Finland: No events over 500 people until end of July
Provinssi, Ilosaarirock and Sideways have been called off, following the earlier cancellation of Ruisrock, after the Finnish government extended its mass gathering ban
News By IQ | 23 April 2020
Finland has extended its ban on major events until at least 31 July, forcing the cancellation of many of the summer’s biggest music festivals, including some of Europe’s oldest open-air events.
Among the festivals affected by the extension, announced following a government meeting yesterday (23 April), are Ilosaarirock (17–19 July) in Joensuu – the second longest-running festival in Finland – and Fullsteam’s Provinssi (25–27 June) and Sideways (11–13 June), as well as several smaller events.
In near-identical statements, Provinssi, which debuted in 1979, and…
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