Saturday 8 June 2019

Weekend in Finland

Weekend in Finland June 8-9: samba, theater and a lot of rock

This weekend Helsinki will spin into the rhythms of samba, and musicians and artists will fill the main street of Imatra. And - festivals, festivals, festivals.

On Saturday, June 8, in Finland it is expected from +25 to +29 degrees Celsius, thunderstorms are likely. On Sunday throughout the country it will become colder by 3-4 degrees, it will rain.

From 6 to 8 June, the Sideways International Music Festival is held at the Helsinki Ice Arena. There will be Suede, Nas, Kurt Vile & The Violators and other musicians. One day ticket will cost 79 euros

From 7 to 9 June, the Finnish capital will host the annual Samba Carnival with parties, master classes and a parade. On June 8, the festive program will begin at 10:45 on the steps of the Cathedral, and at 15:00 the participants of the colorful procession will start from Senate Square.

June 7 in the Finnish capital will begin the anniversary, the 20th festival of urban culture URB'19. The main venues will be the Kiasma theater, the Caisa, Annantalo and Stoa cultural centers, as well as the new loft Leip? Tehdas ("Bakery"). On Saturday, a free event with music, dancing, street art and a grill will take place at Stoa from 12 to 17. And at 20:00 in the theater Kiasma will show a feminist variety show Let Me be your fantasy. Tickets cost 16 euros.

On June 8, participants in the capital's half-marathon will run through the center of Helsinki. Sportsmen will start the race from Alvar Aalto Street at 8:30. For children there will be separate distances of 500 and 1000 meters.

On Saturday, Feel Helsinki, a free event combining art and gastronomy, will take place in the House of Music. From 10 to 23 hours, theatrical and dance performances in combination with dishes from the best metropolitan restaurants, as well as a separate children's program, await visitors.

On the same day, the Kaktus dance festival will be organized in the cultural center Caisa. And on the territory of the former slaughterhouse Teurastamo on Saturday they will grill, listen to music and share their experience in gardening.

In the region of Ruoholahti on World Ocean Day will be celebrated on Saturday. At the pier of Tammisaarenlightu, from 10 to 14, there is an entertainment program on the maritime theme, the opportunity to visit the research vessel Aranda and see in action a new garbage vessel, the Roska-Roope.

From June 7 to June 9, the open-air Rockfest will be held in Hyvinkää, 60 km from Helsinki. This year Kiss, Slipknot, Disturbed metallers, In Flame and more than 30 bands will perform there. A ticket for one day of the festival costs from 112.50 euros. About other festivals of the summer.

The grand opening of the Sand Castle will take place on June 8 in Lappeenranta. The theme of this year’s giant sculpture was the 370th anniversary of Lappeenranta. Balloons, performances of children's groups from Vyborg, as well as a troubadour are waiting for the guests of the holiday. At 13:00, a free tour of the fortress in Russian will begin.

And in the border town, the season of free summer concerts began. This Saturday you can listen to music on the Market Square from 11 to 12, in the Sandy Castle from 13 to 14, and on Satamatori Square from 18 to 19 hours.

Imatra embraced the Black and White Theater Festival. On Saturday, June 8, the pedestrian street Koskenparras will become the central platform, where performances by theater groups from different countries will be shown for free. Russia will present the play "Dolls and Clowns" puppet them. Demmeny. At 6:00 pm, the Show of Imatrankoski thresholds will begin, and at 7:00 pm in the cultural center Virta you can see the Nasty performance of the Finnish team of the Susanna Leinonen Company. Tickets cost from 23.50 euros.

On June 7, the Tampere - Theater City exhibition opens in Tampere. The exhibition at the Vapriikki Museum Center features scenes from traditional theatrical performances that took place in Tampere: from Hamlet to West Side Story. The exhibition was based on photographs from the archives of the museums and theaters of Tampere, the Helsinki Theater Museum and the Verstas Working Museum. Also, visitors will be able to see theatrical outfits, costumes and mock-ups of scenery.

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