The October 3rd Tallinn show at Philly Joe's Jazz Club was a blast - thank you all! :) Photo by Siret Roots.
Meanwhile, the October 30th Pärnu concert at the Endla Jazz Club has been sold out for a while now, but despair not: you can still get a ticket at the door, even if the extra seats won't be around café tables ;) Feel free to double check with the venue - contact details can be found HERE!
October 2026 will see Andres Roots continue his "30 years on stage, 50 years on the planet" tour with jazz club sets in Tallinn and in Pärnu:
- on Saturday, October 3rd at Philly Joe's in Tallinn - tickets HERE!
- on Friday, October 30th at Endla Jazzklubi in Pärnu - tickets HERE!
Photos by Anu Põldsam (above) and Leif Laaksonen (below).
NB! The September 12th Nostalgiakeskus matinee in Kadrina will nevertheless commence as scheduled - details HERE!
Below's the tour poster, and there are additional links and details HERE!
It was the last gig of the June mini-tour and the only open air show on that trip, which naturally meant the heatwave was instantly replaced by cold, rain and wind. But the audience was brave, the venue supplied everyone with blankets, and the whole thing ended up being recorded - the wind and the birds, the dogs barking and the kids shouting. And incidentally, of the four tracks that made it onto the EP, two feature a Boney Toes Stompbox, made from Rimu and Jarrah bearers sourced from an 1800's Ballantynes Shop in Timaru, New Zealand.
Recorded live at Roihuvuoren Rio in Helsinki, Finland on June 6th, 2026 by Viljami Valldén, with special thanks to Juuso Paaso and everyone at Rio. Mixed and mastered at White Room in Tartu, Estonia by Asko-Romé Altsoo. Cover photo by Matti Suuronen. Design by Siret Roots.
Download the digital EP HERE!
Here are a few photos from Rauma Blues Festival - the festival's opening event at Ravintola Otava in Rauma, Finland on June 4th, 2026. Photos by Jouni Asikainen, Pertti Nurmi and the festival crew.
Here's a few photos from the opening of the Mati Uprus exhibition at the Muläänruus Gallery between Meeksi and Mehikoorma on June 27th - pics by Andrus Liivamäe.
Here's a few photos from the Suurim Kingitus festival in Tartu, held on June 20th in the Kultuuriklubi Salong garden - pics by Anu Põldsam.
This Saturday, June 27th, Andres Roots will be playing a set at the Muläänruus art gallery between Meeksi and Mehikoorma, where an exhibition of Mati Uprus' art will be unveiled. Click HERE for the Facebook event and see below for the poster:
The morning after Andres Roots opened the Rauma Blues festival in Finland, a Master Blues Artist's Blues Hall of Fame induction certificate arrived from the USA, with his name on it.
Thank you!
June 3 - Huurupiilo, Tampere
June 4 - Rauma Blues Festival @ Ravintola Otava, Rauma
June 5 - Nooran Viinibaari & Juliuksen Olohuone, Hämeenlinna
June 6 - Roihuvuoren Rio, Helsinki w/ A. Takalo
Read more about it in the Estonian Embassy's cultural newsletter HERE, in the Blues News magazine HERE, and in Blues-Finland.com HERE.
More cool pics from Andres Roots' 50th birthday concert/dinner on the 22nd floor of the Tallinn TV Tower - this time by Leif Laaksonen.
