After the huge success of Blind Channel at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, Finland’s biggest music show, UMK, is expanding to become a ticketed event with a massive after-party.
📺 Watch: Blind Channel – Dark Side (2021)
The Finnish city of Turku will host the new, all-night UMK22 event on Saturday 26 February from 19:00 (EET) until 04:00 (!) the following morning. Tickets are on sale now.
Tapio Hakanen, the head of the UMK panel said:
‘The artist lineup chosen for this year’s UMK is the most versatile ever. The contestants include emerging pop-stars who have been successful on streaming services, promising international export talent, an artist known by all Finns, including an artist who has appeared on a very well known music programme, a long-standing favourite whose career stretches from the 80s to today, and new names who enjoy high praise from the music industry. There was a clear increase in the number of submissions by rock bands, and we will see explosive rock energy also in the final. Now, viewers can finally experience the excitement of UMK also in a live event’
Acts will be announced on Wednesday 12 January, with song presentations beginning the next day.