April Jazz 2025 full programme announced
The 39th April Jazz Festival will be organized in Espoo and Helsinki 22–26 April 2025.
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TTT-Klubi's autumn concerts serve up local icons, singer-songwriters and pulsating blues and soul
Tampere's TTT-Klubi's music programme for autumn 2025 has opened its ticket sales. The programme offers high quality and versatile performances to music lovers of all genres.
UNESCO International Jazz Day Celebrates Jazz as a Messenger of Peace and Intercultural Dialogue on April 30
April 30 marks the celebration of UNESCO’s International Jazz Day. In addition to highlighting jazz’s intrinsic artistic value, the day promotes messages of peace, intercultural collaboration, and respect for human dignity and human rights. The Finnish Jazz Federation is organizing a week-long Jazz Day campaign, fronted this year by jazz musicians Johanna Iivanainen and Jukka Eskola.
Emma-nominated pianist Anni Kiviniemi on tour in May
Emma-nominated jazz pianist and composer Anni Kiviniemi will embark on a Jazz Federation tour in May with her trio. Joining Kiviniemi are two of Finland’s most sought-after jazz musicians: bassist Jori Huhtala and drummer Olavi Louhivuori.
Smoking Mouse celebrates the spring with accordion, euphonium and flugabone in May
Unbridled, intimate and generous, the music of Smoking Mouse appeals the senses. The chamber duo formed by Christophe Girard on accordion and Anthony Caillet on euphonium and flugabone celebrates the Spring in May 2025 with an extended tour in Finland, Estonia and Latvia.
Baltic Jazz brings jazz festivities to Taalintehdas 4–6 July, 2025
The traditional Baltic Jazz festival takes over Taalintehdas once more in July 4–6, 2025.
OutoJazz will be held in Outokumpu for the second time 16–18 May, 2025
The old copper mine provides a rustic setting for one of Eastern Finland's most seminal jazz events.
Breaking musical borders — SoundScapes #5 brings pioneers and masters of improvisation to Espoo in May
In early May, thirteen virtuosos of modern improvised avant-garde music will gather at Espoo Cultural Centre's Louhisali for the two-day SoundScapes #5 festival.
Baltic Jazz Kids brings magic and swing for the whole family
The children’s program of the Baltic Jazz Festival, Baltic Jazz Kids, offers family-friendly entertainment filled with magic, music, and joy this year!
Brian Charette tours Finland in April
New York City organist Brian Charette collaborates with guitarist/composer Mathias Sandberg and drummer Teppo Mäkynen for a 7 date Finland tour in April 2025.