The International Summer Folklore Academy - Nestia
Folkore Center will take part for the third time this year and the different groups will be divided as follwos:
Kindergardens: 1-10 June 2004 /first shif/
Kindergardens: 10-20 June 2004 /second shift/
20-30 June 2004 Third shift
1-10 July 2004 Forth shift
10-20 July 2004 Fifth shift
20-30 July 2004 Sixth shift
1-10 August 2004 Seventh shift
10-20 August 2004 Eighth shift
20-30 August 2004 Ninth shift


For contacts: Hristo Stankov
Tel: + 359 2 981 1367

Concerts, seminars, and exhibitions of musical instruments from around the world.

Concerts:
16.06 Classical Ottoman Music, Turkey
07.07 Mehmet Erenler - Saz Grubu , Turkey, Greece
28.07 «Letter from Istanbul», Derya Turkan - Sokratis Sinopoulos, Τurkey, Greece
Seminars:
10-16.6 Ud by Νecati Çelik and ney by Omer Erdoğdular
1-7.07 Saz by Mehmet Erenler
22-29.07 Kemençe by Derya Turkan and Sokratis Sinopoulos
12-17.09 Gadoulka Seminar, Georgi Petrov, Bulgaria

Contacts:
Choudetsi Pediados
70 100, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Tel: (+30) 280 741 027

At the coutryard of the cathedral of Naoussa Paros

Michalis Theodorakos (vice-president), Katerina Sifneou(secretary general)
tel/fax: 0030 22840 52971

Under the title of `In the new century with dances songs and love!` in the village of Ravda, near Bourgas, will be organized a camp - festival for children, dealing with folklore - dancers, musicians, and singers.
98 Euro per pax (person) - festival fee + meal + transport and security

Contacts:
Bulgaria, Sofia 1231,
Nadejda, 75 Dnepar Str.
Tel/Fax:+359 2 963 06 10
+359 887 304 715 - Vania Peshkova for contact in Russian
+359 887 245 395 - Aneta Grozdeva for contact in English

In the festival will participate groups from a great number of countries: Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic, Russia (Yakutia and Moscow), Serbia, Macedonia, Turkey, India, Peru, Vietnam.

Contacts: Sofia 1618, 68 Sovorov, Vitosha Cultural Center
tel,fax: 02 955 9313

International Workshop for Traditional Balkan Dances and Music.
Bulgarian, Romanian and Macedonian folk dances.
Traditional musical instruments - gaida, kaval, gadoulka, tamboura, tapan, taragot, accordion.
Bulgarian folk singing and Bulgarian language.

For contacts:
Emil Genov
Tel: + 359 2 8322010

Contact:
1700 Sofia, p.b.131
Office: 1463 Sofia
Bulgaria Sqr, National Palace of Culture, PRONO
14fl., office 12-15
tel. 003592/ 9631013, 8650137, 9166548
fax 003592/ 9631013

It is a traditional match-making festival where villagers in traditional costume walk up to the mountain plateau for dancing, feasting and choosing a mate.

The fair usually takes place on the Sunday before 20th of July on the flat top of Mount Gaina(roughly 33km west of Campeni) near the village of Avram Iancu . It is the largest festival in the region. The most famous performeres of traditional Romanian music, as well as local dance ensembles, come to celebrate.