The 8th Porvoo Jazz Festival will be held in September
Porvoo Jazz Festival 2020 will take place 25th–27th September. The festival will be hosted at the event's homestage Vanha 123, its downstairs pop-up club 123 Kellari and Porvoo Art Hall.
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Jazz in Pori - Validi Karkia's programme released for autumn and spring
Validi Karkia's programme for autumn 2020 begins with Tribute to JK, a celebration of the father figure of Pori's jazz culture, Jyrki Kangas who passed away in 2020.
New music club in Helsinki - Astoria Klubi opens 15th August 2020
A new live music club opens on Iso Roobertinkatu in Astoria hall. Astoria Klubi's opening will be on 15th August and see Emma Salokoski take the stage together with Kalevi Louhivuori's Free Fall ensemble.
We Jazz releases AINON's debut album in September
We Jazz Records releases the debut album of AINON, a Helsinki-based ensemble founded by cellist-composer Aino Juutilainen, on 4th September.
G Livelab Helsinki hosts jazz concerts from Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen ja Jukka Eskola Soul Trio in August
G Livelab Helsinki serves up a variety of Finnish jazz, folk, hip hop and alternative rock in August.
We Jazz releases US saxophone player Stanley J. Zappa's new album 7th August
US saxophone player Stanley J. Zappa and Finnish drummer/percussionist Simo Laihonen come together on the new album Muster Point on We Jazz Records, August 7. The two students of Milford Graves add bassist Ville Rauhala on a couple of tracks to make a bold and adventurous album captured both live and in the studio while Zappa was touring in Finland with the Black Motor musicians. This is a set full of fire and thunder, but also features some more meditative spiritual jazz.
Jazz-Espa features a diverse serving of Finnish jazz
Jazz-Espa concert series will begin 27th July. The week-long program will feature a variety of Finnish jazz ensembles right at the heart of Helsinki on the Espa stage.
Brand-new ELive Stream brings jazz concerts to the listeners
The brand new ELive Stream brings online jazz concerts to the viewer's homestead from Ostrobothnia.
The first 18 acts for Pori Jazz 2021 announced
Pori Jazz has announced the first 18 artists to perform at the 2021 festival including American megastar John Legend, British singer Emeli Sandé and jazz legend Chick Corea. Tickets for the 2021 festival in July are available at Ticketmaster Finland.
Lahti Jazztori programme to feature Finnish top musicians
Lahti Big Band has released the first features of the Lahti Jazztori 2020 programme. Held between 25th September-3rd October, the festival will host Finnish top names and interesting international guests.