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MI: Flea Market

Finnish Center Association 35200 W. Eight Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, United States

Browse the flea market goods and craft show, and enjoy the bake sale and pasties.

MA: Finnish Breakfast & Flea Market

The Finnish Center at Saima Park Fitchburg, MA, United States

Enjoy a hearty pannukakku and pulla breakfast and browse the goods at the flea market, a benefit for the Saima Park scholarship fund.

MI: Flea Market & More

Finnish Center Association 35200 W. Eight Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, United States

Browse the flea market goods and craft show, and enjoy the bake sale and pasties.

CA: Vappu Party

House of Finland San Diego San Diego, CA, United States

Celebrate spring and enjoy the Lawn Program at House of Finland, in Balboa Park.

MA: Ruusamari Teppo Piano Concert

Scandinavian Cultural Center - MA West Newton, MA

Ruusamari Teppo presents a program she has created, built on her connection to Finnish composer Jean Sibelius: She is his great-great granddaughter.

OR: Vappu

Nordic Northwest's Fogelbo 8800 SW Oleson, Portland, OR, United States

A day of celebration (think spring). In Finland, it is known as Vappu, in Sweden Valborg’s Mass Eve. Complimentary hot dogs, sima (think of mead), doughnuts (munkki), and coffee. Wine and beer available for purchase. There will be children games, adult games, a tug of war between the Swedes and Finns, and a sing-a-long besides […]

CA: All Finnish Concert

U.S. premiere of "Vista" by Kaija Saariaho, with Susanna Mälkki conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Also featuring "Lemminkäinen Suite" by Sibelius, which tells four stories from the Finnish national saga, the Kalevala, about the hero Lemminkäinen. Sibelius pulls out all his descriptive stops to create the wide-open, Northern musical landscape in which these tales play out, ranging […]

Salolampi Language Camp

FFN offers matching grants to students attending Salolampi Language Village in Bemidji, MN for those who receive financial support from a Finlandia Foundation chapter. Travel grants may also be available. Today is the deadline for qualifying. Click below for information.

MN: Festival of Nations

Saint Paul RiverCentre Saint Paul, MN

Sample the food, music, dance, culture, native costumes and crafts from around the world, including Finland.

MA: Finnish Plays

Spiran Hall Rockport, MA, United States

More Finnish plays in translation by the Rockport Theatre Troupe. Friday, Saturday and Sunday May 1-3 and Friday, May 15 and Sunday, May 17.