Jazz Finland Live
New3 is a trio formed by three rising young jazz musicians, combining two vocals and woodwinds in a fresh way. The members' original compositions and arrangements of poignant songs create a musical environment full of space, experimentation, improvisation, honest interpretation, and presence. The band members are known from groups such as the Helmi Antila Quartet, Mattsson/Herrala/Kallio and Siina Suutarinen. The musicians met at the Sibelius Academy’s jazz department, and their friendship is strongly audible in their music.
Helmi Antila – vocals, piano, keyboards
Siina Suutarinen – vocals, piano, keyboards
Oona Mattsson – saxophones and flute
Jazz-Espa is a city festival focusing on Finnish jazz music produced by the Finnish Jazz Association from 27 July to 1 August 2026. The event aims to present a diverse and current range of top names in Finnish jazz and young future talents to a wide target audience. The concerts are free, accessible and suitable for the whole family. More information at jazzespa.fi and on social media @suomenjazzliitto.
Gigs on the same day in helsinki
Jazz-Espa: Siina Suutarinen Super SonicEspan lava, helsinki31.7. At 13:30
Siina Suutarinen Super Sonic
Siina Suutarinen is a distinctive singer, composer and pianist who is currently building an international career with her English-language music. Suutarinen is especially known for her soft vocal sound, which has been compared to artists like Diana Krall. Her debut album, Who You Are, was released in 2025 via Flame Jazz Records, and she is currently working on a second album with her new band, Super Sonic. Inspired by human relationships, honesty and a connection to nature, their music draws influences from jazz and Brazilian music, combining strong bass lines, melodies and bold harmonic ideas.
Siina Suutarinen – vocals, piano, synthesizer
Ilari Mäkelä – piano, synthesizer
Antti Ahoniemi – bass
Kasper Halttunen – drums
Jazz-Espa is a city festival focusing on Finnish jazz music produced by the Finnish Jazz Association from 27 July to 1 August 2026. The event aims to present a diverse and current range of top names in Finnish jazz and young future talents to a wide target audience. The concerts are free, accessible and suitable for the whole family. More information at jazzespa.fi and on social media @suomenjazzliitto.
Jazz-Espa: ElifantreeEspan lava, helsinki31.7. At 17:15
Elifantree is the brainchild of vocalist Anni Elif, saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen, and drummer Olavi Louhivuori. Energetic and unpredictable, their music moves freely between precision and rawness, often hinting at surreal and abstract imagery. Their sound is playful yet highly articulate, guided by a fearless spirit of improvisation.
Their forthcoming seventh album, due in May 2026, is a mystical journey where vocals, tenor saxophone, drums, mellotron, live electronics, and synthesizers merge into an organic, ever-shifting whole—echoing jazz, free improvisation, prog, and pop, yet fully belonging to none.
Anni Elif – vocals, synthesizers
Pauli Lyytinen – saxophone, ewi, effects, drum machine, mellotron
Olavi Louhivuori – drums
Jazz-Espa is a city festival focusing on Finnish jazz music produced by the Finnish Jazz Association from 27 July to 1 August 2026. The event aims to present a diverse and current range of top names in Finnish jazz and young future talents to a wide target audience. The concerts are free, accessible and suitable for the whole family. More information at jazzespa.fi and on social media @suomenjazzliitto.
Oiva Haapamäki Quartet & jamitMusiikkitalon terassi, helsinki31.7. At 19:00
Oiva Haapamäki Quartet
Free entry
Oiva Haapamäki Quartet is a fresh new highlight on the Finnish jazz scene. The quartet performs its own interpretations of well‑known jazz and pop tunes alongside Haapamäki's original compositions, whose modern language reflects the performers' generation. The concert features sensitive, expressive and emotionally powerful music inspired by both traditional and modern American jazz.
Haapamäki's music has been heard in Finland at events such as Pori Jazz 2025 and at legendary European jazz clubs including L'Archiduc in Brussels and Hot Club Ghent. The quartet consists of emerging young talents from the Sibelius Academy jazz department.
Oiva Haapamäki, trumpet
Veeti Hietala, drums
Pauli Blomstedt, piano
Oliver Karttunen, electric bass
Free concerts are held weekly on the Musiikkitalo summer patio from Thursday to Saturday throughout the summer, 28 May–1 August at 5 pm. See the full summer programme at www.musiikkitalo.fi/en/summer-concerts.
In case of rain, the concert will take place indoors at the Musiikkitalo Restaurant.
