Tampere and Rauma Posters

Here are the posters for this week's Tampere and Rauma gigs - followed by Hämeenlinna and Helsinki. Check out the details HERE!

Finnish Tour!

March Shows: Tallinn, Tampere, Lahti, Kotka!

 

February Finnish Tour

The Estonian Embassy in Helsinki has published their monthly newsletter (see photo) that lists upcoming Estonian events in Finland - read the whole thing HERE and don't forget to SUBSCRIBE! :)

Viljandi Concert & Finland Pics

There's only one concert scheduled for June: a return to Konservatoorium in Viljandi on Thursday, June 12th with Riga's dark folk guru Father Andy - check out the Facebook event HERE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile, here are three shots from last weekend's Tampere-Riihimäki-Tuusula Finnish tour, by Marko Aho, Pertti Puusaari, and Ari-Pekka Huovila:

 

Tampere & Riihimäki!

This Thursday, May 22nd, Andres Roots will be playing a blues night at a brand new venue in Tampere, Finland: Winebistro 1910! Showtime: 19:00.

And on Friday, May 23rd, he'll be returning to Riihimäki after many years, performing at the fabulous Ö-talo there! Showtime: 20:00. 

 

Album Launch & Finland Pics

Last weekend's Finnish shows were great fun - here's two pics by Marko Aho, one from Siipisaluuna in Lempäälä and the other from Sisko ja sen Veli in Tampere. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next week, though: official album launch at the University of Tartu Library's music department! Free show and the music starts 7 p.m.!

Finnish Shows This Week!

Here we go - the last four Finnish shows of 2024. Photo by Leif Laaksonen.

Tampere, Hyvinkää, Helsinki

The November mini-tour in Finland will include the following stops:

Friday, November 15th Armo in Tampere;

Saturday, November 16th Joutsen Blues Festival @ Oluthuone Joutsen in Hyvinkää, with Blues Bizarre and Dr. Goodfeel;

Sunday, November 17th Villa Hakasalmi in Helsinki - NB! showtine 14:00!!!

 

 

 

 

Tour Pics

Here's a few photos from last weekend's shows in Järvenpää, Tampere and Kotka in Finland by Siret Roots. Next shows up North: 

Nov. 15 - Armo, Tampere

Nov. 16 - Joutsen Blues @ Oluthuone Joutsen, Hyvinkää

Nov. 17 - Villa Hakasalmi, Helsinki

 

 

Järvenpää, Tampere, Kotka

This week's Finnish tour is as follows:

Thursday, Oct. 10 - LiveLava @ Eikan Pub, Järvenpää

Friday, Oct. 11 - Cask Room, Tampere

Saturday, Oct. 12 - Pub Albert & Pub Eduard, Kotka

 

Finnish Tour & Gig Guide

Here's page 72 from Simply Folk Music Magazine's gig guide, published on October 1st - read the rest of it HERE!

Don't forget, the first half of these Finnish shows are next week: 10.10 Järvenpää, 11.10 Tampere, 12.10 Kotka!

Finland In November

In addition to the October gigs, one last trek through Finland this year has just been confirmed for November:

Nov. 15 Armo in Tampere;

Nov. 16 Joutsen Blues in Hyvinkää, with Blues Bizarre (FIN) and Dr. Goodfeel (FIN);

Nov. 17 Villa Hakasalmi in Helsinki (NB! matinee!).

Poster design by Siret Roots, photos by Leif Laaksonen and Matti Suuronen.

 

Finland In October

Another trip to Finland is due in October - the concerts are as follows:

Thu Oct 10 LiveLava @ Eikan Pub in Järvenpää, with The Rhythmbreakers (FIN);

Fri Oct 11 Cask Room in Tampere;

Sat Oct 12 Pub Albert & Pub Eduard in Kotka.

Poster design by Siret Roots, photo by Matti Suuronen.

 

 

Tampere Next Week

Andres Roots will be playing two shows in Tampere, Finland next week: on Friday, May 3rd, he'll appear at Hervanta's Varjobaari where he is joined by Finland's own Bad Ass Horse and Black Star Gramophone, and on Saturday, May 4th, he'll be back at his favourite dive Huurupiilo. Photo by Arvo Kannast.

 

 

Still More Tour Pics

Barlova was fun as always, next week there are gigs in Rakvere and Tallinn coming up, but here's some more photos from that last Finnish tour - by Matias Partanen and Jouni Asikainen from Lahti, by Marko Aho and Jarkko Virtanen from Tampere, and by Jukka Juhola and Jaana Lindberg from Karjaa.

More Tour Pics

Here are a few photos by Siret Roots from Roots Thursday at Pub Virasto in Lahti, Huurupiilo in Tampere and the Bluesia Karjaan asemalla festival at Club 18 in the 150-year-old Karjaa railway station building. More to come - and don't forget: next up is a free Tartu gig at Barlova on Tuesday, October 17th!  

Tampere Photos

Last week's three Finnish shows went down a storm - here's some photos by Matti Karhula from Friday night at Tampere's Huurupiilo, with more to come!