BESIDES the usual big festival attractions in Scandinavia such as Roskilde and Hultsfred, there are a couple of attractive and unexpected happenings in Finland.
THE main event of the year on my home island is this year better than ever. The Rockoff festival (18-26.7) is always something of a spectacle as our sleepy country-town is filled with buzz. Both an aging Thin Lizzy (what’s left anyway) and Swedish pop-act Håkan Hellström with a newly released album are playing.
THE Porijazz festival (12-20.7) is another festival with some unexpected gems. Besides all the new funk, jazz and R&B, both Tower of Power and Chick Corea are playing. Who would have thought!
FINALLY, Interpol and the National are playing - among with the usual suspects of the Finnish metal scene – at Ruisrock (4-6.7) in Turku.
Erik
