VAN TASTIK (USA), Mount Fool

Tickets at the door 16 €, if available. Check set times on Semifinal's website on the day of the show.

VAN TASTIK is an American artist who has toured actively throughout Europe and America. He has performed at festivals including Wacken Open Air, Rotterdam Bluegrass, and Muddy Roots, as well as three consecutive years at Muddy Roots Europe Festivals in Belgium. His 2023 album tour sold out. VAN TASTIK calls his music Dark Delta Rock.

Mount Fool is a Helsinki-based roots quartet that performs their own English-language mountain songs. Banjo, guitar, mandolin, and harmonica carry the songs toward alternative country. The band was founded in 2012 and has performed at Muddy Roots Festivals in Belgium in 2023 and 2025.

Mount Fool:
Topi Ruotsalainen - vocals, cigar-box guitar, harmonica
Jaakko Nieminen - banjo, guitar, vocals
Antti Närhi - guitar, mandolin, vocals
Eero Eloranta - cajon, percussion

Semifinal maintains zero tolerance for disruption, harassment, discrimination, violence, and abuse of power - all visitors are expected to commit to the principles of a safer space. Please also be mindful of the people around you.

Accessibility: the venue is not wheelchair accessible; entrance is via stairs. Before the show, you can visit Restaurant Ilves: www.ravintolailves.fi

Buy an environmental ticket and support the Tavastia Hall of Nature project - 3 € goes toward Tavastia and the Foundation for Natural Heritage's forest fundraising to expand the protected area acquired in October 2024. More information: Luonnonperintosaatio.fi/tavastian-metsa