Sideshow
Every year, Provinssi offers its visitors a number of surprising and versatile sideshows. The sideshows have been part Provinssi’s identity right from the beginning of the festival. Trough the years you may have spotted, circus artists, twerk dancers, magician, musical performances, drag artists, DJ:s and improvisational theater groups in the festival area.
In addition to music, socializing and high-quality restaurant services, Provinssi is also so much more! You can find around the festival area and Camp Provinssi countless of entertaining, surprising and delightful performance numbers and other happenings in which you can also participate in. Provinssi’s area program consists of multi-talented artists from different fields of art, both amateurs and professionals.
The area program is organized both according to the pre-announced program and as a surprise just when you least expect it. So keep your eyes open when moving around the Provinssi area! The bold and boundary-pushing multidisciplinary arts festival Mitäs Mitäs Mitäs will produce the area programme for Provinssi 2026.
PROVINSSI SIDESHOW 2026
What does your astrological birth chart reveal about you? Or do the Tarot cards have a message for you right now? At Provinssi, you can find out!
At the reading spot of social media–famous AstrologiJenna, you can get a quick personal reading of your birth chart or ask the Tarot cards for guidance. Jenna’s clear and insightful reading style is also perfect for first-timers.
Each mini reading lasts approximately 5 minutes per person. The readings are free of charge. For an astrological reading, you’ll need your birth details (date, time, and place of birth).
A caravan where stars are born. Karaoke Caravan offers an intimate and fun space, complete with musical instruments, nostalgic appliances, smoke machine and UV lights.
RZ Twerkers is a Tampere-based dance group specializing in twerk, made up of experienced and versatile dancers. You may have spotted RZ Twerkers in music videos and as backing dancers for Lord Est across Finland.
At Provinssi, you can get your festival moves in shape at a twerk workshop led by the group. The dancers will also be seen at Jytälato, bringing the energy and raising the vibe.
Magician Antti Kalliokoski is an entertainer who performs across Finland, combining humor, visual magic, and impressive mentalism in his shows. His performances make audiences laugh, feel amazed, and keep talking about what they’ve seen long after the show is over.
Many have also discovered Antti through social media. His magic-themed video content has attracted thousands of followers and millions of views, making him one of the most recognizable magicians in Finland.
At Provinssi, you can catch a 30-minute show every day that will truly amaze festivalgoers. In addition, Antti will be roaming among the crowd, performing increasingly astonishing tricks up close. If you spot the magician, don’t hesitate to come say hi!
Vinski Valos is a multidisciplinary, glow-in-the-dark typewriter poet, guide, visual artist, and spoken word producer. They collect words and spin them into textile-like forms. When poetry reaches between people and into their fingertips, Valos ignites it like phosphorus. Nature and the unnatural, historical entanglements and woven words, stakes and bursts, conceptuality and process: these are what bring them to the stage.
At their poet’s reception, Valos writes custom poems on a typewriter for you to take with you, on any topic you choose. Take a seat at the poet’s table! Valos has been performing with their typewriter since 2016, starting in Berlin, and has also compiled a book of poetry. Since then, the reception has traveled internationally as well as across Finland, appearing at events such as Runokuu, Tekstin Talo, museums, conferences, theatre clubs, festivals, and a wide range of private occasions.
Seinäjoen Tanssiakatemia is a versatile dance school offering training for both dedicated competitive dancers and hobbyists. The academy is known for its energetic performances, strong sense of community, and genuine joy of dance, and it has already been part of the vibrant atmosphere of Provinssi’s area programme in previous years.
This year, the academy will bring spectacular Flash Pop performances to the Provinssi area every festival day. In addition, they will host a Flashmob workshop where anyone can learn the final part of the choreography and join the grand finale of the Flashmob. Come and experience the energy and sense of community that dance brings!
Muutos Company is a collective focused on contemporary dance, performance art, and body painting. The group often works in site-specific environments and explores the intersections between different art forms. Their passion lies in producing multidisciplinary and multicultural projects, as well as promoting the accessibility and visibility of art.
At Provinssi, Muutos Company will bring along carnival-like and peculiar characters who, through movement, invite festivalgoers into their surprising world and welcome them to the festival area. The group’s activities, working methods, and visions for the future are constantly evolving and transforming and their motto says it all: “Muutos Company – a couple of variables.”
This show moves wherever you do! FlowingLinda’s flow dancers roam across the festival area, bringing energy, radiance, and spectacular tricks right into the middle of the crowd. Their flowing dance and captivating presence create enchanting encounters—where will they appear next?
Walkabout is an interactive performance format, so feel free to approach the performers and even snap a photo together!
Instagram: @flowinglinda
In the movement of hula hoops, rhythm, motion, and the carefree spirit of festivals come together. Helmi Malinen moves the hoops among the crowd, creating unexpected encounters, flow, and a vibrant visual atmosphere throughout the festival area.
Photo: epframes
Instagram: @helmilyydiamalinen
Kupla Kopla is a group of superheroes whose superpower, and great mission, is to spread joy!
Through soap bubbles, happiness, and clown-inspired aesthetics, Kupla Kopla’s performance bursts the bubbles that keep people apart in everyday life. The soap bubbles create connection, joy, and beauty, while making space for many different ways of being.
Kupla Kopla moves throughout the festival area, bringing joy wherever it is needed most. You can also join in the fun yourself and try making giant bubbles together with the group.
Bubbling joy belongs to everyone!
Photo: Iida Liimatainen
Instagram: @kuplakopla
A performing group Sirkus Muudi, made up of instructors from a local circus school, brings acrobatics and the magic of circus arts to Provinssi!
Their roaming performance spreads across the festival area through partner and group acrobatics, alongside spectacular lollipop lyra acts. Spot the group around the festival grounds and immerse yourself in the world of circus!
Instagram: @sirkusmuudi
Out of Sync is a boyband sensation made up of four drag kings that has also gained international recognition: Nico, Peter Cunt’dre, HC Wayne, and dj cummyb3ar. The group combines dance, lip sync, and comedy in their performances, delivering a larger-than-life stage show that makes any audience fall in love, feel moved, go wild, and keep coming back for more.
Their highly acclaimed performances exist somewhere between drag shows, contemporary dance, and stadium concerts, pushing the boundaries of all three art forms. On stage, the drag kings shift between fantasy and reality, play with fragile gender stereotypes, and explore the spectrum of masculinity in the name of collective joy and pleasure.
Instagram: @out_of_sync
Rock the Pole, Finland’s first pole dance school, will entertain festivalgoers with pole dance demonstrations and offer lessons for eager newcomers.
Come and learn the wildest dance moves of the festival!
Instagram: rockthepole_helsinki
Flamma is once again part of Provinssi, bringing warmth and excitement with their new Firestarter fire show!
Founded in Tampere in 2002, Flamma is one of Finland’s oldest still-active fire and light art groups. Their fire performances have also been a familiar sight at Provinssi for nearly just as long.
In addition to the fire show, Flamma’s experienced performers will host a two-hour, all-ages flow workshop on Friday and Saturday using similar props to those seen in their performances, just without the fire. The workshop is designed to help participants explore movement together with the props in a guided environment. You’ll learn the basics, combine them with your own unique style of movement, and, for those who want to join in, finish with a lighthearted mini show together.
Instagram: @flamma.fi
NeoElement ry is an association formed by young artists that creates visual worlds for events, ranging from installations and decor to interactive artworks. Over the past 10 years, NeoElement has been involved in numerous events and is also a familiar sight at the stage of the Mitäs Mitäs Mitäs festival!
Now NeoElement is bringing its massive interactive NeoRadio installation to Provinssi, where you are the main character. Find NeoRadio around the festival area, step inside, and become part of the artwork and a collaborative photography project. Turn the knobs all the way up!
Instagram: @neoelement_ry
Gabriella Presnal, selected as the tenth Summer Artist of the City of Seinäjoki, brings the Meadow Pods art project to the festival area. The project consists of hollow, hanging sculptures filled with wildflower seeds.
The project draws inspiration from celebratory rituals involving breaking, smashing, or destruction such as Mexican piñatas, Greek Orthodox botides traditions, and folk customs connected to celebrating spring and harvests. In many of these rituals, destruction symbolizes renewal, hope, and the cycle of nature. The Meadow Pods sculptures continue this idea by asking who gets to celebrate and how we celebrate. As the sculptures break apart, they scatter seeds into their surroundings, symbolizing a better future and the relationship between humans and nature.
On Saturday, the Finnish-American artist will invite festivalgoers to destroy the sculptures, releasing the seeds into the environment around them.
Irtiotto, an alternative event concept focused on daytime parties, is making its way to Provinssi. The Tampere-based DJ collective picks the brightest gems from the currents of world music and gets festivalgoers into the celebration spirit through dance and shared encounters.
See you at the beach!
Instagram: @irtiorro_tre
EAT, SLEEP, BINGO, REPEAT!
Bingokeisari is Finland’s wildest bingo show: loud, larger than life, and completely unpredictable. You may have played bingo before, but never like this. Bingokeisari combines raves, theatrical performance, and bingo into one explosive experience that will blow your mind and change your life.
Instagram: @bingokeisari
Free Movement & Flow is a body-oriented workshop that combines breathwork, rhythm, yoga, and free movement. The workshop invites participants to open up the body, awaken energy, and explore movement without any right or wrong way to move.
The session is led by yoga teacher and contemporary dancer Vera Laaksonen, a graduate of SEAD, whose background blends yoga, dance, improvisation, and embodied awareness. Her classes emphasize intuitive movement, strong presence, and creating space to explore the body without performance pressure.
Held on Saturday at Provinssi, the session acts as an energizing reset in the middle of the festival weekend. A moment to breathe more deeply, move more freely, and reconnect with your body.
The workshop is suitable for everyone and requires no previous experience in yoga or dance.
Taidehiippailija’s Workshops: Let Your Camping Flag Fly & Create Your Own Lucky Animal
In these workshops, participants will create items mainly from recycled materials. On Thursday, you’ll make a camping flag representing your summer, festival spirit, and festival crew. On Saturday, you’ll craft your own Lucky Animal accessory to reflect your festival mood. It is perfect for attaching to clothing or a bag, or slipping into your pocket.
Instagram: @marja_taidehiippailija
Kennelliiton Kaverikoirat are once again bringing good vibes and furry friends ready for cuddles to the festival area this summer!
The Finnish Kennel Club’s Kaverikoira (“Buddy Dog”) program is volunteer work in which trained dog handlers share the companionship of their dogs to bring joy to others. Kaverikoirat visit a variety of groups and locations, including care homes, assisted living facilities, daycare centers, and public events. For many people, the presence of a dog brings back memories and creates feelings of safety, comfort, and warmth.
You’ll find the dogs at the Friend Tent in the People’s Park (Ihmisten Puisto) area. It’s the perfect place to head if you’re looking for a little breather or a softer counterbalance to a day full of concerts.
Kaverikoira activities are entirely voluntary and always carried out according to the wellbeing of the dogs. That’s why these furry friends are only available during limited daytime hours and retreat to rest once the evening arrives.
If you need a grounding moment during your festival day, you know where to go. 🐾
Pictured: Bruno, a senior gentleman and experienced Provinssi visitor.
The traditional Pride parade, organized by Lakeuden Sateenkaari ry, will move through the Provinssi festival area on Saturday, June 27 from 15:15 to 15:30. The starting point is Ihmisten Puisto (People’s Park), and everyone is welcome to join in celebrating equality and the rights of sexual and gender minorities.
In the create your own festival alter ego -workshop, you’ll build a new festival identity for yourself: a name, a story, a style, and a way of being. Who are you at a festival and what happens when you decide to become someone entirely different? When the workshop ends, your new self is ready to step out into the festival grounds.
The workshop is hosted by Mitäs Mitäs Mitäs.
Across the area, secret festival ties circulate, carrying small tasks and moments to be shared. If one ends up with you, take on the challenge, complete the task with full commitment, and pass the tie back into circulation. This way, the tasks keep moving and the festival gains new stories.
At the Seinäjoen Taitokeskus hands-on workshop, the youngest festivalgoers at Provinssi can make their very own festival wristband! The free workshop is open on Saturday from 14:00 to 17:00.
Come and design and string a personalized beaded bracelet as a keepsake from Provinssi! This year, the workshop will include UV beads that change colour in the sunlight!
The workshop is aimed at children under 13 years old, and materials are available for the first 150 participants.
Are you the next footbag legend of Provinssi or will you kick the bag straight into the bushes?
The footbag circle will be running at the campsite on Friday and Saturday! Come kick, test your skills, or just hang out. Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level!
Photo: Nalle Elmgren
DJ OPA brings a trance-driven set to Provinssi, packed with soaring melodies, uplifting energy, and a feel-good atmosphere that will carry you far above everyday life from start to finish. Expect a momentary escape where OPA’s signature sound, the energy of a festival night, and a perfectly euphoric vibe come together. The set will feature beloved trance classics, well-known tracks, and newer sounds alike. This is one journey you won’t want to miss.
Photo: Toni Huhta
DJ MEGAMIIKA is an energetic all-around DJ who has been entertaining audiences for over a decade.
His strength lies in a seamless ability to blend different music styles. Throughout the night, the sound can move smoothly from EDM and hip-hop to rock, pop, house, or even 90s hits without ever dropping the energy.
Years of experience can be heard and seen in his confidence and technical skill, with every genre handled in a professional and assured way.
DJ MEGAMIIKA believes in great music and in the idea that the dance floor is a place to let go of your worries.
JYTÄLATO DJ’S
DJ Hulluella is a Rovaniemi-based DJ, artist, and producer known for her radiantly energetic live sets. This force of northern nature delivers an eclectic and unique selection that pays planetary respect to bass music, seamlessly blending percussive club sounds, UK garage, breaks, techno, and hardgroove into his signature “mixed bag” style.
Hulluella has taken dance floors by storm both in Finland and internationally, performing at festivals and clubs such as Frozen People, Skábmagovat, Hiljaisuus Festival, Márkomeannu in Norway, Tromsø Arctic Pride, and the legendary Planet Wax in London. Her mixes have also been featured on Norwegian radio NRK and Finland’s YleX.
She is also a founding member of the Rovaniemi-based Sula Collective, together with Suspentin and Hellahighheat.
In summer 2026, deep bass and rhythms will take over the plains as the new BASSHEAD x SUPREME concept arrives. Expect DJs known from the nightlife scene to step outside their usual comfort zones and dive into bass-heavy sounds throughout their sets, ranging from breaks and ghetto funk to drum and bass and jungle rhythms.
True to the Supreme style, there will be plenty of bass, rhythm, remixes, hits, and big bangers so powerful you’ll feel it in your bones. The music will be delivered by the joined forces of Basshead and Supreme club residents Inglorious Bassterds & Josio.
Out of Sync is a boy band sensation made up of four drag kings—Nico, Peter Cunt’dre, HC Wayne, and dj cummyb3ar—that has also gained international acclaim. Blending dance, lip sync, and comedy in their performances, the group delivers a larger-than-life stage show that makes audiences fall in love, feel moved, get carried away, and crave more—again and again.
Out of Sync’s widely acclaimed performances exist somewhere between drag shows, contemporary dance, and stadium concerts, pushing the boundaries of these art forms. On stage, the drag kings shift between fantasy and reality, play with crumbling gender stereotypes, and explore the spectrum of masculinity in the name of collective pleasure.
At Provinssi, Out of Sync will take the atmosphere at Jytälato to a whole new level!
DJ Breik (Jussi Paananen) has come a long way from the Finnish electronic music underground to wider audiences, “tearing down the walls of Babylon one track at a time”. Starting his career in Helsinki’s reggae scene in 2002, he quickly moved from traditional rhythm music into alternative electronic sounds and has stayed true to that path across three decades, through shifting genres and trends.
Breik has been involved in more than ten DJ collectives across Finland, organizing underground music events of all sizes, while also playing over a thousand shows from Kuopio to Helsinki and Berlin, all the way to the mountains of Nepal. In recent years, he has focused especially on the distinctive rhythms of the new wave of Finnish “junka” and UK-driven ragga jump-up.
At Provinssi’s Jytälato, Breik, together with an MC handling mic duties, will deliver two different sets on Friday and Saturday: high-energy party drum and bass packed with Finnish classics, and ragga jump-up mayhem!
Photo: Tuba Solo
Markkinavako is a DJ collective of four friends who actively create parties in Helsinki’s nightlife scene. At Provinssi, you can expect their signature mix of hot bangers: pop, dance, and disco—both international and Finnish hits, ranging from Madonna and Boney M. to Nylon Beat and Jenni Vartiainen.
A packed dancefloor at Jytälato is guaranteed!
Photo: Niko Kylmälä
Makeup: Pinja Kasslin
How much does fish cost? What’s on your mind? Among other things, these are the questions CJ Kassu-Masa is here to answer after tossing round discs into the Seinäjoki river and spinning hard-hitting ’90s dance tracks from authentic cassette tapes. Will the tape snap mid-song? Will the player last till the end? Head to Jytälato and find out!!
Saturday night’s closing at Jytälato will be handled by the Tampere-based DJ duo NEMESIS and VNI.RV. Both have made a strong impact on the electronic music scene in their own right, performing at various events and clubs as well as organizing their own parties with different collectives.
At Provinssi, the duo will join forces for a comprehensive two-hour set of energetic, danceable music with no genre boundaries. Expect a final-day blowout that will carry you well into the following week.
Good things are worth the wait, as this year’s Provinssi will kick off with Finland’s grooviest DJ collective, BUUGIEKLUBI!
Get your dancing shoes squeaking and your fringe swinging as Jytälato is brought to the ground right from the start – carried by the sweet sounds drifting our way from the golden age of music.
Nuermo DJ’s is a duo formed by Heli Mikkonen and Teemu Tuuttila. They have been performing together for 10 years and will offer a voyage through the wide world of disco at Jytälato. Expect original American disco from the ’70s spinning from their crates, while a Mediterranean breeze fills the sails with energetic Italo disco and mysterious Balearic sounds. The journey continues toward Afro disco, with some special disco selections that might surprise even the most seasoned captain.
DJ Moosehead (Jukka Järvenpää) brings a wealth of experience to the decks, serving up a musically eclectic set where genres don’t set limits – only the best possible mix, guided by the crowd.
Countless private parties and celebrations have shaped his relaxed, on-the-fly approach to building playlists, aiming for those moments of “Hey! I remember this one!” as well as “This new track is an absolute banger.”
Come, see, and experience it—let’s get the party started!
Photo: @ezmeslens
Reivaajan Valinta is a synthesis of jaw-clenching rave escapism and the emotional landscape of Finnish pop. Expect euphoric supersaws, aggressive basslines, and a relentlessly fast tempo – the kind of mindset where even radio hits keep your foot stomping on the morning ride home.
Good taste or not? That’s for everyone to decide, but high speed and big emotions are guaranteed at this show!
DJ Sara-Maaria is a familiar sight at the Jytälato DJ booth from previous years. For three years in a row, her sets there have consisted entirely of Finnish schlager music, but this year she’s going all out, playing what she personally considers the best millennial hits (in addition to Finnish schlager).
Sara-Maaria has been active as a DJ since 2017 and is especially well known in Tampere, having performed at venues such as Tavara-asema, Klubi, and Desibel. Her commentary and track selections have also been heard on Radio Helsinki’s Uusi Tampere program.
Mitäs Mitäs Mitäs? is producing the Provinssi 2026 sideshow program!
Founded in 2015, the bold and boundary-pushing multidisciplinary arts festival Mitäs Mitäs Mitäs will produce the area programme for Provinssi 2026.
After ten years in Nuutajärvi, the festival is taking a break this summer, with its creators exploring new ideas. This year, Mitäs Mitäs Mitäs brings its multidisciplinary and participatory program to Törnävänsaari in Seinäjoki, keeping the festival spirit alive at Provinssi! The team aims to complement the Provinssi experience with playful and surprising sideshows that invites the audience to take part.
