Helsinki's EVENTS 2025-2026

MARCH, 2025
1.-2.3. Helsinki Handicraft Fair, Wanha Satama
1.-2.3. Yoga Festival Helsinki, Cable Factory
4.-8.3. Helsinki Organ Festival, organ music, Helsinki
5.-8.3. Savoy JazzFest, jazz festival, Savoy Theatre
14.-15.3. Craft Beer Helsinki, beer festival, Wanha Festival
14.-16.3. Auto 2025, car fair, Messukeskus
21.-29.3. Red Pearl Clown Festival, Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth
22.-23.3.Helsinki Antique-Design-Art, antique fair, Wanha Satama
27.-30.3. Spring Fair 25, garden fair, Messukeskus
28.-30.3. Golf Fair 25, Messukeskus
29.3.-5.4. JuuriJuhla Festival, folk music, Espoo

APRIL, 2025
-5.4. JuuriJuhla Festival, folk music, Espoo
4.-5.4. Synchronized Skating World Championships 2025, Helsinki Ice Hall
4.-6.4. Helsinki Ink 25, international tattoo event, Cable Factory
11.-13.4. Child 25, children’s fair, Messukeskus
19.4. Via Crucis –Stages of the Cross, Kaisaniemi Park – Senate Square
25.-27.4. Helsinki Coffee Festival, Cable Factory
18.-20.4. American Car Show 2025, cars and motorcycles, Messukeskus
18.-20.4. Retro & Vintage + Design Expo, Cable Factory
22.-26.4. April Jazz, jazz festival, Espoo
27.4. Länsiväyläjuoksu, running event, Espoo
30.4. May Day Eve, spring party in Helsinki

MAY, 2025
1.5. May Day, student and national celebrations, including traditional picnics in Kaivopuisto Park
15.-18.5. OpenHouseHelsinki, guided architectural tours, Helsinki
17.5. Helsinki City Running Day, running event, Helsinki
18.5. Giro d’Espoo, cycling event, Espoo
18.-29.5. Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, Helsinki
24.5. Naisten kymppi, women’s 10K fun run, Töölönlahti Park
24.-25.5. World Village Festival, world music, Suvilahti
Animatricks, animation film festival, Helsinki
Marimekko Fashion Show, Esplanade Park

JUNE, 2025
3.6.-28.8. Organ Night and Aria, organ music festival, Espoo
8.6.-21.9. Helsinki Biennial, art event, Helsinki
9.-15.6. Helsinki Samba Carnaval, samba parade and events, Helsinki centre & Senate Square
11.-14.6. Burger Lovers Festival, food festival, Railway Square
12.6. Helsinki Day, birthday events throughout the city, Helsinki
13.-14.6. Helsinki City Festival, music, Nordis
14.6. MeriViapori, boating event for wooden vessels, Suomenlinna Sea Fortress
15.6. Jean-Michel Jarre, concert, Helsinki Ice Hall
16.6. Iron Maiden, concert, Olympic Stadium
20.6. Juhannusvalkeat, Midsummer Feast, Seurasaari Island
23.6. Kylie Minogue, concert, Espoo Metro Areena
23.-29.6. Helsinki Pride, festival for sexual minorities, Helsinki
26.-28.6. Craft Beer Helsinki, beer festival, Railway Square
27.-29.6. Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, metal music festival, Suvilahti
Helsinki Organ Summer, music in various churches (June-August)

JULY, 2025
-21.9. Helsinki Biennial, art event, Helsinki
4.-5.7. Kipinä Festival, music festival, Oulunkylä Sports Park
7.-12.7. Helsinki Cup, international junior soccer tournament, Helsinki
17.-19.7. Tikkurila Festivaali, music festival, Hiekkaharju, Vantaa
25.-26.7. Jytäkesä Go-Go, rock festival, Suvilahti
30.7.-2.8. Big Beers – Small Breweries, beer festival, Railway Square
Helsinki Chamber Music Festival, chamber music, Helsinki
Jazz-Espa, jazz concerts, Espa Stage, Esplanade Park (July-August)
Ropecon, role play event, Messukeskus
Summer in Alppipuisto, park concerts during weekends, Alppipuisto Park
URB 25, urban festival, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma

AUGUST, 2025
-2.8. Big Beers – Small Breweries, beer festival, Railway Square
-21.9. Helsinki Biennial, art event, Helsinki
1.-2.8. À la Park, music and good food, Meripuisto Park
1.-2.8. Weekend Festival, music festival, Vermo Race Track, Espoo
8.-9.8. Hellsinki Metal Festival, metal music festival, Nordis
8.-9.8. Vauhti kiihtyy! -festivaali, music, Tikkurila Sports Park, Vantaa
8.-10.8. Flow Festival, urban festival, Helsinki
13.8. Bryan Adams, concert, Helsinki Ice Hall
14.8. Night of the Arts, cultural happenings fill the streets of Helsinki late into the evening 14.-16.8.Tapiola Festivaali, music festival, Espoo
14.-31.8. Helsinki Festival, events throughout the city, Helsinki
22.-31.8. Espoo Ciné, film festival, Espoo
23.8. Helsinki Marathon, running event, Helsinki
24.8. The Smashing Pumpkins, concert, Helsinki Ice Hall
26.-30.8. Viapori Jazz, jazz festival, Suomenlinna
27.-31.8. Sampo Festival, puppet theatre festival, Helsinki
BRQ Festival, Baroque music festival, Vantaa
Espoo Day, cultural programme, Espoo
Etno-Espa, music event, Esplanade Park
Poetry Moon, poem festival, Helsinki
Viapori Trophy, sailing competition off of Suomenlinna

SEPTEMBER, 2025
-21.9. Helsinki Biennial, art event, Helsinki
5.-14.9. Helsinki Design Week, design event, Helsinki
6.9. Nuuksio Classic Trail Marathon, running event, Nuuksio, Espoo
10.-14.9. Habitare, furniture, decoration and design fair, Messukeskus
18.-28.9. Love and Anarchy Film Festival, internationally current films, Helsinki
20.9. Espoo Rantamaraton, running event, Espoo
20.9. Robbie Williams, concert, Olympic Stadium
20.-21.9. Helsinki Comics Festival, international comics event, Cable Factory
24.-28.9. International Europe Market, Helsinki
iik!week, horror festival, Linnanmäki Amusement Park
Smaku, food festival in restaurants, Helsinki

OCTOBER, 2025
5.-11.10. Baltic Herring Market, Helsinki’s oldest traditional event, Market Square
7.10. Offspring, concert, Helsinki Ice Hall
17.-19.10. I love me 2025, beauty & fashion fair, Messukeskus
23.-26.10. Helsinki Book Fair / Wine and Food 2025, Messukeskus
25.-26.10. Licorice Festival, Wanha Satama
Carnival of Light, Linnanmäki Amusement Park
Retro & Vintage + Design Expo, Cable Factory
Sailing Ship Day, Market Square
Sirkus Finlandia, traditional circus, Kaisaniemi Park

NOVEMBER, 2025
6.-16.11. Moving in November Dance Festival, modern dance, Helsinki
19.-20.11. Slush, startup event, Helsinki
21.-23.11. GP Finlandia Trophy Helsinki, figure skating, Helsinki Ice Hall
21.-29.11. Baltic Circle – International Theatre Festival, Helsinki
25.-26.11. Studia 2025, education fair, Messukeskus
28.11.-22.12. Helsinki Christmas Market, Senate Square
Etnosoi!, world music festival, Helsinki
Helsinki Christmas Cribs, Helsinki
Helsinki Christmas Opening, Aleksanterinkatu, Senate Square
Kaamospelit, folk music festival, Vantaa
Winter Circus, Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth, Suvilahti, (November-January)

DECEMBER, 2025
-22.12. Helsinki Christmas Market, Senate Square
6.12. Finnish Independence Day, ceremonial events and festivities
6.-7.12. Koira 2025, International Dog Show, Messukeskus
13.12. Lucia Parade from Helsinki Cathedral to Finlandia Hall
31.12. Helsinki New Year, music, fireworks, Helsinki
We Jazz, jazz festival, Helsinki

EXHIBITIONS, 2025

-5.1.2025 Art Prolongs Life, Kunsthalle Helsinki
-5.1. Care and Repair, Museum of Finnish Architecture & Design Museum
-5.1. Christmas in Villa Gyllenberg, Villa Gyllenberg
-6.1. Lauri Markkanen, NBA Star, Sports Museum Tahto
-6.1. The Power of Play, Science Centre Heureka, Vantaa
-12.1. Feels Like Home, Museum for Contemporary Art Kiasma
-12.1. Jacopo Bassano, Sinebrychoff Art Museum
-12.1. Photography Art from the 90s, Finnish Museum of Photography
-12.1. Taru Happonen: Taxidermy Surfaces, HAM Helsinki
-12.1. Viljami Nissi, Finnish Museum of Photography
-13.1. Tamminiemi Retro Christmas, Tamminiemi
-17.1. A Thousand Stories About Espoo, Espoo City Museum, Espoo
-19.1. Ballet Dancer Elsa Sylvestersson, Theatre Museum
-19.1. In The Christmas Mood on Bulevardi, Sinebrychoff Art Museum
-26.1. Carl-Henning Pedersen, Didrichsen Art Museum
-26.1. Gothic Modern, Ateneum Art Museum
-26.1. Ulla Wiggen: Passage, EMMA, Espoo

-23.2. Dip in the Story of River Glimsinjoki, Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo -23.2. Pauline Curnier Jardin, Museum for Contemporary Art Kiasma
-23.2. Tyler Mitchell, Finnish Museum of Photography K1

-2.3. Experiments in Concretism, EMMA, Espoo
-2.3. Intertwind Worlds, Artsi Museum, Vantaa
-2.3. Jarmo Mäkilä: I Am Many, Villa Gyllenberg
-2.3. Larissa Sansour, Amos Rex
-2.3. M/S Baltic – LQBTQAI + Migration, Helsinki City Museum
-9.3. Good, Better, Vantaa, Vantaa City Museum, Vantaa
-23.3. Milky Way Tour, Museum for Contemporary Art Kiasma
-30.3. The Professionals of Time, Museum of Horology and Jewellery Kruunu

-6.4.   Tove Jansson: Paradise, HAM Helsinki
-27.4.  My World II, Museum of Horology and Jewellery Kruunu, Espoo

-27.4. Tori Wrånes: Big Water, HAM Helsinki

-4.5. Tschabalala Self: Around The Way, EMMA, Espoo
-1.6. The Manor on the King’s Road, Espoo City Museum, Espoo

-24.8.  Feeling Food, Hotel and Restaurant Museum

-31.8. Glamour and Curtsy – Upstairs and Downstairs Life, Villa Hakasalmi

-26.10. Bambi Forever!, HAM Helsinki
-26.10. Food for All, Helsinki University Museum Flame

-28.12.     President’s Ties, Tamminiemi