Traditional Music Festivals

Welcome to 2camels' special take on Traditional Music Festivals from around the world. We've got a ton of info on 71 Traditional Music Festivals in articles, snippets, videos, photo galleries and links to festival websites.

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Traditional Music Festivals

Arba Minch Festival of Music and Dance (Arba Minch, Ethiopia)
Festival Types: Community, Music - Traditional, Traditional
Month: December

Arba Minch Festival of Music and Dance Video

Astana International Contest of Kazakh Song (Astana, Kazakhstan)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional
Month: September

Astana International Contest of Kazakh Song Website

Aste Nagusia Bilbao (Bilbao, Spain)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Dance - Latin, Party
Month: August

Athens Epidaurus Festival (Athens, Greece)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Dance - Folk, Music - Traditional
Month: June

Auckland Festival (Auckland, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Dance - Various Styles, Music - Traditional
Month: March

Ballyshannon Folk and Traditional Music Festival (Ballyshannon, Ireland)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Celtic, Music - Traditional
Month: August

Ballyshannon Folk and Traditional Music Festival Website

Barcelona Festival of Song (Barcelona, Spain)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional
Month: July

Brunswick Music Festival (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Music - World, Music - Guitar, Music - Traditional
Month: March

Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival (Pemba, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique)
Festival Types: Cultural, Music - Traditional, Dance - Folk
Month: July

Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival Website

Celtic Colours International Festival (Cape Breton Island, Canada)
Festival Types: Celtic, Music - Traditional, Music - Folk
Month: October

Celtic Colours International Festival Article

Celtic Colours International Festival Website

Celtic Connections (Glasgow, Scotland)
Festival Types: Celtic, Music - Folk, Music - Traditional
Month: January

Crossroads Traditional Music Festival (Krakow, Poland)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Traditional, Indigenous
Month: July

Crossroads Traditional Music Festival Website

Doha Cultural Festival (Doha, Qatar)
Festival Types: Cultural, Music - Traditional
Month: March

Drugba Godba (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Festival Types: Music - World, Music - Traditional
Month: May

Early Music Festival (Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic)
Festival Types: Music - Classical, Music - Traditional
Month: July

Edinburgh Military Tattoo (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Traditional, Cultural
Month: August

Edmonton Folk Music Festival (Edmonton, Canada)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Music - Traditional
Month: August

El Cedral Festival (Cozumel, Mexico)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Religious, Sport - Equestrian
Month: April

Fes Festival of World Sacred Music (Fes, Morocco)
Festival Types: Music - World, Music - Traditional, Religious
Month: June

Fes Festival of World Sacred Music Website

Fest 'n' Furious (Dundee, Scotland)
Festival Types: Celtic, Music - Traditional
Month: October

Festival Brezice (Brezice, Slovenia)
Festival Types: Music - Classical, Music - Traditional
Month: July

Festival du Raï (Oran, Algeria)
Festival Types: Music - African, Music - World, Music - Traditional
Month: September

Festival Interceltique de Lorient (Lorient, France)
Festival Types: Celtic, Music - Traditional, Multicultural
Month: July

Festival Interceltique de Lorient Website

Festival Músicas do Mundo - FMM Sines (Porto Covo, Portugal)
Festival Types: Music - World, Music - Varied, Music - Traditional
Month: January

Festival Músicas do Mundo - FMM Sines Website

Festival of Drumming and African Culture (Mexico City, Mexico)
Festival Types: Music - African, Music - Traditional, Multicultural
Month: March

Festival of Drumming and African Culture Website

Fete de la Musique - Paris (Paris, France)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Music - World, Music - Traditional
Month: June

Fiesta de San Juan Bautista (Barlovento, Venezuela)
Festival Types: Religious, Music - Varied, Music - Traditional
Month: June

Flamenco (All Areas, Spain)
Festival Types: Dance - Latin, Music - Traditional, Dance - Folk
Month: Year Round

Globalfest (Rotorua, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Dance - Folk, Music - World
Month: November

Grenada Drum Festival (Krumahville, Grenada)
Festival Types: Music - Creole, Music - Traditional
Month: May

Hachioji Matsuri (Hachioji, Japan)
Festival Types: Traditional, Music - Traditional, Dance - Folk
Month: August

Innsbruck Festival of Early Music (Innsbruck, Austria)
Festival Types: Music - Classical, Music - Opera, Music - Traditional
Month: July

Innsbruck Festival of Early Music Website

International Festival of Klapas (Perast, Montenegro)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Music - Folk
Month: July

International Festival of Klapas Website

International Festival of Sacred Arts (New Delhi, India)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Dance - Folk, Music - Traditional
Month: February

International Festival of Sacred Arts Website

International Folklore Festival (Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Traditional, Folk
Month: July

International Gypsy Festival (Glinojeck, Poland)
Festival Types: Cultural, Music - Traditional, Dance - Folk
Month: February

Jaipur Festival (Jaipur, India)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Performing Art, Dance - Folk
Month: March

Jaisalmer Desert Festival (Jaisalmer, India)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Cultural, Music - Traditional
Month: February

Kaustinen Folk Music Festival (Kaustinen, Finland)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Music - Traditional, Music - World
Month: July

Khamoro - World Roma Festival (Prague, Czech Republic)
Festival Types: Cultural, Music - Traditional, Indigenous
Month: May

KL Festival (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Cultural, Performing Art
Month: July

Latvian Song and Dance Festival (Riga, Latvia)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Music - Traditional, Dance - Folk
Month: July

London Mela (London, England)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Music - Traditional, Family
Month: August

Maitisong Festival (Gaborone, Botswana)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Dance - Folk, Performing Art
Month: April

Mariachis in Mexico (All Areas, Mexico)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Traditional, Cultural
Month: Year Round

Marrakech Festivals (Marrakech, Morocco)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz, Music - Traditional, Music - World
Month: Year Round

National Eisteddfod of Wales (All Areas, Wales)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Traditional, National
Month: August

Old-Time Piano Playing Championship (Deactur, IL, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Bizarre
Month: May

Old-Time Piano Playing Championship Snippet

Ollin Kan Festival (Mexico City, Mexico)
Festival Types: Indigenous, Music - Traditional, Dance - Folk
Month: April

Panigiri Lagada (Ikaria, Greece)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Food and Wine, Music - Folk
Month: July

PLAI Festival (Timisoara, Romania)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Art, Music - Traditional
Month: September

Queensland Music Festival (Brisbane, QLD, Australia)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Music - Classical, Music - Traditional
Month: July

Ruthin Festival (Ruthin, Wales)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Music - Traditional, Community
Month: June

Sacrum Profanum (Krakow, Poland)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional
Month: September

Sark Folk Festival (Sark, Guernsey)
Festival Types: Folk, Music - Folk, Music - Traditional
Month: July

Sata-Hame Soi Accordian Festival (Ikaalinen, Finland)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional
Month: June

Sata-Hame Soi Accordian Festival Website

Schaferlauf Festival (Markgroeningen, Germany)
Festival Types: Traditional, Music - Traditional, Cultural
Month: August

Shanties - Krakow International Sailors' Song Festival (Krakow, Poland)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Bizarre
Month: February

Shanties - Krakow International Sailors' Song Festival Website

Singing Sticks Festival (Overstone, England)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Family
Month: July

Sligo Live Festival (Sligo, Ireland)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Music - Folk, Music - Varied
Month: October

Sounds of Eurasia (Ulan-Ude, Russia)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Music - Folk
Month: September

Swiss Singing and Yodeling Festival (Salt Lake City, UT, USA)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Music - Traditional, Bizarre
Month: June

Swiss Singing and Yodeling Festival Snippet

Tarerer Festival (Killarney, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Indigenous, Music - Traditional, Music - Rock
Month: November

Tejano-Conjunto Music Festival (San Antonio, TX, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Music - Rock, Music - Varied
Month: May

The Dreaming Festival (Woodford, QLD, Australia)
Festival Types: Indigenous, Cultural, Music - Traditional
Month: June

Trout Forest Music Festival (Ear Falls, Canada)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Music - Traditional, Music - Blues
Month: August

V-Accordian Festival (Rome, Italy)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Music - World
Month: October

Vienna Accordian Festival (Vienna, Austria)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Music - Traditional
Month: February

World Drums Festival (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Music - African
Month: July

Yaamma Festival (Bourke, NSW, Australia)
Festival Types: Indigenous, Cultural, Music - Traditional
Month: October

Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival (Zihuatanejo, Mexico)
Festival Types: Music - Guitar, Music - Traditional, Music - Folk
Month: March

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