Silence Festival

6th to 9th June 2024
Silence Festival gathers the most interesting performances and artists from Finland and abroad to Lapland. The multidisciplinary program of art and culture is spread in and around Kaukonen village.

At the Silence Festival one can experience art, beautiful nature and a very special atmosphere.

The 14th edition of multi-disciplinary Silence Festival is held in the village of Kaukonen, Kittilä from 6th to 9th June 2024.

The festival program, organised by the Silence Artists' Association, brings together the creators and creations of contemporary circus and classical music.

More than 20 performances will take place in the Kaukonen village and this year's festival will feature four circus premieres that are commissioned especially for the event. Many works combine spatial design with music and circus. Experiencing artistic spontaneity in characterful spaces is what makes Silence Festival unique.

Getting to the festival is easy, whether by a combination of train and bus, flying or driving. It is about 1 km from the bus stop to Kaukonen Community House, where there is a ticket office, a café, bar and INFO. Almost all venues are within walking distance of each other.

Accomodation is possible at the camping or in a shared accomodation iat the Kaukonen School. See more about hotels in the area here.

Services in the village include a restaurant, a café and a bar. We accept card payments.

Tickets

Festival Pass

Festival pass is the best choice when you want to see as much as possible. Passes are sold until 31 March 2024.

With a festival pass you can attend all the events of the Silence Festival in Kaukonen Village 6.-9.6.2024. The festival pass also gives you first access to the performances and concerts, ensuring you the best seats to the performances.

The paper ticket will be exchanged for a laminated neck pass at the INFO point of the Silence Festival.

A limited number of festival passes will be on sale while they last, or until 31.3.2024.

PRICE 164€ INCL. FEEs

Serial ticket

Serial ticket for four performances of choise. The ticket is not personal.

price 84€ inl. fees

For 2024 festival, Kaukonen village will be overflowing with a multifaceted range of performances. Festival events will be spread throughout different parts of the village on both sides of the Ounasjoki river.

The collaboration between circus and music has resulted in several different works, which the festival audience will see on stage for the first time. Four circus pieces and five new compositions will be premiered at the festival, all of which have been commissioned by the Silence organisation and its partners. The village’s characterful spaces, in which the pieces have been conceived or adapted, also take a leading role in the performances

On Thursday evening, after the opening of the festival, the solo work Tropismo, by Spanish artist Carla Carnerero, will be premiered, showing a narrative evolving between a circus performer and a diabolo. On Friday afternoon, the work Olotiloja, a collaboration between composer Maija Hynninen and circus artist Aino Savolainen, will have its premiere. Savolainen channels the music composed by Maija Hynninen through her cyr ring. On Friday evening, Lapland’s Chamber Orchestra will perform an enriching concert called The Land of the Nocturnal Sun in the Ojanperä hall, enlivened by Jukka Huitila's space and lighting design.