Postcards from Scotland

Postcards from Scotland is a digital performance with the best of Scottish artists, produced by Showcase Scotland Expo and an international jury in which Farsund Folk Festival has participated.

Since the shutdown of Norway and the rest of the world, artists worldwide have lost a large part of their source of income. Scots are very popular and have traveled the world to play at various festivals and they have always been an important part of our festival.

Scottish authorities and promoters have worked hard during this time to find alternative sources of income, but also alternative new ways of communicating their music. The very worst thing that can happen to music is that we forget it. Therefore, they have worked with various digital events to bring Scottish music to the rest of the world.

The producers from Showcase Scotland therefore offer, as the only festival in Norway, Farsund Folk Festival, a digital performance called: Postcards from Scotland. This performance is offered exclusively at 18 festivals worldwide. The performance is a mixture of live concert recordings and videos. The repository is selected in the following way. Showcase Scotland searched for artists who wanted to take part and received over 90 applicants. Then they sorted this list down to 60 artists who were presented to the jury. The jury consisted of the festival directors of the selected 18 festivals and was to halve the list to 30. After this round, a panel of 8 from the festivals selected the 18 artists presented in this performance. Ann Helen Erichsen participated on behalf of Farsund Folk Festival in the international jury.

Some of the artists presented have been to Farsund before and will be known to our audience, and some are booked for next year's festival. Brand new artists are also presented. The jury is in agreement that the selection is a good representation of the Scottish music scene.

Join us in voting for the artist you like best and we will invite you back to Farsund in 2021!

About concerts at Backes Bu

The concert performance will be shown on a screen at Backes Bu and there will be space for 50. Possibility to buy food and drink. Remember to keep 1 meter distance from everyone who is not in your household, use good hand hygiene and cough hygiene. If you have evidence or symptoms of covid 19, you must not participate.
Payment only by card and tip.

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