Førdefestivalen 2011 - Womens World (Opening concert)

Theme for this years Førdefestival was Womens World.
My interpretation is that the festival simply wanted to focus on the many strong female artists around the globe. If that's the goal, then they indeed succeeded.

Here comes some fragments from the first part of the opening show.

The host: Norvegian fiddler and woman
Sigrid Moldestad.

Kirsten Bråten Berg (Norway) & Urna (Mongolia)

Urna
& Susanne Rosenberg (Sweden)

 Houria Aïchi & l'Hijâz'Car (Algeria)

 The Mahotella Queens (South Africa)

Førdefestivalen 2011 - Market

Førde Folk Music Festival is off course folk music, a lot of folk music. But it's also mingling and shopping.

Let me first introduce you to Arne Fredriksen, founder and manager of Etnisk Musikklubb a on line CD club, a festival store, and a pretty interesting CD label.
He has been there every year I've been at the festival, and he probably will next year too.

Outside we found the "normal" festival traders

Nuthatch - Spettmeis

That's one busy bird.

Deer

Me and my photo buddy had a night out in a primitive tent not long ago. The plan was to photograph some cranes.









The birds never showed up (at least not within photo range) but a deer with child came along. The mother came pretty close to the tent. After a while she spotted us, and run of. The child was left alone, and hid in the grass for a while.

I've had a pretty tough debate with myself about showing or not showing this last crop.
It is not a pretty sight, the aggressive flies and the ticks at her. But it's nature.

Runde birds - Puffins and a fulmar