Nordsjøfestivalen i Farsund is an international musicfestival which focuses on the traditional music found around The North Sea, starting 26th of August. Headliners at the festival include American bluegrass master Bruce Molsky, Swedish supertrio Väsen and Norway´s own master fiddler Annbjørg Lien.

9th - 11th of September a number of soloists and bands from the Nordic Folk Music Scene gather up at the brand new concert venue Riksscenen in Oslo to participate at Folkelarm. They will be joined by delegates from the Nordic countries, from other European countries including the US and Canada.

2010 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Norway’s first international superstar, violin virtuoso Ole Bull. He was a musician, networker, promoter, inspiration and widely regarded as Norway’s first international superstar.
This article is written by Tomas Lauvland Pettersen at Music Information Norway regarding a Bull concert at the Førde Folk Music Festival.

The ensemble Gjertruds Sigøynerorkester (Gjertrud´s Gypsy Orchestra) is a collaboration of highly skilled musicians from many folk music traditions playing music inspired by the gypsy music tradition. In August they are performing at the highly prestigious International Chamber Music Festival in Stavanger, which starts August 9th.

Kalottspel is a folk music and dance festival which takes place in Målselv in the county of Troms. The festival builds on long and rich traditions in the area and was first set up in 1970. This year, Tinda, Valkyrien Allstars, Nordic and Ragnhild Furebotten are some of the artists who will perform at the festival, which starts August 10th.

Mela is again coming to town! This year's event takes place at Rådhusplassen (City Hall Square) from Friday 6. to Sunday 8. August. The festival is considered to be one of the biggest international celebration of culture and creativity in Norway, with artists from more than twenty countries performing with their bands, alone or together. The diversity of the Oslo Mela event makes it ideally suited to people of all ages, backgrounds and cultures.

The sparkling Norwegian duo Sudan Dudan are finally ready to release their follow-up of the previous success recording Sudan Dudan. Their new album is a compilation of old songs dressed in a mix of Norwegian and Anglo American folk traditions. This is singer songwriter music from the valleys of Norway!

In 2010 Sounds of the North is dedicated to Norway. During the whole week in the middle of summer Gdańsk will be a meeting place with Norwegian culture and musical tradition. Because of the great care for saving and creative interpretation of their tradition, Norwegians can be proud of many original folk bands and well educated musicians.