Our 20th International Folk Dance Festival 19 to 25 July 2009
Schedule of Performances
FALKLAND PALACE, Palace Gardens (weather permitting)
Sunday 19th July. Parade and dancing 2 to 4 pm
Admission to National Trust for Scotland £10.50 / £7.50
EDINBURGH, Scottish Parliament (weather permitting)
Monday 20th July. Parade and dancing 12.30 to 3 pm
Admission free
EDINBURGH, The Mound (weather permitting)
Tuesday 21st July. Parade and dancing 1.30 to 4 pm
Admission free
EDINBURGH THEATRE PERFORMANCE, Church Hill Theatre
Thursday 23rd July 7:30 pm
Tickets £10 / £8 / £6 from
The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh, 0131 473 2000
or online by clicking in the box to the right
Remaining tickets (if any) sold on the door at £10
EDINBURGH, Botanic Gardens (weather permitting)
Friday 24th July. Parade and dancing 1 to 3 pm
Admission free
STIRLING CASTLE, Queen Anne Garden (weather permitting)
Saturday 25th July. Parade and dancing 1.30 to 3.30 pm
Admission to Historic Scotland Castle £9 / £7 / £4.50
Background and Further Information
Dunedin Dancers organises an International Folk Dance Festival every two years. Each festival we invite three visiting groups representing different folk dance backgrounds.
In 2009 the three visiting groups will be:
- KUD Oton Župančič, Folklore Group from Artiče in Slovenia
- Danzdeel Salzkotten, Folk Dance Group from Salzkotten in Germany
- Leiklaget i BUL Tromsø, from Tromsø in Norway
We are very pleased that our friends KUD Oton Župančič from Slovenia, who visited us in 2003, and Danzdeel Salzkotten, from Germany, who visited us in 1985, 1991 and 1997, will be joining us to celebrate our 20th Festival. We shall also be pleased to welcome Leiklaget i BUL Tromsø, from Norway, who will be participating in our festival for the first time. They have been invited by our sister society, New Scotland.
Home base for the festival is in Edinburgh, with a variety of performances both in the City and outwith, at venues such as Falkland Palace and Stirling Castle. A theatre performance takes place at Church Hill Theatre. We also have a programme of social events open to all festival participants.
All our visitors are accommodated with hosts in and around Edinburgh. Hosting is an excellent way of participating in the festival, whether or not you can dance. It provides an opportunity to get to know foreign visitors and join in the social aspects of the festival. Hosts provide bed and breakfast for the week, and also a couple of packed lunches and two evening meals. This leaflet (0.5 MB) gives more information about hosting.
Our visitors are provided with most of their meals at our base and volunteers are always required to help prepare and serve the meals, man the private bar and generally help with the day to day tasks which ensure the festival runs smoothly.
If you are a foreign folk dance group who would like to be invited to our festival, please note that we normally only invite groups that we have met at another folk dance festival, and that we decide which groups to invite about a year before each festival.
For more photographs
click here for KUD Oton Župančič,
click here for Danzdeel Salzkotten,
or click here for Leiklaget i BUL Tromsø.