Ameriikan poijat Tour to Finland July 5-26: Kokkola, Kaustinen Folk Festival, Kruunupyy, Seinäjoki, Kuopio, Lieksa Brass Week. Guest Cornet Soloist JARI VILLANEUVA, Washington, DC. See this page for tour details as they develop.
| Location | Day | Date | Event |
| Kokkola | Saturday | July 7 | “Wanhan Kallen kesäviikko” |
| Kokkola | Sunday | July 8 | “Wanhan Kallen kesäviikko” |
| Move to Kaustinen | Monday | July 9 | Kaustinen Folk Music Festival |
| Kaustinen | Tuesday | July 10 | Kaustinen Folk Music Festival |
| Kaustinen | Wednesday | July 11 | Kaustinen Folk Music Festival |
| Kaustinen | Thursday | July 12 | Kaustinen Fest Folk Music Festival |
| Kronoby | Friday | July 13 | Concerts and dances |
| Kronoby | Saturday | July 14 | Concerts and dances |
| Seinäjoki | Sunday | July 15 | Church concert |
| Seinäjoki | Monday | July 16 | Immigration Festival |
| Kuopio | Wednesday | July 18 | Minneapolis-Kuopio Sister City Concert and Events |
| Nurmes | Thursday | July 19 | Nurmes Concert |
| Transit to Lieksa | Friday | July 20 | Lieksa Brass Week events |
| Lieksa | Saturday | July 21 | Lieksa Brass Week events |
| Lieksa | Sunday | July 22 | Lieksa Brass Week events |
| Lieksa | Monday | July 23 | Lieksa Brass Week events |
| Helsinki | Wednesday | July 25 | Musiikkitalo Summer Series Concert; Sibelius Academy |
Poijat at Paradise Center- Faribault and Cloquet Presbyterian Church Jan 7-8- 2012
AMERIIKAN POIJAT will perform and concert and old time dance at Faribault’s Paradise Center of the Arts on Saturday evening January 7, 7:00, and at the Cloquet Presbyterian Church at 3:00 on Sunday, January 8. These events will include narrations by Minnesota folklorist John Berquist and a visual presentations of Minnesota immigrant life. Following the one hour concert program, “Poijat” will roll up the carpets and play traditional social dances, with dancing right near the performance spaces. These special presentations will be of interest to music lovers, dancers, and history buffs. Children are also very welcome. If you have band music in your family history, bring your stories and photos to share after the concert.
Ticket Information for Faribault is available at the Paradise Center website.
Admission will be at the door for the Cloquet performance.
Phone: 218-879-8813; 47 4th St, Cloquet, Minnesota 55720
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