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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.
The main concert lineup of Pori Jazz is complemented by a dozen strong names in rhythm music.
Finnish Jazz Federation organizes a week-long Jazz Day campaign, in which Jazz City Turku also participates prominently.
The old copper mine provides a rustic setting for the new jazz event.
The touring activities of the Finnish Jazz Federation began in 1983. Since then, the Federation has brought jazz to various parts of Finland through its touring system, in collaboration with regional and local partners.
Baltic Jazz 2024 will take place in Taalintehdas, Kemiönsaari, from July 5th to 7th, and the traditional Varaslähtö event in Kasnäs will kick off the festival on Thursday, July 4th.
The leading voice of her generation in jazz, tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, will arrive in Finland in October as part of the Jazz Finland Residency program to perform as a soloist with UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra. Aldana will perform with UMO in Jyväskylä (9.10.), Lahti (10.10.), and Helsinki (11.10.).
On April 30th, UNESCO International Jazz Day is celebrated once again. In addition to jazz’s artistic value, the day promotes peace, intercultural cooperation, and respect for human dignity and human rights. Finnish Jazz Federation organizes a week-long Jazz Day campaign, with jazz musicians Abdissa ‘Mamba’ Assefa and Aili Ikonen as the faces of this year.
