Appendix 6 - International Music Council

"bastard". This identity of being a "bastard", having roots everywhere, being a mixture, is
also represented in the participants' performances and the presented music.
Colora Festival (Leuven, Belgium), is an "intercultural festival". It sees world music as
nice and low-threshold means to enjoy multiculturality. Belgian and foreign bands perform
on four Saturdays in July. Migrant communities have the possibility to present themselves
and their culture with stalls.
Mano Mundo Festival (Belgium): an intercultural festival "for everyone". Aim: Together
with NGOs Mano Mundo wants to sensitize and make aware of the north-southproblematic
and the Millenium Development Goals of the UN. The festival aims to be a
sustainable festival with the background of sustainable development. The festival is for free
and wants to be family- and child-friendly.
Festival Interceltique of Lorient (France)
The Festival Interceltique de Lorient (fr) or Gouelioù Etrekeltiek An Oriant (br) was
founded in Lorient, Brittany in 1971. This annual gathering takes place in the heart of the
city every August and features Celtic traditional, classical, folk, jazz and rock musicians,
singers, dancers, painters, sculptors, writers, etc. They come from Brittany, Cornwall,
Wales, Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Cape Breton Island, Galicia, Asturias, in fact the
entire Celtic diaspora. Each year a Celtic nation is the country of honour and puts forward
its artists, culture, gastronomy and tourism.
2005 the ten-days festival brought 4500 musicians on 20 stages and 650.000 visitors
together. A network of correspondents in all the countries that are concerned (400 persons)
help to organize the event. This is the biggest music festival in France.
Karneval der Kulturen (Berlin, Germany) – is a multicultural mammoth event in
Berlin/Germany, which takes place annually since 1996. Berlin as an international
metropolis with the highest number of migrants in Germany has established this "Carnival
of Cultures" to promote the social integration of immigrants and reduce xenophobia. The
tradition of a big colourful parade and numerous music and theatre events serve the idea of
the carnival: to show how peaceful and tolerant cultural diversity can be. "Clones" or
events similar to this are growing in several other German cities (Hamburg, Bielefeld,
Essen, Frankfurt …).
Tanz&FolkFest Rudolstadt (Germany) – Germany’s biggest folk festival, at the same
time one of the most important folk festivals in Europe. All music styles, which use
elements of traditional music are staged here.
FALUN FOLKMUSIK FESTIVAL (Sweden)
Falun Folkmusik Festival started in 1986. This festival was the first to present Swedish and
Nordic traditional music parallel to locally rooted music from other countries and
continents. Over the years the event grew rapidly and by the mid-nineties was firmly
established as the major Nordic folk and world music event.
Paléo Festival (Switzerland) - the biggest open-air music event in Switzerland. The
festival line-up represents a balance between established stars and new talents, and includes
rock, French chanson, world music, reggae, hip hop, classical music and street theatre.
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