Jazz Finland Live

Lauri Kallio is a versatile music professional whose work can be found on approximately forty releases. He has contributed as a recording engineer, mixer, producer, composer, and arranger—and naturally as a performer, primarily a guitarist. In recent years, Kallio has become well-known for his work with bands such as Pambikallio and the Jimi Tenor Band. His second album, Turtles, Cats and Other Creatures, was released in 2025. 

Lauri Kallio’s ensemble plays music where the "landscape, open to interpretation, leaves the listener with the responsibility and freedom to seek out stories and their meanings. Then again, you don’t have to do that either; you can just be and enjoy." (Pekka Laine) 

Lauri Kallio – guitar 
Adele Sauros – saxophones & flute 
Natalia Castrillón – harp 
Ville Rauhala – bass 
Joonas Leppänen – drums

Jazz-Espa is a city festival focusing on Finnish jazz music produced by the Finnish Jazz Association from 27 July to 1 August 2026. The event aims to present a diverse and current range of top names in Finnish jazz and young future talents to a wide target audience. The concerts are free, accessible and suitable for the whole family. More information at jazzespa.fi and on social media @suomenjazzliitto.

Open event

Tickets 19 € / 35 € / 38 €

The new ensemble of singer Aili Ikonen and saxophonist Jukka Perko reinterprets some of classical music's most famous melodies with a jazz-infused approach! These familiar classical tunes are given new life when paired with brand-new poetic lyrics. Finnish lyrics for these compositions - originally known as instrumental pieces—have been crafted by Paleface, Mariska, Mikko Kuustonen, and Kanerva Pasanen, among others - all of whom are today's leading Finnish lyricists.

_{In 2026, it will be 100 years since jazz symbolically arrived in Finland with the ship Andania. The year thus marks a historic centenary celebration for Finnish jazz: Jazz in Finland 100. The anniversary highlights Finnish jazz and its artists both in Finland and abroad, celebrating jazz as part of Finland’s cultural heritage. The Jazz in Finland 100 campaign is coordinated by the Finnish Jazz Federation.}

Open event