Tampere Jazz Happening Reveals 45th Anniversary Lineup
Tampere Jazz Happening has published its 45th-anniversary programme, with international and Finnish acts across Pakkahuone, Klubi and Telakka, plus free opening and closing concerts.
The 45th Tampere Jazz Happening lineup features international and Finnish acts across Pakkahuone, Klubi and Telakka during the festival weekend.
The programme opens with a Netherjazz showcase in Klubi, includes a prize-giving ceremony at Pakkahuone, free opening and closing concerts, and a wide mix of shows ranging from electro-jazz and acoustic ensembles to experimental projects.
Highlights include the free Netherjazz opening in Klubi with Dutch groups Neon River and Raw Fish, plus AWICHAS led by Bolivian Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti. Pakkahuone will host the festival’s prize ceremony where the Yrjö Award and other honours are handed out, followed by a weekend of international names: Cosmic Ear, featuring Goran Kajfeš, Mats Gustafsson and Christer Bothén; Tomasz Dąbrowski & The Individual Beings with Johanna Elina Sulkunen; and Dutch–American–Bolivian MESTIZX. Telakka’s bill leans heavily on Finnish talent, from Kiri Ra! and Dantchev:Domain to electro-jazz veterans RinneRadio. Saturday and Sunday bring everything from Tokyo-influenced trio sets and handpan-and-dulcimer experiments to Joel Ross’s new Gospel Music project and a free closing concert by French–Colombian ¡Ya Voy!.
The festival will reopen the renovated Tullikamari at the end of October, following the city's earlier reopening plans. The renovation handover had been scheduled for early September the city's renovation update.
The article adds detailed day-by-day and venue-specific programming not fully present in earlier summaries, including: (1) the exact Friday Pakkahuone opening for the first time during the festival with the Yrjö Award ceremony followed by the winner’s performance; (2) Saturday’s specific Jazz Finland 100 celebration led by Mikko Innanen featuring Selma Savolainen, Juhani Aaltonen and Adele Sauros, plus Benjamin Herman’s trio with Tomoaki Baba, Rébecca M’Boungou’s Kolinga, and the handpan/dulcimer highlight featuring Manu Delago and Max ZT; and (3) Sunday’s additions of Beiggja (a Norway–Netherlands newcomer), Claude Tchamitchian’s Poetic Power marking 30 years of the Free Sounds tour, and the closing set details at Klubi, including that the final concert is free.
Earlier coverage
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