Spring Roll 2026 Spring Roll 2026 – contemporary art festival

Spring Roll 2026

The Spring Roll contemporary art festival creates a platform for dialogue between artistic disciplines, opens up the spectrum of contemporary art to participants, and offers new encounters and experiences. The spring 2026 festival will take place over two consecutive weekends, from 7–16 May 2026.

The programme features works such as In perpetual blooming, despite the gods by choreographer Maya Oliva, Bliss by choreographer Anna Torkkel and working group, and Prima Materia by novelist and performance poet Niko Hallikainen. This year, the Turku-based experimental music group Himera, the street dance community Pulla Collective, contemporary dance operator Tiloissa Concept, and the visual artists’ association Arte are also involved in co-organising the multidisciplinary event by Ehkä.

The festival venues include the studios of Ehkä’s Contemporary Art Space Kutomo, located in the former Lainto weaving mill in the Linnanfältti area of Turku, and the Turku City Theatre and Titanik Gallery on the banks of the Aura River.

Festival program:
Thu 7.5.
at 19:00 Contemporary Art Space Kutomo | Maya Oliva: In perpetual blooming, despite the gods

Sat 9.5.
at 18:00 Contemporary Art Space Kutomo | Himera presents: Axel Dörner and Heu Hsu

Thu 14.5.
at 17:00–18:30 Contemporary Art Space Kutomo | Pulla Collective: Hip-hop sessions
at 18:30–20:00 Contemporary Art Space Kutomo | Tiloissa Concept: Treenitila

Fri 15.5.
at 18:30 Turku City Theatre | Anna Torkkel and working group: Bliss
at 19:30 Turku City Theatre | Even Minn and Heidi Horila: Post-performance discussion – Bliss

Sat 16.5.
at 13:30 Turku City Theatre | Anna Torkkel and working group: Bliss
at 16:00–17:00 Titanik Gallery | Patricia Carolina and Luis Fernando Amaya: corre el agua y no se ve [water runs and cannot be seen]
at 19:00 Contemporary Art Space Kutomo | Niko Hallikainen: Prima Materia

Tickets for Maya Oliva’s and Niko Hallikainen’s performances: 25/15 € – buy tickets here
Tickets for Himera’s concert: 10/5 € – tickets from the door
Tickets for Anna Torkkel’s performances: 36/26 € – buy tickets here
The events by Pulla Collective, Tiloissa Concept, and Titanik Gallery: free entry

Image: Hertta Kiiski

The festival follows Ehkä-production’s safer space guidelines. Unfortunately, the spaces at Ehkä’s Contemporary Art Space Kutomo at the Lainto weaving building are not fully accessible: there are stairs, and no accessible toilets.