The third Iisalmi Jazz Festival brings the world's top guitarists to Savo!
The festival will once again be held at familiar venues in Iisalmi, but the concert offer will also cross municipal boundaries, as the event will be widely distributed in the surrounding towns as well. The most wonderful week of the summer is celebrated in Iisalmi in 27.7.–3.8.
The opening night at the Town Hall on Wednesday July 27 serves up two concerts.
The evening will be opened by Teemu Viinikainen in a solo performance. The second international guest is drummer Joe Peri, who brings his trio to Iisalmi. Peri performs with double bassist Kaisa Mäensivu and guitarist Jonas Metsäkylä.
Super Blues Night will be celebrated in Kiuruvesi at Restaurant Peltohovi on Thursday, July 28, when guitar wizards Jonas Metsäkylä and Varre Vartiainen, bassists Timo Hirvonen and Kaisa Mäensivu, and drummers Joe Peri and Jussi Lehtonen take the stage.
On Saturday July 30 three concerts will be held in the Eino Säisä hall of the Iisalmi Cultural Center. Brazilian guitarist Chico Pinheiro will perform in the company of a Finnish-Estonian top group, after which Iiro Rantala will take the stage. Riitta Paakki brings saxophonist Rick Margitza to the third set of the evening, together with drummer Jussi Lehtonen and double bassist Nathan Francis.
Koko Jazz Club Iisalmi
www.kokojazziisalmi.fi