The Absolute Winner of this year's 20th anniversary edition of the International Folklore Festival "Euro Folk – Black Sea 2024" and the recipient of the Grand Prize "Golden Orpheus" for 2024 is the Cultural Association from Thermo, Greece. The artistic director of the ensemble is Vasileios Triantafyllou.

"20 years have passed, and more than 15,000 participants have performed on the stage of the International Folklore Festival 'Euro Folk – Black Sea.' I hope that over all these years, we have had the opportunity to provide a good place, a beautiful platform for expression to all those people who love folklore and pass it on to the next generations because this is our most important mission today – to pass on the dreams and hopes of our ancestors for a better world, for a better future for our children." – with these words, Kaloyan Nikolov, the President of the European Association of Folklore Festivals, marked the event's anniversary.

The first prize "Golden Orpheus" in the category "Group for Folk Dances – Authentic Folklore, Children Division" was awarded to the group "Dance Art" under the National Program "Together in Arts and Sports" at "Vasil Levski" Secondary School – Krumovgrad, with artistic director Daniela Boyadzhieva.
The vocal group "Siyanie" at the "Father Paisii 1905" Community Center from the town of Polski Trambesh, with artistic director Petar Petrov, received the first prize "Golden Orpheus" in the category "Old Urban Songs."
In the category "Folk Customs," the first prize "Golden Orpheus" was awarded to the "Surat" Kukeri Club from the village of Mirkovo, with artistic director Iliicho Lalchev.
During two June festival evenings held in Kiten and Primorsko, more than 200 singers, dancers, and musicians of all ages expressed their love for folklore, turning "Euro Folk Black Sea" into one of the most colorful musical events of the "Euro Folk" Music Holidays, delighting both the local audience and the unlimited virtual audience.