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.
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OAF Artists-in-Residence 2023 come from across the Atlantic!
Outsider Art Festival is pleased to offer foreign artists the opportunity to work in residence in Finland. The application period for the residency is open as a part of the
Literature outside of literature in the spotlight
This year’s Outsider Art Festival literary program can be enjoyed on the OAF stage at Espa Stage during Helsinki Day on June 12, as well as at the National Museum
OAF ticket sale is now open!
This year, OAF ticket events will happen at Semifinal, G Livelab and at the National Museum. Do not miss the unique atmosphere and great gigs of OAF, and get your
OAF’s Musical Microcosm explodes all over Helsinki!
The year 2023 OAF’s Musical Microcosm serves sounds from rap to pop-rock and post-immortal to healing noise in three different venues. There will be cult artists as well as some
OAF Artistic team
Artistic decisions and curating are made by the festival’s artistic team. The team consists of outsider artists and experienced artistic mentors from the fields of music, visual arts, film and the performing
Outsider Art Festival 2023 artist are released!
Outsider Art Festival 2023 is taking over Helsinki 17.-27.8.2023 and invites everyone to celebrate equality! OAF gives voice to the outsider artists by presenting a vibrant collection of music, visual
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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