Tammerfest

Tammerfest is a city festival organized in Tampere since summer 1995. Tammerfest is organized by Tammerfest Oy.

Tammerfest's original organizer team was the Tampere Summer Festival, founded in January 1995, including Jussi Santalahti and Harri Rantala. The festival was inspired by the Turku Down By The Laituri event - to the extent that the festival's name alternatives were considered, among others, by Down By The Tammerkoski and Down By The Rotwall. The Tampere Summer Festival has sold 11 times its festival in 2006 to Tammerfest Oy, which has been organizing since then.

Until 1999, the main hall of the festival was located in Koskipuisto. Today, Tammerfest's main venue is Ratinanniemi Festival Park.