2019 in Finnish music explained

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2019 in Finnish music.

Events

January

• 11 – The 23rd Folklandia Cruise start in Helsinki (January 11 – 12).^[1]

February

• 10 – The Kokkola Winter Accordion Festival start (February 10 – 17).^[2]

March

• 6 – The 50th Turku Jazz Festival start in Åbo (March 6 – 10).^[3]

April

• 11 – The Tampere Biennale start (April 11 – 15).^[4]
• 14 – The Hetta Music Event start in Enontekiö (April 14–21).^[5]
• 24 – The 32nd April Jazz Espoo starts (April 25 – 29).^[6]

May

• 16 – The Vaasa Choir Festival starts (May 16 – 19).^[7]

July

• 5 – The Baltic Jazz festival starts in Dalsbruk (July 5 – 7).^[8]
• 8 – The 52nd Kaustinen Folk Music Festival starts (July 8 – 14).^[9]
• 12 – The 54th Pori Jazz Festival starts in Pori, Finland (July 12 – 20).^[10]

August

• 7 – The Rauma Festivo Music Festival start (August 7–11).^[11]

September

• 5 – The 20th Lahti Sibelius Festival start (September 5–8).^[12]

Deaths

February

• 12 – Olli Lindholm, rock singer and guitarist, Yö and Appendix (born 1964).^[13]

See also

• 2019 in Finland
• Music of Finland
• Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Notes and References

1. Web site: Folklandia . Folklandia.fi . 2019-01-19.
2. Web site: Kokkola Winter Accordion Festival 10 February 2019 - 17 February 2019 . Festivals.fi . 2019-01-19.
3. Web site: Turku Jazz Festival 6.-10.3.2019 . TurkuJazz.fi. 2019-01-19.
4. Web site: Tampere Biennale 11 April 2018 - 15 April 2018 . Festivals.fi . 2019-01-19 . 23 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171023115932/http://www.festivals.fi/en/festivaalit/tampere-biennale-3/#.We2SU2i0PIU . dead .
5. Web site: Hetta Music Event 14 – 21 April 2019 . Tosilappi.fi . 2019-01-19.
6. Web site: 32nd April Jazz Espoo 24.-28.4.2019 . Festivals.fi . 2019-01-19 . 2019-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121010912/http://www.festivals.fi/en/festivaalit/april-jazz-espoo-2/#.XESexlxKjIU . dead .
7. Web site: Vaasa Choir Festival 16.-19.5.2019 . VaasaChoirFestival.fi . 2019-01-19 . 2019-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121010913/https://www.vaasachoirfestival.fi/choirfestival . dead .
8. Web site: Baltic Jazz Festival 5 - 7 Juny 2019 . . 2019-01-19.
9. Web site: Kaustinen Folk Music Festival 09.07.2018 - 15.07.2018 . Festivals.fi . 2019-01-19 . 2019-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190119030458/http://kaustinen.net/in-english/ . dead .
10. Web site: Pori Jazz 2019 . . 2019-01-19.
11. Web site: Rauma Festivo Music Festival 7 August 2018 - 11 August 2018 . Festivals.fi . 2019-01-19.
12. Web site: Lahti Sibelius Festival 5 September 2019 - 8 September 2019 . Festivals.fi . 2019-01-19.
13. Web site: Näin kollegat muistavat kuollutta Olli Lindholmia: "Ei tule enää Olli kahville – Pidin sinusta, senkin kaheli" . fi . Favonsanomat.fi . 2019-01-12 . 2019-01-15.