Summer in Helsinki peaks in Helsinki Festival. This year’s festival opens on Friday, 19 August. The multicultural two-week festival offers unique cultural experiences to both Finnish and international audiences, ranging from classical music to popular and world music, from theatre to contemporary dance, from visual arts to children’s events. The Night of the Arts fills the city with culture on Thursday, 25 August. The festival closes on 4 September.
The Poetry Moon and Art Goes Kapakka partner festivals again enrich the Helsinki Festival offering. The free programme includes the Night of Philosophy, the Helsinki Festival Club and Five Star Acts. The exhibition programme includes Niki de Saint Phalle at Kunsthalle Helsinki and Choi Jeong Hwa: Happy Together at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
The Huvila Festival Tent stages performances on every night of the festival from 19 August to 4 September. The Huvila programme features 16 top-rate performances that offer something to everybody, including the legendary songwriter Jimmy Webb, the amazing sitar artist Anoushka Shankar, reggae star Ernest Ranglin and the progressive metal virtuoso Amorphis. Jazz enthusiasts are served by the Electroventure project by Verneri Pohjola and Pascal Schumacher, and the LoveProge evening transports the audience back to the 1970’s.
The popular series of visiting symphony orchestras is joined by Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela conducted by legendary Gustavo Dudamel. The work of Romeo Castellucci, the controversial and uncompromising top name in European contemporary theatre, is seen for the first time in Finland. The powerful Go Down, Moses promises to awe the audience with its stage images at the National Theatre.
Helsinki City / News