Helsinki Festival
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The Helsinki Festival is the largest multi-arts festival in Finland
. It is also called Finland's biggest cultural event in terms of visitors. In 2009, around 288,000 people visited the Helsinki Festival.
The Helsinki Festival was established in its present form in 1968 by the City of Helsinki
to follow up and to broaden the supply of culture in the mainly classical music festival then called "Sibelius
viikot" ("Sibelius weeks"). The original "Sibelius viikot" festival was active from 1951 to 1965.
The Helsinki Festival is an annual event and it was organized in 2010 between 20 August and 5 September. The Next Helsinki Festivals are organized on 19 August – 4 September 2011, 17 August - 2 September 2012, 16 August - 1 September 2013 and 15 August - 31 August 2014
The festival offers hundreds of performances and events in the Finnish capital city of Helsinki
.
The performances consist of theater, music
, dance
, art exhibition
s, circus
, movies, children's programs and various forms of other culture. Numerous renown international artists have also been performing at the Helsinki Festival. Many of the performances are free. One of the main events is called "Night of the Arts
" (Taiteiden yö), when all the city is open for anyone to perform outdoors in the parks and streets of Helsinki.
The main concerts are at the large festival tent called Huvila Festival tent which is built every year in one of the parks in Helsinki. Today, theater has a big role in the festival and many (also international) performances are held at the Korjaamo Culture factory in Töölö
in Helsinki.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. It is also called Finland's biggest cultural event in terms of visitors. In 2009, around 288,000 people visited the Helsinki Festival.
The Helsinki Festival was established in its present form in 1968 by the City of Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
to follow up and to broaden the supply of culture in the mainly classical music festival then called "Sibelius
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as "prodigious."...
viikot" ("Sibelius weeks"). The original "Sibelius viikot" festival was active from 1951 to 1965.
The Helsinki Festival is an annual event and it was organized in 2010 between 20 August and 5 September. The Next Helsinki Festivals are organized on 19 August – 4 September 2011, 17 August - 2 September 2012, 16 August - 1 September 2013 and 15 August - 31 August 2014
The festival offers hundreds of performances and events in the Finnish capital city of Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
.
The performances consist of theater, music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
, art exhibition
Art exhibition
Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which art objects meet an audience. The exhibit is universally understood to be for some temporary period unless, as is rarely true, it is stated to be a "permanent exhibition". In American English, they may be called "exhibit", "exposition" or...
s, circus
Circus
A circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists...
, movies, children's programs and various forms of other culture. Numerous renown international artists have also been performing at the Helsinki Festival. Many of the performances are free. One of the main events is called "Night of the Arts
Night of the arts
The Night of the Arts is an annual event held in several major cities in Finland, in late August. It is one of many White Night festivals held worldwide....
" (Taiteiden yö), when all the city is open for anyone to perform outdoors in the parks and streets of Helsinki.
The main concerts are at the large festival tent called Huvila Festival tent which is built every year in one of the parks in Helsinki. Today, theater has a big role in the festival and many (also international) performances are held at the Korjaamo Culture factory in Töölö
Töölö
Töölö is the collective name for the neighbourhoods Etu-Töölö and Taka-Töölö in Helsinki, Finland. The neighbourhoods are located next to the city centre, occupying the western side of the Helsinki Peninsula....
in Helsinki.