11.9.2025
The organ association of Lapua give a concert with the best pieces of organmusic from the centuries on Sunday 14.9.2025. The performer is the internationally known organist Pétur Sakari. The speaker of the concert is Risto Nordell, known from his music programme at YLE, The choices of Risto!
1.10.–28.11.2025
Create your own cultural trip, get your own concertpass. Get stamps and get one concert or get a good reduction on the opera ticket. Worldpremieres and musicians from all over the world perform together with our symphony orchestras and on our music festivals. Choose your destinations and book your concerttickets. Combine your trip with good food, overnight or a guided excursion in connection to the concerts. Ostrobothnia on the Finnish westcoast is never far away.
13.–13.12.2025
A festival with classical music in Finland´s tiniest town on the Westcoast of Ostrobothnia. The coming summer the city of Kaskö celebrates it´s 240ies Anniversary. Artistic directors of the Festival are the pianist Anna-Mari and cellist Samuli Peltonen.
21.–27.12.2025
Concerts at 12, 14, 16
Irina Zahharenkova, piano, Maano Männi, violin
Chopin, Debussy, Satie, Fauré, Kreisler and Pärt.
1.–10.4.2026
All events in the Schauman Hall during the Spring season 2026! Check the programme link!
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10.4.–14.5.2026
Most Welcome to the springseason of Ostrobothnia Chamber Orchestra! Please find your ticket behind the link. Picture: Hugo Ticciati, violin, leader
11.–11.4.2026
Music performances and discussions in The city centre of Vaasa! Storalånggatan 14.
Free entry. Join us for a coffee! This is the old factoryarea of Wärtsilä in Vöråstan in Vaasa.
15.–16.4.2026
Temppeliaukio Church 16.4. at 7 pm. This time, music from the shores and plains of Ostrobothnia is brought to Helsinki! The concert "Pohjanmaalta kajahtaa" (Sounds from Ostrobothnia) will feature excerpts from masterpieces, arias, and rarer musical gems. Free entry, programme 15 at the door!
16.4.–19.5.2026
The musicans of the Seinäjoki City Orchestra (SKOR) consists a string quintet and a wind quintet, the orchestra's focus is on chamber music. SKOR also regularly performs symphonic music and jazz. The concerts feature a greater variety of classical orchestral music. Cast aside your preconceptions, throw yourself into the vortex of music and create your own imagination of melodies with SKOR!
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19.4.–15.5.2026
The Vaasa City Orchestra´s programme for the Spring season is launched. The principal conductor of the orchestra is Anna-Maria Helsing. Book your ticket and read more about the programme behind the link.
Picture: Felix Benati, who conducts the orchestra 23.4. in Vaasa. He also won the International Jorma Panula Conducting competition in 2024.
14.–17.5.2026
The Vaasa Choir Festival is a celebration of vocal music. Come and experience choir performances from all over Finland, and treat yourself to a concert at the Ritz in Vaasa the16 May, tickets for which are already on sale. The detailed programme: vaasachoirfestival.fi
5.–14.6.2026
The Ilmajoki Music Festival is next year celebrating its 50th anniversary. The new, domestic premiere is the 15th self-produced opera "The Big Hate", which tells the story of the years of hate and the fate of our ancestors on the banks of the Kyrönjoki River. Composed by Uljas Pulkkis, libretto by Anneli Kanto, directed by Tuomas Parkkinen and conducted by Eero Lehtimäki. The tickets are now launched!
22.–29.7.2026
Artistic Director, cellist Jan-Erik Gustafsson plans the programme for the fourth time in summer 2026. An exciting programme for old an young listeners with traditional and contemporary chamber music! Korsholm Music Festival will continue the process of sustainable development and fill next summer put focus on climate and the seas.
28.7.–2.8.2026
The Lohtaja Church Music Festival was founded in 1978. Within four decades The Festival have spread also to other parts of Kokkola and Central Ostrobothnia. The aim is to present church music of the highest quality in all its richness as well as producing and presenting new church music. The Church Music Festival has established itself on the cultural scene as a high-quality event, quality, warm-hearted and accessible event.
20.–22.8.2026
Kokkolan SyysKamari, a chamber music festival, takes place every year in August and/or September. The artists are the most renowned young Finnish talents. One of Kokkolan SyysKamari’s main goals is to bring young virtuosos togehter to enjoy the intimate atmosphere and to create unique chamber music experiences. The program consists of chamber music jewels from the baroque era to these very days. Artistic directors: Antto Tunkkari, cello & Pauli Pappinen, double bass.
22.–30.9.2026
Vaasa Baroque to the Future Autumn season coming!
17.–21.11.2026
2026: A Sparkling Future – Young & Immortal
RUSK is a chamber music festival held annually in Pietarsaari/Jakobstad, Finland at the end of November. RUSK seeks to reflect the present day and age with its myriad variations and challenges. It is a melting pot in which creativity is unleashed in exotic contexts at the darkest, bleakest time of the northern year. In 2020 conductor Anna-Maria Helsing was appointed as new artistic director of RUSK.
27.11.–6.12.2026
The Middle Ostrobothnian Chamber opera association was founded in the year 2019 and arranges every year since year 2023 a three-day chamber opera festival in the city of Kokkola with new opera productions and operas for children.
22.–30.1.2027
Kaustinen Chamber Music Week is arranged 22-30.1.2027. Artistic Director, violaplayer Tiila Kangas.
13.–20.2.2027
Kokkola Winter Accordion is a winter city festival for the whole family in Kokkola and Pietarsaari.
By its nature, the Kokkola Winter Accordion is a holistic cornucopia that takes full advantage of the phenomena in the field of life of our time, utilizing the light and glory of winter and the historical environment of the city. Programme and tickets are now available. Picture: Dallapé, Photo: Teemu Mattson
