What's on in Kotka

List of interesting events in Kotka

January | February | March| April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Cinemas | Sports

May

25 May at 10-15 Spring Day Event in Karhula
Karhula Market Place
Event for people of all ages: live music, dance performances, fashion show, programme for children etc

27 May at 19 East Coast Jazz Club
Mericafe Kristiina, Kotka Maretarium, Sapokankatu 2

June

1-20 Jun Kotka International Video and Electronic Arts Festival 2013
Kotka Photographic Centre, Maritime Centre Vellamo, Art Gallery Uusikuva
see programme: www.kiveaf.fi

3 Jun at 19 East Coast Jazz Club
Mericafe Kristiina, Kotka Maretarium, Sapokankatu 2

5-9 Jun Kymijoen Lohisoitto Music Festival
varied and high-class music festival
www.lohisoitto.fi

5 Jun at 19 Opening Concert of Summer and Lohisoitto Festival
Kotka Concert Hall
Kymi Sinfonietta conducted by Yasuo Shinozaki, soloists: Olli Mustonen, piano and Visa Haarala, trumpet

6 Jun Monthly market
Kotka market place

10 Jun at 19 East Coast Jazz Club
Mericafe Kristiina, Kotka Maretarium, Sapokankatu 2

17 Jun at 19 East Coast Jazz Club
Mericafe Kristiina, Kotka Maretarium, Sapokankatu 2

24 Jun at 19 East Coast Jazz Club
Mericafe Kristiina, Kotka Maretarium, Sapokankatu 2

July

1 Jul at 19 East Coast Jazz Club
Mericafe Kristiina, Kotka Maretarium, Sapokankatu 2

4 Jul Monthly market
Kotka market place

6 Jul at 15-21 Rock & Food Event on Varissaari Island
Varissaari Island, Fort Elisabeth Restaurant
www.rockingfood.fi

8 Jul at 19 East Coast Jazz Club
Mericafe Kristiina, Kotka Maretarium, Sapokankatu 2

13 Jul Varissaari Rock Event
Varissaari, Fort Elisabeth Restaurant

15 Jul at 19 East Coast Jazz Club
Mericafe Kristiina, Kotka Maretarium, Sapokankatu 2

22 Jul at 19 East Coast Jazz Club
Mericafe Kristiina, Kotka Maretarium, Sapokankatu 2

25-28 Jul Kotka Maritime Festival
Port Kantasatama and city centre
www.meripaivat.com

26-28 Jul Children's Maritime Festival
Children's Cultural Centre, Toivo Pekkanen School
www.lastenmeripaivat.com

29 Jul at 19 East Coast Jazz Club
Mericafe Kristiina, Kotka Maretarium, Sapokankatu 2

August

1 Aug Monthly market
Kotka market place

10 Aug River Kymijoki Day
www.kotka.fi/kymijokipaiva

16–17 Aug Dark River Festival
Honkala Biathlon Stadium, Honkalantie 12, Laajakoski
www.kymidarkriver.com

14-15 Aug Munkholma Prashnyekka
www.ort.fi/kotka

31 Aug Ancient Fires of Katariina
Katariina Seaside Park

September

5 Sep Monthly market
Kotka market place

6-7 Sep Fashion Night
Shopping Centre Pasaati and Kotka market place

October

3 Oct Monthly market
Kotka market place

19-20 Oct Kotka Fish Market
Sapokka market place, city centre
www.merikala.fi

November

2-3 Nov Kymi Grand Market
Kotka Sports Hall, Ruonala
handicraft, local delicacies, christmas decorations etc.

7 Nov Monthly market
Kotka market place

21 Nov Christmas Market
Sampo House, Karhula

24 Nov-1 Dec Kotka Organ Week
Kotka Church

30 Nov Thousand Elves - Key to Christmas Parade
Keskuskatu-Kotka market place

December

5 Dec Monthly market
Kotka market place

Cinemas in Kotka

http://www.kotkanleffat.fi
Cinema Kinopalatsi, Keskuskatu 23, city centre
tel. + 358 5 218 1344
Cinema Trio 123, Kotkankatu 1, city centre
+358 5 215 657

Finnish Championships League Basket Ball in Kotka

Basket Ball games from KTP-Basket (www.ktpbasket.fi) and Peli-Karhut (PeKa) pages www.pelikarhut.fi

Haukkavuori Lookout Tower

Haukkavuori Lookout Tower
Open again! Open: 1 May-30 Sep Tue-Sun and 1 Oct-30 Dec Thu-Sun at 10.30-18.
www.lamajacca.com

Sapokka Water Garden

Park Concerts in Sapokka Water Garden every Wednesday at 19 between 4 Jun and 21 Aug. Entrance free.

Kotka Church Organ

Lunch Concerts in Kotka Church on Wednesdays at 13 o'clock between 12 Jun and 21 Aug 2013

Programme:
12 Jun "From French baroque to Finnish Romanticism”; orchestra Selloduo Varonen
19 Jun Mikko Hauhia, organ
26 Jun Anssi Pyykkönen, organ
3 Jul Tomi Satomaa, organ
10 Jul Kari Vuola, organ
17 Jul Ene Salumäe, organ
24 Jul Sabine Kaipainen, mezzo-soprano, Tuomas Kaipainen, baroque oboe and Irina Lampén, organ
31 Jul Pauliina Hyry, organ
7 Aug Hymn Concert ”Soi kunniaksi Luojan”: Risto Salmi, saxophone and Janne Maarala, piano
14 Aug Pétur Sakari, organ
21 Aug Emilia Vesalainen, soprano and Esa Ylönen, accompaniment

Entrance free

Maretarium

Aquarium House Maretarium open every day from 10 onwards.
See events:www.maretarium.fi

Maritime Centre Vellamo

Temporary exhibitions in Maritime Centre Vellamo

Oculus and Alphabet 15.2.2013 - 19.5.2013
The Museum of Kymenlaakso. The exhibition showcases the paintings and book art of Merita Koskimies

Adolf Bock – The Maritime Painter 15.2.2013 - 2.6.2013
The Maritime Museum of Finland. The exhibition presents the life’s work of the self-taught maritime painter Adolf Bock (1890-1968).

See more www.merikeskusvellamo.fi

Kymi Sinfonietta logo

Kymi Sinfonietta
See programme 2013

Kotka Maritime Festival

Kotka Maritime Festival, see programme