Festival pub at Torvet

Low threshold offer for absolutely everyone! As last year, we set up an outdoor stage at Torvet in the center of Farsund, right outside the ice cream bar at Torvets. Here we give you lovely concerts with the festival's artists, completely free of charge. With this event, we want to stimulate activity and an experience offering in the city centre, and warmly welcome everyone! You can make use of the dining options at Torvets or Lekteren, or dance, listen and enjoy yourself in front of the stage.

You will hear:

Paul McKenna Band
Led by one of Scotland's most eloquent and expressive vocalists and songwriters, the Paul McKenna Band builds bridges between Scottish and Irish traditional roots and contemporary acoustic pop. Throughout their 15-year career, McKenna's captivating original compositions have become increasingly prominent - as heard on their latest album, 2019's Breathe. Now they are finally coming to Farsund!

Cast:
Paul McKenna – vocals/guitar
Robbie Greig – fiddle
Conal McDonagh – flutes/bagpipes
Conor Markey – banjo/bouzouki/guitars
Ewan Baird – Percussion

Ingunn Bjørgo Band
Ingunn Bjørgo is a Norwegian composer and award-winning musician on diatonic and chromatic accordions. She is inspired by Scandinavian and Irish folk music, as well as Dutch balfolk. Her music has reached large audiences, both in Norway and abroad. Recent examples are Allsang på grensen (2020), concert in Asker Kulturhus (2023) and the Rudolstadt festival in Germany (2023).

She has released six albums with her own music: Grenseland with the Ingunn Bjørgo Band – Nybrott, Tettbygd strøk and Full Oppladding with AskerLadden – Skapdøl med bysko, Ingunn Bjørgo - and Huskelappen with Bjørgo&Reistad. Her compositions have also been used in film and TV productions, and by other artists such as Helene Bøksle, Trygve Skaug and Gaute Ormåsen. Ingunn's music has not only reached beyond national borders, but also garnered a reputation beyond the folk music genre. According to Dagbladet's review of Huskelappen in 2015, even die-hard accordion haters will be convinced that there is a lot in this instrument, as long as it is "used with the elegance" of Ingunn Bjørgo.

Cast:
Ingunn Bjørgo – torades and accordion
Sindre Tronrud – harding fiddle
Åsmund Reistad – guitar and mandolin

Aurom Vocal Trio
Aurom is an experimental folk song trio that takes timeless songs from tradition and writes new ones inspired by the old ones. Three different voices with great range and a rare harmony. Aurom have found each other in the playfulness, in the love of the voice's ability to say so many things without having to utter a word. The trio made their record debut with the album "Utan å dirre" on Nye Nor (formerly NORCD) on 06 May 2021. The album received good reviews and was nominated in the "Open class" at Folkelarmprisen 2021. In Farsund they present music from their new album "O, weak minds" which came out in March!

Cast:
Malin Alander - song
Ingebjørg Lognvik Reinholdt - song
Guro Utne Salvesen - song

Folk music students from the University of Southeast Norway
We care for promising young folk musicians, and have a long tradition of inviting folk music students from the University of Southeast Norway (Raulandsakademiet) to perform at the Farsund Folk Festival. This year is no exception, and we look forward to giving a bunch of young talents a place on stage!

Cast:
Flora Wiederkehr – fiddle, flute, vocals
Runa Molmshaug – long play
Gló Einarsdottir – flute, vocals
Sebastian Fykse – guitar, vocals