Helsinki Day at Malmitalo - Malmi Summer Festival 2026

Helsinki Day at Malmitalo offers community art, dance, and evening highlights: Laineen Kasperi and F. Come celebrate a summer city day!

Schedule
14.30-18.30 Community art for all ages, organized by summer youth workers from Malmi Youth Unit
16.00-19.00 Malmi Parish activity point
16.00-16.45 City dances
17.00-18.00 Laineen Kasperi
18.00-19.00 MALMI/Kollektiivi: Experience Malmi through young eyes - video work
19.00-20.00 F

14.30-18.30 Community art for all ages, organized by summer youth workers from Malmi Youth Unit
Summer workers from the Malmi Youth Unit run feel-good activities open to everyone. Join in!

16.00-19.00 Malmi Parish activity point

16.00-16.45 City dances
Low-threshold dance instruction led by professionals from Tsuumi dance theatre, welcoming to all. The dance style for Helsinki Day is swinging bugg!

18.00-19.00 MALMI/Kollektiivi: Experience Malmi through young eyes - video work
Come to Malmitalo auditorium and experience the moving video work Layers, which brings young people's documentary photographs of Malmi to the screen. Layers offers a unique and fresh perspective on familiar corners - see and feel the neighbourhood through the young people's own experiences.

The work was created by media students from Stadin vocational institute, in collaboration with MALMI/Kollektiivi.

17.00-18.00 Laineen Kasperi
Laineen Kasperi is known as a rapper, producer, and performer who shakes the audience's consciousness. Throughout his career, Laine has worked in nearly all areas of art and collaborated with many of the country's top artists.

Laineen Kasperi's latest album "Jumala on lomalla" was released in spring 2025 and has received excellent reception.
Below is a message that arrived on Laineen Kasperi's phone after the performance:
"Man, you won't believe what an amazing gig that was yesterday!

A truly spiritual experience! Incredible to witness such powerful energy and listen to a lyrical message that feels like it's channelled straight from there