Skagen Festival

International folk music festival taking place every year during the first weekend of July in Skagen, the northernmost city in Denmark, situated at the top of the peninsula of Jutland. The first version of the festival was held in 1971 which makes it the oldest music festival in Denmark. Originally dedicated entirely to traditional folk music and entitled Skagen Visefestival, it shortened the name to Skagen Festival in 1989 as the musical scope had enlarged. Today the festival present folk music of all kinds: Folk, folk-rock, jazz, ballads, singer-songwriting, ballads, roots, cajun, blues and more.