News -page consists of current topics and interesting articles about jazz in Finland.
Finnish HERD trio featuring sax player Joakim Berghäll play at the Open Doors event in the Prime Minister's residence Kesäranta. Helsinki celebrates then, on the 22nd of August, Kesäranta's 140-year anniversary.
Trondheim's Dokkhuset turns into a stage for the freshest and most topical Nordic jazz of the year in the annual Young Nordic Jazz Comets showcase night on the 12th of September. The YNJC showcase features six bands from the five Nordic countries, and teh Faroe Islands. This year's Finnish representative is vocalist Kadi Vija's Kadi Quartet.
Rob Young, journalist in such alternative music medias as the British magazine 'The Wire', listened through this year's Young Nordic Jazz Comets bands. In his article he found more to the concept of Nordic contemporary jazz, than traditionally meets the eye - or the ear... This year's YNJC showcase is held in Trondheim on the 12th of September. Among the six acts from all the Nordic countries and the Faroe Islands, the Finnish representative Kadi Quartet is also mentioned in Young's article.
The northernmost jazz festival in Finland, Inari's Kaamosjazz has now an Artistic Director, Aarno Cronwall, who is responsible for the next festival's programme together with Inari-Saariselkä Travels Ltd. and the local concert organizers.
New jazz club "AMC-klubi" features Finnish and international live jazz acts in the cozy atmosphere of Culture House Telakka in Tampere.
Bennink performs as a duo with saxophonist Mikko Innanen, one of the hottest names on the field of Finnish jazz. The duo is also recording some new material for a new album. The tickets of the show are available from 7th of August from Tiketti.
The eighth episode of Live at We Jazz presents Smith & Zenger.
Turku Music Festival features a series of four jazz concerts in Linnateatteri during 14th to 17th of August. The concerts are co-produced by Flame Jazz.
Urban Sunday picnic brings live bands and DJ music to mbar terrace and Lasipalatsi Square on August 4th.
The Finnish Jazz Federation welcomes you to enjoy the annual Jazz-Espa concert series at the Espa outdoor stage, in the heart of Helsinki. Jazz-Espa features twenty topical Finnish jazz acts from the 22nd of July to the 2nd of August. Jazz-Espa is a family-friendly event with no entrance fees. The festival ends on Sunday the 4th of August with an urban mini-festival JazzPiknik at mbar’s terrace and on the Lasipalatsi square.
