The Ilosaarirock Festival is an annual rock festival held on the second weekend of July in Joensuu, Eastern Finland. Founded in 1971, Ilosaarirock is the second oldest rock festival in Finland still active, and one of the oldest in Europe.
In 2007 the event had 21,000 daily visitors. The festival has been sold out in advance every year since 1998.
Write a tip
Ilosaarirock is the best organised festival in Finland. They even have sunshine every day, which is quite an accomplishment considering the finnish summer. We however had the honor of exception as it actually did rain a bit during saturday (for the first time in 8 years, we were told)! It didn't matter though, as Herra Ylppö, VHB, Eläkeläiset and others gave their best on the stage on Saturday. 174 days, one hour ago
Images from Flickr. View bigger size for authorship information
Images from Flickr. View bigger size for authorship information
Festival summer! The top happenings to attend if you happen to like good music combined with great atmosphere.
Links for tag: ilosaarirock
wikipedia.org:
In an article titled "Matka jatkuu vaan" in the biggest Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat (17.2.2007), journalist Leena Virtanen attempts to explain how it is that PMMP appeal to both children and adults, concluding that while indeed an energetic pop band PMMP "live within the space between childhood and adulthood", referring to the lifeworlds of both children and adults, carried through with eternal optimism.
Read more from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMMP
wikitravel.org:
It is one of the relatively fast growing centres in Eastern Finland whichs university supplies a constant stream of freshmeat student from all over the country.
Read more from
http://wikitravel.org/en/Joensuu
wikipedia.org:
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region.
Read more from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joensuu
wikipedia.org:
The Ilosaarirock Festival is an annual rock festival held on the second weekend of July in Joensuu , Eastern Finland.
Read more from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilosaarirock
Tags are links to related articles in the best sources for this place.