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Musicin 2 weeksFlow Festival 2026
SUVILAHTI
Flow Festival takes place in Suvilahti, Helsinki, 14--16 August 2026. All tickets are on sale, and the daily program has been revealed: Friday 14.8. Zara Larsson, Oklou, Cabaret Voltaire, Ibe, Bizi, Antti Autio + Jouset, Pearly Drops, Louna0nline, Ana Frango Eléctrico, Tyler Ballgame, Eero Koivistoinen Quartet, DJ Kridlokk: Hai, Rosettes, Kettama, DJ Gigola, Orkidea b2b Lil Tony, Paula Koski, Saffet, Ozan b2b Katerina Saturday 15.8. Sunday 16.8. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, SOMBR, Lykke Li, Geese, Lambrini Girls, J. Karjalainen, Arppa 8-pack, Jaakko Kulta, Asla Jo, The Congos, Hannah Cohen, Sailor Honeymoon, Eskola & Mäkynen: Drum'n'Brass Suite, Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L, Patrick Mason, Anetha, NOEI, Sallidoing, Lara Silva, 2THEMAX b2b CEB b2b KEMIK In total, Flow Festival will host around 150 performers. More acts will be announced later. Flow Festival is a premium music and arts festival held in Helsinki since 2004. Over the years, it has evolved from a small club event into a pioneering festival, attracting 90,000 visitors over three days. The festival takes place in the former power plant area of Suvilahti, conveniently located near the city centre. This unique industrial setting serves as a stunning backdrop for Flow's exceptional production and atmosphere, showcasing an innovative and content-driven program that blends popular culture with experimental arts. Information on the Platinum tickets You can purchase a Platinum Ticket to the festival and Experience Flow's Platinum Area inside Suvilahti's iconic steel gasometer. This striking space offers premium services, an exclusive outdoor terrace with direct views of the Main Stage, and dedicated toilet facilities. Platinum guests enjoy a separate wristband exchange lane and express entry at the main gate. More details on Platinum services for 2026 will be announced later at www.flowfestival.com/en/tickets/ Links: www.flowfestival.com www.instagram.com/flowfestivalhelsinki www.facebook.com/FlowFestival https://www.tiktok.com/@flowfestival
Sportsin 3 weeksSusijengi - Ruotsi
Veikkaus Arena
Legazy Seat tickets are the perfect choice when you want more from your game experience than just a seat in the stands. A Legazy Seat ticket is a complete experience that combines smooth arrival, high-quality services, and a relaxed premium atmosphere --- without queues or rush. With a Legazy Seat ticket, you can enter the venue through a dedicated entrance, enjoy the stylish atmosphere of the Legazy Restaurant, and start your evening in a calm and unhurried way. This ticket is designed for those who value comfort, ease, and an effortless experience --- so you can focus on what truly matters: the event itself. Legazy Seat ticket includes: - Entry to the event and a seat in the lower tier (section 116) - Dedicated entrance via the Legazy Restaurant - Welcome drink - Starter and main course according to your selected menu. Special dietary requirements and allergies can be accommodated upon advance request. MENU 1 Cheese Platter (LF) Chicken Béarnaise (LF, GF): roasted chicken, Béarnaise sauce, grilled vegetables and a Parmesan potato cake MENU 2 Sesame-roasted eggplant, semi-dried tomatoes and chervil oil Pulled Pea Tournedos (VEG, GF): rosemary sauce, grilled vegetables and potato wedges - Access to restrooms in Legazy Restaurant - Cloakroom service - Premium wristband - Dedicated premium staff at your service throughout the evening The elegant and atmospheric Legazy Restaurant is located on the 3rd floor of Veikkaus Arena, with doors opening before the main entrances. You are welcome to arrive early, soak up the atmosphere, and begin your evening in the exclusive space reserved for Legazy Seat ticket holders. Premium tickets are not eligible for exchange or refund. In the event of cancellation, standard cancellation terms apply. Legacy Restaurant is wheelchair accessible; however, the seats included with the ticket are located in the arena seating area. To ensure the best possible experience, please contact us at premium@veikkausarena.fi if you have any accessibility-related questions or special requirements.
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Susijengi vs. Sweden | Panorama Restaurant
Veikkaus Arena
Enjoy every moment of the Susijengi game while combining the excitement of live basketball with great food. Panorama Restaurant is a spectator restaurant located on the arena's third floor, offering a seamless and enjoyable game-night experience. At Panorama Restaurant, you can soak up the atmosphere of the event without missing a second of the action. Focus entirely on the game while the restaurant staff take care of serving your food and drinks directly to your table. A perfect choice for corporate guests, groups of friends, and anyone looking for a premium game-day experience. Tables seat either 4 or 6 guests, and each seat is sold individually. When the spectator restaurant is fully booked, visibility of the court from some table seats may be partially restricted. Your Panorama Restaurant package includes: - Admission ticket to the game and your selected seat at a 4- or 6-person table - Dedicated entrance lane located next to the Upper Bowl main entrances - Full bar service (drinks charged separately) - Your chosen burger menu, served directly to your table MENU 1 Veikkaus Arena Burger - 180g beef patty - Brioche bun - Pepper Jack cheese - Chili bacon mayonnaise - Pickled red onion - Tomato and pickles - Coleslaw - Herb-seasoned potato wedges with paprika mayonnaise MENU 2 VEG Veikkaus Arena Vegan Burger - No Chicken vegan patty - Vegan brioche bun - Greek White vegan cheese - Chili mayonnaise - Pickled red onion - Tomato and pickles - Coleslaw - Herb-seasoned potato wedges with paprika mayonnaise - Restroom facilities located within Panorama Restaurant Guests of all ages are welcome at Panorama Restaurant. The tables are arranged on two levels: the front row is located closer to the court, while the upper row is situated directly behind the front row. Please note that not all tables in Panorama Restaurant are fully accessible. To ensure the best possible experience, please contact premium@veikkausarena.fi if you have any accessibility-related questions or specific requirements. A companion may attend on the same ticket, subject to availability and provided the event is not sold out. Premium tickets are non-refundable. In the event of cancellation, standard cancellation terms and conditions apply.
Musicin 6 weeks400 Years of the House of Nobility: En saga
Location TBC
400 Years of the House of Nobility: En saga The sounds of the grand duchy -- Sibelius and his companions Romberg--Crusell--Sibelius Pauliina Fred, flute Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet FiBO Players: Antti Tikkanen, violin Irma Niskanen, violin Hanna Pakkala, viola Jussi Seppänen, cello Petri Ainali, double bass Irma Niskanen, programme planning The 400th anniversary of the institution behind the House of Nobility continues, as we move on from the jubilee concert in May, which featured music from the 17th and 18th centuries, to the 19th century, the century when the House of Nobility was built. The Swedish House of Nobility was founded in 1626, 400 years ago. The founding of the Finnish House of Nobility became a topical issue during Russian rule, and the neo-Gothic House of Nobility was completed in 1862. What was performed in Finnish concert halls before Sibelius? Of the many Finnish composers, Bernhard Henrik Crusell, the great son of Uusikaupunki, was the most well known, both to his contemporaries and to us. Of course, the Central European repertoire was also performed in the Grand Duchy. A fascinating rarity in FiBO's concert is the reconstruction of the early septet version of En saga by the young Jean Sibelius. The German cello virtuoso Bernhard Romberg (1767--1841) toured Europe as far as the Russian Empire. His symphonies were also performed in Helsinki at concerts of the Academic Music Society. Romberg's Divertimento over a Finnish melody (1817) is lush music from the borderlands between classicism and romanticism. Crusell (1775--1838) did his most important life's work in Stockholm, but even in a letter he wrote to Johan Ludvig Runeberg later in life, he still saw himself as a Finn. Crusell honed his clarinet playing with top international names in Berlin and Paris. During his travels, he met Meyerbeer, Weber and Mendelssohn, and he was still a member of the Royal Court Orchestra in Stockholm when Fredrik Pacius began his career as a violinist in the orchestra. Crusell's Clarinet Quartet in D major Op. 7 (1823) was one of his own favourite works. Sibelius's (1865--1957) En saga is one of the works from his early Symbolist period. Sibelius wrote the chamber work from 1891 onwards in Vienna. In late 1892, he rewrote the music for orchestra, and the American clarinetist Gregory Barrett reconstructed the septet version from the orchestral version. Sibelius characterised the mysteriously enchanting work as profoundly Finnish. Duration: 1 h 45 min (incl. intermission) Music journalist Risto Nordell will introduce the concert at the House of Nobility from 6 pm to 6.30 pm. What the Walls Can Tell Us -- Walking Tour in Kruununhaka To mark the anniversary of the House of Nobility, those who are so inclined can join a walking tour of Kruununhaka with the city guide and non-fiction writer Juhani Styrman. The walking tour, which starts at 5 pm in front of the House of Nobility, serves as an introduction to the music while exploring the similarities of architecture and music and examining the small details of the quarters, all part of the melody and harmony of architecture. The duration of the walking tour What the Walls Can Tell Us is about 50 minutes. The route is accessible. The walking tour is in Finnish. The walking tour is free for everyone with a concert ticket and costs 15 euros for those without. A limited amount of participants can join the tour. To register, please make your binding booking here. We will charge 15 euros for no-shows if prior notice is not given. The House of Nobility is not fully accessible. There are steps at the entrance, and access from the lobby to the assembly hall, which serves as a concert venue on the second floor, is via stairs. The accessible entrance is located at Hallituskatu 2 B. The doorman will open the door upon request. Please call him when you are at the door at +358 50 395 2349. An accessible restroom is available on the second floor, next to the concert café area.
Musicin 12 weeksBo Carpelan 100: Carte blanche
Location TBC
Bo Carpelan 100: Carte blanche The playful philosopher -- classics from Bach to Haydn Mozart -- J.S. Bach -- Sibelius -- Haydn Antti Tikkanen, violin and leader Finnish Baroque Orchestra Irma Niskanen, programme planning The different arts are inextricably, albeit concealedly, linked channels for exploring reality. For Bo Carpelan (1926--2011), a prominent figure in Finnish literature, music was a beloved hobby. Now, in honour of the 100th anniversary of the author's birth, FiBO and the author's descendants have planned a program that Carpelan would have wanted to hear. FiBO's artistic director from 2014 to 2017, violinist Antti Tikkanen, is the leader and soloist of the concert. The concert continues FiBO's period instrument performances of works by Jean Sibelius (1865--1957) with his later suite for violin and string orchestra (op. 117, 1929). The work was written for the North American market in a Neo-classical style, detached from late Romanticism and Expressionism, but the composer eventually forbade its publication. Axel Carpelan (1858--1919) was a friend, supporter and interlocutor of Sibelius. Bo Carpelan's bestselling novel Axel (1986) explores the inner world of Axel, the author's grandfather's brother, as well as his social isolation and his relationship to the glorified Sibelius. The pages of the book are full of music. "The more you listen to Mozart, the more you appreciate Haydn", Bo Carpelan is said to have told Claes Andersson -- a jazz musician, psychiatrist, author and politician. FiBO performs symphonies from the year 1764 by Joseph Haydn (1732--1809) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756--1791). Mozart's Symphony No 1, written in London by the then eight-year-old composer, is impeccable but still childish. In Haydn's Symphony No 22 (nicknamed The Philosopher), two English horns are used instead of oboes. At the beginning of the work, we reflect in the soundscape of English horns, French horns and muted strings as the texture inherited from the Baroque is simplified to the extreme. The programme is complemented by Johann Sebastian Bach's (1685--1750) violin concerto in A minor (BWV 1041). It handles the conventions of the ritornello form with sophistication. The concerto might date from the composer's Köthen years, but it could also have been performed at the orchestra concerts at Café Zimmermann in Leipzig. Cafés were the focal points of culture, politics and the changing society. Duration: 1 h 45 min (incl. intermission) There's a pre-concert talk at the House of Nobility from 5 pm to 5.30 pm. The guest is Antti Tikkanen, and descendants of Bo Carpelan will also be present. The House of Nobility is not fully accessible. There are steps at the entrance, and access from the lobby to the assembly hall, which serves as a concert venue on the second floor, is via stairs. The accessible entrance is located at Hallituskatu 2 B. The doorman will open the door upon request. Please call him when you are at the door at +358 50 395 2349. An accessible restroom is available on the second floor, next to the concert café area.
Musicin 18 weeksFrom Christmas Night to Celebration
Location TBC
From Christmas Night to Celebration Baroque masters from Vivaldi to Telemann Heinichen -- Vivaldi -- J.S. Bach -- Telemann Linnéa Sundfaer Casserly, soprano Essi Lind-Vallinoja, alto Sofia Majanen, alto Niilo Erkkilä, tenor Mats Lillhannus, tenor Juhana Kotilainen, bass Helsinki Chamber Choir Nils Schweckendiek, conductor Irma Niskanen, violin and leader Finnish Baroque Orchestra Irma Niskanen, programme planning Return once more, sweet peace, creation is tired of discord! The text above is sung in Georg Philipp Telemann's Christmas Oratorio Die Hirten an der Krippe zu Bethlehem (The Shepherds at the Manger in Bethlehem, 1759). FiBO performs the seldom-heard oratorio with the Helsinki Chamber Choir, conducted by Nils Schweckendiek. The Christmas atmosphere is complemented by orchestral works led by Irma Niskanen. The libretto of Telemann's (1681--1767) oratorio frames the biblical story as a pastoral play from Antiquity. The text by Karl Wilhelm Ramler was intended for the conductor Friedrich Agricola in Berlin, and he probably delivered it to his colleague Telemann in Hamburg. The arrangements of familiar Christmas songs and hymns gain additional sparkle by the trumpets and timpani. A distinctive feature of the oratorio is the accompanied recitatives that are distributed among several soloists. Musically, they already hint at the rich musical painting in Haydn's oratorios. The recitatives represent both the ancient shepherds and the parish community. The imaginative arias showcase different aspects of Telemann's mastery. The choral movements encapsulate the message of the work: the oratorio ends with the angels' wish for peace. At the beginning of the concert, FiBO performs Pastorale per la Notte di Natale by the Dresden court conductor Johann David Heinichen (1683--1729), in which different instrument groups alternate. Antonio Vivaldi's (1678--1741) string concerto Il riposo, per il Santissimo Natale is also immersed in the atmosphere of Christmas night. Johann Sebastian Bach's (1685--1750) Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major is known for its evergreen movement, Air. The splendor and tranquillity of the work are perfectly suited to the anticipation of Christmas. Duration: 1 h 45 min (incl. intermission) The Järvenpää concert is organized in co-operation between FiBO, Järvenpää's cultural and event services and Järvenpää parish. There's a pre-concert talk at the House of Nobility on 12th December from 5 pm to 5.30 pm. The House of Nobility is not fully accessible. There are steps at the entrance, and access from the lobby to the assembly hall, which serves as a concert venue on the second floor, is via stairs. The accessible entrance is located at Hallituskatu 2 B. The doorman will open the door upon request. Please call him when you are at the door at +358 50 395 2349. An accessible restroom is available on the second floor, next to the concert café area.
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