14 4 – 10 DECEMBER 2014 WHERE TO GO TIMES compiled by anna-maija lappi

Tue 9 & Wed 10 December Fri 5 & Tue 9 December First Aid Kit (SWE) The Nutcracker and Indie folk the Mouse King Savoy Theatre The traditional Christmas PHILIPPE LEVY Kasarmikatu 46-48 time ballet Helsinki Finnish National Opera Tickets €27.50 Helsinginkatu 58 Jazzy time of year www.savoyteatteri.fi Tickets €21.50-107.50 We Jazz 2014 festival offers a cavalcade of top class jazz gigs www.opera.fi Wed 10 December Fri 5-Tue 9 December at different venues in Helsinki between 8 and 13 December. On Save The Arctic Maija Mustonen: The Greatest Monday 8 December, Alexander Theatre will host an opening Olavi Uusivirta feat. Anna Puu, Dance Hits concert for the second time. Besides the opening performance Viitasen Piia 10 dancers, 10 pieces of music, 10 by M.A. Numminen, Jussi Fredriksson´s solo piano set and Tep- Korjaamo Culture Factory interpretations po Mäkynen´s Serenity Ensemble, the highlight of the evening Töölönkatu 51 B Zodiak – Center for New Dance Tickets €10 (voluntary) Tallberginkatu 1B is American trumpetist Avishai Cohen´s Triveni trio with bass- www.korjaamo.fi Tickets €14/22 ist Yoni Zelnik and drummer Nasheet Waits. The trio, one of the www.zodiak.fi most interesting jazz acts in the USA today, will serve their take Wed 10 December on minimalist modern jazz. Mad Juana (USA) Wed 10 December “Etno rock” Cirque Alfonse: Timber Other interesting We Jazz events next week are Kellohalli´s Tavastia Brilliant Canadian circus evening of three different jazz acts, Markus Pesonen Hendec- Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Espoo City Theatre tet, Kannaste/Raghavan/Waits+ and Lassy & Kontrafouris on Tickets €20 Tickets €15/34/38 Tuesday 9 December, and Nils Wogram Root 70 with Strings www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.espoonteatteri.fi and Antti Lötjönen 3X at Ääniwalli on Wednesday 10, not for- Wed 10 December getting an after party at the barber shop with Jimi Tenor´s solo Enrique Iglesias EXHIBITIONS performance. ”Latino pop” Hartwall Arena Until Saturday 13 December Various venues Areenankuja 1 Until Sun 4 January We Jazz 2014 www.wejazz.fi Avishai Cohen visits We Jazz festival on Monday 8 December. Tickets €53.50 Artists 2014 www.hartwallarena.fi The exhibition of Artists´ Association of Wed 10 December Kunsthalle Helsinki Paleface & Räjähtävä Nyrkki Nervanderinkatu 3 MUSIC Fri 5 December Fri 5 December Sat 6 December Hip hop Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Sabb Turbonegro (NOR) Finnish Radio Symphony Or- Stoa Wed 11:00-20:00 Tech house Deathpunk chestra Turunlinnantie 1 Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Thu 4 December Dusk & Dawn The Circus Independence Day concert Tickets €9/13 Tickets €0/7/10 Nassaun Fasaani Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21 Salomonkatu 1-3 www.stoa.fi www.taidehalli.fi Jazz Helsinki Helsinki Concert Hall Koko Jazz Club Tickets €11.50 Tickets €32.50 Manneheimintie 13 Wed 10 December Until Sun 11 January Hämeentie 3 www.facebook.com/danceteria- www.thecircus.fi Tickets €9.50-32.50 Rataklubi Ceramics & Space Tickets €11.50/16.50 helsinki www.musiikkitalo.fi Karri Lehtonen & Afgaaninvintti- Exhibition of contemporary www.kokojazz.fi Fri 5 December koirat, Älyvarkaat Finnish ceramics Fri 5 December Kemialliset Ystävät, Jarse Sun 7 December Semifinal Design Museum Thu 4 December Beastmilk, Atomikylä Psychedelic folk Turku Philharmonic Orchestra Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Korkeavuorenkatu 23 Sonata Arctica Post punk Korjaamo Culture Factory Monumental Kullervo Tickets €6.50 Tue 11:00-20:00 Metal Tavastia Töölönkatu 51 B by Jean Sibelius www.semifinal.fi Wed-Sun 11:00-18:00 The Circus Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Tickets €9.50 Helsinki Music Centre Tickets €0/5/8/10 Salomonkatu 1-3 Helsinki www.korjaamo.fi Concert Hall Wed 10 December www.designmuseum.fi Tickets €32.50 Tickets €13.50/15 Manneheimintie 13 Anvil (CAN) www.thecircus.fi www.tavastiaklubi.fi Fri 5 December Tickets €27.50-37.50 Metal Until Sun 11 January Rähinä Live 2014 www.musiikkitalo.fi Tavastia Tuomas A. Laitinen: Thu 4, Mon 8 & Wed 10 December Fri 5 December Annual Rähinä Records artists´ show Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Fundamental Matter Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus Superfjord, Black Lizard Sun 7 December Helsinki Wide-ranging installations Classic operetta with bubbly music Indie/psychedelic rock Telakkakatu 8 Diana Arbenina (RUS) Tickets €24 combining sound, light and Finnish National Opera Kuudes Linja Tickets €20 Rock www.tavastiaklubi.fi moving image Helsinginkatu 58 Hämeentie 13 www.elmu.fi The Circus EMMA – Espoo Museum of Tickets €26.50-125.50 Tickets €9.50/10 Salomonkatu 1-3 Wed 10 December Modern Art www.opera.fi www.kuudeslinja.com Fri 5 December Tickets €39 Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Ahertajantie 5 MNTTT, Eurocrack, www.thecircus.fi Celebrated maestro Herbert Blomst- Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00-18:00 Paperi T, Kube edt conducts Schubert symphonies Wed 11:00-20:00 Rap Sun 7 December Helsinki Music Centre Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 Tavastia Club Reggae Sundays Concert Hall Tickets €0/10/12 Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Komposti Sound Manneheimintie 13 www.emma.museum Tickets €12 Kaiku Helsinki www.tavastiaklubi.fi Kaikukatu 4 Tickets €9.50-32.50 Until Mon 12 January Tickets €6 www.musiikkitalo.fi Anita Snellman Sat 6 December www.clubkaiku.fi Retrospective on the avid colourist Jätkäjätkät, Pietarin Wed 10 December Anita Snellman Spektaakkeli Sun 7 December We Jazz 2014: Nils Wogram Root Amos Anderson Art Museum Hip hop Owen Pallett (CAN), 70 with Strings, Antti Lötjönen 3X Yrjönkatu 27 Nosturi Foxes In Fiction (CAN) Jazz Mon, Thu, Fri 10:00-18:00 Telakkakatu 8 Indie pop Ääniwalli Wed 10:00-20:00 Tickets €16.50 Tavastia Pälkäneentie 13 Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 www.elmu.fi Urho Kekkosen katu 4-6 Helsinki Tickets €0/2/8/10 Tickets €24/25 Tickets €19/27 www.amosanderson.fi Sat 6 December www.tavastiaklubi.fi www.wejazz.fi Ghost Brigade, Talbot (EST) Until Sun 18 January Metal Mon 8 December Wed 10 December #snapshot Kuudes Linja We Jazz Opening Concert We Jazz 2014: Jimi Tenor Jazz Á Photographs taken by ordinary Hämeentie 13 Avishai Cohen trio, Serenity La Karma people, images sourced from the Tickets €13.50/15 Ensemble & Jussi Fredriksson Solo live jazz internet, historic snapshots and www.kuudeslinja.com Alexander Theatre Jemma HKI selfies as well as an overview of Albertinkatu 32 Pälkäneentie 5 the history of the selfie Sat 6 December Tickets €31.50/41.50 Helsinki The Finnish Museum Scandinavian Music Group www.aleksanterinteatteri.fi Helsinki of Photography Pop Tickets €23 Tallberginkatu 1 G The Circus Mon 8 December www.wejazz.fi Helsinki Salomonkatu 1-3 Live From Buena Vista: Tickets €0/6/8 Tickets €22 The Havana Lounge Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 www.thecircus.fi Cuban ensemble consisting of THEATRE & DANCE Wed 11:00-20:00 members from the groups www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi Sat 6 December Buena Vista Social Club and Afro Shivan Dragn Cuban All Stars Thu 4 December Until Wed 28 January Hypnotic electro pop Helsinki Hall of Culture Kimmo Pohjonen & Minna Edward Munch – The Dance Korjaamo Culture Factory Sturenkatu 4 Tervamäki: Bright Shadow of Life AIRPORT Töölönkatu 51 B Tickets €52.50/62.50 An interplay between the Exhibition of one of the major Helsinki Airport Terminal 2 Tickets €10.50 www.kulttuuritalo.fi strengths of two powerful visual artists in Northern Europe of Open every day www.korjaamo.fi artists, accordion artist Kimmo the 20th century +358 (0)9 586 5058, [email protected] Mon 8 December Pohjonen and dancer-choreogra- Didrichsen Art Museum Sat 6 December Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra pher Minna Tervamäki Kuusilahdenkuja 1 Teddy Afro With Abugida Band Jean Sibelius Birthday Concert Savoy Theatre Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00 FORUM (ETH) Helsinki Music Centre Kasarmikatu 46-48 Tickets €0/8/13 Mannerheimin tie 20, Helsinki Ethiopian singer Concert Hall Helsinki www.didrichsenmuseum.fi Mon–Fri 9–21, Sat 9–18, Sun 12–18 Ääniwalli Manneheimintie 13 Tickets €25/29 +358 (0)40 192 0720, [email protected] Pälkäneentie 13 Helsinki www.savoyteatteri.fi Until Sun 22 March Tickets €41.50/50 Tickets €9.50-32.50 Sibelius and the World of Art ITIS www.facebook.com/Aaniwalli www.musiikkitalo.fi Thu 4-Wed 10 December Exhibition explores the links Itäkatu 1-5, Helsinki Winter Circus Dream between the composer’s work Magical winter circus with and the art scene of his time Mon–Fri 9–21, Sat 9–18, Sun 12–18 Sat 6 December Tue 9 December Independece Day Techno with We Jazz 2014: Markus Pesonen acrobats, sleep walkers, magicians Ateneum Art Museum +358 (0)44 971 9126, [email protected] Julian Jeweil (FRA) Hendectet, Kannaste/Ragha- and virtuosos of every kind Kaivokatu 2 Techno van/Waits+, Lassy & Kontrafouris Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth Helsinki Dusk & Dawn Jazz Cable Factory Tue, Fri 10:00-18:00 Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21 Tickets €21/33.50 Tallberginkatu 1 A Wed, Thu 10:00-20:00 Helsinki Kellohalli (Teurastamo) Helsinki Sat, Sun 10:00-17:00 All Things Moomin – www.moomin.com Tickets €11.50 Työpajankatu 2 Tickets €15-32 Tickets €0/10/12 www.facebook.com www.wejazz.fi www.hurjaruuth.fi www.ateneum.fi