Kaustinen - deep in the heart of Western Finland - is a very special centre for the living traditions of intangible cultural heritage and folk arts and home to our hosts and EFN members the Finnish Folk Music Institute and the renowned Kaustinen Folk Festival.

For the 2024 conference EFN and Kaustinen offer a unique opportunity to explore this remarkable part of rural Finland and its importance to folk traditions, whilst meeting and sharing ideas with a host of other people and organisations active in the folk arts from across Europe. The conference programme, to be announced shortly, will concentrate on issues of intangible cultural heritage and pedagogy, alongside discussion groups on EFN's active plans and interests shared by and with EFN members.

All the registration fees cover all conference sessions, coffee/tea/snacks in breaks and all music concerts and dancing on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.

These are the registrations options:

Including lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday and the Delegates Dinner on Tuesday evening (dinner on Monday and Wenesday evening are at delegates' own expense)

EFN Members €75

Non members of EFN €100

Students €50

Not including any lunches or dinner:

Non-members of EFN €55

Students €20

For delegates travelling fron futher afield the registration fee includes a shutle bas from Kokkola to Kaustinen each day.

See the Agenda below for what your registration fee covers and the schedule timings for each day.

EFN 2024 Conference in Kaustinen