience. They come from far away but they will be full of energy!!
21.30 Andrea Rock & The Rebel Poets (Lombardy)
Great return to the stage of Bustofolk of the Milanese folk-rockers, to present their latest album. A moment to sing, dance but above all celebrate and reflect on characters who have given so much to Irish culture and history.
23.00 The Rumpled (Trentino Alto Adige)
The boys from Trentino are back in Busto with a new voice, capable of opening two concerts by Vasco Rossi, making tens of thousands of people go crazy and dance!!!
Sunday September 15 2024
14.30 Folk Open Mic
A prestigious stage, a knowledgeable audience and a professional audio/lighting service available to those who, alone or in a group, have signed up for this new feature of the 2024 edition
19.00 Bust Tattoo
Final concert of all the musical bands on the Bustofolk stage with also the final performance of 2 songs all together. Over 100 musicians at the same time, it will be difficult to contain the emotions.
“Vienna Pipes and Drums” (Austria) “Bagad de Plomodiern” (Brittany) “Orobian Pipes” (Lombardy), “Celtic Knot Pipes&Drums” (Lombardy), “City of Rome Pipe Band” (Lazio), “Veneto Piping School“ (Veneto), “La Baldoria” (Busto Arsizio), “Berghem Baghet” (Lombardy)
20.00 Willos' (Tuscany)
For the first time at Bustofolk one of the historic Italian Irish music bands.
They will take us for a walk through slow arias and sweet melodies and then let us go wild with crazy reels&Jigs
21.30 The Wellermen (Scotland-England)
After last year's great success, the band, all vocal, that overwhelmed the network with millions of views on social media returns for the second time to Busto. Friday for a taste and Sunday for the big show.
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