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The year 2025 brought a breath of fresh air to Tuusula's cultural education plans in the form of an updated Kultsut logo. The group working on the cultural education plans wanted the new logo to be timeless and playful.

Tuusula's seventh participatory budgeting round will begin in autumn 2025. This time, decision-making power over the use of municipal funds will be given to children and young people under the age of 18.

Composer and top pianist Iiro Rantala performed at concerts organised for secondary school students on Monday, 9 December 2024, at the Monio Cultural Centre's Riihi Hall. The concert, themed around Finnish Music Day, is part of the secondary school cultural education plan.

The Tuusula Municipal Council selected actress and screenwriter Maaria Nuoranne, gaming culture activist Mika Joensuu and drummer Tuomas Rauhala as its artists-in-residence for 2024.

In line with its strategy, the municipality of Tuusula offers wonderful and innovative opportunities for culture, leisure and hobbies. These investments create well-being. The recently published report on the perceived effects of cultural activities shows that cultural activities have many positive effects on the lives of those who participate in them and even on society as a whole.

The Tuusula Municipal Culture and Leisure Committee presented the Culture-Friendly Person of the Year award on Tuusula Day in Jokela. The Culture-Friendly Person of the Year 2024 is Jokela-based musician Mika Saatsi.

Maaret "Manta" Näkkäläjärvi, a circus artist and teacher from Jokela, has been selected as Tuusula's Artist of the Summer 2024. Twenty-nine representatives from various fields of art applied for the position. During the summer, Näkkäläjärvi will stage a new fire show and perform and hold workshops in various locations around Tuusula.

The past year was a busy one for Tuusula's cultural services. Tuusula Museum's sites attracted nearly 58,000 visitors. Events organised by Tuusula Culture attracted over 43,000 visitors.

Monday, 4 December 2023, was a day of celebration when two Tuusula municipal development projects were honoured at the Important Work Gala in Helsinki. The awards were given to Tuusula's Agenda 2030 steps and cultural education plans.

The municipalities of Tuusula and Nurmijärvi were awarded the Uusimaa Prize by the Uusimaa Regional Council for their joint organisation of the Aleksis Kivi anniversary year, which was celebrated in 2022 with the theme of mental well-being and mental health. The motto of the anniversary year was Aleksis Kivi's last words: "I live." New Year's Eve 2022 marked 150 years since the death of Aleksis Kivi.