Gjirokastër National Folk Festival
Gjirokastër National Folk Festival (Albanian: Festivali Folklorik Kombëtar i Gjirokastrës) is an artistic festival taking place every five years at Gjirokastër Castle in Gjirokastër, southern Albania. The festival was first held in 1968 and is regarded as the most important event in Albanian culture. The festival showcases Albanian traditional music, dress and dance from Albania, the diaspora, and Albanian inhabited lands throughout the Balkans and Southern Italy. The Gjirokastër Festival followed the tradition of the Folklore Festivals started in Tirana in 1949.
| Gjirokastër National Folk Festival | |
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| Genre | folk |
| Location(s) | Gjirokastër, Albania |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Organised by | Ministry of Culture |
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