Sello Hall’s celebrates 20th anniversary with gala concerts in September
Sello Hall turns 20 years old and celebrates its anniversary with two gala concerts.
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UMO and saxophonist Melissa Aldana at Pori Jazz on July 15
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra performs with Melissa Aldana at the Pori Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 15
Baltic Jazz offers genuine festival atmosphere in a beautiful ironworks milieu
Baltic Jazz, which kicks off the Archipelago Sea Jazz festival series, will be held this coming weekend on Kemiönsaari in Taalintehdas's mining village for the 35th time. The program put together under the guidance of the festival's artistic director Antti Sarpila includes top domestic artists as well as guest artists from further afield. The weekend's larger concerts are organized in Ruukinpuisto and the old mechanical Verstas, which is making a comeback as a concert venue.
Aki Rissanen's new band Hyperreal releases their debut album July 14
Pianist and keyboardist Aki Rissanen, one of the most internationally known Finnish jazz artists of the moment, changes his musical gear again, now together with Swedish-Turkish drummer Robert Ikizi and his long-time playing partner trumpeter Verneri Pohjola.
Kaisa’s Machine embarks on a train tour across Europe
On The Rails project by the Finnish Jazz Federation, tests train touring in Europe at the end of June and beginning of July. Led by bassist Kaisa Mäensivu, Kaisa’s Machine will perform in five concerts during the tour, gathering valuable data for future sustainable touring practices. The project’s main partner is Trac Cymru, a folk music organization from Wales.
SaloJazz Festival 2023 is a showcase for domestic jazz 29.9.–1.10.2023
The theme of the SaloJazz Festival at the end of September this year is the familiar and new music makers of Finnish jazz.
Odysseus 2023 on Lonna island 12–23 July - programme released in full
The strengths of the festival, held for the third time this year, are a bold and internationally high-level program, the unique maritime milieu of the island of Lonna, and the approachable atmosphere of the compact event. The program is now ready and the schedules announced. All types of tickets for the event are on sale via Tiketti.
Tuareg guitarist Ahmed Ag Kaedy tours Finland with Will Guthrie from July 19 to 29
Tuareg guitarist and singer Ahmed Ag Kaedy will embark on a two-week tour in Finland in July.
Finnish live music industry released their climate roadmap
The Finnish music stakeholders have developed and released a joint climate roadmap for the live music industry. At the same time, the first study on the climate impact of live music in Finland was published. Climate change requires society’s ability and readiness to change practices, and the live music industry aims to lead the way towards carbon neutrality by 2035.
Jazz Finland Residency welcomes Joris Roelofs
Finnish Jazz Federation, Sibelius Academy Jazz Music Department at Uniarts Helsinki, UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra and the Finnish Musicians’ Union Jazz Finland Residency program is happy to feature Dutch clarinettist, flutist and saxophonist Joris Roelofs as the next artist-in-residence from November 6th until November 20th. Roelofs will also give concerts at Porvoo Jazz Festival September 30th and with Hietsu is Happening October 1st.