ALL AROUND EUROPE: Kaustinen festival / Finland | EV100

2018 will mark one hundred years since the establishment of the Republic of Estonia. This will be the greatest and grandest event in Estonia’s history. Estonian band Trad.Attack! will celebrate this important historic milestone in their country’s history by presenting its unique modern vision of traditional Estonian folk music in all EU member states with “ALL AROUND EUROPE” concert tour. The international programme to introduce Estonia abroad will be launched in the second half of 2017 when Estonia holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU and will continue throughout 2018 as part of Estonia’s centenary celebrations. Trad.Attack!’s concert tour will also run from 1 July 2017 to 31 December 2018, taking the band’s fresh approach and energetic performances to many festivals and venues. The schedule of concerts to be held in all EU countries will be announced and updated on Trad.Attack!’s web page. According to Trad.Attack!’s guitarist, Jalmar Vabarna, the repertoire of Trad.Attack! consists exclusively of Estonian music, including some archival recordings which are about 100 years old. “At our concerts we always share facts about Estonian music archives, old times singing mothers and music traditions. As part of the tour, we will also lead workshops on Estonia, traditional music and folk instruments to publicise Estonia as a mystical and enticing country where traditions are held in high esteem. We want to dedicate this concert tour especially to two historic milestones in our country’s history – Estonia’s centenary and Estonia’s first presidency of the EU, as we plan to bring our music to all EU states.” Trad.Attack!’s European concert tour was selected as one of the projects to receive funding from the Estonia 100 and EU presidency joint international program that will include events to promote Estonia abroad in 2017 and 2018.