Faces (festival)

Faces is a music festival celebrating multiculturalism, world music and multiplicity held annually in Raseborg, Southern Finland in July–August ever since 1998 organized by the nonprofit Etnokult Association which was formed for this express purpose in December 1997 by Börje Mattsson and Holger Wickström.

Other annual happenings in the Faces are the Finnish Street Performance Championships, the Small Faces program for children, free stage for impromptu participation and art installations throughout the festival area.

Performing arts and workshops have along the years included e.g. live action painting, spiral yoga, wellness awareness, instrument building and conscientiousness participatory workshops.

Faces Etnofestival has always gone the extra mile to provide for accessibility and is also known as one of the most family-friendly festivals in Finland.

Spin-off festivals have been arranged in Petroskoi, Karelia since 2003 and in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2006.