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!
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!
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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.
