What a combination! Värttinä, a contemporary folk music act founded in Rääkkylä in 1983, is internationally one of the most successful Finnish bands ever. Värttinä tells stories of the past and the present with a modern take of the old Karelian and Finnish folk music.
Paleface, a.k.a. Karri Miettinen is a Finnish rap artist and a verbal acrobat, who has performed both in Finnish and in English. In recent years he has incorporated the old traditional protest songs to his music and jabbed his sharp songwriting pen towards the sore spots of today's Finnish society.
This summer we will see and hear something amazingly unique as Paleface joins the marvelous musicians of Värttinä on the Ilosaarirock Festival stage. This show will be nothing short of verbal finesse, musical fireworks and sweaty shenanigans!
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Friday 13th Jul: Beast In Black • CMX & Joensuu City Orchestra • Cledos • Disco Ensemble • Dizzee Rascal (UK) • Evelina • Gasellit • Gogol Bordello (USA) • Ismo Alanko • Jenni Vartiainen • Lewis Capaldi (UK) • Mara Balls • Mokoma • Nelli Matula • Nightwish • PastoriPike • Saturday 14th Jul: Apulanta • Atomirotta • Flat Earth • Hard Action • Huora • Hurula (SWE) • Ida Paul & Kalle Lindroth • Kube & Eevil Stöö • KUUMAA • K-X-P • M • Milky Chance (GER) • Mopo • Olavi Uusivirta • Paperi T • Reino Nordin • Saimaa • SANNI • Satyricon (NOR) • Shiraz Lane • Stam1na • Töölön Ketterä • Von Hertzen Brothers • Värttinä feat. Paleface • Zara Larsson (SWE) • Sunday 15th Jul: Amorphis • Behemoth (POL) • Blind Channel • Cheek • Circle • IBE • Jack White (USA) • Juha Tapio • Lasten Hautausmaa • Litku Klemetti • Night Lovell (CAN) • Pyhimys • Ruudolf • Ruusut • Sini Yasemin • Ursus Factory • Vesta • Vilma Alina • Zeal & Ardor (USA/CHE) • Zedd (GER)