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Jazz-Espa Anniversary Year offers Diverse Music Program and Jazz Talks

Jazz-Espa offers the hottest jazz in Helsinki once again at the turn of July and August. In addition to current jazz concerts, the week-long urban festival from July 29 to August 3, 2024, features interesting discussions about the future of jazz and music journalism. A new highlight of the anniversary year is Jazz- Espa's Children's Saturday, with concerts suitable for the whole family.


Korpo Sea Jazz takes place on the last weekend of July

Known for its intimate and experimental nature, Korpo Sea Jazz showcases some of the most intriguing names in contemporary Finnish jazz, such as the internationally renowned jazz guitarist Olli Soikkeli and the young virtuoso Maja Mannila. The festival includes individual concerts and free events held around historical sites in the Korpo archipelago, surrounded by nature and the sea.




Suzanne's Green Pilot tour arrives in Finland and Estonia in July

Suzanne is a collective voice that brings together violist Maëlle Desbrosses, bass clarinettist Hélène Duret and guitarist Pierre Tereygeol in their quest for folk songs of the new century. In July 2024, the French trio heads to Estonia and Finland for a new episode of the Europe Jazz Network’s (EJN) Green Pilot Tour program.


Antti Sarpila and Pekka Toivanen Named Jazz Legends No. 43 and 44

Clarinetist Antti Sarpila and saxophonist Pekka Toivanen were awarded the Finnish Jazz Legend prizes on June 27, 2024, in Imatra. The award can be given to a musician who has made a significant career as a jazz performer, composer, arranger, or conductor and is still actively performing.


Baltic Jazz takes over Taalintehdas 4–7 July, 2024

As the first event in the Archipelago Sea Jazz festival series, Baltic Jazz will resound on the first weekend of July in the historic ironworks milieu of Taalintehdas in Kemiönsaari. This cozy family event, held since 1987, focuses especially on classic swinging jazz and features both international artists and local flair.