Young people from far and wide have taken part in courses with established performers within several branches of traditional folk music. During Master and student pupils and teachers meet on stage in the festival's closing performance.

This year's champions represent, among other things, the fiddle, Hardanger fiddle, langeleik, two-row accordion, traditional vocal folk music (kveding), halling dance, couple dance, jew's harp, lur, goat horn and willow flute.

The audience will get to experience young performers alongside established folk musicians.

Cast

Ragna Valde Sletten and Andreas Ljones, fiddle
Daniel Sanden Warg, Åse Teigland and Sindre Tronrud, Hardanger fiddle
Eirin Tveide Lilleslett, langeleik
Vegard Hansen, diatonic accordion
Helga Myhr, traditional Norwegian vocal folk music
Nikolaj Bo Fischer Nielsen, native of Halling
Thomas Nilssen, partner dancing
Ånund Meberg Myhren, jaw harp
Karstein Grønnesby, lur, buckhorn and willow flute