G Livelab Helsinki presents Antti Lötjönen Quintet East, Superposition, Katu Kaiku and 3TM in October
Later in the year, We Jazz Festival will visit the club on December 2nd with the Nordic Jazz Comets review.
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Astoria Jazz Festival to be organized for the first time 9th–11th October 2020
Astoria Club opens a new jazz festival in Helsinki. Astoria Jazz Festival features a variety of rhythm music for three days. The entire event will be held taking into account all current COVID-19 restrictions.
Jeppis Jazz Festival will take place September 30th–October 4th, 2020
Due to the exceptional year 2020, the program of Jeppis Jazz Festival will include only domestic artists. The festival has a comprehensive program for various jazz players, especially from the Ostrobothnia region. Every night there will be jam sessions where artists and local musicians get to play together.
April Jazz's autumn club series kicks off at WeeGee
The concert series, co-produced by April Jazz and the exhibition center WeeGee, brings top Finnish jazz to the museum environment. Live music is played on the first Friday nights of the month in an afterwork spirit, with free admission to concerts and WeeGee museums. During the autumn, the record releases of Elifantree and Riitta Paakki Quartet will be celebrated at Weegee, and the new Finnish line-up of Iiro Rantala and Maja Mannila will perform among others.
Kotka Jazz's autumn program announced
Kotka Jazz's autumn program has been announced.
Lahti Jazztori 2020 will be held 25th September–3rd October
The Jazztori Festival, organized by Lahti Big Band, will be held from September 25th to October 3rd. Several top Finnish names are coming to Lahti, as well as interesting international guests.
The 8th Porvoo Jazz Festival takes place this weekend
The 8th Porvoo Jazz Festival, which presents a wide range of jazz genres, will begin on Friday 25 September. The venues of the festival are the event's own home stage Vanha 123, the pop-up club 123 Kellari on its lower floor, and Porvoo Art Hall, with which the festival is collaborating for the first time this year.
Jazz super weekend in Joensuu on 24th–26th September 2020
The main event of Jazzklubi -76 in the autumn, the first edition of Ilosaari Jazz Festival, will be held as individual concerts due to the pandemic. Despite the changes, Jazzkerho -76 will offer a full-fledged and artistically high-quality program over the weekend.
The SaloJazz Festival to be a 1-day event 26th September 2020
The SaloJazz Festival will be held this year, but in a compact form. The 2020 festival, the ninth edition of the event, will be held as a series of three concerts with Finnish performers on the last Saturday in September.
Church Music Composers' Association and UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra award composition grant to Ilkka Hammo
The recipient of the 2020 composition grant of the Church Music Composers' Association and UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra has been selected. The grant recipient will compose a five-minute work for UMO Helsinki's 16-member big band in the Silent Music church concert series for Easter 2022. Nine applications were received by the deadline.