The 32 International Folkore Festival
Varna Summer 2023

The 32 International Folk Festival will be held from 31 July to 03 August, 2022 in the city of Varna, Bulgaria.

1. Ensembles performing traditional dances and dances arranged for stage may apply for the following two categories:

• Youth Ensembles over 16 years old;
• Adults’ Ensembles.

2. The ensembles wishing to participate in the 32 International Folk Festival – Varna 2023 should send a letter in English expressing their wish to participate in the Festival not later than 01 March 2023 to the address:

International Folk Festival
Culture Department
Varna Municipality
43, Osmi Primorski Polk blvd
9000 VARNA
BULGARIA
tel. (++359/ 52) 820-667
e-mail: office@varnafolk.co, jasminvasileva@abv.bg, www.varnafolk.com

3. The candidates should send either with their letters or up to01 March 2023 the following materials:

• short CV of the ensemble in English (maximum 1000 symbols, including blanks);
• high quality colour pictures or slides of the ensemble for the catalogue (CMYK, 300dpi resolution; properties - dimension Heigh min 15 cm; formats - TIFF, EPS, JPG, PNG);
• recent video recordings (DVD, format as AVI, MPEG4, DIVX) with ensemble’s performance not shorter than 15 minutes;
• short film on DVD up to 5 min. about participant’s country and city.

4. The Organizing Committee covers the expenses of the ensembles for their stay in Varna during the festival period from 12:00 midday on July 31, 2023 to 10:00 a.m. on Augus 3, 2023.

5. The number of participants is not to be over 28 persons, including accompanying people and drivers (if the group travels by bus). Groups over 28 persons will not be admitted.

6. The travelling expenses to and from Varna are to be the responsibility of the participants themselves.

7. In the beginning of April 2023 the Organizing Committee will send official invitations to the ensembles, approved for participation in the festival.

8. The ensembles are expected to be ready to take part in the Festival programmes with:

• two different performances respectively for the Opening and Closing ceremonies up to 7 min.;
• fragment performances for the processions 3-5 min.;
• block performance lasting 20 minutes;
• performance 30-40 minutes.

Note: The Organizing Committee will consider only the candidatures of those ensembles who have sent the above required promotional materials in due time.