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{{Infobox
| name               = Kantfest International
| local name         = Kantfest
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| street             = Trg vstaje 3
| town               = SI-2342 Ruše
| website            = http://kantfest.si
| email              = 
| telephone          = 386 (0) 2 668 8446
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| founded by         =
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| founded by 4       =
| organised by       = Cezam, center za mlade Ruše
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| frequency          = annual
| dates and duration = 2 days, August
| duration weeks     = 23 (2012) 34 (2013) 34 (2014)
| festival dates     = 14.8.2015 - 17.8.2015, 22.10.2016, 3.11.2017 - 4.11.2017, 9.11.2018 - 10.11.2018, 16.8.2019 - 21.8.2019, 18.8.2021 - 22.8.2021, 5.8.2022 - 13.8.2022, 11.8.2023 - 17.8.2023
| contacts     = {{Contact
  | name        = Peter Andrej 
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  | email       = peterandrej@gmail.com
  | telephone   = 386 (0) 41 875 638
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| accounts = 
https://www.facebook.com/kantfestfestival/
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{{Teaser|
[[KantFest International|KantFest]] was launched in [[established::2003]] in the small-town of Ruše as a singer-songwriter festival and contest, to which unsigned and unpublished musicians can apply. There are no limits regarding the genre of music, anything from guitar-based folk to rap is welcome, but the festival's focal point is on the lyrics. The most original singer-songwriters are selected by a jury of renowned musicians. The award's name, ''Kanta'' is based on a wordplay of the name of the festival and translates to English as "bin". The name also alludes to the waste and hyper-productivity of our consumer society, which mainly rewards quantity and not the quality of the music. Kantfest is usually structured as a 1 to 2-day festival, where musicians first present themselves in Ljubljana, and the following day the competition and announcement of the best three singer-songwriters continues in Ruše. 
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Over the years, the festival has grown, instituted some annual traditions, and even offered some international exchanges where Slovene singer-songwriters were invited to perform abroad and foreign singer-songwriters were invited to perform on Slovene stages. Since the organisers believe that females are scarcely represented in the singer-songwriter scene, they dedicated one evening in 2007 in Ljubljana solely to female singer-songwriters.


== External links ==
* [https://letnioder.si/program-izvajalci/17-kantfest-international/ 17th KantFest International web page]
* [http://kantfest.wordpress.com KantFest archive]

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[[Category:Festivals]]
[[Category:Music festivals]]

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