A Guide to Music Festivals in Finland

Festivals Finland

 

SONISPHERE FESTIVAL

Sonisphere is a touring festival taking in over 10 countries, 2011 will be the 3rd year Sonisphere once again travels around Europe and arrives in Finland

RUISROCK FESTIVAL

Ruisrock is a rock festival held annually on the island of Ruissalo in Turku, Finland. Ruisrock, founded in 1970, is the second oldest rock festival in Europe.

TUSKA OPEN AIR FESTIVAL

Tuska Metal festival was conceived in 1998 by Tony Taleva, a real rock entrepreneur who´s been living and breathing heavy metal for the past 20 years.

PROVINSSIROCK FESTIVAL

Provinssirock is the largest international rock festival in Finland and has gone through many changes since its launch in 1979.

ROCKPERRY FESTIVAL

The Rockperry Festival was launched in 2000 in Laihia and celebrates the 10th anniversary of the festival in 2010.

ANKKA ROCK FESTIVAL

Ankkarock is a Finnish rock and metal festival held annually in Korso, Vantaa, in the Greater Helsinki area. The first Ankkarock was held in 1989.

ILOSAARIROCK FESTIVAL

The Ilosaarirock Festival is an annual rock festival held on the second weekend of July in Joensuu, Eastern Finland. Founded in 1971, Ilosaarirock is the 2nd oldest rock festival in Finland

PORI JAZZ FESTIVAL

Pori Jazz is a large international jazz festival, held annually in the small coastal city of Pori, Finland. It is one of the oldest and best known jazz festivals in Europe

PUISTO BLUES FESTIVAL

The Puisto Blues Festival takes place in Järvenpää and has been running for 31 consecutive years!

QSTOCK FESTIVAL

Out of the ashes of Kuusrockfestival came Qstock in 2003 and took its' first steps, and those steps were taken in the same location.

SAUNA OPEN AIR FESTIVAL

Sauna Open Air Metal Festival, has become one of the largest music festivals dedicated only to metal and related styles of music in the Nordic countries

NUMMIROCK FESTIVAL

Another of Finland's premier rock events, the riffs and blast beats will ring out on three different stages, the smallest of which looks set to unmask plenty of new, unsigned rock talent.

KIVENLAHTI ROCK FESTIVAL

The program will follow the same as previous years, domestic top performers as well as interesting to foreign names!