Kirjurinluoto Arena (also known as ''Pori Delta Arena'') is an open-air concert park in the city of

Pori ) , website www.pori.fi Pori (; sv, Björneborg ) is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäki River, west of Tampere, north of Turku and north-w ...

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. It is the only venue in Finland that is designed especially for open-air events. Size of the amphitheater-type arena is five

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s (12

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s). Concert park area includes also 22 hectares for camping and parking. Kirjurinluoto Arena was built in 2001 and it is part of the

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. The arena is located in

Kirjurinluoto Kirjurinluoto ( sv, Skrivarsholmen) is an island and a park in the delta of Kokemäenjoki river in the city of Pori in Finland. It is best known for the Kirjurinluoto Arena, an open-air concert park which hosts the annual Pori Jazz festival. Kir ...

island, which lies in the

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of Kokemäenjoki-river. The island has been a park and a recreational area for the residents of Pori since the 19th century. Main user of the Kirjurinluoto Arena is annual Pori Jazz festival. Arena has also hosted RMJ and

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music festivals as well as several fairs and religious events.

Major events

2002 :16 July;

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:18 July;

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2006 :22 July; Sting 2008 :16 July; Pori 450th anniversary concert :18 July;

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2009 :25 July;

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2010 :8 August;

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2011 :16 July;

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(Greatest Hits Tour) 2015 :17 July;

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(Sweet Talker Tour) 2019 :19 July;

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( The X Tour) Sonisphere pori linkin park panorama 20090725

Sources

City of PoriHistory of Pori Jazz
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