Mitteyoung, Mitteleuropa under-30 festival, was one of the major novelties of
Mittelfest 2021: at its second edition it has become an eagerly awaited appointment
and a unique event on the European scene, to see a generation on stage, and at the
same time to give substantial productive help to young people.

In fact, it has already forged important alliances such as the one with
Carinthischer Sommer Music Festival, and in particular with the under-30 project:
CS under 30, one of its shows, from a restricted selection, will be hosted at
Mittelfest, while a music show among the three winners of Mittelyoung will be
hosted in Villach in August.

To recap all the stages of Mittelyoung, also this year the shows on stage have been
selected following a call for proposals published all over the Mitteleuropean
countries, which has resulted in 148 proposals, subsequently submitted to a jury of
curatores under 30 composed by young people from cultural and performing arts
institutions from Friuli Venezia Giulia, from Carintischer Sommer Music Festival,
from SNG Nova Gorica, in addition to the winners of Mittelyoung last edition.

Six countries are represented by the selected projects (Italy, Netherlands,
Austria, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Germany), and almost all of them are world
premieres. The proposed themes focus on the environment, the fluidity of genders,
roots and the future, and the journey that lies between those two polarities.