Come along and experience library’s summer events

There will be cultural events at the mobile library stops, performance poetry, sing-alongs, outdoor dancing and the hullabaloo of the Turku Night of the Arts over the course of the summer. 

–There are many kinds of experiences to be had in library summer events. The Mobile Library Tour will take the events outside the city centre, and the Main Library’s events take place in the summery Library courtyard. Besides the events the Main Library will be open for peaceful reading. You can take shelter from the rain or cool down in the heat of the summer, reminds Information Specialist Suvi Kiukas.  

There will be music, acrobatics and magic 

Library’s summer season starts in May with the last Turun Puhallinmusiikkijuhlat (Turku Brass Week) 19^th – 23^rd May. The Inner Court will be all out Spring Féte with the Kaupunginosaviikot (City Neighbourhood Weeks) hosting their kick-off with the City Library on the 24^th of May, and the well-established Suvi Suloinen event ringing the summer in on the 26^th of May. 

The Mobile Library Tour will roll along from 2^nd through 12^th of June bringing cultural events to mobile library stops. From Monday through Friday you can see all kinds of performances from children’s theatre to a magic show and from dancing to acrobatics. Short performances will take place on every stop for the duration of the scheduled stop. Vauvaviikko (Baby Week) will delight the youngests in a family with many kinds of culture and art related treats at the Main Library 2^nd – 6^th of June. There will also be baby theatre performances at the Children’s Art Centre Färi.  
 

Go Runo Go! Fills the Library courtyard

The 7^th Go Runo Go! event brings poetry into a summer afternoon on 6^th of July. The event organized as a collaboration with Turku City Library and Varsinais-Suomen Runoviikko ry, takes its name from poet Markku Into’s text. The event pays homage to late Markku Into and introduces performance poetry to summery Turku. 

Library’s courtyard will host performances from poets Katariina Vuorinen, Silja Järventausta, Henrik Pathirane, Milka Luhtaniemi and Timo Lappalainen together with saxophone player Jaakko Martikainen. 

The afternoon ends with an open mic event. Go Runo Go! will be hosted by Kalle Talonen. 

Dancing and singing in the Library courtyard

On Monday and Tuesday evenings Turun Soitannollinen kerho hosts an outdoor dance and a sing-along in the Library courtyard. Joy of music will be there to enjoy all summer long. Sing-alongs start in June, the outdoor dancing in early July and both run until the end of August.  

End of summer will bring with it the familiar Turku Night of the Arts on 14^th of August. Popular 2^nd hand book fair for books removed from the library’s collection will take place in the Library courtyard. Many more events for families from library tours to work shops and music to come. 

Welcome to enjoy the Library’s colourful summer!