Cultural Event Taidesaari - KESÄ 2026

Event hours: Saturday 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (+ Maalaamo Hall 16 p.m –19 p.m. for ticket holders), Sunday 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

The program looks like this for now, but you won’t know what it’s really like until you’re there Event hours: Saturday 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (+ Maalaamo Hall 16 p.m –19 p.m. for ticket holders), Sunday 10 a.m.–4 p.m. You can get there and back on the Kohina bus! Departures from downtown Vaajakoski on Saturday at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.; return trips at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. TIKKUTEHTAANTIE 4 (Harjatehdas) Bazaar Saaren taiteilijat presents: Art Exhibition, PALLAS ATHENE! Pikku Tuokio: Photographer Maarimanna. Pop-up photography session Iso Tuokio: Emmi Minkkinen, photography exhibition: “Hidden Mother” and cyanotype workshop Tuokion Nurkka: Hanna-Tuulia Nissinen, Valonaskelin: Zone therapy hand treatments and head zone massage Jouko Behm, Portrait Painting Filme Moi: Planes presents: Taidesaari Podcast Studio Varassaaren Kuplis: Try out different painting techniques! Art exhibition, “A Bubbling Beginning” – The specific subheading is too difficult to come up with Minja Revonkorpi, installation: “Welcome to The Jungle” + open house Arteeni/Sari Ojalehto: Reading of knitting patterns and open house Mira Heinonen, installation: Poetry Vein Antti Tuonpuoleinen, installation: Crap Flea Market Finds RY Café RY Taidesaari ry, flea market RY Mira Heinonen, Quick-Skull Portraits TIKKUTEHTAANTIE 2 (Match Factory) Savitaivas POP-UP – ceramics! Palko palko: Street Food Taidesaari ry, Art Shop: Open! Something else might happen there, too. Japa ry: SWAP! – Swap Market Japa ry, Textile Installation: Hylätyt / Abandoned Eeva Fly: Sun Mirror Workshop Ceramics Exhibition: Savannilta napapiirille / From the Savannah to the Arctic Circle, Mikko Varvemaa, Panu Koskimies, Tiina Kirahvimetsä Tiina Kirahvimetsä, installation: Pyrohvit! SATURDAY ONLY Maalamo Hall: 4 PM–7 PM !!! IMPORTANT!!! You can only enter Maalaamo Hall by purchasing an admission ticket! DJ Puntti, and maybe he’ll bring a friend too! Ticket sales start at 4 PM at the door only RY The much-hyped Vaajakoskenkorva lemonade is finally available in the fridge. Hopefully. 5:00 PM Rütmi-Sepot 6:00 PM Riemu ja Ratto 7:00 PM – Vaajakosken Kohinat is the official afterparty for Taidesaari, on the Naissaari side! TIKKUTEHTAANTIE 1 (Furniture Factory) Art Exhibition Open House at SHAS and open spaces SHAS Factory Outlet Box flea market Walk-In Tattoo: Ihonpilaaja COURTYARD AREA (Tikkutehtaantie 4 – Tikkutehtaantie 2 – Tikkutehtaantie 1) Taidesaari ry’s Paku – Åke: Van Karaoke Music: Country & Western Trio 3 Stars Blend Music: Pässipilli, Acoustic Folk Punk DIY Trio Tuomo Elis: Painted Taidesaari courtyard bench on display Christer Boman, installation: I’m Waiting Half an Hour Somewhere in the island’s bushes: Surprises from the “Bush Path” film! Olli Vuokko, untitled work (for now) Elina Ahonen, untitled work (for now) Emmi Minkkinen, photographic work (The work has no title) Campfire/picnic spot “on the headland” RY Blanket Flea Market SUNDAY ONLY Mythical Forest, dance performance Food at the event: PalkoPalko: Street Food ArtGelatto ice cream! RY Café RY Savitaivas pancake stand Bring your own snacks to the campfire spot on the headland! P.S. The cult-favorite show *Pojat selaa internettiä* may be shown somewhere indoors. Too vague a confirmation received IMPORTANT! RY* Fundraiser for the Association *Please take a close look at the map of the event area. There’s plenty of parking in front of Kalustetehdas, too! Head there if you can’t fit up top. It probably won’t fit up there again. People from Vaajakoski can also come by bike. *We reserve the right to make changes; we’re at the mercy of VRP *Changes are entirely possible *Tikkutehtaantie 2 is wheelchair-accessible; Tikkutehtaantie 4 is not. What a bummer. *The event will also feature some surprise additions that we can’t reveal just yet. Kohinalehti showed no mercy toward DL again. Please go easy on us in the future—we’re artists, after all! *Up-to-date information and additional details about the program will be available on our social media channels (IG: @taide.saari) starting in July. Trust us on this! Just a little bit here.