Jyväskylä Arts Festival ( fi, Jyväskylän kesä) is an arts festival celebrated annually at

Jyväskylä Jyväskylä () is a city and municipality in Finland in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is located about 150 km north-east from Tampere, the third largest city in Finland; and about 270 km north from Helsinki, the capital of ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

since 1956. It has since become one of the biggest

arts festival An arts festival is a festival that can encompass a wide range of art forms including music, dance, film, fine art, literature, poetry and isn't solely focused on visual arts. Arts festivals may feature a mixed program that include music, lite ...

s in Finland. Close to 40,000 people took part in the event in 2009.

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* Festivals in Finland Jyväskylä Festivals established in 1956 Tourist attractions in Central Finland Region 1956 establishments in Finland {{Festival-stub