Folk music and San Daniele ham. For its 45th anniversary Folkest, the Friulian festival of folk and world music, this year teamed up with Aria di Festa, the sagra celebrating Prosciutto di San Daniele. The two festivals joined forces and are both set in San Daniele del Friuli (near Udine) up to July 3.
Folkest 2023’s theme is “Accordi” (chords/harmony) and artistic director Andrea Del Favero made sure to give it both a domestic and an international mood, with guests from all over the world. The program will feature Italian groups 99 Posse and Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare, Australian singer and composer Xavier Rudd (July 11, Castle of Udine) and US trumpeter Randy Brecker with the orchestra from Accademia Musicale Naonis (August 7, Castle of Udine). The 19th Premio Alberto Cesa – Alberto Cesa Award, which is meant to support Italian groups exploring other culture’s music, will feature this year bands like Femina Ridens, Luarte Project, Dimotika, Grama Tera, Yerba Buena Trio from Friuli and Yaràkä.
Folkest will wrap up on July 3 and events are scattered throughout Friuli Venezia Giulia, involving the following towns: Arta Terme, Artegna, Campoformido, Caneva, Castelnovo del Friuli, Duino Aurisina, Fiumicello Villa Vicentina, Flaibano, Forgaria nel Friuli, Lusevera, Prato Carnico, Pulfero, Reana del Rojale, Ronchi dei Legionari, Romans d’Isonzo, Tramonti di Sopra, Vito d’Asio.
Folkest 2023’s theme is “Accordi” (chords/harmony) and artistic director Andrea Del Favero made sure to give it both a domestic and an international mood, with guests from all over the world. The program will feature Italian groups 99 Posse and Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare, Australian singer and composer Xavier Rudd (July 11, Castle of Udine) and US trumpeter Randy Brecker with the orchestra from Accademia Musicale Naonis (August 7, Castle of Udine). The 19th Premio Alberto Cesa – Alberto Cesa Award, which is meant to support Italian groups exploring other culture’s music, will feature this year bands like Femina Ridens, Luarte Project, Dimotika, Grama Tera, Yerba Buena Trio from Friuli and Yaràkä.
Folkest will wrap up on July 3 and events are scattered throughout Friuli Venezia Giulia, involving the following towns: Arta Terme, Artegna, Campoformido, Caneva, Castelnovo del Friuli, Duino Aurisina, Fiumicello Villa Vicentina, Flaibano, Forgaria nel Friuli, Lusevera, Prato Carnico, Pulfero, Reana del Rojale, Ronchi dei Legionari, Romans d’Isonzo, Tramonti di Sopra, Vito d’Asio.
Folkest Upbeat and Folkclinic
Folkest Showcase Upbeat features new European artists who will perform in Sant’Antonio Abate church, in the Castle’s park and in Vittorio Emanuele II square. Here are the performers: Alvise Nodale (Friuli), Linda Rukaj (Albania), Cuerdas y teclas (Spain), Dettori e Moretti (Lumbardy and Sardinia) Triana y Luca (Luxembourg and Mexico), Weryhora (Poland), Duo Gaudio Pace (Calabria), La Quadrilla (Piedmont), Corte di Lunas (Friuli), Alessandro D’Alessandro (Lazio), Jig Robots (Italy and Slovenia), the Sordi and METE.
Folkclinic is the festival’s program of workshops and masterclasses. Created by Maurizio Bettelli and Michele Gazich, the “clinics” will be held at Biblioteca Guarneriana and at Scriptorium Foroiuliense in via Udine. There’ll be five kinds of meetings for musicians and for the general public, featuring music composing, song writing and much more.
Folkest Showcase Upbeat features new European artists who will perform in Sant’Antonio Abate church, in the Castle’s park and in Vittorio Emanuele II square. Here are the performers: Alvise Nodale (Friuli), Linda Rukaj (Albania), Cuerdas y teclas (Spain), Dettori e Moretti (Lumbardy and Sardinia) Triana y Luca (Luxembourg and Mexico), Weryhora (Poland), Duo Gaudio Pace (Calabria), La Quadrilla (Piedmont), Corte di Lunas (Friuli), Alessandro D’Alessandro (Lazio), Jig Robots (Italy and Slovenia), the Sordi and METE.
Folkclinic is the festival’s program of workshops and masterclasses. Created by Maurizio Bettelli and Michele Gazich, the “clinics” will be held at Biblioteca Guarneriana and at Scriptorium Foroiuliense in via Udine. There’ll be five kinds of meetings for musicians and for the general public, featuring music composing, song writing and much more.
Aria di Festa: celebrating San Daniele ham
From June 30 to July 3, the city of San Daniele will host food tastings, open air picnics, masterclasses, meetings revolving around one main topic: the renowned Prosciutto di San Daniele, or San Daniele ham, one of Friuli Venezia Giulia’s most famous DOP (Denomination of protected origin) products. Supported by Consorzio del Prosciutto di San Daniele, the municipality and the local Pro Loco, the ham festival Aria di Festa this year turns 37 and, as usual, on this occasion all local ham-makers (prosciuttifici) will open their doors to visitors for a round of tastings directly at the producers’ facilities. Tourists can also join some of the many ham-based picnics in the open air (reservations here) and the many talks and masterclasses to know more about the delicious San Daniele ham.
Photo Credits: Folkest's photos taken from the festival's official Facebook account
From June 30 to July 3, the city of San Daniele will host food tastings, open air picnics, masterclasses, meetings revolving around one main topic: the renowned Prosciutto di San Daniele, or San Daniele ham, one of Friuli Venezia Giulia’s most famous DOP (Denomination of protected origin) products. Supported by Consorzio del Prosciutto di San Daniele, the municipality and the local Pro Loco, the ham festival Aria di Festa this year turns 37 and, as usual, on this occasion all local ham-makers (prosciuttifici) will open their doors to visitors for a round of tastings directly at the producers’ facilities. Tourists can also join some of the many ham-based picnics in the open air (reservations here) and the many talks and masterclasses to know more about the delicious San Daniele ham.
Photo Credits: Folkest's photos taken from the festival's official Facebook account
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