Fredagar på Sibbe: Ismo Haavisto + Southside Acoustic Band
02.10.2026 19:00 – 21:00
Standard price 30€ + order fee (from 1,50 € + 0,65 % of the order)
Pensioner, student, child, unemployed 25€ + order fee (from 1,50 € + 0,65 % of the order)
Ismo Haavisto is a professional blues artist from Lahti, Finland. His 35-years-plus blues career guarantees a great performance. The blues come from deep down in his soul. Ismo is known as a great singer, harmonica player, guitarist and songwriter.
The evening opens with the Turku-based band Southside Acoustic Trio.
18.00 Doors
19.00 Southside Acoustic Trio
19.40 Intermission
20.00 Ismo Haavisto One Man Band
Before the event and during the intermission, refreshments and cocktail bites will be available. Catering is provided by Peppar Catering.
Ismo Haavisto is a professional blues artist from Lahti, Finland. His 35-years-plus blues career guarantees a great performance. The blues come from deep down in his soul. Ismo is known as a great singer, harmonica player, guitarist and songwriter. He has released eleven albums and nine of them include mostly his own songs. Ismo mainly performs his own songs, but his live set does include a few classics too. He does gigs as One Man Band and with Trio. The gigs are all over Finland and abroad. He’s toured in the USA, Scotland, Spain, Germany, France, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.
Ismo Haavisto One Man Band is the hardest working ensemble – it works as well in living rooms as at festivals. Haavisto plays guitar, slide, harmonica and naturally sings. Stomp box and foot tambourine provide a solid beat. This is something unique that you must see and hear!
The latest album was released on May 2023
Ice Mo’ & The Zydecoolers: “Cool Zydeco” is Ismo’s 11th album.
Jemma Award 2017
Ismo got the coveted price from Blues Lovers Ry in Tampere.
The Other Side of Hope 2017
Ismo performs his own song “Midnight Man” in the movie of well-known Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki.
IBC 2013 Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Ismo Haavisto represented Finland at the International Blues Challenge.
EBC 2012 Berlin, Germany
Ismo Haavisto represented Finland at the European Blues Challenge
The Southside Acoustic Trio (Sakari Kurki – guitars including the 9-string “Big Joe”, and vocals; Olli Rantanen – mandolin and percussion; Heikki Hämäläinen – harmonica) focuses on acoustic Americana from the 1920s to the 1940s. Their repertoire features blues complemented by elements of country, folk, and old-time music.
In collaboration with Turun Rytmiklubi.