Tuusula Week will be celebrated from 21 to 27 July.
Tuusula Week, 21–27 July 2025, will be a week of culture and events in many forms. The event week will feature concerts, summer theatre, circus, museum visits, guided tours, family days, socialising and experiences.
Tuusula Day on 22 July celebrates the 382nd anniversary of Tuusula. A whole week of events has been organised around the anniversary, offering a wide and varied programme throughout the municipality. The events are organised by associations, individual actors, museums and various administrative bodies of the municipality of Tuusula.
Tuusula Day on Tuesday, 22 July
The main event of Tuusula Day takes place every other year in different municipal centres in Tuusula. This year, the event will be held on Tuesday, 22 July, from 2 to 5 p.m. in Etelä-Tuusula, in the Monio courtyard area. The programme includes music by the Sabrina and Saarten tyttäret singing groups, circus performances by Säilättär, stand-up comedy by Heikki Vilja and a speech by the new mayor, Janne Mellin. As usual, the Culture-Friendly Award will be presented at the event. The day will culminate in a fast-paced Spinsane death wheel performance. The event will also feature an art exhibition of works created in the clothing painting workshops of Tuusula’s summer artist Onerva Luoma.
Tuusula Day on 22 July is also celebrated in museums, which offer free admission on the day. Free admission is available to eleven different museums. You can also take a guided tour of Tuusula Church and the church park. The traditional vintage car parade will start at the Air Defence Museum in Tuusula at 6 p.m., from where the cars will depart for Järvenpää, Kellokoski and Jokela. Tuusula Day also offers summer theatre, a circus, a boot sale, a family day, park yoga and dancing to the music of Janne Tulkki.
Tuusula Week
Circus Arctic Ensemble is a renowned Finnish circus collective, which also includes members living in Tuusula. The group will bring its new performance to Ensembled Tuusula Week. Performances will be held on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday in the group’s new tent in the courtyard of the Tuusula Sports Centre.
The Central Uusimaa Theatre presents Suurenmoista! (Wonderful!), a musical comedy, at the Krapi Summer Theatre. The play tells the story of Florence Foster Jenkins, the world’s worst singer. Performances at Krappi are held from Tuesday to Wednesday and Saturday to Sunday. In Jokela, Joka Theatre’s delightful farce Täydelliset häät (The Perfect Wedding) can be seen on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Tuusula Week will also be celebrated at the Kimara Fairy Tale Garden, youth centre family days and non-stop stamp workshops for children. Museums and their wonderful exhibitions can be visited during extended opening hours. Tuusulan Taitokädet ry is organising a traditional craft market on Thursday 24 July in the Mäntymäki courtyard in Tuusula.
The Krapin Paja park concerts will feature The Original Blues Brothers Band on Thursday, Erja Lyytinen on Friday, and Black Devils feat. Ile Kallio & Janne Louhivuori on Saturday. Rock ‘n’ roll will also be rocking Gustavelund on Saturday, where the Rockabilly Rocks Summer Club will be held.
Our festivals kick off on Saturday during Tuusula Week and enrich the Tuusula area’s event offerings on Saturday and Sunday with several chamber music concerts. Our festivals continue even after Tuusula Week.
The free Picnic Concert organised by Me Kellokoskelaiset ry will conclude Tuusula Week in Kellokoski on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Further information
Tuusula municipal cultural services, kulttuuri@tuusula.fi
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