Partner Festival: Outsider Art Festival

• Time:

  • 20.–30.8.2026

• Tickets:

  The event is free of charge

Event Introduction

The Outsider Art Festival invites everyone to celebrate equality! OAF gives a voice to outsider artists by presenting a captivating array of music, visual arts, performing arts, films, literature, and life stories. The festival’s venues include the Oodi Central Library, the Opera House, the National Theater, the EMMA Museum, the WeeGee Exhibition Center, the Pertin Valinta x Tiketti Gallery, and Radio Helsinki.

OAF 2026 Artists: Matias “Matson” Välkkilä, Jenni Carlén, MC Harakka, Natalia Tong Ochoa, VHS-Klubi, EJH, Nykypost, Ansa Kurola, Satu Kankaanpää, Petter Hartzell, Aizhan Sultan, Riina Noro, Jarkko Salminen, Mikko Kallinen, Juha Pesonen, Tuulia Nuutinen, Ragnar Bengtström, Dash Che “Pekka Suomalainen, an ordinary Finnish man,” Puistorumpali Jarmo, Mikael Valjakka, Susanne Brokesch, and Lauri Hyvärinen.

OAF artists represent the field of outsider art across the disciplines of visual arts, music, literature, film, and performing arts, and from all over Finland

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