Only one month left until the festival – bookings are now open!
ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival will take place for the 25th time in Kuopio on 15–20 September, 2026.
The anniversary programme explores alternative ways of seeing and presenting, and highlights perspectives on the festival’s history, the present, and the future. The ANTI Festival programme presents live art works by international and Finland based artists in various different locations across the city of Kuopio. All events are free of charge for the audiences.
Festival Programme and Daily Schedule have now been published. For some of the events at the ANTI Festival, you’ll need to book a place in advance due to limited capacity.
Participants are required to book a place for the following performances:
Untitled Performance Lecture (a gift, redux)
Partner Programme: Queer Brunches
Kyynelpaikka workshop (in Finnish)
Learning Lab for Text Workers (in Finnish)
Please note that while the entire ANTI Festival programme is free of charge, the partner programme is partially ticketed, and our partners are responsible for ticket sales.