Erol Josué

Tampere Hall - Main Auditorium

21st-century renaissance man, Erol Josué, is a singer, songwriter, dancer, actor, playwright and Vodou priest who, in his music and inspirational performances, celebrates the spiritual essence of Haitian Vodou religion, blending sacred chants and rhythms with elements...

Etuk Ubong & the Etuk Philosophy Band

Tavara-asema

Reflecting the urgency of his messages, Etuk Ubong’s fast-paced channelling of Afrobeat, highlife, and jazz – encompassing echoes of Ellingtonian intricacy, blue period Miles, Coltrane transcendence, the roots rebirth of Masekela and the visceral Afrocentrism of...

Fleurs Noires

Tampere Hall - Main Auditorium

Ten-woman strong, Franco-Argentinian tango orchestra that since its creation in 2003 has performed countless concerts, burgeoning out from the clubs of their Paris base, across prestigious national theatre stages, further to European festivals of both world music and...

Gangstagrass

Paja Kongressi

The world’s first and greatest bluegrass hip-hop band. Some say Gangstagrass created its own new genre of music, but in fact it’s a homecoming and family reunion of styles of music that were artificially separated during America’s shameful era of Jim...

Ghazi & Boom.Diwan X Arturo O’Farrill

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Founded by applied-ethnomusicologist, professor of music, composer and global jazz musician, Ghazi Al-Mulaifi, Boom.Diwan is a modern Khaleeji ensemble that takes a contemporary approach to reinvigorating the dialogic spirit of Khaleeji sea-faring music.