PUHOS ♥ PEOPLE 2019
PUOTINHARJUN PUHOS, EAST-HELSINKI 17 AUG 2019
Who We Are
Puhos Loves People 2019 is a cultural festival for the whole family. The event takes place on Saturday 17th of August 2019 at Puhos Mall, located in Itäkeskus area of Helsinki, Finland. The Puhos mall is a spontaneously developed meeting point and lively entrepreneur hub which gathers people from diverse backgrounds. Puhos Loves People brings together music, food and other culture programme designed together by the communities from Puhos and other parts of Eastern Helsinki. The event is free of charge and alcohol free.
Programme
Venue: Main Stage
Sama is a band consisting from musicians from Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. Together with Zaray Dancers group they´ll perform rich set of arabian music, belly dance and other dance programme based on Middle Eastern and persian traditions.
Venue: Main Stage
Yeboyah is one of the most promising upcoming rappers in Finland, most known for her 2017 single release ”Broflake”. Yeboyah is also part of the rap collective D.R.E.A.M.G.I.R.L.S which has sparked a lot of notoriety all through the land of a thousand lakes. This promising collective has had memorable performances at a full Flow Festival Red Arena, a sold out show at Tavastia and all the way to Ruisrock. She also features with artists such as Gasellit, Dilemma and Pesso.
Venue: Main Stage | Co-produced with Tusovka Organisation
Moscow based artist Steppa Style is one of the first Reggae, Dancehall & Jungle artist in Russia who started making tunes in English and Patois. His style varies from Jungle to Dubstep but Reggae music is priority. Among others he has published music with Johnny Osbourne, General Levy, Soom T, J-Star and Dreadsquad. With fire in his heart and energy on the stage Steppa is bringing a good vibe to each and everyone. His gig at the Puhos Loves People festival is the artist´s first performance in Eastern Helsinki!
Venue: Main Stage
Musta barbaari (Black Barbarian), Prinssi Jusuf (Prince Yusuf), Seksikäs suklaa (Sexy Chocolade) & Dosdela are rappers who spend their child- and younghood in Eastern Helsinki. Musta Barbaari is an ex body builder and social media celebrity who got into spotlight with his song Salil eka salil vika. Prinssi Jusuf is known from his song Prinssille morsian. Boath artists have active fan groups in Instagram. Seksikäs Suklaa and Dosdela are widely known social media celebrities who released their first single Niku97 couple of years ago.
Venue: Main Stage
Safwaan Hilaac (NO) is an artist who grew up in Hargeisha who lives in Norway. He started his musical career on Somaliland and in his loves songs the artist combines pop, rhytmn blues, soul and blue jazz.
Halimo Gobad is an artist who moves to Finland from Sweden. She started her musical career in Nairob where she quickly became popular. In her music, which is often about love, she combines blue jazz, rhytmn blues and dance music.
Ayanna´s music whiich mixes soul, jazz and rhytm & blues is listened in East-African communities around the world. Artsit who has grown in Bergen, Norway has taken over the Somalian music scene with her music videos with millions of views.
Venue: Central Square Stage
Venue: E93 Night Club I Visbynkuja 2, HKI
Non-commercial cultural organisation Tusovka brings again together the most interesting and fresh dj´s and artists for the summer´s end hottest party in the chicest night club of the Eastern Helsinki.
DJs SLOPPY DUNK (Rootless Reggae, Afrobeat, World music) is Mister X. Or actually XXX. You can see this mystical anti-hero only in the shades of night. Some say that his nice behaviour is just bluffing because this old fox cannot take many things, like lactose and shit music among others.
DJ ERYKAH SHALII merges together Juke, Jersey Club and base music to futuristic maxim.
YARAY is a DJ and musician, who discovers new trends in electronic music. In his mixes he likes to share good tunes and unique tracks of unknown artists and musicians.
FJORDWALKER (dj set)
LIVE MUSIC UKULI is a Helsinki based musician who makes grime influenced melodic Finnish rap. Her debut EP is in the final stage of production and her first music video came out in the spring. Ukuli raps with intensive energy and ponders the obscure areas of mind and the world.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Co-produced with Finnish Multicultural Sports Federation FIMU
Disco for Children and Youth is an outside event targeted for 0-17 year old youths. The music in the disco is played by the dj´s of the Funky Amigos organisation. As part of the disco programme there will guided and juried dance battle. The battle is open for everyone to participate and hosted by dj Happyfeet
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Produced in collaboration with K-pop Suomi Organisation
Moonwalkerz Crew and Highway Dance Crew showcase together a review of k-pop dances.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
FATIMA NADAF (Syria/Kotka, Finland) is a writer and poet. She has published several short stories. In Damascus she has been editor-in-chief of a cultural journal.
DORRA AZZOUZ (Tunisia/Helsinki, Finland) is a multidisciplinary artist working with poetry, visual art and design. She publishes her poems in Internet, but we are still to wait for a printed book to come out.
SHASHANK MANE (India/Helsinki) has previously appeared for short fiction in Every Writer Magazine, Indiana Voice Journal, Vignette Review, Diverse Voices Quarterly, The Creative Truth, and Gravel Lit. His debut collection of short stories and poetry titled “Moments” is available through Amazon. He has lived in Finland since 2013. Master of Science (M.Sc.) focused in Biology of Physical Activity from University of Jyväskylä.
The event is organised by Sivuvalo and Kiila.
SIVUVALO PLATFORM is an organisation advancing multilingual literature and lingual equality in Finland.
KIILA is the oldest functioning nonaligned leftist writers’ and artists’ association in Finland with the aim to connect the left with feminism and with movements against capitalism, fascism and racism, toward equality.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
Puhos Fashion Show showcases non-western fashion from designers and stores rom Puhos and other parts of Helsinki. Participating shops and designers include Halimo Fashion, Queens shop, Jebena House, Often Shop and more. The fashion show is hosted by dj Subeer (SO/SE).
The fashion show is looking for people interested in fashion modelling. No previous experience in fashion modelling needed. We will contact you shortly after receiving your registration!
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producer I Helsinki Youth Council
A vote organised for young festival guests about different social themes. The vote result will be published for public in the end of the festival.
Venue: Wall next to Puhos
– Producer I Artist Heidi Hänninen – KAS! Kontula Art School
In the mural workshop participants can design and paint a collective mural to a wall next to Puhos Mall by stencils. The workshop is kindly supported by Otto A. Malms donationsfond.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producer I Visual artist Riku Mäkinen
In the Serigraphy workshop you can print a t-shirt for yourself with a silk-screen. The shirts used for printing have been received as donation and the amount is limited. You can also bring your own clothes or bags for printing.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producer I Firas al Baldawi
In the kite workshop you can build a kite for yourself from recycled materials.
Venue: Puhos Interior Premises
– Producer I Moonwalkerz Crew & K-pop Suomi ry
K-pop dance group Moonwalkerz Crew teaches choreographies of choruses of two well known k-pop hits Exid – DDD and Pentagon – Shine. The first one of the choreographies belongs to a girl group and focuses on feminine expression of movements. The second is a choreography from boy group and includes influences from street arts. Both of the choreographies are suitable for everyone to dance despite of gender or age.
The first from the dance classes starts at 2pm and the second at 3pm. Choose the one you prefer or come to both! No previous dance experience is needed, equip with comfortable clothes and good mood!
Enrolling to Exid – DDD dance workshop at1:00 – 1:45 pm and Pentagon – Shine dance workshop at 2:00 – 2:45 pm at the festival info point next to the main stage, front of the Alanya Oriental Market. You can also enrol to workshops online:
Both of the workshop takes max 10 participants. You can find the workshop space ny checking the location from the festival area map located at the festival info point.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producer I Visual artist Abida Jahan
In the henna tattoo workshop you can either do it yourself or get yourself a henna tattoo.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producers I Artists Katriina Sjöblom & Sari Hiltunen
Women’s room is a space for women which offers support, friendship and tender loving care. The workshops offers different kind of treatments as well as coffee and tea. You can also visit the room just to have a break or share your thoughts.
The workshop is kindly supported by the Ministry for Education and Culture Finland.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
Producer I FEMMA Helsinki
Femma Helsinki collective organises Places of Puhos workshop at the Puhos ♡ People 2019 festival. In the workshop you can share your own experiences of Puhos and participate in Katja Tähjä’s photography workshop about Puhos’s significant places and get the places you photographed on the Instagram exhibition. The goal of Places of Puhos workshop is to reflect on what kind of hopes people have for the future of the Puhos. The outputs of the workshop will be exhibited during the Puhos Loves People 2019 festival in the Instagram exhibition, and in the future in the FEMMA Helsinki collective project, which will reflect the residents’ experiences of the urban space. Photography workshops under the guidance of Katja Tähjä: 14:00 – 16:00 non-stop!
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producer I LiiKe & Fimu Organisation
Under the Tansanian sun is a sport exercise where participants can live a day of a Tansanian woman through a story, music and dance. The event is open for all age groups.
– Producer I FIMU Organisation / Show Racism the Red Card project
Football trick school for football enthusiasts.
– Producer I Helsinki NMKY & FIMU Organisation
Football playing.
Brasilian martial art with influences from dance and acrobatics. Capoeira is suitable for everyone regardless of age or physical condition
Haedong Kumdo – Korean swordplay is safe and interesting martial art to exercise and learn histrionic Korean fencing.
Hanmoodo is versatile Korean martial arts practice.
Kurdish vegetarian and meat dishes.
Afro Jamaican dishes, couscous, salad, tomatoes mixed with black eyes beans, chicken, jerk sauce & rice
Venue: Organnisation´s area
African Care ry is a non-governmental organisation founded by African women. Africa Care´s maternity clinic and training project in Somalia have made possible over 1000 safe deliveries a year. In Finland Africa Care organises global education courses and group activities supporting well-being of immigrants. In addition African Care organises education on sexual and reproductive health.
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Moniheli’s Katto (=roof) program aims to combat immigrant homelessness through pre-emptive work. While homelessness overall is decreasing in Finland, migrant has been homelessness is on the rise until 2017 when it levelled off. According to ARA statistics 26% (27% in 2015) of all homeless persons had a migration background and 64% (54% in 2015) of homeless families were migrant families. Katto program produces, gathers and disseminates information on housing-related issues to migrants and professionals through different channels, provides targeted trainings on housing issues among migrants and ethnic minorities for housing professionals, advises migrants who have faced difficulties with housing, promotes active cooperation between different stakeholders and raises awareness of the grievances at grassroots level.
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Website
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Vamos helps youths who are for example worried about getting along with daily life, mental health, accommodation, finance, school or entering to work life. Each of the youth participating to the Vamos project gets personal employee who has time to get to know his/her situation and respond to his/her needs. The support is offered to both for daily life and for planning the future. Little by little the project find the youth a path to education or work.
Vamos operates in eight cities : Helsinki, Espoo, Lahti, Turku, Kuopio, Oulu, Rovaniemi and Vantaa.
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Venue: Organnisation´s area
The Finnish Somalia Network is an expert organization focusing on peace and development in Somalia and the Horn of Africa.
The Network, founded in 2004, currently implements three different development projects in different sectors and regions in cooperation with our member organizations. The network has 30 member organisations.
In Finland we are also working on finding means to enhance youth participation and active citizenship focusing especially on youth with migrant background. We also visit schools to discus about migration, refugees, and development cooperation, which increases mutual understanding and open-mindedness. development cooperation, which increases mutual understanding and open-mindedness.
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Auroras-verkosto tukee maahan muuttaneiden, koulutettujen naisten kotoutumista suomalaiseen yhteiskuntaan. Verkosto järjestää työelämäaiheista yksilö- ja ryhmämentorointia. Auroras Network supports integration of educated women who have moved to Finland from other countries. The network provides work life oriented mentoring for groups and individuals.
Let’s Read Together is a national network that support immigrants’, especially women’s, Finnish language skills and integration. The network offers Finnish, Swedish and literacy teaching to immigrants all around Finland. In Eastern Helsinki Let’s Read Together groups are active in Itäkeskus, Vuosaari and Roihupelto among others.
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Programme
- Music
- Performances
- Workshops
- Restaurant Day
- Organisation's Area
Venue: Main Stage
Sama is a band consisting from musicians from Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. Together with Zaray Dancers group they´ll perform rich set of arabian music, belly dance and other dance programme based on Middle Eastern and persian traditions.
Venue: Main Stage
Yeboyah is one of the most promising upcoming rappers in Finland, most known for her 2017 single release ”Broflake”. Yeboyah is also part of the rap collective D.R.E.A.M.G.I.R.L.S which has sparked a lot of notoriety all through the land of a thousand lakes. This promising collective has had memorable performances at a full Flow Festival Red Arena, a sold out show at Tavastia and all the way to Ruisrock. She also features with artists such as Gasellit, Dilemma and Pesso.
Venue: Main Stage | Co-produced with Tusovka Organisation
Moscow based artist Steppa Style is one of the first Reggae, Dancehall & Jungle artist in Russia who started making tunes in English and Patois. His style varies from Jungle to Dubstep but Reggae music is priority. Among others he has published music with Johnny Osbourne, General Levy, Soom T, J-Star and Dreadsquad. With fire in his heart and energy on the stage Steppa is bringing a good vibe to each and everyone. His gig at the Puhos Loves People festival is the artist´s first performance in Eastern Helsinki!
Venue: Main Stage
Musta barbaari (Black Barbarian), Prinssi Jusuf (Prince Yusuf), Seksikäs suklaa (Sexy Chocolade) & Dosdela are rappers who spend their child- and younghood in Eastern Helsinki. Musta Barbaari is an ex body builder and social media celebrity who got into spotlight with his song Salil eka salil vika. Prinssi Jusuf is known from his song Prinssille morsian. Boath artists have active fan groups in Instagram. Seksikäs Suklaa and Dosdela are widely known social media celebrities who released their first single Niku97 couple of years ago.
Venue: Main Stage
Safwaan Hilaac (NO) is an artist who grew up in Hargeisha who lives in Norway. He started his musical career on Somaliland and in his loves songs the artist combines pop, rhytmn blues, soul and blue jazz.
Halimo Gobad is an artist who moves to Finland from Sweden. She started her musical career in Nairob where she quickly became popular. In her music, which is often about love, she combines blue jazz, rhytmn blues and dance music.
Ayanna´s music whiich mixes soul, jazz and rhytm & blues is listened in East-African communities around the world. Artsit who has grown in Bergen, Norway has taken over the Somalian music scene with her music videos with millions of views.
Venue: Central Square Stage
Venue: E93 Night Club I Visbynkuja 2, HKI
Non-commercial cultural organisation Tusovka brings again together the most interesting and fresh dj´s and artists for the summer´s end hottest party in the chicest night club of the Eastern Helsinki.
DJs SLOPPY DUNK (Rootless Reggae, Afrobeat, World music) is Mister X. Or actually XXX. You can see this mystical anti-hero only in the shades of night. Some say that his nice behaviour is just bluffing because this old fox cannot take many things, like lactose and shit music among others.
DJ ERYKAH SHALII merges together Juke, Jersey Club and base music to futuristic maxim.
YARAY is a DJ and musician, who discovers new trends in electronic music. In his mixes he likes to share good tunes and unique tracks of unknown artists and musicians.
FJORDWALKER (dj set)
LIVE MUSIC UKULI is a Helsinki based musician who makes grime influenced melodic Finnish rap. Her debut EP is in the final stage of production and her first music video came out in the spring. Ukuli raps with intensive energy and ponders the obscure areas of mind and the world.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Co-produced with Finnish Multicultural Sports Federation FIMU
Disco for Children and Youth is an outside event targeted for 0-17 year old youths. The music in the disco is played by the dj´s of the Funky Amigos organisation. As part of the disco programme there will guided and juried dance battle. The battle is open for everyone to participate and hosted by dj Happyfeet
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Produced in collaboration with K-pop Suomi Organisation
Moonwalkerz Crew and Highway Dance Crew showcase together a review of k-pop dances.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
FATIMA NADAF (Syria/Kotka, Finland) is a writer and poet. She has published several short stories. In Damascus she has been editor-in-chief of a cultural journal.
DORRA AZZOUZ (Tunisia/Helsinki, Finland) is a multidisciplinary artist working with poetry, visual art and design. She publishes her poems in Internet, but we are still to wait for a printed book to come out.
SHASHANK MANE (India/Helsinki) has previously appeared for short fiction in Every Writer Magazine, Indiana Voice Journal, Vignette Review, Diverse Voices Quarterly, The Creative Truth, and Gravel Lit. His debut collection of short stories and poetry titled “Moments” is available through Amazon. He has lived in Finland since 2013. Master of Science (M.Sc.) focused in Biology of Physical Activity from University of Jyväskylä.
The event is organised by Sivuvalo and Kiila.
SIVUVALO PLATFORM is an organisation advancing multilingual literature and lingual equality in Finland.
KIILA is the oldest functioning nonaligned leftist writers’ and artists’ association in Finland with the aim to connect the left with feminism and with movements against capitalism, fascism and racism, toward equality.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
Puhos Fashion Show showcases non-western fashion from designers and stores rom Puhos and other parts of Helsinki. Participating shops and designers include Halimo Fashion, Queens shop, Jebena House, Often Shop and more. The fashion show is hosted by dj Subeer (SO/SE).
The fashion show is looking for people interested in fashion modelling. No previous experience in fashion modelling needed. We will contact you shortly after receiving your registration!
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producer I Helsinki Youth Council
A vote organised for young festival guests about different social themes. The vote result will be published for public in the end of the festival.
Venue: Wall next to Puhos
– Producer I Artist Heidi Hänninen – KAS! Kontula Art School
In the mural workshop participants can design and paint a collective mural to a wall next to Puhos Mall by stencils. The workshop is kindly supported by Otto A. Malms donationsfond.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producer I Visual artist Riku Mäkinen
In the Serigraphy workshop you can print a t-shirt for yourself with a silk-screen. The shirts used for printing have been received as donation and the amount is limited. You can also bring your own clothes or bags for printing.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producer I Firas al Baldawi
In the kite workshop you can build a kite for yourself from recycled materials.
Venue: Puhos Interior Premises
– Producer I Moonwalkerz Crew & K-pop Suomi ry
K-pop dance group Moonwalkerz Crew teaches choreographies of choruses of two well known k-pop hits Exid – DDD and Pentagon – Shine. The first one of the choreographies belongs to a girl group and focuses on feminine expression of movements. The second is a choreography from boy group and includes influences from street arts. Both of the choreographies are suitable for everyone to dance despite of gender or age.
The first from the dance classes starts at 2pm and the second at 3pm. Choose the one you prefer or come to both! No previous dance experience is needed, equip with comfortable clothes and good mood!
Enrolling to Exid – DDD dance workshop at1:00 – 1:45 pm and Pentagon – Shine dance workshop at 2:00 – 2:45 pm at the festival info point next to the main stage, front of the Alanya Oriental Market. You can also enrol to workshops online:
Both of the workshop takes max 10 participants. You can find the workshop space ny checking the location from the festival area map located at the festival info point.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producer I Visual artist Abida Jahan
In the henna tattoo workshop you can either do it yourself or get yourself a henna tattoo.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producers I Artists Katriina Sjöblom & Sari Hiltunen
Women’s room is a space for women which offers support, friendship and tender loving care. The workshops offers different kind of treatments as well as coffee and tea. You can also visit the room just to have a break or share your thoughts.
The workshop is kindly supported by the Ministry for Education and Culture Finland.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
Producer I FEMMA Helsinki
Femma Helsinki collective organises Places of Puhos workshop at the Puhos ♡ People 2019 festival. In the workshop you can share your own experiences of Puhos and participate in Katja Tähjä’s photography workshop about Puhos’s significant places and get the places you photographed on the Instagram exhibition. The goal of Places of Puhos workshop is to reflect on what kind of hopes people have for the future of the Puhos. The outputs of the workshop will be exhibited during the Puhos Loves People 2019 festival in the Instagram exhibition, and in the future in the FEMMA Helsinki collective project, which will reflect the residents’ experiences of the urban space. Photography workshops under the guidance of Katja Tähjä: 14:00 – 16:00 non-stop!
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producer I LiiKe & Fimu Organisation
Under the Tansanian sun is a sport exercise where participants can live a day of a Tansanian woman through a story, music and dance. The event is open for all age groups.
– Producer I FIMU Organisation / Show Racism the Red Card project
Football trick school for football enthusiasts.
– Producer I Helsinki NMKY & FIMU Organisation
Football playing.
Brasilian martial art with influences from dance and acrobatics. Capoeira is suitable for everyone regardless of age or physical condition
Haedong Kumdo – Korean swordplay is safe and interesting martial art to exercise and learn histrionic Korean fencing.
Hanmoodo is versatile Korean martial arts practice.
Kurdish vegetarian and meat dishes.
Afro Jamaican dishes, couscous, salad, tomatoes mixed with black eyes beans, chicken, jerk sauce & rice
Venue: Organnisation´s area
African Care ry is a non-governmental organisation founded by African women. Africa Care´s maternity clinic and training project in Somalia have made possible over 1000 safe deliveries a year. In Finland Africa Care organises global education courses and group activities supporting well-being of immigrants. In addition African Care organises education on sexual and reproductive health.
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Moniheli’s Katto (=roof) program aims to combat immigrant homelessness through pre-emptive work. While homelessness overall is decreasing in Finland, migrant has been homelessness is on the rise until 2017 when it levelled off. According to ARA statistics 26% (27% in 2015) of all homeless persons had a migration background and 64% (54% in 2015) of homeless families were migrant families. Katto program produces, gathers and disseminates information on housing-related issues to migrants and professionals through different channels, provides targeted trainings on housing issues among migrants and ethnic minorities for housing professionals, advises migrants who have faced difficulties with housing, promotes active cooperation between different stakeholders and raises awareness of the grievances at grassroots level.
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Website
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Vamos helps youths who are for example worried about getting along with daily life, mental health, accommodation, finance, school or entering to work life. Each of the youth participating to the Vamos project gets personal employee who has time to get to know his/her situation and respond to his/her needs. The support is offered to both for daily life and for planning the future. Little by little the project find the youth a path to education or work.
Vamos operates in eight cities : Helsinki, Espoo, Lahti, Turku, Kuopio, Oulu, Rovaniemi and Vantaa.
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Venue: Organnisation´s area
The Finnish Somalia Network is an expert organization focusing on peace and development in Somalia and the Horn of Africa.
The Network, founded in 2004, currently implements three different development projects in different sectors and regions in cooperation with our member organizations. The network has 30 member organisations.
In Finland we are also working on finding means to enhance youth participation and active citizenship focusing especially on youth with migrant background. We also visit schools to discus about migration, refugees, and development cooperation, which increases mutual understanding and open-mindedness. development cooperation, which increases mutual understanding and open-mindedness.
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Auroras-verkosto tukee maahan muuttaneiden, koulutettujen naisten kotoutumista suomalaiseen yhteiskuntaan. Verkosto järjestää työelämäaiheista yksilö- ja ryhmämentorointia. Auroras Network supports integration of educated women who have moved to Finland from other countries. The network provides work life oriented mentoring for groups and individuals.
Let’s Read Together is a national network that support immigrants’, especially women’s, Finnish language skills and integration. The network offers Finnish, Swedish and literacy teaching to immigrants all around Finland. In Eastern Helsinki Let’s Read Together groups are active in Itäkeskus, Vuosaari and Roihupelto among others.
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Artists
YEBOYAH
MUSTA BARBAARI & PRINSSI JUSUF
SAFWAAN HILAAC (NO) & HALIMO GOBAD
STEPPA STYLE (RU)
SAMA
DJ YARAY
SHASHANK MANE
Participate
Welcome to organise the Puhos Loves People 2019 festival! Use our contact form below to tell us your interests. The event provides for example a platform to organisations for networking and showcasing their work for festival guests. You can also prepare food and sell it in the Puhos restaurant day event held during the festival. For the aforementioned we will provide tables and electricity and the participating is free of charge. You are also welcomed to join us for producing the festival by engaging the area of production that interests you. In addition to contact form you can also contact us by e-mail or phone: info(at)puhoslovespeople.fi / +358468895896.
Organisers
Puhos Loves People 2019 festival is produced by organisations Bado, Funky Amigos and Meh and artists JP Kaljonen (prod fac) & Sari Hiltunen in cooperation with McMbay, Tusovka organisation, KAS! Kontula Art School, Writers´ and Artists´ Association Kiila, Sivuvalo Platform organisation, A-ryhmä, Helsinki Youth Council, K-pop Suomi organisation, Finnish Multicultural Sports Federation / Show Rasism the Red Card-, Mamanet- and Kestävästi liikkeelle! projects, Pium Capoeira / Cordão de Ouro, Vallgård Martial Arts, Helsinki NMKY, Finnish Somali Network, Africa Care, Moniheli Katto proiject, Helsinki Deaconess Institute Unit service & Vamos project, Auroras & Let´s Read Together Networks, Mpmto organisation, Banadir Cafe, Q Express, Puhos pizzeria, Omar group, Finn Haj and umrah, Taleh Cafe, Reihaan Abdirahmaan, musician Joonas Lehtolan and Elyas Lemechele. Festival host: Jamila Mohamud & Ahmed Mahamed. Sound technician: Ville Saaristo. Festival visualisation: installation artist Kristiina Tikke Tuura & visual artist Abida Jahan. Festival Communications: Daria Tarkhova. The festival is kindly supported by Helsingin City / Culture and Leisure, Moniheli organisation, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Otto A. Malms donationsfond, Finnish Cultural Foundation, Migrant Youth Helsinki project Job´d and European Union (Frame, Voice, Report: Kestävästi Liikkeelle! -project and Erasmus+: Sport PLAY! -project).
CONTACT
Address
Kastelholmantie 2, A-osa, 00900 Helsinki
Phone
+358468895896
info@puhoslovespeople.fi
Programme
Venue: Main Stage
Sama is a band consisting from musicians from Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. Together with Zaray Dancers group they´ll perform rich set of arabian music, belly dance and other dance programme based on Middle Eastern and persian traditions.
Venue: Main Stage
Yeboyah is one of the most promising upcoming rappers in Finland, most known for her 2017 single release ”Broflake”. Yeboyah is also part of the rap collective D.R.E.A.M.G.I.R.L.S which has sparked a lot of notoriety all through the land of a thousand lakes. This promising collective has had memorable performances at a full Flow Festival Red Arena, a sold out show at Tavastia and all the way to Ruisrock. She also features with artists such as Gasellit, Dilemma and Pesso.
Venue: Main Stage | Co-produced with Tusovka Organisation
Moscow based artist Steppa Style is one of the first Reggae, Dancehall & Jungle artist in Russia who started making tunes in English and Patois. His style varies from Jungle to Dubstep but Reggae music is priority. Among others he has published music with Johnny Osbourne, General Levy, Soom T, J-Star and Dreadsquad. With fire in his heart and energy on the stage Steppa is bringing a good vibe to each and everyone. His gig at the Puhos Loves People festival is the artist´s first performance in Eastern Helsinki!
Venue: Main Stage
Musta barbaari (Black Barbarian), Prinssi Jusuf (Prince Yusuf), Seksikäs suklaa (Sexy Chocolade) & Dosdela are rappers who spend their child- and younghood in Eastern Helsinki. Musta Barbaari is an ex body builder and social media celebrity who got into spotlight with his song Salil eka salil vika. Prinssi Jusuf is known from his song Prinssille morsian. Boath artists have active fan groups in Instagram. Seksikäs Suklaa and Dosdela are widely known social media celebrities who released their first single Niku97 couple of years ago.
Venue: Main Stage
Safwaan Hilaac (NO) is an artist who grew up in Hargeisha who lives in Norway. He started his musical career on Somaliland and in his loves songs the artist combines pop, rhytmn blues, soul and blue jazz.
Halimo Gobad is an artist who moves to Finland from Sweden. She started her musical career in Nairob where she quickly became popular. In her music, which is often about love, she combines blue jazz, rhytmn blues and dance music.
Ayanna´s music whiich mixes soul, jazz and rhytm & blues is listened in East-African communities around the world. Artsit who has grown in Bergen, Norway has taken over the Somalian music scene with her music videos with millions of views.
Venue: Central Square Stage
Venue: E93 Night Club I Visbynkuja 2, HKI
Non-commercial cultural organisation Tusovka brings again together the most interesting and fresh dj´s and artists for the summer´s end hottest party in the chicest night club of the Eastern Helsinki.
DJs SLOPPY DUNK (Rootless Reggae, Afrobeat, World music) is Mister X. Or actually XXX. You can see this mystical anti-hero only in the shades of night. Some say that his nice behaviour is just bluffing because this old fox cannot take many things, like lactose and shit music among others.
DJ ERYKAH SHALII merges together Juke, Jersey Club and base music to futuristic maxim.
YARAY is a DJ and musician, who discovers new trends in electronic music. In his mixes he likes to share good tunes and unique tracks of unknown artists and musicians.
FJORDWALKER (dj set)
LIVE MUSIC UKULI is a Helsinki based musician who makes grime influenced melodic Finnish rap. Her debut EP is in the final stage of production and her first music video came out in the spring. Ukuli raps with intensive energy and ponders the obscure areas of mind and the world.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Co-produced with Finnish Multicultural Sports Federation FIMU
Disco for Children and Youth is an outside event targeted for 0-17 year old youths. The music in the disco is played by the dj´s of the Funky Amigos organisation. As part of the disco programme there will guided and juried dance battle. The battle is open for everyone to participate and hosted by dj Happyfeet
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Produced in collaboration with K-pop Suomi Organisation
Moonwalkerz Crew and Highway Dance Crew showcase together a review of k-pop dances.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
FATIMA NADAF (Syria/Kotka, Finland) is a writer and poet. She has published several short stories. In Damascus she has been editor-in-chief of a cultural journal.
DORRA AZZOUZ (Tunisia/Helsinki, Finland) is a multidisciplinary artist working with poetry, visual art and design. She publishes her poems in Internet, but we are still to wait for a printed book to come out.
SHASHANK MANE (India/Helsinki) has previously appeared for short fiction in Every Writer Magazine, Indiana Voice Journal, Vignette Review, Diverse Voices Quarterly, The Creative Truth, and Gravel Lit. His debut collection of short stories and poetry titled “Moments” is available through Amazon. He has lived in Finland since 2013. Master of Science (M.Sc.) focused in Biology of Physical Activity from University of Jyväskylä.
The event is organised by Sivuvalo and Kiila.
SIVUVALO PLATFORM is an organisation advancing multilingual literature and lingual equality in Finland.
KIILA is the oldest functioning nonaligned leftist writers’ and artists’ association in Finland with the aim to connect the left with feminism and with movements against capitalism, fascism and racism, toward equality.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
Puhos Fashion Show showcases non-western fashion from designers and stores rom Puhos and other parts of Helsinki. Participating shops and designers include Halimo Fashion, Queens shop, Jebena House, Often Shop and more. The fashion show is hosted by dj Subeer (SO/SE).
The fashion show is looking for people interested in fashion modelling. No previous experience in fashion modelling needed. We will contact you shortly after receiving your registration!
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producer I Helsinki Youth Council
A vote organised for young festival guests about different social themes. The vote result will be published for public in the end of the festival.
Venue: Wall next to Puhos
– Producer I Artist Heidi Hänninen – KAS! Kontula Art School
In the mural workshop participants can design and paint a collective mural to a wall next to Puhos Mall by stencils. The workshop is kindly supported by Otto A. Malms donationsfond.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producer I Visual artist Riku Mäkinen
In the Serigraphy workshop you can print a t-shirt for yourself with a silk-screen. The shirts used for printing have been received as donation and the amount is limited. You can also bring your own clothes or bags for printing.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producer I Firas al Baldawi
In the kite workshop you can build a kite for yourself from recycled materials.
Venue: Puhos Interior Premises
– Producer I Moonwalkerz Crew & K-pop Suomi ry
K-pop dance group Moonwalkerz Crew teaches choreographies of choruses of two well known k-pop hits Exid – DDD and Pentagon – Shine. The first one of the choreographies belongs to a girl group and focuses on feminine expression of movements. The second is a choreography from boy group and includes influences from street arts. Both of the choreographies are suitable for everyone to dance despite of gender or age.
The first from the dance classes starts at 2pm and the second at 3pm. Choose the one you prefer or come to both! No previous dance experience is needed, equip with comfortable clothes and good mood!
Enrolling to Exid – DDD dance workshop at1:00 – 1:45 pm and Pentagon – Shine dance workshop at 2:00 – 2:45 pm at the festival info point next to the main stage, front of the Alanya Oriental Market. You can also enrol to workshops online:
Both of the workshop takes max 10 participants. You can find the workshop space ny checking the location from the festival area map located at the festival info point.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producer I Visual artist Abida Jahan
In the henna tattoo workshop you can either do it yourself or get yourself a henna tattoo.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producers I Artists Katriina Sjöblom & Sari Hiltunen
Women’s room is a space for women which offers support, friendship and tender loving care. The workshops offers different kind of treatments as well as coffee and tea. You can also visit the room just to have a break or share your thoughts.
The workshop is kindly supported by the Ministry for Education and Culture Finland.
Venue: Puhos Central Square
Producer I FEMMA Helsinki
Femma Helsinki collective organises Places of Puhos workshop at the Puhos ♡ People 2019 festival. In the workshop you can share your own experiences of Puhos and participate in Katja Tähjä’s photography workshop about Puhos’s significant places and get the places you photographed on the Instagram exhibition. The goal of Places of Puhos workshop is to reflect on what kind of hopes people have for the future of the Puhos. The outputs of the workshop will be exhibited during the Puhos Loves People 2019 festival in the Instagram exhibition, and in the future in the FEMMA Helsinki collective project, which will reflect the residents’ experiences of the urban space. Photography workshops under the guidance of Katja Tähjä: 14:00 – 16:00 non-stop!
Venue: Puhos Central Square
– Producer I LiiKe & Fimu Organisation
Under the Tansanian sun is a sport exercise where participants can live a day of a Tansanian woman through a story, music and dance. The event is open for all age groups.
– Producer I FIMU Organisation / Show Racism the Red Card project
Football trick school for football enthusiasts.
– Producer I Helsinki NMKY & FIMU Organisation
Football playing.
Brasilian martial art with influences from dance and acrobatics. Capoeira is suitable for everyone regardless of age or physical condition
Haedong Kumdo – Korean swordplay is safe and interesting martial art to exercise and learn histrionic Korean fencing.
Hanmoodo is versatile Korean martial arts practice.
Kurdish vegetarian and meat dishes.
Afro Jamaican dishes, couscous, salad, tomatoes mixed with black eyes beans, chicken, jerk sauce & rice
Venue: Organnisation´s area
African Care ry is a non-governmental organisation founded by African women. Africa Care´s maternity clinic and training project in Somalia have made possible over 1000 safe deliveries a year. In Finland Africa Care organises global education courses and group activities supporting well-being of immigrants. In addition African Care organises education on sexual and reproductive health.
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Moniheli’s Katto (=roof) program aims to combat immigrant homelessness through pre-emptive work. While homelessness overall is decreasing in Finland, migrant has been homelessness is on the rise until 2017 when it levelled off. According to ARA statistics 26% (27% in 2015) of all homeless persons had a migration background and 64% (54% in 2015) of homeless families were migrant families. Katto program produces, gathers and disseminates information on housing-related issues to migrants and professionals through different channels, provides targeted trainings on housing issues among migrants and ethnic minorities for housing professionals, advises migrants who have faced difficulties with housing, promotes active cooperation between different stakeholders and raises awareness of the grievances at grassroots level.
Venue: Organnisation´s area
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Venue: Organnisation´s area
Vamos helps youths who are for example worried about getting along with daily life, mental health, accommodation, finance, school or entering to work life. Each of the youth participating to the Vamos project gets personal employee who has time to get to know his/her situation and respond to his/her needs. The support is offered to both for daily life and for planning the future. Little by little the project find the youth a path to education or work.
Vamos operates in eight cities : Helsinki, Espoo, Lahti, Turku, Kuopio, Oulu, Rovaniemi and Vantaa.
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Venue: Organnisation´s area
The Finnish Somalia Network is an expert organization focusing on peace and development in Somalia and the Horn of Africa.
The Network, founded in 2004, currently implements three different development projects in different sectors and regions in cooperation with our member organizations. The network has 30 member organisations.
In Finland we are also working on finding means to enhance youth participation and active citizenship focusing especially on youth with migrant background. We also visit schools to discus about migration, refugees, and development cooperation, which increases mutual understanding and open-mindedness. development cooperation, which increases mutual understanding and open-mindedness.
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Venue: Organnisation´s area
Auroras-verkosto tukee maahan muuttaneiden, koulutettujen naisten kotoutumista suomalaiseen yhteiskuntaan. Verkosto järjestää työelämäaiheista yksilö- ja ryhmämentorointia. Auroras Network supports integration of educated women who have moved to Finland from other countries. The network provides work life oriented mentoring for groups and individuals.
Let’s Read Together is a national network that support immigrants’, especially women’s, Finnish language skills and integration. The network offers Finnish, Swedish and literacy teaching to immigrants all around Finland. In Eastern Helsinki Let’s Read Together groups are active in Itäkeskus, Vuosaari and Roihupelto among others.
Venue: Organnisation´s area