







Outsider Art Festival
Outsider Art Festival (OAF) invites everyone to celebrate equality! OAF gives voice to the outsider artists by presenting a vibrant collection of music, visual arts, performing arts, films, literature and life stories. OAF is a partner festival of the Helsinki Festival.
News

OAF 2025 Artistic Team
Outsider Art Festival 2025 artistic team has been confirmed! The members of the artistic team are: Music: Alex Siad, Riikka Hänninen, Aki Roukala Performing Arts: Maija Karhunen, Anne Naukkarinen Literature:

Open Call for Artists
Now is your chance to apply to be an artist at the 2025 Outsider Art Festival! The Outsider Art Festival (OAF) invites all artists working in the field of outsider

Employment themes at Music x Media
Outsider Art Festival, Pertin Valinta and Kyrö Distillery organised a workshop at the Music X Media conference in Tampere Hall on 4.10.2024. The workshop’s theme was new employment solutions and

Pertti’s Choice is the service provider of the year!
Pertti’s Choice has been awarded as Service Provider of the Year at the Music x Media Industry Awards gala! The photo shows Sami Helle, one of the owners of Pertti’s

New artists of OAF Academy have been chosen!
The last two artists of this season of OAF Academy have finally been selected! They include Emil Nordman, a performance artist and performer and the rapper Mika Leminen, aka MC

OAF 2023 poster selected for the Mexico Biennale exhibition!
The 2023 OAF poster has been selected for the Mexico Biennale exhibition (Bienal Internacional del Cartel en México – BICM 18), one of the world’s most prestigious poster competitions, with
Tickets and reservations
The Outsider Art Festival includes events both free of charge and with paid tickets. The program takes place in live events as well as online.
Tickets sold via Tiketti and Lippu.fi. You can the OAF ticket shop from Tiketti here. Tickets for the Sellosali events are sold via Lippu.fi here and tickets for the Kannusali events here.
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