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Lauri Kadalipp Social Jazz featured in Heimojazz band exchange

The core of the co-operation between the Finnish and Estonian jazz organizations has been Heimojazz, a band exchange project which turns already 10 years today. Jere Haakana Varjosto visited Tallinn and Tarto during their Jazz Finland tour in early May, and their counterpart Lauri Kadalipp Social Jazz, will perform at Juttutupa's Rytmihäiriö club on Wednesday, May 22.  


Berghäll Triality on mini tour

Berghäll Triality brings the question of climate on stage on their tour of five concerts on 21th to 26th May. The programme of the tour consists of composition series The Arctic, that was released as an album in June 2018. In addition to that, at Kerava Jazz Festival Berghäll Triality presents the premiere of to-be-released series The Antarctic. The tour is a sequel to the album release tour that started last autumn.




Elojazz brings a diverse range of jazz to Oulu

Elojazz starts a new decade with its 31th festival on 1.-4.8.2019. The festival spreads out all over Oulu: as usually, the opening concert is held in Church of Tuira on Thursday and the main concerts are heard at Rauhalan Patio and Prunnitori during the weekend.



OK:KO is headed abroad music first

OK:KO performs at Finnish Night of the Karton club on the Jazzahead Saturday. This young band is one of the four Finnish groups performing in Bremen. OK:KO´s new album Syrtti, released in February 2019, was nicely received in Finland. Aiming abroad would be the next natural step for the band – or more like a slide, as Okko Saastamoinen descripes the band´s journey.


Pia Raitala trusts in networking and promotional material

This week professionals of jazz around the world are gathering to Bremen, Germany for Jazzahead! trade fair weekend. Jazz Finland takes part in the Jazzahead! atmosphere with an article series, where a few of the Finnish Jazzahead attendees are interviewed about their thoughts and experiences about the event and internationalization of the Finnish jazz. The first article covers Pia Raitala´s tips for the artists who are interested in creating an international career.