Program
Juhannusvalkeiden 2023 käsiohjelma:Seurasaari Midsummer Bonfires 2023 program
In Seurasaari we build a few traditional bonfires for visitors to see, but due to the forest fire warning, bonfires cannot be lit!
Roadside at 5 pm-9 pm
Craftsmen: smiths, fransu lace, tablet weaving, crochet at 5 pm-9 pm
Horse carriage ride and pony riding (5 €) at 5 pm- 9 pm
Children´s magic path, Iiris Autio (near Karuna church) at 5 pm and 6 pm
Antti Event Grounds
Raising of the maypole at 6 pm
Garland workshop at 6.15 pm-8 pm
Come to dance! Folk dance for all, Tanhu-Visa at 6.15 pm-8 pm
Iisalmi parsonage
Coloring workshop for children at 5 pm-7 pm
Museum shop open at 5 pm-9 pm
Folk music “TAKLAX/REMIX”, Lapua-Uusi-Guinea (in the parsonage´s garden) at 6.30 pm
Kahiluoto manor yard
Face painting, Päivi Pätsi at 5 pm-7 pm
Children´s maypole decorating and raising at 5 pm-5.30 pm
Puppet show “UKKOSEN POIKA”, Theater Tuomikko at 5.30 pm and 6.30 pm
Karuna church
Church open at 5 pm-9 pm
Kantele consert “TAITE”, Hanna Ryynänen at 5.30 pm and 6.30 pm
Festivities Area at 7 pm-9 pm & 10.15 pm-01 am
Welcome song, Jari Komulainen & Ketale at 7 pm
Children´s polonaise at 7.10 pm
Folk dance “ANNIKAINEN”, folk dance group PRO at 7.30 pm
“EINO LEINO´S POEMS”, Vocal group Leina at 7.45 pm
Folk dance “AI MÄÄ VAI”, folk dance group PRO at 8.15 pm
Folk music “VIRITTÄÄ”, Lapua-Uusi-Guinea at 8.30 pm
Midsummer Dance, Jari Komulainen & Ketale at 10.15 pm
Midsummer polonaise, Tanhu-Visa at 11 pm
Midsummer dances continue at 11.30 pm-01 am
On the seashore
Folk music, LUOMUDUO at 9 pm-10 pm
BONFIRE SHOWCASE
In Seurasaari we build a few traditional bonfires for visitors to see. Unfortunately, the sunny and dry weather have caused a forest fire warning for the whole Finland and that means banning all bonfires in the country to prevent severe accidents.
We have four models of different bonfires on a showcase for our visitors to see how festive fires in Finland have been built. The structures will be dissembled immediately after Midsummer’s Eve.
Other program
Self-guided magic path for children near Karuna church, village swings at Yusupoff grounds. museum houses Ivars, Iisalmi parsonage and Karuna church are open at 5 pm-9pm
Program changes are possible
Events in Midsummer week
Free events before Seurasaari Midsummer Bonfires.
Helsinki City Folk on 19.6. at 6 pm, folk dance performances and folk music on Espa stage (center of Helsinki).
Magic path (only in Finnish) for children in Seurasaari on 20.6. and 21.6. at 2 pm, starting from Karuna Church.
Decorations for Midsummer pole on 21.6. and 22.6. at 12 noon-4 pm in Seurasaari at Antti Event Grounds, the pole is raised at Midsummer Bonfires (admission fee event).