Confirmed Capital of Culture events

The 2011 programme was published on June 9th. The exact event and performance times and locations will be verified during the summer and the autumn.

Logomo exhibitions 1/15 - 12/15/2011

January

876 Shades of Darkness
1827 - Infernal Musical 1/21 - 2/5
Absurd History of the Opera: premier
Alvar Aalto and the Dimensions on Wood Exhibition Dimensions on Wood: 11/25/2010 – 2/6
Animoi Priit Pärn (Turku Art Museum, Darkroom) 1/28 - 3/27
Bridge of Sound: Gustav Mahler’s 2nd Symphony “Resurrection 1/5, Composer Mikko Heiniö’s Moonlight Concerto 1/20 - 1/21
Central Park of Culture and Exercise
Pots, Sandals and a Tent: POT – The Drumming installation
Turku 365

February

876 Shades of Darkness
Alvar Aalto and the Dimensions on Wood Exhibition Dimensions on Wood: 11/25/2010 – 2/6
Animoi Priit Pärn (Turku Art Museum, Darkroom) 1/28 - 3/27
Artist as a Neighbour: Neighbourhood Valentine's Day 2/14
Central Park of Culture and Exercise
ERI clubs (ERI-Studio) 2/19
Middle-Aged Hair (Logomo) 2/13 - 2/20
Pots, Sandals and a Tent: Sandal – The Paths Installation February - November
Turku 365

March

876 Shades of Darkness
2000 & 11 SELF-PORTRAITS: A seminar on various aspects of self-portraits and related working methods 3/8 - 3/9
Animoi Priit Pärn (Turku Art Museum, Darkroom) 1/28 - 3/27
Easter Joy: The Mendelssohn version of J. S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion (Logomo) 3/9
ENERGO (Logomo) 3/18 - 3/19
ERI clubs (ERI-Studio) 3/19
Central Park of Culture and Exercise
Pots, Sandals and a Tent: Sandal – The Paths Installation February - November
Puppet Science and Fiction: Premier
Turku 365

April

876 Shades of Darkness
Animoi: Turun Anikistit (Turku Art Museum, Darkroom) 4/1 - 5/29
Battle for the City: The film will premiere at the Finnish Film Festival
Bridge Builders: Silta Big Opening 4/13, SILTA film festival 4/14 - 4/16
Central Park of Culture and Exercise
The City is Growing! The sprouting field will be in Turku on Easter Saturday (Yliopistonkatu) 4/23
The Dancing Tower: (Logomo) Premier 4/14, other performances 4/16 - 4/30
Easter Joy: C. H. Graun’s Easter Oratorio (Turku Cathedral) 4/24
Fire away!: festival 4/7 - 4/10
Inner landscapes: The exhibition will take place in Turku Castle during April – July
John Eleanor (TEHDAS Theatre)
Last Supper: Exhibition 4/17 - 7/31, Passion dance performances 4/21 - 4/23, 4/25
Loisto Concert Series: European Jazz Orchestra 4/28
Pots, Sandals and a Tent: Sandal – The Paths Installation February - November
Spot the Oliopus Olius!: Premier 4/18
Turku as the Soloist: Premiere in the concert of Mikkeli City Orchestra (Sigyn Hall) 4/14
Turku 365

May

876 Shades of Darkness
Animoi: Turun Anikistit (Turku Art Museum, Darkroom) 4/1 - 5/29
Antspotting in Turku: Ants' pathways 5/1 - 8/31, Anni Rapinoja's art 5/1 - 8/31
Artist as a Neighbour month
Bridge Builders: Integrated Dance and Theatre event 5/20 - 5/22
Central Park of Culture and Exercise
City Remembered: The route and the related works are available 5/9 - 6/12
Clapperboard - My Turku: workshops May - the beginning of September
Come Across Comics: Traffic signs 5/31 - 8/31
ERI clubs (ERI-Studio) 5/19
Eurocultured 5/21 - 5/22
Inner landscapes: The exhibition will take place in Turku Castle during April – July
Last Supper: Exhibition 4/17 - 7/31, Passion dance performances 5/5 - 5/8, 5/19 - 5/22
Performance 2011 5/27 - 5/29
Performing Arts in May
Pots, Sandals and a Tent: Sandal – The Paths Installation February - November, Tent – The Patches Installation
Song Castle (Harjattula Manor) 5/8 - 5/11
Street Life seminar 5/20 - 5/21
Story Rugs: The world’s longest rag weft rag cutting event at Turku's Old Great Square 5/19
Tero Saarinen Company: Borrowed Light (Logomo) 5/6 - 5/7
Turku 365
WÄINÖ! Sculpture Exhibition 2011 (Gallery Maaret Finnberg and the City Main Library inner courtyard) 5/3 - 6/26
Åbo vid vatten: The christening of the Å-djuret

June

876 Shades of Darkness
Animoi: David Shrigley (Turku Art Museum, Darkroom) 6/10 - 9/4
Antspotting in Turku: Ants' pathways 5/1 - 8/31, Anni Rapinoja's art 5/1 - 8/31
Central Park of Culture and Exercise
Cirque Dracula (Mannerheim Park) 6/22 - 8/14
City Remembered: The route and the related works are available 5/9 - 6/12
Clapperboard - My Turku: workshops May - the beginning of September
Come Across Comics: Traffic signs 5/31 - 8/31, Plastic surface 6/1 - appr. 9/4, Continuing Comics 6/27 - 8/31
Contemporary Art Archipelago (CAA): Exhibition June-September
Environmental art on, and along, the River Aura: The Artworks will be finalised for show between 6/1 - 8/31
Inner landscapes: The exhibition will take place in Turku Castle during April – July
Koroinen – the Birthplace of Turku: Koroinen Week 6/2 - 6/10, Tallgren play (Maaria parsonage) 6/10 - 6/19
Last Supper: Exhibition 4/17 - 7/31
Loisto Concert Series: jazz at the River Aura 6/15, chamber music (Utö church) 6/21 - 6/23
Polyglot: Workshops 06/03 - 06/15, short films will be presented 6/18 - 6/19
Pots, Sandals and a Tent: Sandal – The Paths Installation February - November
Saunalab June-August
Sounding Letters Concert Series: Stockholm, Eckerö, Kastelholm, Bomarsund, Vårdö, Kumlinge, Brändö and in Kustavi between June and August
Turku 365
Village Tour: Performances during June-July
Virgin Potato Festival 6/18. - 6/19
WÄINÖ! Sculpture Exhibition 2011 (Gallery Maaret Finnberg and the City Main Library inner courtyard) 5/3 - 6/26

July

876 Shades of Darkness
Animoi: David Shrigley (Turku Art Museum, Darkroom) 6/10 - 9/4
Antspotting in Turku: Ants' pathways 5/1 - 8/31, Anni Rapinoja's art 5/1 - 8/31
Central Park of Culture and Exercise
Cirque Dracula (Mannerheim Park) 6/22 - 8/14
Clapperboard - My Turku: workshops May - the beginning of September
Colourscape Colourscape in Kupittaa Park and the Music of the Spheres performances on River Aura in July-August
Come Across Comics: Traffic signs 5/31 - 8/31, Plastic surface 6/1 - appr. 9/4, Continuing Comics 6/27 - 8/31
Contemporary Art Archipelago (CAA): Exhibition June-September
Environmental art on, and along, the River Aura: The Artworks will be finalised for show between 6/1 - 8/31
Inner landscapes: The exhibition will take place in Turku Castle during April – July
The Lost City presents: Experience Park Turku 2011 7/21 - 7/28
Last Supper: Exhibition 4/17 - 7/31, Passion dance performances 7/28 - 7/31
Loisto Concert Series: concert (Kökar church) 7/2, Archipelago Church and chapel tour 7/5 - 7/12, classical music and jazz (Dalsbruk factory) 7/7, chamber music (Nötö church) 7/10, chamber music (Isokari lighthouse island) 7/22
Phantasy Armada: From mid-July to the end of August, three days a week, once a day
Pots, Sandals and a Tent: Sandal – The Paths Installation February - November
Saunalab June-August
Sounding Letters Concert Series: Stockholm, Eckerö, Kastelholm, Bomarsund, Vårdö, Kumlinge, Brändö and in Kustavi between June and August
Story Rugs: Galleri Campus invitation exhibition 7/12 - 8/27, The most fascinating rug stories and story rugs at the Juselius Crafts Centre Gallery Hall 8/30 - 9/17
Turku 365
Village Tour: Performances during June-July

August

876 Shades of Darkness
Alvilda in Abo (Turku Castle) 8/5 - 8/17
Animoi: David Shrigley (Turku Art Museum, Darkroom) 6/10 - 9/4
Antspotting in Turku: Ants' pathways 5/1 - 8/31, Anni Rapinoja's art 5/1 - 8/31
Battle 2011 (Paavo Nurmi stadium) 8/31 - 9/3
Central Park of Culture and Exercise
Children’s Opera Turku 3011: Performances at Turku Music Festival
Cirque Dracula (Mannerheim Park) 6/22 - 8/14
Clapperboard - My Turku: workshops May - the beginning of September
Colourscape Colourscape in Kupittaa Park and the Music of the Spheres performances on River Aura in July-August
Come Across Comics: Traffic signs 5/31 - 8/31, Plastic surface 6/1 - appr. 9/4, Continuing Comics 6/27 - 8/31
Contemporary Art Archipelago (CAA): Exhibition June-September
Environmental art on, and along, the River Aura: The Artworks will be finalised for show between 6/1 - 8/31
Future Circus Festival 8/17 - 8/26
Henrik and the Hammer of Witches (Turku Castle) 8/27 - 9/4
Koroinen – the Birthplace of Turku: Halinen Week 8/23 - 8/28, Tallgren play (Maaria parsonage) 8/26 - 8/28
Musical Sea of Inner Rhythms (Samppalinna open-air swimming pool) 8/6 - 8/7
No Man's Land: 6 performances during 8/18 - 8/31
Phantasy Armada: From mid-July to the end of August, three days a week, once a day
Pots, Sandals and a Tent: Sandal – The Paths Installation February - November
Saunalab June-August
Sounding Letters Concert Series: Stockholm, Eckerö, Kastelholm, Bomarsund, Vårdö, Kumlinge, Brändö and in Kustavi between June and August
Story Rugs: Galleri Campus invitation exhibition 7/12 - 8/27, Nordic rag symposium 8/8 - 8/12, The most fascinating rug stories and story rugs at the Juselius Crafts Centre Gallery Hall 8/30 - 9/17
The Elements 8/27
Turku 365
Turku – St. Petersburg – Cologne: collection exhibition in Turku Main Library’s interior and exterior gallery spaces during 8/18 - 9/30
UKI-NYKI

September

876 Shades of Darkness
Animoi: David Shrigley (Turku Art Museum, Darkroom) 6/10 - 9/4, Lars Arrhenius 9/16 - 11/13, Timo Vaittinen (Pori Art Museum, Mediapoint), Animations, MOCGA Museum of Contemporary Gif art 09/30 - 10/30
The Art of Curating September-December
Battle 2011 (Paavo Nurmi stadium) 8/31 - 9/3
Carl Larsson Exhibition (Turku Art Museum) 9/16/2011 - 1/18/2012
Central Park of Culture and Exercise
Clapperboard - My Turku: workshops May - the beginning of September
Come Across Comics: Plastic surface 6/1 - appr. 9/4
Contemporary Art Archipelago (CAA): Exhibition June-September
ERI clubs (ERI-Studio) 9/19
Great Fire of Turku (Luostarinmäki Handicrafts Museum and Turku Summer Theatre) 9/2 - 9/4
Henrik and the Hammer of Witches (Turku Castle) 8/27 - 9/4
The Many Stories of Being: An event forum 9/29 - 9/30
Nordiska Röster – Nordic Voices: Celebrating Transformation 9/26 - 10/5
Pots, Sandals and a Tent: Sandal – The Paths Installation February - November
Scientific and Cultural Turku - a prosperous city: Culture, Health and Well-being: Theory into Practise -congress 9/22 - 9/24
Story Rugs: The most fascinating rug stories and story rugs at the Juselius Crafts Centre Gallery Hall 8/30 - 9/17
Turku 365
Turku – St. Petersburg – Cologne: collection exhibition in Turku Main Library’s interior and exterior gallery spaces during 8/18 - 9/30
Urban Nature Seminar

October

876 Shades of Darkness
2000 & 11 SELF-PORTRAITS: Exhibitions will be displayed in public spaces in Turku during October-November
Animoi: Lars Arrhenius (Turku Art Museum, Darkroom) 9/16 - 11/13, Timo Vaittinen (Pori Art Museum, Mediapoint), Animations, MOCGA Museum of Contemporary Gif art 09/30 - 10/30
Artist as a Neighbour: Do-It-Yourself-Carnival
The Art of Curating September-December
Bridge of Sound: Jukka Linkolas piano concerto 10/6 - 10/7
Carl Larsson Exhibition (Turku Art Museum) 9/16/2011 - 1/18/2012
Central Park of Culture and Exercise
Counter History 2011 10/20 - 10/23
ERI clubs (ERI-Studio) 10/19
Nordiska Röster – Nordic Voices: Celebrating Transformation 9/26 - 10/5, An exhibition on Sami storytelling and the master storytellers (Koroinen cafe) 10/1 - 10/30
Pots, Sandals and a Tent: Sandal – The Paths Installation February - November
Pirjo’s Best Day Ever: Performances during October-November
Smeds Ensemble & Von Krahl Theater: Karamazov Workshop (Manilla) Performances during October-November
Speak No Evil 10/15
Turku 365

November

876 Shades of Darkness
2000 & 11 SELF-PORTRAITS: Exhibitions will be displayed in public spaces in Turku during October-November
Animoi: Lars Arrhenius (Turku Art Museum, Darkroom) 9/16 - 11/13, Animaation apupyörä ry 11/18/2011 - 1/8/2012, Modern Italian animation (Pori Art Museum, Mediapoint), curators: Anna Daneri & Stefano Colestto 11/01 - 11/30, Animaation apupyörä ry, Turun Anikistit ry 11/29 - 01/14/2012
The Art of Curating September-December
Carl Larsson Exhibition (Turku Art Museum) 9/16/2011 - 1/18/2012
Central Park of Culture and Exercise
Eerik XIV (Logomo) 11/20 - 11/29
ERI club (ERI-Studio) 11/19
New Baltic Drama (Turku City Theatre)
Pirjo’s Best Day Ever: Performances during October-November
Pots, Sandals and a Tent: Sandal – The Paths Installation February - November
Smeds Ensemble & Von Krahl Theater: Karamazov Workshop (Manilla) Performances during October-November
Taikalamppu Kindling: The main event will take place on Children’s Rights Day 11/20
Turku 365

December

876 Shades of Darkness
Animoi: Animaation apupyörä ry (Turku Art Museum, Darkroom) 11/18/2011 - 1/8/2012, Animaation apupyörä ry, Turun Anikistit ry (Pori Art Museum, Mediapoint) 11/29 - 01/14/2012
The Art of Curating September-December
Bridge Builders: TaiKa closing festival on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 12/3
Carl Larsson Exhibition (Turku Art Museum) 9/16/2011 - 1/18/2012
Central Park of Culture and Exercise
Turku 365