A mini-festival called “Roma Roots and Routes” features Roma culture and tradition, with a singing and dancing workshop, a performance by the Nadara band from Trasylvania, and a mini-market with goods and food “in the spirit of Roma traditions” whatever this may mean …
More on the Khamoro Festival which started yesterday in Prague.
Roma music from different corners of the world, a theatrical story about the Romani partisan Josef Serink, a traditional procession of hundreds of Romani artists through the historical centre of Prague, and debates on topics that move society. The capital will once again transform into the centre of Romani culture in the last week of May. The largest Romani festival in the world – Khamoro – is returning to the metropolis. The twenty-eighth year will offer a total of seven concerts of various genres and about two dozen accompanying events. The festival has been organized by Slovo 21 and Studio Production Saga since 1999. This year’s event was held under the patronage of the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel.
The Khamoro World Roma Festival will begin next Sunday, May 24, with a concert on Střelecký Island in Prague. Until Saturday, May 30, the 28th year of the festival will offer seven concerts of various genres and about two dozen accompanying events. President Petr Pavel took over the patronage of this year’s edition.
The already traditional international Khamoro festival presents the best of Roma culture from around the world. Visitors can look forward to concerts, an accompanying program and meetings with prominent figures of the Roma music and art scene.
The festival brings a diverse mix of genres from traditional Roma music to modern projects and offers a unique opportunity to experience the richness of Roma culture in the heart of Prague.
There was a Roma music festival in Tallin.
On April 8th, the international Roma Day, a large event is planed in Berlin.
The eighth edition of the Roma and Sinti Culture Festival concluded Sunday, February 22, at the 10 Settembre 1943 Auditorium in Isenia. The event that combined fashion, music, and artistic competition in the spirit of inclusion and promoted by the Rom In Progress Association with the patronage of the municipal and provincial governments.
A reportage on a festival “Rroma” in Romania entirely devoted to Roma culture.
The 32nd edition of Amico Rom, an event combining a competition, awards, music, cultural events, and celebrations, will get underway on October 3, 2025. Following the well-attended and moving celebration in memory of the deported Roma and Sinti children held on September 30, this Friday there will be three events in Lanciano: at 10:30 a.m., in the Parco delle Memorie, the solemn ceremony for the Samudaripen (Roma and Sinti genocide) will be held, with the laying of a laurel wreath and speeches by the authorities; At 4:00 pm, the Casa di Conversazione will screen the documentary “A Roma’s Dream,” starring Croatian MP Veljko Kajtazi.
The film festival “Ake Dikhea” is starting. Two films currently highlighted are “Reaching for the rope”, and “The earth beneath Margaret’s feet”.
As part of the RomnoPower Culture Week 2025, Cinema Quadrat and the Baden-Württemberg Association of German Sinti and Roma will present
director Adrian Oeser’s two documentaries in person. In addition, protagonist Wesley Höllenreiner will provide insights into his family history. Both films address the long periods of disenfranchisement of Sinti and Roma.
This year’s “Gypsy Fest” was an attempt to bring awareness to the Roma culture and customs. A colourful parade passed through the centre of Vilnius. One of the festival’s highlights was a Roma village with traditional dishes and handicrafts. A fashion show and a free concert also took place.
The 21st annual festival Te prindžaras amen – Let’s Get to Know each other, which will took place on Sunday at the Museum of the Slovak Village in Martin, was dedicated to traditional forms of dance of various Romani groups in Slovakia. As reported by the cultural and promotional manager of the Slovak National Museum (SNM) in Martin, Milena Kiripolská, the event’s program has been shortened to only 1:00 p.m. due to adverse weather.
The two-day “Gypsy Fest 2025” festival dedicated to Roma culture kicked off in Vilnius on Friday. The program includes a colorful parade, a fashion show, traditional food tastings, and Roma music concerts.
The 21st annual festival Te prindžaras amen – Let’s Get to Know Each Other, which will take place on Sunday, September 14 at the Museum of the Slovak Village in Martin, will be dedicated to traditional forms of dance of various Roma groups in Slovakia.
Unfortunate that the picture reflects more stereotypes that tradition …
An appeal by the organiser of the Roma festical Ando Glaso in Glasgow so that Roma culture gets the same recognition as the Irish one.
This September, Lithuanian listeners will be treated to a veritable cocktail of famous performers. According to the press release, the best Roma performers from abroad will perform on the stage of the international festival “Gypsy Fest 2025”.
On Saturday, September 6, the Bystrica amphitheatre will be singing and dancing for the 19th Gypsy Fire.
The Gypsy Fire traditionally brings a spirited musical experience full of passion. On Saturday, September 6, 2025, from 5:00 p.m., great Roma musicians, dancers and singers will perform at the Paľa Bielik Amphitheatre in Banská Bystrica. The climax of the Gypsy Fire will be Rytmus.
An Interview with Janos Lang, the artistic director of the Ando Glaso Festival in Glasgow, UK.
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