Scan Magazine – August 2018

Issue 115 | August 2018 | 111

Scan Magazine | Culture | Calendar

Scandinavian Culture Calendar

• Where to go, what to see? It’s all happening here! By Sanne Wass

Helsinki Festival

(17 August – 2 September)

Helsinki Festival is Finland’s largest arts

festival, bringing classical and world

music, theatre, dance, circus, visual

arts and a range of urban events to the

capital. This year’s programme line-

up includes international names such

as Curtis Harding, Calexico and Kyle

Abraham, as well as local artists like

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Ellinoora and Pikku

Papun Orkesteri.

http://www.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi

The Jadid Series (20 August)

This event is the first edition of The

Jadid Series (meaning “new” in Arabic)

— a series of concerts featuring groups

that have never before played together.

Taking place at Café Oto in Dalston, the

evening will feature the debut perfor-

mance from an improvising trio of British

pianist Pat Thomas, Danish saxophon-

ist Julie Kjær and Irish singer Lauren

Kinsella. 7.30pm, Café Oto, 18–22 Ashwin

Street, London E8 3DL, UK.

http://www.cafeoto.co.uk

Mads Holm’s About Common Ground

(until 23 August)

Danish artist Mads Holm is presenting

his first solo show in Glasgow, in col-

laboration with Selected Artists’ Works

and SWG3. Among the artworks pre-

sented are pieces from his expanding

series About Common Ground — an

experiment in continuous photographic

studies of states and movements in con-

temporary society. 100 Eastvale Place,

Glasgow G3 8QG, Scotland.

http://www.swg3.tv

Pikku Papun Orkesteri. Photo: Aapo Huhta