Konsta Jylhä Competition

Since 2010, The Folk Music Institute and Pelimannitalo (The Fiddlers' House) have arranged the Konsta Jylhä Competition of folk music. The competition's theme varies from year to year, and its finals take place during the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival.

The winners of the competition so far (traditional/free series until 2015):

2010 Erkki Lassila & tytöt / Anssi Salminen & Markus Luomala
2011 Emilia Lajunen / Eero Grundström
2012 Emilia Lajunen & Suvi Oskala / Teija Niku ja Grupa Balkan
2013 Arto Järvelä / Anne-Mari Kivimäki
2014 Ilona Korhonen / Outi Pulkkinen
2015 Onni Rajaniemi / Tero Pajunen
2016 Teho
2017 MäSä
2018 Aiode
2019 Polenta
(2020 the competition wasn't arranged)