Dates:
- Thu, 10 Sept 2026, 20:00–22:00
Welcome to Helsinki Stand-Up League’s English-language open mic night at El Patio Wine Bar in Teurastamo!
The stage will be taken by women and LGBTQ+ comedians at all levels — from first-timers stepping up to the microphone to more experienced performers. Expect fresh jokes, bold experiments, and, above all, plenty of laughter.
Come support the comedians, have a laugh, and enjoy a fun evening in good company!
El Patio Wine Bar
10.9.2026
19.00-21.00
Free entry, age limit 18 yrs, performed in English
Cost: Free
Categories: comedies, cultural events, comedy (style), stand-up comedy
Image credit: Sofia St — CC BY licence — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
More information: https://helsinkistandupleague.com/
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Dates:
- Thu, 6 Aug 2026, 12:00–Sun, 4 Oct 2026, 16:00
This group exhibition seeks to bring together visual art, architecture and design as an extended field.
L’Esprit de L’Escalier is an international project set up in Helsinki’s Kulttuurisauna in 2012 to further the idea of publishing as a creative practice.
When working under this label, translatable as ‘staircase wit’, its authors remain anonymous. Their contribution to The art of hinges on a new version of a display from the exhibition Unbuilt Helsinki at the Finnish Museum of Architecture in 2012.
Henrietta Lehtonen trained as an architect and emerged on the international art scene with the ‘relational aesthetics’ wave of the mid-1990s. She revisits her hybrid installations from that period in Nest, which may be characterised as a personal ’memory palace’.
Hedy Leung has come to visual art through the practice of contemporary experimental ikebana. Her materials tend to be sourced around the venues where she realises her installations, which are constructed around an inaugural performance moment.
Eglė Ridikaitė uses a self-invented technique of spray painting through stencils. In recent years she has been making 1:1 representations of patterned tile floors from 19th and 20th-century buildings in Vilnius.
Kohta Taidehalli
6.8.-4.10.2026
Tue-Fri 12.00-18.00
Sat-Sun 12.00-16.00
Free entry
Cost: Free
Categories: Design, fine arts, exhibitions, architecture
Image credit: Kohta Taidehalli — CC BY licence — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
More information: https://kohta.fi/exhibition/art-of/?lang=eng
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Työpajankatu 2 B, building 7, 3. floor, 00580, Helsinki
Dates:
- Sat, 5 Sept 2026, 12:00–18:00
Teurastamo Block Party celebrates the end of the summer season with music, togetherness, and dancing.
Enjoy food and drinks from the local vendors or visit the art gallery.
This family-friendly event also offers dance lessons and other activities for children.
Teurastamo
5.9.2026
12.00-18.00
Free entry
Cost: Free
Categories: dance (performing arts), music, food, children (age groups)
Image credit: Joonas Määttä — CC BY licence — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
More information: https://teurastamo.com/
Source: Event information supplied by Linked Events Helsinki API, maintained by the City of Helsinki Executive Office, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Dates:
- Sat, 19 Dec 2026, 0:01–Sun, 20 Dec 2026, 23:59
Christmas market at Teurastamo will be held for two days in December.
The event gathers there both entrepreneurs and artisans selling Christmas delicacies and handicraft.
Teurastamo is the former Helsinki abattoir from 1933, re-opened in 2012 as Teurastamo Helsinki. It is a melting pot of food and urban culture.
Teurastamo
19.-20.12.2026
Free entry
Cost: Free
Categories: fairs and markets, cultural events, food, Christmas
More information: https://teurastamonmarkkinat.fi/
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