Sixteen folk forms. One main stage.

Sixteen folk forms are presented on the main stage in Dhaka across the four days of the festival, giving traditions that rarely reach a national stage a room of their own.

In Chittagong and Rajshahi, short, small-scale open-stage performances are organised before the theatre shows, so audiences arriving for a production meet the folk programme first.

The main folk programme takes place exclusively at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka, presenting sixteen folk forms. In Chittagong and Rajshahi, short, small-scale open-stage performances are held before the theatre shows.