Festivals Time order Alphabetical order Show festival typesHide festival types AllDanceFilmFolk heritageLiteratureMulti-ArtsMusicStand-Up ComedyTheatreVisual Art 3.6.–15.10.2023 Tampere Backlight Photo Festival Backlight is a photo festival organised in Tampere since 1987 by the Photographic Centre… 28.9.–1.10.2023 Tampere Dance Mania Dance Mania is a contemporary folk dance and music event offering training courses and… 28.9.–1.10.2023 Parkano & Kihniö Art Festivo Art Festivo is a classical music and cultural event, which has been organised annually… 4.10.–7.10.2023 Tampere Lost in Music Lost in Music is an urban music festival organised annually in the top venues… 2.11.–5.11.2023 Tampere Tampere Jazz Happening Tampere Jazz Happening, the flagship of Finnish jazz events, brings together the Finnish and… 6.11.–12.11.2023 Tampere Kirjalitta Children’s Literature and Literary Art Festival Kirjalitta is a children’s literature and literary art festival for the whole family. The… 6.3.–10.3.2024 Tampere Tampere Film Festival The Tampere Film Festival is an annual meeting place for both film lovers and… 10.4.–14.4.2024 Tampere Tampere Biennale Tampere Biennale presents the most interesting performers, current composers and the latest works of… 8.6.2024 Tampere Annikki Poetry Festival Annikki Poetry Festival, held every two years, started in 2003 when residents of the… 12.6.–16.6.2024 Tampere Pispala Schottische The Pispala Schottische International Folklore Festival is a burst of colour and joy. The… 28.6.–29.6.2024 Sastamala The Days of Old Literature The Days of Old Literature is a free literature event held in Sastamala since… 6.7.–7.7.2024 Pirkkala Pirkkala Viking Fair The Pirkkala Viking Fair invites visitors on a journey back to the Iron Age…. 17.7.–21.7.2024 Sastamala Sastamala Gregoriana Sastamala Gregoriana is one of Finland’s largest and longest-lived events focusing on early music…. 18.7.–20.7.2024 Tampere Tammerfest Tammerfest, Finland’s hottest urban festival, is the midsummer highlight that has filled the city… 5.8.–11.8.2024 Tampere Tampere Theatre Festival Tampere Theatre Festival is one of the most prominent festivals of theatre and performing… 16.8.–17.8.2024 Tampere Blockfest Blockfest is the largest hip-hop festival in the Nordic countries. It is held annually… 11.9.–15.9.2024 Tampere MUKAMAS – International Puppet Theatre Festival MUKAMAS – International Puppet Theatre Festival is an event founded by Teatteri Mukamas in… 11.6.–15.6.2025 Tampere Tampere Vocal Music Festival The diversity of the human voice can be admired every other summer at the… TBA Pälkäne Aitoon Kirkastusjuhlat Music Festival Aitoon Kirkastusjuhlat is a three-day music festival held in the village of Aitoo, in… TBA Tampere Fest Afrika Since year 2002 Fest Afrika Festival has presented all kinds of African performing arts… TBA Tampere Finlayson Art Area Finlayson Art Area brings the visual arts to the historic Finlayson area in Tampere,… TBA Hämeenkyrö Hämeenkyrö FEStiwals Opera with a view! Hämeenkyrö FEStiwals is and organisation that produces and brings new… TBA Virrat KesäVirratSoi Music Festival KesäVirratSoi is a music festival focusing on classical and light music, held in a… TBA Mänttä Mänttä Art Festival The Mänttä Art Festival is one of the most prominent contemporary art exhibitions in… TBA Mänttä Mänttä Music Festival The Mänttä Music Festival is an international meeting place for piano music lovers, showcasing… TBA Urjala Pentinkulma Literature Festival The Pentinkulma Literature Festival is a traditional, yet lively literary event held annually in… TBA Ikaalinen Sata-Häme Soi International Accordion Music Festival Sata-Häme Soi is an accordion music event held in the town of Ikaalinen since… TBA Tampere Tampere Chamber Music Tampere Chamber Music is an international chamber music festival combining science and art. The… TBA Tampere Tampere Dance Current – Contemporary Dance Festival The Tampere Dance Current – Contemporary Dance Festival, held since 1997, brings together the… TBA Tampere Tampere Flamenco Festival The Tampere Flamenco Festival, first held in 1996, is the oldest of its kind… TBA Tampere Tampere Guitar Festival The Tampere Guitar Festival specialises in acoustic guitar music. The festival was first organised… TBA Tampere Tampere Kuplii Comics Festival The Tampere Kuplii Comics Festival is a feel-good event intended for anyone interested in… TBA Nokia Tapsan Tahdit Tapsan Tahdit is a three-day music festival held in Nokia. The festival is focusing… TBA Tampere Tomatoes! Tomatoes! Stand-up Comedy Festival The stand-up comedy festival Tomatoes! Tomatoes!, organised in Tampere and Hämeenlinna, fills the centre… TBA Valkeakoski Workers’ Music Festival The Workers’ Music Festival is held in the unique milieu of the UPM Tervasaari… No results