The 29th Tampere Floral Festival 27 July – 4 August 2012

Enjoy nine days of flora and free events in downtown Tampere. The Tampere Floral Festival is a fun-packed summer event for the whole family. Its programme offers something for everyone. Free admission! Dress up in your favourite floral dress/hat/tie and join the fun!

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Have fun at the Tampere Floral Festival!

The main scene of the festival is the Central Square of Tampere and the nearby Frenckell area. There are also lots of separate events during the nine-day festival, and the programme and the concerts of well-known artists are all free of charge. The 26-meter-high giant Ferris wheel will give an opportunity to see the festival and Tampere from a different point of view.

Free programme every day in the Central Square!

The Floral Festival is the most colourful and audience friendly summer event in the heart of Tampere city. It offers something for everyone and that’s why it’s considered to be a family event. Enjoy the diverse programme in the beautiful environment and relaxed atmosphere. All programme performed on the floral stage is free of charge. There are different kinds of theme programmes during the daytime, in the early evening local dance groups are performing and in the evenings, top Finnish bands perform in the Central Square stage. The performers are mainly from Tampere and Tampere region. The daily programme starts usually during the afternoon and the evening programme continues until 21.30.

Wine Village

Wine Village of the Floral Festival is located in the north part of the Central Square, in the inner court of Frenckell area. Delicious food and wines from all corners of the globe are served to satisfy your taste buds while entertaining music is heard as well. Wine Village is open daily from 16 to 24 during the Floral Festival 27.7.–4.8.2012. The entrance to Wine Village is free of charge.

Floral Terrace & Market Café

Meet new people and have a chat with old friends, enjoy summer and refreshing drinks or fresh coffee and festival’s own sweet floral tartlet while seeing well-known artists running shows on the floral stage!

Something for everyone

Many other events are staged during the Tampere Floral Festival. The International Salsa Festival offers various events during the Floral Festival and Samba Carnival on the festival’s closing day provide opportunities to move one’s hips in tune with vibrant latin rhythms. The fan-like structure of the Floral Festival easily allows co-operation between the different events. Something new and fascinating is on offer every year.

The Tampere Floral Festival attracts every year thousands of local residents and visitors to enjoy a fragrant symphony of marvellous colours. Since 1984, the event annually has brought tens of thousands of visitors into the Tampere City Centre, which is decked out with many hundreds of floral arrengements and collections. Each year a lucky girl is named the Floral Princess and a prominent citizen receives the title of Floral Mayor. Both are in attendance at many events during the festival. The Floral Royalty will be elected from a group of senior citizens.

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The Tampere Floral Festival is arranged by Tampere Tunnetuksi ry (The Promoting Tampere Association). The association promotes the business life of Tampere and seeks to enliven the city centre area. To achieve its aims, the organisation arranges several events in the city centre including the Floral Festival, the Festival of Light, opening of the Christmas season and the selection of the Local Citizen of the Year. Some 300 members (for example shops, department stores, shopping centres, restaurants & cafés, banks and insurance companies) belong to the association.