Concerts and Events
Tango del Norte
10 February, 2024 20:00 - 21:00 Katariinankatu 16, Kokkola
Finnish passion for Argentine tango and folklore
Liput alkaen 25 €EUR
Tango Dance Course
10 February, 2024 15:00 - 17:00 Pormestarinkatu 28, Kokkola
Learn to dance tango!
Liput alkaen 10 €/ 15 € -EUR
Misatango – Tango Mass
10 February, 2024 18:00 - 19:00 Läntinen Kirkkokatu 12, Kokkola, Finland
Martín Palmers Tango Mass - Misa a Buenos Aires
Liput alkaen 30 €/20 € -EUR
Accordion Skiing
11 February, 2024 11:00 - 14:00 Ahvenpolku 8, Kokkola
It’s nice and cozy for a skier to ski when Rastimaja’s fireplace creates a warm atmosphere. At Rastimaja, you can grease your skis and enjoy a nice hot cup of juice. Music by Eero Korpimo quartet: Mikko Kemppainen vocal Eero Korpimo accordion Markku Peltoniemi accordion Esko […]
Winter in Kokkola in the 17th century
11 February, 2024 17:00 - 18:00 Mannerheiminaukio, Kokkola
What was winter like in Kokkola centuries ago? Experience a tour, enlivened by the roles of tourist guides, present the history of our city. Kristiina Teerikangas and Elisa Maunumäki explain about the winter seaside town. After the tour, warm juice and Otilia’s buttermilk cake are offered.
In a tube of dance
11 February, 2024 18:00 - 18:30 Tehtaankatu 1, Kokkola
Conservatory’s ballet students joyful dance performance in the gateway above Sunti. Guardia Nueva’s Tico-Tico, Libertango and Mainingit will be heard in the performances. The public can watch the performance from Sunti.
Young virtuosos let loose!
12 February, 2024 18:00 - 20:00 Pitkänsillankatu 16, Kokkola
The traditional Monday night of the festival is filled with energy! There will be solo and chamber music performances, Junior accordions, K-30 orchestra and Jazzcombo, Active Accordion Orchestra. Visitors also from Music School Legato. WELCOME!
CD-Release
12 February, 2024 10:00 - 11:00 Pitkänsillankatu 16, Kokkola
Announcing the CD produced by the Central Ostrobothnia Chamber Orchestra and the Winter Accordion Festival. The album features accordion concertos by Aulis Sallinen, Minna Leinonen and Veli Kujala.
Lunch Musik
Relaxing music during lunch break. Valentinos 11.30-11.50 Kokkolinna 12.00-12.30 La Favorita 13.30-14.00
Duo Bryats Band
13 February, 2024 19:00 - 21:00 Pitkänsillankatu 16, Kokkola
The brilliant Ukrainian duo performs music from folk to rock
Liput alkaen 20 €/ 10 €EUR
Ukrainian lunch
13 February, 2024 11:00 - 14:00 Isokatu 1, Kokkola
Come and enjoy the delicacies of Ukrainian gastronomy and get to know the country’s rich food culture. Relaxing music on lunch break to the rhythm of the duo Balalaitari
Liput alkaen 14 €EUR
Henna and the Superheroes
13 February, 2024 10:00 - 13:00 Kokkolan koulut
Henna and the Superheroes takes over the schools of Kokkola! Henna-Maija Kuki accordion and vocals Alina Järvelä violin and vocals Susanna Lukkarinen piano and vocals We have received a tip that a great superpower has been hidden […]
Karelian Valentine’s Day lunch
14 February, 2024 11:00 - 14:00 Isokatu 1, Kokkola
Karelian food culture at its tastiest, come and enjoy it!
Liput alkaen 14 €EUR
Wreath-laying at the memorial statue of those left in Karelia
14 February, 2024 18:00 - 19:00 Torikatu 46, Kokkola
The Ostrobothnia district of Karelian clubs remembers the deceased who remained in Karelia. Wreath-laying by Veikko Leppänen’s Mother-Child themed statue.
Goodbye, Vyborg! -musical drama
14 February, 2024 19:00 - 21:00 Pitkänsillankatu 16, Kokkola
During the winter war, the people of Vyborg were offered the opportunity to leave their beloved treasures at home, where the authorities would collect them, take care of them and bring them back to the owners to the evacuation centers. In what state of mind did the people of Vyborg turn their backs on the […]
Liput alkaen 25 €EUR
Valentine’s Days Winter Fun
14 February, 2024 17:00 - 19:00 Kelkkatie 1, Kokkola
Downhill skiing, juice serving and winding hill to the beat of music!
Lunch Musik
Relaxing music during lunch break. Klo 11 Matkustajakoti Ykspihlaja Klo 12 Kaupungintalo Klo 12.30 Ravintola Kokkolinna Klo 13.30 Kulma Welcome!
Life as a composer
15 February, 2024 17:30 - 18:30 Kauppiaankatu 10, Pietarsaari
Cecilia Damström talks about her life and her compositions
Duo Brunell
15 February, 2024 19:00 - 21:00 Kauppiaankatu 10, Pietarsaari
Martina & Mauriz Brunell
Liput alkaen 20 €/ 10 €EUR
Winter Accordions Seminar – “Can music be an ambassador for equality?”
16 February, 2024 16:30 - 18:00 Pitkänsillankatu 16, KOKKOLA, Finland
In the panel discussion: Composer Cecilia Damström Docent of musicology Juha Torvinen PhD researcher Nuppu Koivisto-Kaasik Moderator will be journalist Anni Saari
Liput alkaen USDVapaa pääsy
Sauna Village
16 February, 2024 18:00 - 23:00 Isokatu 4, Kokkola
"You'll hear all kinds of things in Kokkola when you take a sauna at the corners of Rosso"
Festivals official dance
16 February, 2024 20:00 - 01:00 Vapaudentie 1, Kokkola
Experience Winter Accordions festival dance with the power of two orchestras. Everyone is welcome to dance on the big floor! Cafe open. FRIDAY 16.2 20-01 Guns Rosor has been entertaining the dance people of Ostrobothnia since 2013, i.e. for ten years despite their young age. The happy stage mood and versatile music with major-based music […]
Liput alkaen Liput: 20€EUR
From three eras – Central Ostrobothnia Chamber Orchestra
16 February, 2024 19:00 - 21:00 Pitkänsillankatu 16, Kokkola
K-P Kamariorkesteri, Jan Söderblom, Sonja Vertainen
Liput alkaen Liput:etukäteen ostettuna 28/22,50/11€ ja ovelta ostettuna 30/35/12 €EUR
Rossos Winter Karaoke
17 February, 2024 18:00 - 23:00 Isokatu 4, Kokkola, Finland
Come to Rossos Winter Karaoke!
Festivals Closing Party
17 February, 2024 21:30 - 23:55 Torikatu 19, Kokkola
Come to the raucous closing party of the festival! Jarkko Helin & Crawfish kings Jarkko Helin harmonikka/dragspel ja/och laulu/sång Harri Raudaskoski kitara/gitarr ja/och laulu/sång Mikko Löytty basso/bass Dino Kullberg rummut/trummis ——– Antti Paalanen harmonikka/dragspel ja/och laulu/sång FREE ADMISSION
Kallentori soi!
17 February, 2024 10:00 - 15:00 Pitkänsillankatu 15, Kokkola
Event will be opened by Wanha Kalle Martti Nykänen. Two-time winner of the Syksyn Sävel competition, entertainer Erkki Liikanen is still in good musical shape. The evacuation sleigh goes to Silakka-apaja at a fast pace with a lively sense of humor and the accompaniment of Seppo Lankinen. Also included are Torikööri, the 50-year-old Kokkolanseutu accordion […]
The Great Entertainment Concert – Guardia Nueva
17 February, 2024 18:00 - 21:00 Teknologiakatu 8, Kokkola, Finland
GUARDIA NUEVA & JARKKO AHOLA, JENNIE STORBACKA
Liput alkaen 39 € / S-etu 3 €EUR
Jaeger’s love
08 February, 2025 18:00 - 20:00 Pitkänsillankatu 16, Kokkola, Finland
The Birth of the Fatherland – The Power of Love – The Pain of Disappointment The new domestic musical theater drama written by Pauli Poranen takes the viewer to the birth of independent Finland and the stages of the jaeger movement from Ostrobothnia to Germany. The road to love, disappointment and reconciliation. Pauli Poranen – […]
In the footsteps of a Jaeger – a guided tour
08 February, 2025 16:00 - 17:00 Mannerheiminaukio 1, Kokkola, Finland
“Why on earth does pharmacist Roos invite Russians living in Kokkola to his home for evening parties, even though he is active in the jaeger movement? It endangers the safety of the entire city when young men visit the pharmacy suspiciously often.” How did the jaeger movement affect Kokkola? Kristiina Teerikangas and Elisa Maunumäki tell […]
Öja’s secret jaeger cabin
08 February, 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Isokatu 3, Kokkola, Finland
In Kokkola’s Öja, there is a jaeger cabin in the middle of the forest, which was used as a hiding place for those intending to become Jaegers in Germany more than a hundred years ago. Who were there? Who was the independence activist Igor Sandman? Linda Boberg-Santala lectures about a remarkable place that only few […]
From Tallinn to Kokkola
09 February, 2025 16:00 - 17:00 Pitkänsillankatu 16, Kokkola, Finland
-Heino Eller, Kaspar Uljas, Tiit Kalluste, J.S.Bach – The Estonian Youth Accordion Orchestra with Kristel Laas as conductor will pay a visit to the Winter Accordion Festival! The orchestra is gathered of young musicians from various music schools in Estonia. The energetic orchestra has performed a lot in Estonia and visited e.g. In the Czech […]
Accordion Skiing
09 February, 2025 11:00 - 14:00 Ahvenpolku 8, Kokkola, Finland
It’s good for a skier to ski when Rastimaja’s fireplace creates a warm atmosphere. At Rastimaja, you can maintain and service your skis, as well as a hot cup of warm juice. Free entrance
Young Virtuosos Concert
10 February, 2025 18:00 - 20:00 Pitkänsillankatu 16, Kokkola, Finland
The traditional Monday night of the festival is full of energy! There will be solo and chamber music performances, Junior accordions, K-30 orchestra. As a guest, the PocoApoco Accordion Orchestra, with accordion students from Kuusamo, Kajaani and Kemijärvi music schools. Free entrance
Talviharmonikka Goes Opera
11 February, 2025 18:00 - 19:00 Pitkänsillankatu 16, Kokkola, Finland
An opera evening with all the spices – from music to stories. Classics of Italian opera literature (Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni), captivating American minimalism (John Adams, Philip Glass). Finally, Canadian R. Murray Schafer’s stunning head of Adriana. Minna-Leena Lahti – soprano Esa Ruuttunen – bass baritone Sini Ström – accordion Sonja Vertainen – accordion Introduction […]