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
Have you bought tickets for OAF events already?
Don’t miss out on unique OAF events and a unique festival atmosphere – get your tickets now! Next, we present OAF’s Helsinki ticket events where tickets are sold by our
Pride 365 days a year
In honour of Pride week, we give the opportunity to artist and queer feminist Masha Ravlyk to speak about Pride. Masha came to Finland as a refugee from Ukraine in
OAF visual arts programme opens doors to wonderland and reality
What does the world look like from the perspective of an outsider artist? And what could it look like? OAF’s visual arts programme will answer these questions by spreading out
OAF takes over the House of Text!
Outsider Art Festival brings a colourful selection of outsider literature and performing arts to the House of Text in August. The House of Text is a new literary community in
OAF Stage is coming!
On Helsinki Day, Espan lava (Espa Stage) will be taken over by a diverse group of outsider artists. The OAF Stage is curated by Pertin Valinta and will feature outsider art,
OAF’s Musical Microcosm comes again!
The OAF Musical Microcosm is lyrical, original, touching and topical. This year’s 2024 OAF music program features performance artist and music maker Stella Massa, Nairobi folk musician Ondi, rap group
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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