Kaivos Festival
The seventh Kaivos Festival takes place on 1st-3rd September 2023 at the old copper mine of Outokumpu, 1km from the center of Outokumpu, Northern Karelia, Eastern Finland. The theme of this year’s festival will be the 62nd latitude of the northern hemisphere. The program, including contemporary art music, documentary film, contemporary dance and linguistic lectures among others, can be seen here.
Travelling to Outokumpu
Public transport
From Helsinki, Lahti, Kouvola or Lappeenranta: train to Joensuu and then a bus to Outokumpu Kaupungintalo.
From Tampere, Jyväskylä, Oulu or Mikkeli: train to Kuopio and then a bus to Outokumpu Kaupungintalo.
From Turku: Take the train either to Kuopio or to Joensuu, depending on the timetables, then a bus to Outokumpu Kaupungintalo.
Alternatively: you can also take train to Viinijärvi if you have a bike with you. It is 15 kilometres from Viinijärvi to Outokumpu.
You can buy train tickets on www.vr.fi
Bus tickets from Kuopio/Joensuu to Outokumpu you can buy on www.matkahuolto.fi. Search for a bus to “Outokumpu kaupungintalo” (Outokumpu city hall) or Outokummun linja-autoasema (Outokumpu bus station). From the bus stops there is a 300- 750m walk to Kummunkatu 21, which is the main festival address. Turn left after the church and when you see the old mining area, you have arrived.
You can also check busses to a stop with a name Ulla, gas station located 5 kilometres from Outokumpu. Some busses between Kuopio and Joensuu stop only at Ulla, without coming to the centre of Outokumpu.
Travelling by car
Parking is available at the festival site, Kummunkatu 21, Outokumpu (next to Kiisu-teatteri) and Kaivosmiehenpolku 2 (next to the Festival Restaurant Vanha Paja).
The distances by car to Outokumpu are:
from Joensuu 50 km
from Kuopio 95 km
from Kajaani 220 km
from Jyväskylä 230 km
from Helsinki 420 km
from Turku 540 km
from Rovaniemi 540 km
Accommodation
In Outokumpu there is one hotel (hotellikumpu.fi) and one guest house (kyykerinkartano.fi) located 0,5 km from the festival area.
There is also a Särkiselkä Camping located at a beautiful lake shore 5 kilometers from the festival venue.
The festival cafe
Friday 1.9.2023
17-19 | Kupari | Kummunkatu 21 | Cafe organised by the Ukrainian community of Outokumpu
20.30-24(-01) | Kino Marita | The bar is open
Saturday 2.9.2023
9.30-15 | Kupari | Kummunkatu 21 | Cafe organised by the Ukrainian community of Outokumpu
14-18.30 | Kino Marita | The bar is open
18-20 | Kupari | Kummunkatu 21 | Cafe organised by the Ukrainian community of Outokumpu
22-01 | Ravintola Takomo is open
Sunday 3.9.2023
9.30-16 | Kupari | Kummunkatu 21 | Cafe organised by the Ukrainian community of Outokumpu
Tickets
The tickets can be bought in our ticket site as well as in the festival cafe.
The lectures on Friday 18.00, on Saturday 10.00, 16.30 and 17.15 and Sunday 10.00 are free of charge. They are mostly held in Finnish, the lecture about Komi language and Komi society on Saturday at 10.00 includes also part in English.
The prices for the other events are:
The Friday evening 19-23
Standard price 18 € / Reduced price* 15 €
Saturday noon 11.15-16.30
Standard price 25 € / Reduced price* 20 €
Saturday evening 19-01
Standard price 25 € / Reduced price* 20 €
Saturday noon and evening 11-01
Standard price 40 € / Reduced price* 30 €
Sunday 11-15
Standard price 18 € / Reduced price* 15 €
Festival Pass
Standard price 68 € / Reduced price* 55 €
Tickets for single events
All the groups 10 €
Saturday Evening Club at Restaurant Takomo: DJ Palmu
5 €
*The reduced price / discount tickets apply to pensioners, school children, second and third degree students and the unemployed.
Memories from previous festivals:
Highlights of The Kaivos Festival 2021
Highlights of The Kaivos Festival 2019
Highlights of The Kaivos Festival 2017
Highlights of The Kaivos Festival 2016
Markus Pesonen Guitar Solo (2017)
More information
In case you have questions, you can write in English, German, Swedish, Italian or Hungarian to the address kaivosfestivaali@gmail.com
Welcome to the Kaivos Festival, see you in Outokumpu in the future!
Artistic planning team: Väinö Jalkanen, Lauri Sallinen, Niko Väistö and Katariina Vähäkallio
