We are happy to announce the good news that our jury has finally selected the 20 festivals which will be part of the MOST Festival Exchange Programme.

The jury consists: Hilde Bjørkum, co-founder, former artistic and managing director of Førde Traditional and World Music Festival, vice president of Norway Festivals; Tim Gubel, manager of Fusion Embassy, a well-known music agency in Bulgaria and partner in MOST and Balázs Weyer, Programme Director of MOST and Hangvető, consortium lead of MOST.

Important aspects of the selection were among others the motivation of the applicant, the track record and growth potential of the festival, but the geographical diversity as well.

Congratulations to all the festivals, see the list here:

FESTIVALS FROM THE BALKANS

• D Festival, Dojran, North Macedonia
• Etnofest, Palić and Subotica, Serbia
• Jazz Factory Festival, Bitola, North Macedonia
• Kamičak Etno Festival, Sinj, Croatia
• Kosova Brass Festival, Prishtina, Kosovo
• Méra World Music Festival, Méra, Baciu/Kisbács, Cluj/Kolozs County, Romania
• Outernational Days, Bucharest, Romania
• Vrelo zvuka, Zagreb, Croatia
• World Music Fest Zeman, Novi Pazar, Serbia
• World Music Festival “Todo Mundo”, Belgrade, Serbia

FESTIVALS FROM THE REST OF EUROPE

• “Heritage” World Music Festival, Szolnok, Hungary
• Adriatico Mediterraneo, Ancona, Italy
• Etnosoi! Festival, Helsinki, Finland
• Fengaros Festival, Kato Drys village, Larnaca, Cyprus
• Fira Mediterrània of Manresa, Manresa, Catalonia – Spain
• Glatt&Verkehrt, Krems, Austria
• Mikolajki Folkowe, Lublin, Poland
• Musicastrada Festival, Tuscany, Italy
• Pannonica Festival, Barcice, Poland
• Valley of Arts (Művészetek Völgye), Kapolcs, Hungary