2025 Folk Festival

July 21- July 26

Rupert Square Kick-Off

Monday, July 21st 7:00pm

Kick off our festival week at this free, interactive event!  The evening begins with a parade of teams around the Rupert Square.
 

Youth Culture Day

Wednesday, July 23rd
Burley High School 9:30am - 2:30pm

Join us for one of the highlights of our festival — Youth Culture Day.  This event is free to children of all ages.

Gala Performances

July 25-26, 2025
King Fine Arts Center
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Show starts at 7:00 pm. Purchase tickets online or at the door.

Take a trip around the world at one of our Gala Performances. At these performances, the dancers present their best dances in colorful costumes.
 
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International Folk Dance 

Welcome to the Magic Valley Folk Festival

The Magic Valley Folk Festival in Burley, Idaho unites the entire Magic Valley through vibrant gala performances and free community shows. Promoting friendship across all backgrounds, it boosts tourism, fosters regional pride, and aims to grow as a premier cultural event enriching lives and encouraging broad community involvement across the Magic Valley.
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Team Guide

Team members are needed to help be guides for the Magic Valley Folk Festival. Team guides are responsible for managing time and arrangements for international guests performers.
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Volunteer

There are many events happening throughout the week during the festival. Volunteers help as needed with different aspects of the events.
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Host Family

Host families are an important part of the guest performers experience here in the Magic Valley. As a host family you will need to provide the guests with housing, food, transportation, and friendship.
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20+

Years of Festivals

30+

Countries Represented 

100s

Teams from Around the World

100%

Lives Enriched
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Community Benefits and Goals
 

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• Gala Performances for an audience of over 2,000.

• Free community shows in local parks, shopping mall businesses, and service organization meetings.

• Opportunity for community to come together for a common goal of friendship.

• Create bridges between age, religion and ethnicity.

• Increase tourism to Magic Valley.
• Increase involvement of nearby communities in outreach shows.

• Build a broad base of community involvement.

• Enrich the lives of all that participate.

• Sharing of ideas and teams with other festivals.

• Promoting diversity, inclusivity, and multicultural understanding.

Testimonials & Reviews
What Festival Organizers Are Saying
 

"In 2024, IRME was the first US group to come to our 56-year-old Greek festival. The young people of IRME turned our stereotypes upside down: caring, polite, always smiling, educated, family-oriented, they dominated with their youth and energy. Kristine & Melissa are respectful leaders. We loved IRME's diverse dance show, a mix of folklore and modern choreography with lots of stunt work! Uplifting live music by experienced musicians added a traditional style to the IRME shows. We almost felt the amazing nature of IDaho through your dancing! We sih you the best of luck in your performances and travels around the world! Let us meet again!
— Vanessa Stylopoulou, "Karaiskakeia" festval in Karditsa, Greece

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