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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.
The Jazz Patio, organized in collaboration with Oulu Music Festival and Jumpru Pub, will once again conquer the summer Tuesdays in Oulu from June 13 to August 17, 2023. Since 2016, the Jazz Patio summers have included many amazing jazz performances from both local and visiting bands.
The autumn program of the OMJ Jazz & Etno concert series combines tradition with modernity. The autumn season of the year-round Oulu Music Festival Foundation's concert series will include gems of jazz and folk music from both Finland and abroad.
American jazz legend Diane Schuur will tour Finland in December. Schuur will perform together with Riku Niemi Orchestra at Turku Concert Hall on December 9, at Helsinki's Kulttuuritalo on December 10. and in Tampere Hall on December 12. Tickets cost from 49.90 euros, and they are already on sale at Lippupiste.
The 11th Porvoo Jazz Festival is organized from September 29 to October 1.
The admission-free Jazz Camp for Girls offers exciting and fun musical moments during the summer vacation for girls aged 10–15. During the four-day camp, you get to create and form your own band, compose your own music and play together in the final concert. All girls who are enthusiastic about playing instruments can join, regardless of level of playing.
The unique ten-person jazz ensemble will be heard in the OMJ Jazz & Etno concert series on Wednesday, May 24, 2023.
Jazz bassists Dave Holland, Christian McBride and Endea Owens, modern folk superstar Rhiannon Giddens and many others will grace the stages of Pori Jazz.
Band exchange project Heimojazz (”Tribal Jazz”) by Finnish Jazz Federation and Estonian Jazz Union continues in May, after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic and its after-effects. As part of the exchange, Jazz Federation’s tour band Joonas Tuuri Quartet plays in Tallinn on the 20th of May, and the Estonian ensemble LUUM performs on Juttutupa’s Rytmihäiriö Club on Wednesday, May 31st.
