Children's Pirkkaset - Children's Culture Month

Children's Pirkkaset is a joint Children's Culture Month in the Municipalities of Pirkanmaa

During the month children's culture is visible and heard all over Pirkanmaa and the program offers cultural events, workshops, exhibitions and camps produced by private actors, colleges, cultural centers and municipalities.

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A little girl paints the wall with watercolor.
A child with paint on her fingers.
The Program is available on-site and virtually for Children ages 0-12 and their families.

Tukkateatteri is the touring performer of the Children's Pirkkaset cultural month in 2026

Tukkateatteri’s Kuka nukkuu koiranunta (Who sleeps and dreams like a dog?)? performance has been chosen for the touring performance of the Children's Pirkkaset. In February 2026, the performance will tour the municipalities of Pirkanmaa, delighting children and families. The tour cheerfully incorporates Pirkkaset's theme for 2026, which highlights kindness, empathy, and children's own art.

Kuka nukkuu koiranunta? is a musical fairy tale for the whole family that teaches children not only to deal with their own feelings, but also to empathize with the feelings of others. In a workshop related to the performance, children also get to make art themselves, and their works will be compiled into a virtual art exhibition by the end of February.

“The working group is delighted to have been selected as a touring performer for Lasten Pirkkaset, as our performance fits perfectly with the important theme of kindness and empathy. We want to use theater to bring more caring and playful wonder into the world for people of all ages," says Taru Kumara-Moisio, scriptwriter and director of Tukkateatteri's Kuka nukkuu koiranunta performance?

Pirkkaset's touring performance was applied through the Culture Bank and the selection was made by the regional Children's Pirkkaset working group.

Lasten Pirkkaset is a common children's culture month of the municipalities of Pirkanmaa. During the month children's culture can be seen and heard all over Pirkanmaa.

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Registration for events during the 2026 Children's Pirkkaset Culture Month is opening 

Children’s Pirkkaset Culture Month is a joint children's culture festival organized by the municipalities of Pirkanmaa, held annually in February. We invite everyone to participate in organizing events as part of this joint celebration. You can register your own event to Tampere’s Event calendar during 1.-31.12.2025.

You can announce events aimed at children aged 0–12 and their families. These may include, for example, large or small performances, family days, workshops, courses, and exhibitions. Events submitted by the deadline will be included in Pirkkaset program, which will be published on 15.1.2026 on the website www.lastenpirkkaset.fi. Participation in the monthly program is free of charge. Welcome! Feel free to share the invitation.

The theme for 2026 is "I can be seen, I can be heard!" The aim of the theme is to highlight kindness, empathy, and children's art.

How to register your event with Children’s Pirkkaset:

1. Log in to the Tampere event calendar at tapahtumat.tampere.fi 
Create a free user account.
2. Create a profile for the organization organizing the event. Note! If you know that your organization already has a profile, ask the administrator to add you as an administrator for the same profile.
3. Select "Add" and "Create event" in the upper right corner.
4. Enter your event information in Finnish. If possible, enter the information in English as well.
5. Add #LastenPirkkaset as the event tag. Note! If you do not do this, the event will not be saved under the Children’s Pirkkaset program on the website.
6. Publish your event.
 

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Merja Kostamovaara
Further information: Coordinator
Phone:
044 431 4740

Pirkkaset Working Group 2025-2026

Children's culture network is coordinated by a working group which is established in 2007. The composition of the working group will be updated every two years. Representatives from all municipalities in Pirkanmaa are invited to take part in the activities. The working group is lead by Piia Karkkola, the leading coordinator of children's culture in the city of Tampere, with the help of a working group of municipal representatives.

Merja Kostamovaara
Coordinator
Phone:
044 431 4740
Updated 9.12.2025