Festival Updates

Porvoo Jazz Festival is joining forces with the Porvoo Music Institute. The concert is without age limit and has a free entrance. The concert will feature small groups formed by students from the music institute performing jazz classics. The Regional Music Institute...

The highlight of the Saturday night of Porvoo Jazz Festival will be the cult band Dalindèo. Their sixth album, "Tropicalia Nordica," will be released in May 2024. Expect timeless, energetic, entertaining, and psychedelic surf-iron jazz in Dalindèo's style. "Tropicalia...

"Arppa sings captivating stories, which the supple harmony of the jazz trio emphasizes." - Yle Matti Toivonen Best known for their energetic, improvisation-based performances, Arppa and their band are among the top names in the current Finnish indie scene. Arppa's...

Karmen Rõivassepp Quartet, perhaps the most ethereal band of the artist presentations, is a vibrant and remarkable jazz quartet that has reached a solid audience in Scandinavia. After their debut released in 2018, the band has been aiming for a breakthrough on the...

Drummer Tatu Rönkkö and guitarist Kalle Kalima played for the first time in the mountains of South Tyrol at the Bolzano Jazz Festival, where they were sent on a blind date gig to the village square with singer Andreas Schaerer. Both had left Finland to live abroad at...

The children's music band Henna ja Supersankarit (Henna and the Superheroes), taking the stage at the Porvoo Jazz Festival, presents new rhythm-based children's music that inspires listeners of all ages to sing, dance, play, and laugh. The band's concerts come with a...

Seppo Kantonen Trio performing at the Art Factory Taidehalli marks pianist Seppo Kantonen's return to the traditional piano-bass-drums trio. The lineup has been regularly rehearsing since the beginning of 2023 and will continue in the same manner throughout the year....

This year, the Porvoo Jazz Festival will bring together Avanti! chamber orchestra and the Suvisoitto event. A concert will be held at June's Suvisoitto, where Porvoo Jazz Club will be visiting the festival's Saturday night with the Adele Sauros Quartet as a performer....

Every year, Porvoo Jazz Festival wants to present something new! This year's special feature is Ping Pong! We invite the cream of Finnish jazz musicians to play in a ping pong tournament with the lively Danish organ-drum duo, Born2Bingo. The band sets the rhythm for...

Sara Decker is a contemporary jazz vocalist and composer, specializing in merging popstyles with improvisational jazz artistry. Known for her subtle tone, impressive range and heartfelt story-telling she has been acknowledged with numerous music awards andnominations...