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 […]

Jorma Uotinen – voice and speaking Trio Avec Petri Ikkelä – accordion & bandoneon Helena Plathán – cello Ilkka Joronen – piano The drama concert features songs about friendship, love, longing, loneliness, death, life, ourselves – about everything that tango can tell. The program includes e.g. compositions by Astor Piazzolla, Kurt Weill, Erik Lindström, Villoldo and […]

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 […]

Vestersundsby players (Jakobstads arbis), Pedersöre MI’s accordion group and the entertainment orchestra (Nykarleby Arbis) play music in the winter evening. The groups are led by Mia Willnäs. The repertoire includes everything from folk music and schlager to dance music and tango. It will be an evening of joy, where well-known songs are interpeted with catchy […]

“One might hear all kinds of things in Kokkola when you take a sauna at the corners of Rosso…” Fri 14.2. 18-22 h (last sauna 21.30) Sat 15.2. 18-23 h (last sauna 22.30) The evening gets dark, the lights come on, the tar smells and the karaoke sings fresh. Nothing else to do but go […]