News -page consists of current topics and interesting articles about jazz in Finland.
Emma-nominated jazz pianist and composer Anni Kiviniemi will embark on a Jazz Federation tour in May with her trio. Joining Kiviniemi are two of Finland’s most sought-after jazz musicians: bassist Jori Huhtala and drummer Olavi Louhivuori.
April 30 marks the celebration of UNESCO’s International Jazz Day. In addition to highlighting jazz’s intrinsic artistic value, the day promotes messages of peace, intercultural collaboration, and respect for human dignity and human rights. The Finnish Jazz Federation is organizing a week-long Jazz Day campaign, fronted this year by jazz musicians Johanna Iivanainen and Jukka Eskola.
The traditional Baltic Jazz festival takes over Taalintehdas once more in July 4–6, 2025.
The old copper mine provides a rustic setting for one of Eastern Finland's most seminal jazz events.
The children’s program of the Baltic Jazz Festival, Baltic Jazz Kids, offers family-friendly entertainment filled with magic, music, and joy this year!
New York City organist Brian Charette collaborates with guitarist/composer Mathias Sandberg and drummer Teppo Mäkynen for a 7 date Finland tour in April 2025.
Blending jazz, Middle Eastern music, and global folk traditions, Ilkka Arola Sound Tagine will perform across Finland on the Jazz Federation Tour this April. The band will present their newly released fourth album, Adventures in the Now, bringing energetic and vividly colorful music to audiences. The tour kicks off on April 8th in Lahti, followed by stops in Jyväskylä, Savonlinna, Raahe, and Espoo.
New additions to the programme and the concert schedule will be released throughout Spring.
The concerts will be held on Wednesday at the record store's new premises at Päijänteentie. The first performers in the series include Jonah Parzen-Johnson, Heli Hartikainen, Teppo Mäkynen, Pauli Lyytinen and Jonathan Bäckström & Marcus Wärnheim. The concerts have free entry, with a beta test voluntary ticket which entitles its buyer to a discount to purchases at the record store.
World-renowned bassist Marcus Miller gives concerts in Finland this autumn, in Helsinki 16 October and in Tampere 17 October.
