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Turku's jazz year 2026 kicks off Friday 9 January - spring programme announced
Jazz City Turun kevätkausi 2026 tarjoaa monipuolisen kattauksen jazzia ja rytmimusiikkia tammikuusta toukokuuhun. Ohjelmassa yhdistyvät Flame Jazzin klubikonsertit, koko kaupungin maaliskuussa valtaava Turku Jazz Festival sekä Turku Jazz Orchestran suurimuotoiset tuotannot. Kevään aikana kuullaan kansainvälisiä huippuartisteja sekä kotimaisen jazzkentän ajankohtaisimpia nimiä ja suunnataan tuttuun tapaan myös jazzristeilylle.
Mathias Sandberg Trio on massive 50 date tour in Finland and Europe
Mathias Sandberg Trio, one the hardest touring bands in Finland, embarks on a massive 50 date tour through Finland, Denmark, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of Finnish jazz.
First performers announced for Pori Jazz 2026 main concerts
The 59th international Pori Jazz festival, to be held July 10–18, 2026, will once again offer a diverse range of musical experiences. The festival’s main concerts will be held at the Kirjurinluoto Concert Park from Thursday, July 16, to Saturday, July 18, and, as usual, international stars and Finnish favorites will take to the stage.
Linda Fredriksson, Mikko Innanen and other top names in Finnish jazz – the third programme release of the Oulu Music Festival celebrates Jazz Finland 100!
The third major programme release of the Oulu Music Festival continues the Jazz Finland 100 theme launched by the Opening Concert with four additional jazz concerts. Alongside the celebration of 100 years of Finnish jazz, the programme also offers a folk-music time journey from the roots of the kantele tradition to a future coloured by robotic kanteles.
Eclipse Jazz Club reinvents itself and announces programme for spring 2026
Eclipse Jazz Club's spring programme 2026 delivers a rich serving of top jazz in Tampere.
IndieCo rewards the success stories of 2025 by hosting Indie Awards 2026
The winners will be celebrated in a gala event on 5 February at Tiivistämö in Helsinki.
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra is the Sports Gala's gala orchestra 2026–2027
50-vuotisjuhlavuottaan viettävä UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra ja Urheilugaala ovat solmineet kaksivuotisen yhteistyösopimuksen. UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra toimii Urheilugaalan virallisena yhteistyökumppanina ja gaalaorkesterina vuodet 2026 ja 2027.
TTT-Klubi's spring programme announced, first timers include Helmi Antila and Happeningfish
TTT-Klubi's spring programme announced, first timers include Helmi Antila and Happeningfish.
Mika Kaurismäki’s music documentary Every Note You Play arrives in theatres December 5, 2025
Guest screening Thursday December 11 at 16:45 in Cinema Orion. After the film reporter Harri Uusitorppa interviews Mika Kaurismäki.