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Funky Awards returns to celebrate the best of the soulful Suomi! The award ceremony brings together the highlights of the Finnish black roots music released during the year 2024 and searches for the hottest artists, bands, songs and music videos of them all with the help of the jury and the public vote.
At Jazz Camp for Girls you get to have fun and make music with the help of professional musicians!
IndieCo rewards the success stories of 2024 by hosting Indie Awards 2025.
The Odysseus Festival, dedicated to adventurous music, will take place next summer as a two-day event at Helsinki’s Kulttuuritehdas Korjaamo on July 18–19. The first performers have now been announced, and early-bird tickets are on sale via Tiketti.
Double bassist and recent Yrjö Prize awardee Antti Lötjönen and guitarist Kalle Kalima embark on an extensive record release tour in winter 2025.
The 39th April Jazz Festival will be organized in Espoo and Helsinki 22–26 April 2025.
The Finnish Jazz Federation is once again organizing a series of free outdoor concerts at the Esplanade Park stage in Helsinki from July 28 to August 2, 2025. Applications for performers will open on Monday, December 2, 2024, at 10:00 AM and close on Monday, December 30, 2024, at 4:00 PM. You can apply to perform at Jazz-Espa using an online form, accessible via the link at the end of this article.
Singer-songwriter Tuure Kilpeläinen surprises audiences by venturing on a jazz tour in mid-December. Kilpeläinen teams up with legendary American trumpeter Randy Brecker and five other musicians for the New York Suite: Tales from the Journey tour.
Savoy JAZZFest, one of the Helsinki metropolitan area’s premier jazz events, has announced additional acts for next year’s program. The festival, taking place in early March, will feature Grammy-winning jazz guitarist Bill Frisell (USA) in its Saturday closing concert. Earlier that same day, the stage at Savoy Theater will host award-winning bassist Kaisa Mäensivu’s Kaisa’s Machine, joined by renowned American tenor saxophonist Mark Turner. Tickets for Savoy JAZZFest will go on sale on Friday, November 29, at 12:00 PM via Lippu.fi.
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra's children's music project, featuring joint concerts with Pikku Papu's Orchestra, was awarded as the Children's Music Initiative of the Year at the Jellona Gala.
