The festival program is four days and includes evening concerts of visiting international groups. On two of the days a competition is held to evaluate the performances of Bulgarian vocal groups, choirs, folk dance ensembles and ensembles. The performances in the competition part are evaluated by a professional jury. The ambitions of the municipality of Chelopech as an organizer of the Festival is every year to enrich the list of participants from distant attractive cultures and ethnic groups and especially to promote Bulgarian and world folk art.