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Tickets to Oulu Music Festival 2022 full programme now available

1.2.2022 | news

Oulu Music Festival will be held for the 32nd time from March 12 to 27, 2022. The festival includes a wide variety of concerts and performances. The concerts now released promise diverse jazz from Finland's leading musicians as well as visitors from Sweden and Denmark. Earlier in December 2021, the festival's program announced the opening concert of pianist Mackenzie Melemed, a four-concert chamber music series and the Star Wars - A New Hope film concerts organized in cooperation with the Oulu Symphony, as well as the Ella and Friends in Concert family concert. The entire 25-concert repertoire of the festival is now on sale.

"The dissembling of restrictions must begin immediately!" – Jazz Finland stands with the Finnish music industry's demand to action

31.1.2022 | news

Fifteen leading organizations have united to demand action from the decision-makers: the restrictions that affect the live music industry, must be taken down immediately, gradually and safely; the support and stimulus measures for the music industry must continue as long as the restrictions are in place, and the measures must be divided equally; the politicians must break the party lines and commit to build a long-term action plan for the music industry's recovery, conditions, future development and international growth. 

Dance House Helsinki inaugural gala viewing party at Koko Theatre 2 February

30.1.2022 | news

The opening gala of Dance House Helsinki will be shown on the big screen of KokoTeatter's theater hall on Wednesday 2 February from 19:30 onwards as a live event. The house band of Koko Jazz Club will open the evening with live music. The official opening of Dance House Helsinki will be celebrated at the same time on without a live audience.

Turku Jazz Festival program published - Ville Herrala Artist of the Year 2022

11.1.2022 | news

The 53-year-old Turku Jazz Festival brings light and joy to March again with a wonderful roster of artists! The most anticipated guest stars include pianist Kenny Barron, multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Payton, and by far the hottest name in the domestic jazz scene at the moment, Linda Fredriksson. Bassist Ville Herrala, who has been chosen as the artist of the year by Turku Jazz, will receive stage space both as a soloist with Turku Jazz Orchestra and in the opening concert with the band PLOP.

Kenny Barron and Nicholas Payton to perform at Turku Jazz Festival - the 2022 festival artist announced on Friday

15.12.2021 | news

The first performers of the Turku Jazz Festival in March have been announced, and Logomo's ticket sales have begun. Turku celebrates the jazz weekend from 4 to 5 March 2022, with performances from e.g. pianist legend Kenny Barron and soulful multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Payton with his energetic trio. The entire festival program and the artist of the year will be announced on December 17th.