Europeade

[2] The first Europeade was held in 1964 at the initiative of Mon de Clopper (1922–1998) from Flanders and Robert Müller-Kox, a German exiled from the Province of Silesia.

This philosophy is practised each year during the five-day festival, when thousands of people from all parts of Europe, dressed in their traditional costumes, meet to sing, to make music, to dance and to celebrate - without formal lecturing.

Large-scale catering is provided, usually a simple breakfast, a packed lunch and a hot evening meal in one central location.

Groups perform in a number of large concerts, in designated street locations, and take part in a massed parade through the town and in a major Saturday evening Europeade Ball.

Outside the actual events many groups will sing, play and dance wherever they happen to find themselves, including the premises where they are lodged.

Dancers on the Europeade 2015 in Helsingborg .
Folkdance at Henry Dunkers Plats in Helsingborg 2015.
Europeade 2008 at Martigny, Switzerland
Europeade 2011 event in Tartu festival arena (laululava) in Tartu , Estonia .