Finland Day programme is released

Beige & Harmaa (VJ )

Music Club, Performance Center (Pudong)

11:00–21:30

Verneri Pohjola, Joonas Riippa, Tian Bai and Mike Brownell Quartet (jazz) 12:00-12:50

Sväng (folk) 14:00-14:50

Sväng

Lepistö & Lehti (folk) 16:00-16:50

Walo & Hakkarainen (circus) 18:00-18:50

Walo Hakkarainen

The Finnish National Ballet (dance) 20:00-20:50

Dancer-choreographer Tero Saarinen artist meet-and-greet courtesy of the City of Turku, 2011 European Capital of Culture.

Dock 1 Outdoor Stage, Expo Childerens’ Theatre (Puxi)

Moominpappa and the Sea

A collaboration between Shanghai East Children’s Theatre and Svenska TeaterTwo performances, 12:00 and 16:00

Expo Center, Auditorium (Pudong)

19:00–20:30

Finland Day ends with Finland Day Gala at the Expo Center, an invite only event for representatives of Finnish and Chinese companies and stakeholders. The programme of the gala is built around the theme of the Finnish Expo, Sharing Inspiration and it consists of several collaborations between Finnish and Chinese artists.

Finnish Pavilion Kirnu

9:30–22:30

Finnish artists share insights into performing arts and creative thinking at Kirnu, with performances of dance, song, circus, street shows and different musical instruments. During May and June, your guides are Northern Savonia’s creative arts development project SARKA and the Kotka-Hamina area’s development company CURSOR. Both are sending four innovative culture professionals to perform for one month. The project was founded in co-operation with local companies and organizations, Partanen & Lamusuo Partnership and Finpro.

In addition, Helsinki will host a series of club nights reflecting the city’s vibrant music scene. The jazz, metal and electronic clubs will take place in association with the events of Finland Day on the 27th May in various venues across the city. The Helsinki Nights clubs Helsinki Jazz, Helfest & Hel YES take place 26th -27th May.

More information about Finland Day & Helsinki Nights programme and schedule at www.sharing-inspiration.com

For further information, please contact:

Finland at World EXPO 2010 Shanghai, Cultural Producer Jani Joenniemi,

+358400727 241 (Fi), +86 1522 1949 053 (Cn), jani.joenniemi@finlandatexpo2010.fi