Kotka beats to your rhythm

Music Festival Kymijoen Lohisoitto, 2-6 June 2010
Finnish music festival Kymijoen Lohisoitto is known as a multifaceted annual event full of colourful musical experiences. The festival opens the summer season of the Kotka Region in the begin- r ning of June. As in the previous years, the festival concerts will be arranged in various breath-taking locations such as the Kotka Concert Hall, Restaurant Kairo, the Langinkoski Imperial Fishing Lodge, the churches of Haapasaari and Pyhtää, and Kuutsalo Island. Kymijoen Lohisoitto festival pays also attention to friends of popular music. The festival programme contains concerts that are free of charge, too.These concerts are held at places that are normally full in the summertime, such as market squares. www.lohisoitto.fi

Kotka Maritime Festival 29 July-1 August 2010
This spectacular annual event is Finland's largest maritime carnival organised around the architectural splendour of the Vellamo Maritime Centre in Kotka. The festival also provides a superb setting for maritime culture, with a concert programme ranging from rock to classical music, the Sea Shanty Festival, Maritime Jazz, exhibitions, international street theatre performances and the Children's Maritime Festival. In the evenings there will be mega concerts in the port. www.meripaivat.com

Hamina Tattoo - the International Military Music Event 1-8 August 2010
Hamina Tattoo - the International Military Music Event - was arranged for the first time in 1990. Since then, it has established its position as a major review of military music, extending over one week every second year.TheTattoo bands in 2010 are coming from Estonia, Germany, Russia, USA and two bands are Finnish. The main shows take place right in the heart of Hamina, in the renovated Hamina Bastion. The Tattoo week provides memorable musical experiences in the streets, parks and market places of this old fortress town. www.haminatattoo.fi