GENERAL INFORMATION: Festival organisation committee will provide one English speaking guide to each group for helping programme schedule. Groups can perform with live music or playback CD- FLASH DISK. If Group accept and agree with the festival conditions, have to fill up the APPLICATION FORM and send us with a short brief about their background and their previously activities in abroad and group photos by e-mail with attachment file.
During the festival, there will be three times of gift exchanges, two of them with Municipality Mayors and one of them with the festival committee at welcoming meeting.
FESTIVAL GENERAL CONDITIONS: Most programs are held in the evening however, some day time programs are also scheduled. Performances are approximately 10-12 munities open air night time. The time of the performance allowed will be strictly limited. All groups will show of their performance max 2 nights, groups shall perform in ISTANBUL different MUNICIPALITIES. We are going to invite 8 countries. (Folklore, Modern Dance, Choir, music, children, young and adult groups).
ACCOMMODATION in 3* or 4* HOTELS
120 € / per person/ all Festival time 4 NIGHTS – 5 DAYS
We will provide to you Two meals per day open buffet (Breakfast+Dinner) and accommodation at the 3* hotel centrum in Kadikoy and Maltepe city centrum each room has 2-3 beds. free internet Wi-Fi. For groups with 25 people, one people will be free. If groups want to lunch pocket, we can arrange it.
P.S: All payments have to be pay in cash (travel-cheque not acceptable) at the first day of the festival., if you want to stay at single room we can arrange it with extra fee. Group wants to stay at hotel, they should send their deposit 500 euro till 1st May 2022. Deposit is non-refundable.
TECHNICAL & ARTISTIC INFORMATIONS: All the basics are providing by the festival organization, such as lightening, one stage side for musicians with microphones participation groups. The groups will perform at the open-air stages mostly during the nights, however some daily performances will be in festival schedule programmed too.
FESTIVAL MEDICAL INSURANCE : All groups are required to secure MADICAL INSURANCE before coming to festival. Organization won’t pay any medical or hospital cost incurred at the festival period. However for any emergency situation, we will provide an ambulance and it will be always ready for 24 hours.
TRANSPORTATION; If group is going to by PLANE, we are going to hire the bus for their all ground transportations. Groups will pay this bus cost. Bus, serves throughout the festival dates (Airport transfers, excursions program transfers (group will visit historical area in Europe side only once), and transfers to the field performance). At the first day of the festival transportation fee should be paid to the festival committee. This is the cost of BUS for max. 44 person, totally 800 €URO. If group number of participant less than 20 person bus cost is 690 €URO .
If group is coming by own BUS, the group will not pay us these transportation fee. The groups are going to pay the bus parking fees in during the festival, sightseeing. (The all-ground transportations will take almost 250 km.). And festival committee won’t give any petrol for all ground transportations to the buses.
ACTIVITIES DURING THE FESTIVAL; Group will visit historical area in Europe side in SULTANAHNET MOSQUE , BLUE MOSQUE free , SAINT SOPHIA, TOPKAPI PALACE, GRAND BAZAAR . PRIVATE BOAT TOUR (10 €, per person), one day during the festival period, there will be a swimming possibility at MARMARA SEA BEACH. Participation groups will be able to see PUBLIC BAZAAR and big SHOPPING CENTERS,
APPLICATION FORM: until 30th April 2022
CHANGEABLE PROGRAM;
- Day: Arriving day to Istanbul.
- : Day Groups are going to visit Byzantine historic district; Blue Mosque (free) – St. Sofia Topkapi Palace Grand Bazaar Free time or– Festival performance at municipality stage open air.
- Day: (concert hall ) Festival performance at municipality stage open air . Boat tour at Bosphorus (10 Euro)
- Day: Free time – Princes Island – Bostanci BEACH – (concert hall ) Festival performance at municipality .
- Day: Leaving day from Istanbul.
For more information’s, please contact in:
Email:propantos@gmail.com culture@openways.gr
Mob: 00306973854977
Websites: www.folk-way.com www.openways.gr
