For the joy of children, for family moments together, not forgetting grandparents, since 1995

A joyful children’s festival week will be spread throughout the centre of Varkaus with the help of a wide network of partners three times a year.

Talvi-Vekara 3-9 March 2025

Vekara-Varkaus festivalweek 9-15 June 2025

Syys-Vekara 13-19 October 2025

Vekara-Varkaus Festival Week will be held 9-15 June 2025

Vekara-Varkaus is a children’s festival week where the whole family can get together. The community-based festival week, built by the whole town, is being celebrated this year for the 31th time in Varkaus and its surrounding municipalities.

Vekara-Varkaus Festival Week offers more than 80 different types of programme content. This summer’s theme is EMOTIONS.

We have invited Minna Kivelä to be our godmother.