exhibitions and debates around the city.
Jyrock in April is an indie and alternative rock and pop festival.
Yläkaupungin Yö in May is one of the biggest annual street festivals of the city.
Sataman Yö is an annual pop music festival organised one week before the midsummer in the harbour of Jyväskylä.
Jyväskylä Arts Festival in the middle of July accommodates musicians, bands, contemporary circus, comediens, mimes, physical theatre, storytellers and film makers. It is one of the most well known festivals in Finland.
Neste Oil Rally Finland in the end of July is the biggest annually organised event in Nordic countries and a part of the WRC World Rally Championships.
Athenis Finlandiae organised in August is a cultural festival combining elements from ancient history, arts and science.
Finlandia Marathon in the beginning of September is a marathon festival designed for everybody from a top athlete to an amateur jogger. Time of Dance – the largest annual festival of Finnish contemporary dance is taking place in the end of September.
The International Print Triennal Graphica Creativa is organised every three years since 1975. It was the very first international graphic art exhibition in Finland. The next triennal will be organised 2012.
NLO is held every year at the last weekend of August. NLO (Naamalukko Open) is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and ADCC submission fighting tournament. It has quickly grown into one of the biggest grappling events in Finland. Tournament is held by Jyväskylä Fight Club and Proeliator Jiu-Jitsu.
Jyväskylä was founded in the Northern end of the lake Päijänne at the crossroads of three major waterways. Lakes control the cityscape. The city grid plan from year 1833 by Jacob Leonard Boringh can be well recognised in the city centre. Nevertheless, due to very rapid population growth the cityscape has gone through one of the most massive changes in all of Finland
