On Friday, June 28, a reasonable number of people poured into the area, a total of 2,200 visitors. The evening began with Baltix from Mikkeli. The sweet poison brewer Mariska, who performed as the second act, conquered the Juva festival audience with her child-of-nature attitude.
Mariska had an excellent band called Pahat Sudet and Kukkurukuu was a roar. The legendary Finnish rock band, Yö, took the stage as the third act. The evening ended with Kaija Koo.
On Saturday, June 29, the weather was partly cloudy, although the sun shone for a moment. Awake! from Juva started the show and during the second act,
Lipsaset, a heavy downpour came, very heavy
It rained in large drops for about fifteen minutes. Fortunately, there was no rain after that, although at midnight there were really dark clouds on the other side of Lake Jukajärvi, lightning flashed and thunder roared. It didn’t come on, though. We managed with a little bit of a scare. Klamydia was brilliant and Popeda, who performed next, was a guaranteed rock machine and the party was on.
The last band to perform was Apulanta, an extremely popular band. Their popularity overseas data has remained wild even though decades have passed. The last night’s gig was a sing-along and the gang got to hear Apulanta’s most legendary songs. There were 2,700 visitors on site on Saturday, so the total number was 4,900.
The first Juva Rokka was behind us.
We received a lot of encouraging and good feedback. We also found things to fix, refine and fine-tune. However, we were on the right track. Juva was Juva Rock City again.
The second Juva Rokka was held on 4-5 July 2014 and lessons had been learned from the first year. The logistics of the area were reasonable and the performance budget was carefully increased.
More bangs were added to the program and the local business lead generation ideas following bands performed at the second Juva Rokka festival: Haloo Helsinki!, Cheek, Jenni Vartiainen, Popeda, Neljä Ruusua, Kotiteollisuus, Viikate, Francine and the locals Luonteri Surf and Dreamferno.
The move of Haloo Helsinki from Saturday to Friday caused its own problems
as a lot of tickets had been sold at advance sales points. However, the matter was eventually rationalized. It rained during the event week and on both days of the event 1.5 hours before the gates opened, but during the event itself there was no rain. The sun shone on both days and Juva Rokka attracted 6,300 visitors.
In 2015, the third Juva Rokkaa, 3-4.7.2015, had the biggest list of performers ever, as Juha Tapio, Haloo Helsinki!, Apulanta and Popeda performed on Friday. The audience was a staggering 4300. At first, it was thought that 4000 visitors would be the maximum for one day, fax database but that limit was raised by three hundred.
On Saturday, Elastinen, Kaija Koo, Yö, Lauri Tähkä, Osmos Cosmos and the headliner Sleepy Sleepers performed. The weather was very warm and 3800 visitors came to the venue, so the new audience record was quickly improved, 8100 visitors. A novelty was the trubal stage in the back of the liquor tent, which was very popular.
During the main stage’s frost breaks
No-Signal performed on Friday and Kapa Montonen on Saturday. The third Metsä Rokkaa, which started earlier on Friday morning, had an audience of 4,200 visitors throughout the day, so the weekend attracted a whopping 12,300 visitors in total.
The board of the Finnish Cantor Organ Association selected Jari Piikki as Cantor of the Year 2007. The selection was based on Jari Piikki’s ability to perform the duties of a cantor both in a very broad scope and at a very high level.
