From the Devil’s Punchbowl (Ireland)
Aaron O’Hagan is a multi instrumentalist and renowned instrument maker from Co Antrim. Playing uilleann pipes and wooden flutes, he is...
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Festival news
"Skamba skamba kankliai" folklore festival has been held in Vilnius since 1973 and is one of the few authentic folk music festivals in Europe.
Babskyi Kozachok (Ukraine)
The women's group Babskyi Kozachok (eng. Women's Cossack), initiated in 2009 by Irina Klymenko and Olena Honcharenko, presents a wide...
Nøringen (Norway)
Nøringen is a fiddle duo from the west coast of Norway. Two young students of folk music Ingrin Sofie Midtbø Bruner(14) and Ida...
DiaBuBu (Poland)
The ensemble plays ancient melodies such as mazurkas, obereks, kujawiaks, polkas, tangos and foxtrots, as well as Jewish melodies. This,...
Banga (Latvia)
The folklore group Banga was founded in 2016 by friends who grew up together in the families of participants of the Latvian neo-folklore...
Chaonia (Greece)
The polyphonic group Chaonia was founded in 1996. Its name is related to the country name Chaones, where the polyphonic songs of the...
The international folklore festival Skamba skamba kankliai will be held for the 51st time
Once again, the international folklore festival Skamba skamba kankliai will invite you to flood the Old Town of Vilnius with beautiful...
VILCE (Ukraine)
Vilce is a folk group made up of young women from Kyiv. The singers perform traditional music without interpretations, loving it truly as...
KORINDA (Hungary)
The three founders of the group began playing together when they were given the opportunity to get acquainted with the musical tradition...
AMER-IMERI (Georgia)
The children’s folklore and ethnography studio Amer-Imeri was founded in 1991 by the well-known ethnomusicologist, head of the Mtiebi...
In 2023 on May 25-28, the 50th Skamba skamba kankliai will be held in Vilnius
The international folklore festival Skamba skamba kankliai, which will celebrate its half-century anniversary next year, is one of the...
Folklore festival Skamba skamba kankliai took place throughout the capital city
Just like every year, during the last week of May, Vilnius was bustling with the international folklore festival Skamba skamba kankliai,...
What can you expect from the festival’s colourful and rich programme?
The Sudovia-themed colourful and rich programme of the 49th Skamba skamba kankliai includes traditional festival events, foreign guests,...
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