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Oulu Music Festival’s Jazz & Etno streamed concert series will continue in May

21.4.2021 | news

Due to the positive audience feedback received for Oulu Music Festival's March stream concerts, the festival's year-round Jazz & Etno concert series will feature a stream concert in May, when Kadi Vija Key Project arrives in Oulu on a tour organized by Jazz Finland. The stream concert will take place at Restaurant Rauhala on Wednesday May 5, and a live audience of 10 people will be allowed to attend within the public event restrictions. Both stream tickets and on-site tickets to Restaurant Rauhala will go on sale on Wednesday April 21 at Ticketmaster outlets.

Jazz-Espa Programme Released!

14.4.2021 | news

The annual Jazz-Espa takes over the Esplanadi park on 26–31 July, 2021, with three open-air concerts daily, by 17 alluring ensembles.

Apply in 12.4.–17.5. for Jazz Finland Tours in 2022

12.4.2021 | news

Jazz Finland produces two tours in the spring of 2022. All jazz ensembles, with the majority of Finnish musicians, may apply to perform on these tours. The application opens on this page at 10 am on April 12 and closes at 4 pm on May 17, 2021.

Alder Ego’s acclaimed new album III released today

9.4.2021 | news

The quartet, led by drummer-composer Joonas Leppänen, returns with a new full-length album today. In addition to Leppänen, Alder Ego consists of trumpet player Tomi Nikku, tenor saxophonist Jarno Tikka, bassist Nathan Francis and guest artist harpist Natalia Castrillón.

Eclipse Studio Live series launches

31.3.2021 | news

Due to the current corona situation, the spring program of the popular Eclipse clubs will be transferred to a live stream format. The Eclipse Studio Live series offers a set of the most interesting jazz and progressive music artists as well as singer-songwriters. The spring concerts will start with the album release concert of Lassi Valtonen's Sosiaalinen panttivanki album. Live streams are implemented in cooperation with the keikalla.fi service.