The festival drawing the largest amount of visitors this year was the Maritime Festival in Kotka. An estimated 300,000 people visited the Tall Ship Races and other events in the port town 130 km east of Helsinki.
The festival with the biggest number of paying visitors (almost 65,000) was the Helsinki Festival. With 264,376 visitors in total, it was the second biggest Finnish festival overall in 2007.
TOP 10 BIGGEST FESTIVALS* – OVERALL
1. Kotka Maritime Festival – 300 000 visitors
2. Helsinki Festival – 264 376
3. Pori Jazz – 153 000
4. Kaustinen Folk Music Festival – 121 000
5. Tampere Theatre Festival – 76 000
6. World Village Festival, Helsinki – 70 000
7. Puistoblues, Järvenpää – 70 000
8. Savonlinna Opera Festival – 68 753
9. Provinssirock, Seinäjoki – 55 000
10. Imatra Big Band Festival – 52 000
*) Includes only festivals that are members of Finland Festivals
(Source: Finland Festivals)
TOP 10 FESTIVALS* – PAYING VISITORS
1. Helsinki Festival – 64 845 paying visitors
2. Savonlinna Opera Festival – 58 555
3. Pori Jazz – 58 000
4. Kaustinen Folk Music Festival – 41 000
5. Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival – 32 436
6. Orivesi Summer Festivals – 26 741
7. Art Centre Salmela, Mäntyharju – 26 000
8. Tampere Theatre Festival – 26 000
9. Provinssirock, Seinäjoki – 21 500
10. Kotka Maritime Festival – 20 000
*) Includes only festivals that are members of Finland Festivals
(Source: Finland Festivals)
The statistics given above are only based on the amounts of visitors of member festivals of Finland Festivals. Big events like the Tango Festival in Seinäjoki (104,390 visitors in 2007), the Raumanmeri Midsummer Festival (about 90,000) and Ruisrock in Turku (65,000) are not included.
Tango Festival, Seinäjoki