Crusell Week, Uusikaupunki

Name: Crusell Week, Uusikaupunki
Start: 2026-07-27
End: 2026-08-02
Location: Uusikaupunki

took place · 27 Jul 2026

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Crusell Week is a festival dedicated to woodwind instruments, where both lovers of classical and contemporary music will find something to enjoy. In addition to chamber and orchestral concerts, the programme includes jazz, folk music, music for children, and masterclasses led by renowned musicians.

About the festival: Crusell Week, Uusikaupunki

~6 200

visitors in 2025

45th edition

edition number (2026)

Since 1982

years running

masterclass students in 2025

Good to know

Runs 7 days: Mon 27 Jul - Sun 2 Aug 2026
Paid concert tickets 35-55 EUR (2025 pricing)
Many free events daily (fanfares, street performances, lectures)
Tickets via lippu.fi or Uusikaupunki tourist office (from 1 May 2026)
Concerts held in historic churches and 19th-century wooden buildings in and around Uusikaupunki
By car: from Turku via E8 road, exit at Laitila onto road 43
By bus: Onnibus to Laitila (18 km away), then local connection to Uusikaupunki
Camping available at Santtionranta campsite nearby

What's new

2026-04
The 2026 edition (45th) announced its theme as 'Amour' - love and French music - with a full programme including a world premiere bassoon sonata, the French clarinet quartet Les Bons Becs, and soprano Helena Juntunen with the Vaasa City Orchestra.
2026-04
Tickets went on sale from 1 May 2026 via lippu.fi and the Uusikaupunki tourist office.
2026-03
Registration for the 2026 woodwind masterclasses opened in early 2026, with world-renowned players confirmed as teachers.
2025-08
The 2025 edition (44th) ended with approximately 6,200 visitors - nearly 1,000 more than in 2024 - and 55 masterclass students taught by 7 teachers.

Headliners

Helena Juntunen Les Bons Becs Vaasan kaupunginorkesteri Elina Vähälä Kaisa Kortelainen Olli Leppäniemi Kari Vuola Angelika Klas Naoko Ichihashi Kirill Kozlovski Matilda Kärkkäinen Jouko Laivuori

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