Our Kuopio Festival

Our Kuopio festival is residents’ own urban festival. It is held annually in August. The events are spread all over the city from the suburbs to the countryside. Whoever can take part in the events as an experiencer or make their own event. The events are mainly free of charge and open to all.

Next Our Kuopio Festival is held 15.-31.8.2025. The Night of the Arts is 29.8.2025.

I have an idea of an event – how to get involved?

Anyone can organise an event during the festival. You can find instructions for organising events on this site.

You can register your event to be part of the festival program at Kuopion Seinä event calendar. The calendar is currently only in Finnish, nut you can submit you event in English.

Please contact project coordinator for information related to organising the event or if you need assistance in finding partners, venue etc. Remember that a well-organised event requires enough planning time. Especially for larger events, you should start the production as early as possible.

Program Call for Live Music Day

Live Music Day will be held on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at the outdoor stage of Kuopio City Theatre. This is an outdoor event, but in case of rain, the performances will be held in the lower lobby of the theatre. The City of Kuopio will arrange sound reinforcement and a sound technician for the event.

Performers for the event will be selected through a program call. In addition to price, the selection of performers will also be influenced by the suitability of the service for the event and the quality of the service. Preference will be given to professional cultural actors. Individual artists, working groups, communities and companies can act as service providers. The City of Kuopio has the right to choose how many performances/content to implement.

Please submit your lineup to the program search by May 15. We will be in touch if the program you have submitted is selected for Live Music Day.

Program Call for Live Music Day
Application

“Event for the whole family and free of charge. That's great!  ”

Visitor feedback, Our Kuopio Festival 2023

Our Kuopio Festival production grant

Instructions for organising events

Our Kuopio logo

Download Our Kuopio logos here. The Our Kuopio festival logo will be used for events scheduled for 15-31 August 2025. For other events, you can use the pop-up logo. You can use the logo even if your event does not receive production grant.

More information:

Hanna Kalliokoski
Project Coordinator
tel. +358 44 718 2130
hanna.kalliokoski@kuopio.fi