This year’s festival opens with a bang on Friday 15 August at Alandica, when soul queen LaGaylia Frazier (USA/SE)takes the stage with the symphonic wind masters of the Helsinki Police Band (FI). The audience will experience a powerful and emotional concert featuring iconic soul classics by Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, and Tina Turner– performed in […]

Turku Sea Jazz’s atmospheric Thursday on July 31st will once again take place in the stunning setting of Seili Island. Award-winning saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen will perform in the island’s church, while the trio Antila/Tuuri/Mäkynen brings vibrant jazz to the garden of the main building. Book your seat now at Tiketti.fi! A definite summer highlight is […]

Korpo Sea Jazz is a festival focusing on jazz, played by Finnish, professional jazz musicians. I have often discussed with my fellow organizers of the festival, what is the meaning of this concept, Finnish, professional jazz musician, to each one. The most severe definition would be “a freelance musician who has graduated from the Jazz […]

The Baltic Jazz summer program has been published and all festival tickets are now available at tiketti.fi/balticjazz. This summer, in addition to top Finnish artists, the festival will feature guest performers from the United States, Sweden, and Denmark. The festival program has been planned under the leadership of our Artistic Director Antti Sarpila, and the […]

The year 2024 for the Archipelago Sea Jazz festival series was a resounding success. All four festivals were carried out as planned with fantastic artists, attracting a total of approximately 7,300 visitors to the archipelago scenery and top-tier music. Environmental work continued in accordance with the EcoCompass certification and in collaboration with Archipelago Sea Jazz’s […]