The 33th annual OuDance Festival will be held in Oulu on 9.-13.9.2026.
Like so many dance festivals, OuDance Festival was started by local dance artists. Previously called ”Tanssia tyrkyllä” festival, it was founded thirty years ago by dance professionals from Oulu. Their goal was to take dance out of the performance spaces to people. The original goal of the festival, to enable dance art to meet where people spend time in their everyday lives, has been preserved. In recent years, JoJo’s audience work has enabled non-professionals to play an active role in the festival programme.
The annual OuDance Festival is held on 9h-13th September in 2026.
Welcome to Oulu at September 2026!
OuDance festival will be a part of Stretch Further – Exploring Identity major dance encounter.
Trailer for Festival 2026 will be published during summer 2026.
Wednesday 9.9
At 19 Valvesali
Armour Circus Works: Morphosis
At 20 Tuira Beach
Huutajat – Weeping Men
Thursday 10.9
At 17 & 20 Tuira Beach
Huutajat – Weeping Men
At 19 Pikisali, Oulu Theater
Ruth Rebekka Hansen: Ripe Body
Friday 11.9
At 19 Valvesali
R.Canciello, P.Cingolani, I.DImitrov, S.Grob, A.Hirvonen, A.Lattunen, J. Marx: Fil Rouge
Saturday 12.9
At 16 Valvesali
Keskellä-kollektiivi: Pomp pulina
Sunday 13.9
At 16 Valvesali
OuDance – New Generation
Will be published later.
Managing Director
helena.lindqvist@jojo.fi | +358 50 464 4880
Producer
mira.kolanen@jojo.fi | +358 50 585 3906
Audience Work Coordinator
leea.alatalo@jojo.fi | +358 400 151 152
Project Worker
otto.palukka@jojo.fi | +358 (0)50 3510180
TICKETS
Culture centre Valve Ticket office
Hallituskatu 7, +358 8 5584 7575
and Ticketmaster.fi
VENUES
Kulttuuritalo Valve | Cultural Centre Valve, Hallituskatu 7
