News -page consists of current topics and interesting articles about jazz in Finland.
Elma.live, a digital sustainability platform tailored specifically for the live music sector, was launched on 29 September at the Music x Media event. The project is administered by Finnish Jazz Federation, with the other KEMUT network members participating as collaborators.
Finnish Jazz Federation develops the sustainability of touring concepts. During fall 2022, the emissions of seven differently produced tours are measured, and user experiences are collected. The fourth of the pilot tours takes the innovative Jazzup! project to perform in fifteen school concerts and five club concerts during October 3–7!
This weekend 23.–25.9. it's finally time to celebrate Porvoo Jazz Festival's tenth anniversary. In honor of the celebration, the festival will be bigger than ever before. The festival will include wonderful concerts and the food event MAT X JAZZ!
Taking place at the beginning of November, Tampere Jazz Happening will be entering a new decade this year as this will be the 41st edition of the festival – once again, the convincing programme includes musicians from several generations of jazz and a multitude of genres. Altogether 25 ensembles from Finland and around the world will perform from 3rd to 6th of November 2022 at the Pakkahuone and Klubi venues of Tullikamari as well as in restaurant Telakka. One of the performances will be a surprise concert from the winner of the Yrjö Award given by the Jazz Finland organisation.
The eight-day We Jazz festival presents the most versatile selection of music of the event so far in Helsinki from November 27 to December 4. Several of the performers will be heard in Finland for the first time, and numerous bands will take the stage for the first time in public. In addition, there are many new collaborations between visitors and domestic musicians and new performance venues. Tickets for the ninth We Jazz event will go on sale at Tiketti offices on September 14 at 9:00.
Finnish Jazz Federation develops the sustainability of touring concepts. During fall 2022, we study the emissions of seven differently produced tours, and collect data about their impacts and user experiences. The third of the pilot tours takes bassist Jonathan Bäckström’s quartet along the South-Western archipelago.
Finnish Jazz Federation renews its visual identity and introduces a new logo. From September 21th on, the new website www.jazzliitto.fi will provide information about the organisation's activities in three languages. The Jazz Finland service continues to operate at this address.
The Nordic network of national jazz organizations and club & festival promotors opens a call for bands to participate in a showcase and educational event in Sweden on May 11–12, 2023. The deadline for applying is September 30, 2022.
Villa Karo is a Finnish-African cultural center, which is located in the village of Grand-Popo, Benin, West Africa. The center’s goal is to enhance the African knowledge of Finnish cultural figures, promote collaboration between Finnish and African artists and researchers as well as to support Finland and Benin’s cultural exchange.
Pianism from the top of the world, electro-psychedelic jazz trance or entertaining big band music? All of these are served at this year's Lahden Jazztori, which brings guests to Lahti from Berlin and New York - including two Grammy-awarded artists.
