Photo: Timo Heinonen

Dear international friend!

Is it possible to combine ukuleles, northern winter and tropical warmth, you may ask?

Yes, we have snow and perhaps – 20 C degrees outdoors, but indoors spa water is + 30 C degrees all year round. Spa Hotel Vesileppis is a perfect venue for the fifth edition of Tropical Winter Ukulele Festival.  Concerts, workshops and happy strumming, accommodation, food and drinks, all under one roof.  Hotel accommodation includes tickets to friday and saturday events (excl. workshops). -
Did you notice, unique Moomin Cave under the venue has more than 30 000 visitors annually?

Ukulele is a small instrument and sounds best on small stages. Sometimes we are crowded but instead of being sold out, we just arrange more venues for newcomers too. This year we have more singalongs than in previous years.

Our line up is both international and global. In addition to Finnish artists and uke clubs we provide a selection of inspiring acts from abroad: Joseph Gara (Philippines), Tubadu-band (Italy), Duo Charlotte & Elisabeth (Germany) and Rikuya Nakamura (Japan). Nick Gordon from New Zealand/Germany makes us feel comfortable in social gatherings.

We recommend to take flight to Kuopio (via Helsinki). It´s only one hour away from Leppävirta. When booking in goodtime before the festival, your connecting flight from Helsinki is cheap. Please contact us and our volunteers help you to travel from Kuopio to Leppävirta. – We cover voluntary climate compensation fee if you travel by plane.

You may find our latest news in fb. We try to inform our friends both in Finnish and English. If you like to ask for more details, don´t hesitate to contact us!

Living and strumming under one roof, in Nordic scenery, with ukulele friends and all performers is experience you never felt before!

You are welcome to Lake District of Finland !

Arto
Team TWUF2020