Arrange your own event on the summer streets events stage
The temporary events stage and the adjoining Karhupuisto events area built between Karhupuisto park and Matti Helenius park are available for bookings by residents between 16 May and 31 October. The stage and event area can be booked from Monday to Sunday from 9.00 to 21.00. The maximum booking time is six hours at a time and bookings are free of charge. The use of sound-reproducing equipment must stop by 21.00. You can book the stage on the Varaamo website(Link leads to external service) by entering “Kesäkadun tapahtumalava” in the search field. The Varaamo booking calendar will be opened on 2 May. The first bookings can be made for Friday 16 May.
The users of the events stage must comply with the terms and conditions of the stage. The terms and conditions are put in place to ensure that the use of the stage does not cause any disruptions to local residents and operators.
The maximum allowed attendance is 200 people at a time, and the events must be free of charge and open to everyone. The event organiser is always responsible for the event. All the rules governing the use of the stage are available on the ‘Kesäkadun tapahtumalava’ (summer street events stage) page in Varaamo.
You can provide feedback on the Kallio summer streets events stage via the City of Helsinki feedback service(Link leads to external service) .
A similar events stage can be booked on the Korkeavuorenkatu summer street in front of the Design museum as of 16 May. The booking calendar for this stage will also be opened on 2 May. The Töölönlahti bay events stage is already open and available for booking in Varaamo. You can find these stages in the Varaamo service by searching for “tapahtumalava”.
Welcome to the summer streets’ urban barn dances!
‘Katulavatanssit,’ or urban barn dances, are shared dancing events for all who want to skip through musical landscapes. The urban barn dances are part of the concept of the summer streets’ events stage. A total of four dance events will be held on the Kallio summer streets’ events stage over the summer on the first Saturday of each month from 15.00 to 18.00. The events are open to all and free of charge. The event will be organised jointly by the City of Helsinki and Lauri Jäntti.
Urban barn dances are based on improvisation, meaning that the only principles guiding the activities are being aware of the situation, respecting the boundaries of others and general hospitality among the participants. In this framework, any style and way of participating and physical movement is welcome: nothing is too much or too little.
The music varies from Argentinian tango to blues, from salsa to opera and from Finnish dance music to evergreen musical hits and everything in between.
University of the Arts programme brings performing arts to the stage
University of the Arts Student Union (TaiYo) arranged an open call in autumn 2024 for student projects for the ‘Vapaan taiteen tila’ pop-up programming in the Kallio summer streets in summer 2025. The purpose of the programme entity is to offer space for small and less polished performance concepts by students.
The programme is compiled especially for the summer streets, and it is curated by the board of the University of the Arts Student Union. The performances last for 15–60 minutes, and the shows are performed in the early evenings in the week beginning on 28 July. Further details on the events and their schedule are available on the Kallio summer streets website.
A total of four performing arts shows will be performed on the summer streets. The performances vary from dance performances reflecting on their surroundings to bands playing folk music, a street theatre performance tailored to Kallio summer streets and an open-minded combination of jazz and soft rock influences.
