OPENING OULU2026 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE
SEPPO MÄKKINEN Ice Sauna installation with Snowhow Oy, Skene Catling de la Peña, Oulu Sauna Association [18 - 27 February]
BERND NICOLAISEN Exhibition Restlicht – Residual Light [26 February - 1 March]
FROZEN PEOPLE FESTIVAL
THE BLACK SQUARE: RICHARD STRANGE & ANTONIO OLAIO Performance & Concert [28 - 29 March]
LÄMPIÖKLUBI MUSIC FESTIVAL [2 - 4 April]
MIES VAN DE ROHE AWARDS Announcement of winners - Live Stream [16 April]
TESSA CAMPBELL FRASER Whales - A deeper Dialogue Installation [21 - 23 May]
REVITALIZE MERI-TOPPILA 2026 Workshop [25 - 31 May]
CLIMBING OVER OULU FINAL SHOW Le Plus Petite Cirque du Monde and Flow Productions Showcase
WHITE NIGHT DIALOGUE Exhibition [1 - 10 June]
IETM BY FLOW CIRCUS Performance [15 - 16 June]
CHRISTIAN SCHLAGER Performance [18 - 19 June]
FINNLAND-INSTITUT Activities
MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL
MURTOLA&MÄMMI: TRIÁLOGO Performance [22 - 27 June]
OULUNSALO SOI Chamber Music Concert
A DAY IN MERI-TOPPILA [29 August]
MIES VAN DE ROHE AWARDS Winners Showcase [5–29 August]
ELINA BROTHERUS Women on Waves Exhibition [5-30 August]
PROVENANCE PROJECTED Symposium [1 September]
MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ Exhibition
CONCRETE CATHEDRAL Projection
METROPOLIS WITH OULU SOUND COLLECTIVE Fritz Lang’s Film Screening with Live Music
MEREN TIET - THE TRAVELLING ART CONTAINER Outdoor exhibition with Tura Ya Moya [11-16 September]
FERNANDO CASASEMPERE Sedimentary Selves Exhibition
LAURA LOWE Structural Colour Exhibition
LINEA AL SUD! Dialogo con il Mediterraneo: Rigamonti (Cellist) Paolicelli (Piano) + LIVE ELECTRONICS [3 October]
JAN TICHY Exhibition by Corbusier Foundation
THE NORTHERN OPERA COMPANY Pohjoinen oopperakomppania winter nights Live Concert
KONSTEUKTIV Exhibition
FLASH-BIENNALE OF LIGHT
CLOSING OULU2026 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE
LEE JAFFE Exhibition