April Jazz Club

April Jazz Club is our more intimate series of concerts held in Tapiola.

April Jazz Club at Original Sokos Hotel Tapiola Garden brings best of jazz to the atmospheric surroundings in the heart of Tapiola. Food and beverages by Restaurant Grill It! are served during the concerts. If you wish to eat during the concert, it is recommended to reserve a table.

The concerts are opened by Espoo Music Institute’s Pop and Jazz Department Ebeli at 6 PM, and the headliner’s showtime is at 7 PM.

Tickets are available at Lippu.fi. A limited number of Kaikukortti tickets are available for concerts at Lippu.fi ticket outlets and ticket sales at the venue. More information: Espoo Kaikukortti.

WeeGee Live: April Jazz Club brings live music to a museum.

The concerts series is held at the Espoo Museum of Modern Art EMMA starting at 6:30 PM. WeeGee Live: April Jazz Club is a co-production with Exhibition Centre WeeGee and EMMA. Free entry!

Fall 2025

Nana Rashid (DK/OM)

24.10.2025 6pm
Tapiola Garden
Tickets 20 / 15 €
Nana Rashid is one of the brightest rising stars on the Scandinavian jazz scene. The Danish-Zanzibari-Omani vocalist was awarded Best New Jazz Artist of the Year at the Danish Music Awards 2023 for her stunning debut album Music for Betty—a release also nominated for Best Vocal Jazz Album of the Year.
With a voice that channels the raw emotional power of Nina Simone and the elegance of Scandinavian jazz, Nana Rashid offers a strikingly original take on modern vocal jazz. Music for Betty is a deeply personal and emotionally resonant album that blends Nordic melancholy with shades of neo-soul, blues, and poetic storytelling. The title references her original song “Poor Blue Betty” — an ode to the parts of ourselves we often hide, but which ultimately make us whole.
The debut received wide critical acclaim:
“A superb debut album.” – Jazz Journal

“One of the absolute best Danish vocal jazz debut albums in several years.”
★★★★★ Gaffa DK

“A smouldering intensity… sets the tone for the entire album.”
★★★★★ Jazzwise (Editor’s Choice)
This concert is part of Better Live, a project co-financed by the European Union's Creative Europe program.

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Club Calendar

Tapiola Garden showtime 6 PM
Exhibition Centre WeeGee showtime 6:30 PM
Fri 5 Sep | A. H. South-East Corner | Exhibition Centre WeeGee
Fri 19 Sep | Organ Freemen w/ Jukka Eskola | Tapiola Garden | TICKETS
Fri 3 Oct | Iro Haarla Trio | Exhibition Centre WeeGee
Fri 10 Oct | Josh Meader Trio (AU) | Tapiola Garden | TICKETS
Fri 24 Oct | Nana Rashid (DK/OM) | Tapiola Garden | TICKETS
Fri 7 Nov | Arto Ikävalko Trio | Exhibition Centre WeeGee
Fri 14 Nov | Kjetil Mulelid Trio (NO) | Tapiola Garden
Sat 29 Nov | Xmas Special: Sami Saari & Jazzpojat | Tapiola Garden
Fri 5 Dec | Joona Toivanen Trio | Exhibition Centre WeeGee
Sat 13 Dec | Xmas Special: Susanna Aleksandra Quintet | Tapiola Garden