June 16, 2025, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Helsinki City Folk kicks off Midsummer Week at the Espa Stage and serves as a pre-program for the Seurasaari Midsummer Bonfires!
Midsummer Week begins in a warm and festive spirit as folk dancers and musicians from the Helsinki region take over the Espa Stage in their colorful national costumes! The audience will enjoy joyful, skillful, and entertaining performances of traditional dance and music. This year’s theme, “TOGETHER”, has inspired the performances. Free entry.
Performers include the Hiillos, Lieke, and Välke groups from Seurasaari Folk Dancers, the Roigu group from Capital Region Karelian Youth, Tanhu-Visa, Helsinki Parish Folk Dancers and Players, the Kuokkavieraat Choir and Roihu Dance Group from Karelian Youth, the Rutistus group from Helsinki Friends of Folk Dance, Espoo Folk Dancers, and the Pörriäiset group from Nurmijärvi.
Photo: Matti Lankinen