Huvila Venue Info
The Huvila Festival Tent (also known as Huvila) is a spectacular venue in terms of architectural beauty and festival atmosphere. Situated in the heart of Helsinki by a beautiful bay, Huvila has undeniably become the symbol of the Helsinki Festival since it was built in 1995. Huvila is divided into two parts, a restaurant area and a fully covered concert tent with a total audience capacity of 1300–1700.
A series of individual live music concerts take place in Huvila throughout the two and a half weeks festival. The diverse programme focuses on rock, folk, jazz, world and pop music, representing artist from all over the globe.
The line-ups of past years have included acts such as Radiohead, Massive Attack, Patti Smith, Wilco, Courtney Barnett, Jane Birkin, Ane Brun, Lianne La Havas, Jonathan Wilson, Calexico, Fatoumata Diawara, Amadou & Mariam, Bombino, Tinariwen, Hugh Masekela, Goran Bregovic, Gotan Project, Patricia Kaas, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Susanne Sundfor, Giorgio Moroder, Sleep by Max Richter… among many others.
Helsinki Festival is committed to adhering to responsible and sustainable practices in all its operations. It is important to us that Huvila is a safe venue for everyone to work and enjoy. This year, we have also started calculating the carbon footprint of our production. Learn more about the sustainability of Huvila here.
The Huvila Festival Tent
Street address: Eläintarhantie 8, 00530 Helsinki, FINLAND
Stage size:
Stage opening: 10,8 m
Performance area width: 10,5 m
Performance area depth: 7 m
Stage height: 1,3m
Height: 7 m to proscenium arch
Audience Capacity:
Seated concert: 1300 persons
Partly seated, partly standing concert: 1500 persons
Standing concert: 1700 persons
Audio specs 1/2 (pdf)
Audio specs 2/2 (pdf)
Lights plot (pdf)
Lights front 1/2 (pdf)
Lights front 2/2 (pdf)
Cross section Huvila tent audience stand (pdf)
Huvila seating chart (seated) (pdf)
Huvila seating chart (partly standing) (pdf)
Huvila seating chart (standing parquet) (pdf)
Contacts
Promoter:
Aleksi Pahkala
aleksi.pahkala@eventshelsinki.fi
tel +358 40 764 3365
Artist production:
Tanja Halonen
tanja.halonen@eventshelsinki.fi
tel +358 50 303 0720
Stage Manager
Osku Jalkanen
osku@flatpush.fi
tel +358 50 518 8999
Stage Manager, technical matters:
Kari Reini
kari.reini@helsinkifestival.fi
tel +358 40 171 1574