Jazz Federation at Jazzahead! at booth 6E24

Bremen’s annual Jazzahead! expo is here again on April 27–30! We will celebrate the International Jazz Day wearing blue and white at the Music Finland exhibition stand, and share information on our current international projects, such as the Nordic Jazz Comets, Constellations, JazzCamp For Girls and On The Rails.

Finnish Jazz Federation (Jazz Finland) is proud to present and participate in the following international events:

• May 11–12: Maja Mannila’s showcase at the Nordic Jazz Comets event in Stockholm & Gävle;
• June 26–July 6: Kaisa’s Machine on an Euro train tour by On The Rails project;
• July 7–10: JazzCamp For Girls at Pori Jazz festival.

In the fall season 2023 we welcome artist-activist Frederike Berendsen to Finland as part of the European Constellations project & network. Mutually, our Finnish talent, bassist Kaisa Mäensivu will visit a residency program in Italy. Also our own invitational program, Jazz Finland Residency, continues to welcome international, established jazz artists in fall 2023.

Jazz Federation at Jazzahead 2023

Producer-publicist Raisa Siivola is attending Jazzahead! on April 27–29, and frequents the Music Finland booth no. 6E24. During the expo, Raisa is best contacted by Whatsapp at +358 44 205 6926, or by email at raisa.siivola@jazzfinland.fi

Friday, April 28 at Noon: Nordic At Noon
Jazz Federation participates the traditional Nordic At Noon networking hotspot at the Nordic booth cluster.

Friday 28 at 8.00 pm: Clubnight – Teemu Kekkonen Trio & Quartet Ajaton
Jazz Federation invites everyone to the Finnish Clubnight at Metropol Theater Bremen. The Jazzahead! off-program is brought to you by the Finnish-German Association.
See Teemu Kekkonen’s website at www.teemukekkonen.com/trio
See Quartet Ajaton on vocalist Mia Simanainen’s website at www.miasimanainen.info/blogi/ajaton-kvartetti/ 

Saturday 29 at 17.45: Jussi Reijonen: Three Seconds | Kolme Toista (FIN/US/NL)
At the Expo Hall 7.1 we get to enjoy the Oud and guitar player Jussi Reijonen’s transcultural five-part suite “Three Seconds | Kolme Toista”, which has been heralded as one of the best albums of 2022 by i.e. Jazztimes and All About Jazz.
See showcase info on the Jazzahead page: www.jazzahead.de/en/program/jussi-reijonen-three-seconds-kolme-toista-us-nl/

Further info about Finland’s country representation:
Music Finland, Niko Kangas, tel. +358 50 5443312, email: niko.kangas@musicfinland.fi