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The annual Jazz-Espa festival will again be held in Helsinki's Esplanade Park from July 29 to August 3, 2024. During the week, the free concerts will feature a diverse lineup of jazz bands, including Selma Savolainen Horror Vacui, Juho Valjakka Trio, Freezer, Kadi Vija Key Project, Sanna Ruohoniemi, Emmi U. Trio, and Janne Huttunen Quintet.
The Turku Sea Jazz, now in its fourth year, will kick off at the Kirkkopuiston Terassi on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, with Thursday being spent on Seili Island. The weekend concerts will take place on August 2–3, 2024, in the Forum Marinum maritime center area along the Aura River. This year, the top names in Finnish jazz will be heard even more extensively in various venues within the maritime museum from morning till night. During the festival week, there will also be a Jazz Camp for Girls, launched by the Danish Jazz Federation.
The summer Jazzpatio, organized in collaboration between Oulu Music Festival and Jumpru Pub, continues its tradition this summer. On Tuesdays from June 11 to August 6, and on Thursday, August 15 during the Night of the Arts, a total of ten jazz bands and artists will perform on the patio of Jumpru Pub. Admission is free.
Swinging Europe is excited to announce the open call for the “MEETING POINT” project, an enriching two-year residency exchange program designed for emerging musicians, performing artists, dancers, and visual artists. This initiative is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and takes place across four vibrant cultural centers: Herning and Holstebro in Denmark, Athens in Greece, and Warsaw in Poland.
UMO invites you to witness what happens when stand-up comedy, music, and a truly grand jazz orchestra are combined.
This is what the first festival under the artistic direction of Max Zenger looks like.
Thursday club nights on Grotesk's terrace gather interesting bands, DJs, and VJs in the same space throughout the upcoming summer season.
The adventurous music festival Odysseus will move to a new venue, the Cultural Factory Korjaamo, next summer, where the event will take place over two days on July 19th and 20th. New additions to the program include Širom, Olli Ahvenlahti New Quintet, Y-OTIS, Jonathan Bäckström Quartet, Dan Nicholls, and Pop Up Koma. Tickets for the event are available on Tiketti.
The application to Finnish Jazz Federation tours for spring 2025 opens at 10.00 AM on May 6, 2024 and closes at 4.00 PM on May 24, 2024. Application instructions can be found in this article as well as on the electronic application form.
The application to Finnish Jazz Federation tours for spring 2025 opens at 10.00 AM on May 6, 2024 and closes at 4.00 PM on May 24, 2024. Application instructions can be found in this article as well as on the electronic application form.
