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 [22 - 24 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]
FERNANDO CASASEMPERE Sedimentary Selves Exhibition [22 - 27 July]
LAURA LOWE Structural Colour Exhibition
OULUNSALO SOI Chamber Music Concert [9 August]
MIES VAN DE ROHE AWARDS Winners Showcase
ALVAR AALTO WEEK [24 - 30 August]
ELINA BROTHERUS Exhibition
PROVENANCE PROJECTED Symposium
MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ Exhibition
CONCRETE CATHEDRAL Projection
METROPOLIS WITH OULU SOUND COLLECTIVE Fritz Lang’s Film Screening with Live Music
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