You have to be a bit crazy to take financial risks year after year and spend a lot of time and certainly labour on something that doesn’t conform to the usual rules of the market economy. You only do something like this if you are 100% convinced that you really want to do it and with all possible consequences.
Unfortunately, the GRIASDI Orga have lost that one or two per cent. That’s why we made this decision to close the “GRIASDI Handpan & World Music GATHERING and FESTIVAL” with the last edition in 2024, which was anything but easy.
The GRIASDI was a Handpan Community Event where the global scene of Handpan enthusiasts met yearly from 2016 to 2024. But it was also a HANDPAN & WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL – that welcomed absolutely EVERYONE who wanted to enjoy a great time with beautiful concerts by musicians from all over the world in a peaceful atmosphere. The very last GRIASDI Festival took place in the summer of 2024 !
Musicians, Handpan Makers, Sound Healers, Sound Enthusiasts and all kinds of Handpan Enthusiasts from all over the world gathered yearly to spend 4 communal, peaceful and creative days accompanied by music and workshops at GRIASDI in AUSTRIA ( Stadt Haag, “Böllerbauer” ). The entire event was always deliberately designed to be child- and family-friendly.
The event strived for a framework in which respectful encounter, consideration, voluntariness, joy, jamming, making music and creativity found place and was promoted.
” GRIASDI was a wonderful fair of creativity and friendliness “