À la Park is the most delicious festival of the summer, taking place in Meripuisto — a beautiful seaside park next to Kaivopuisto in Helsinki. This unique two-day festival redefines the traditional festival concept by combining top-tier live music and first-class restaurants in a stunning natural setting. À la Park is a two-day feast for all senses. 

The festival offers a carefully curated lineup of Finnish artist alongside international talent, a high-quality and diverse drink selection, and the most interesting and current restaurants. The restaurant selection is curated by renowned chef and catering entrepreneur Pipsa Hurmerinta. 

À la Park is an idyllic indulgement: two performance stages, spacious restaurant and terrace areas, and a lush park environment. The restaurants and services are spread across Meripuisto, allowing guests to enjoy the experience at their own pace. The event is for adults only, so there are no restricted bar areas. Visitors can enjoy food and drinks both seated at tables or while strolling through the park. Between concerts at the Main Course Stage, there's time to explore the area and catch the Side Dish Stage program, which will be announced later. 

At its core, À la Park is about relaxing and enjoying quality time in a beautiful park. Gather your friends and indulge in a weekend full of sensory delights — À la Park brings together everything a perfect summer weekend is made of!  

À la Park brings the most interesting and current restaurants to the visitors’ fingertips. The menus of the restaurants are built around tasting-sized portions, allowing you to experience a wide variety of flavors and sample a wide range of dishes from various top restaurants. 

In addition to the extensive range of food restaurants, the event will feature an exceptionally interesting and high-quality selection of wines, cocktails, and beers, not forgetting non-alcoholic options. Discover the full food and drink selection here. 

All products and services can be purchased on-site, but you can enhance your experience by buying tasting packages in advance. 

Plenty of vegetarian and vegan options are available.

À la Park takes place in Meripuisto, located in the Ullanlinna district of Helsinki, right next to Kaivopuisto. The festival area is located between Merikatu and Merisatamanranta waterfront. The easiest ways to reach the event are by public transport, on foot, or by bicycle. The nearest tram stops are Kapteeninkatu and Neitsytpolku. 

À la Park is an idyllic setting featuring two performance stages, restaurant and terrace areas, and a lush park environment. The area will include the Main Course Stage, which hosts the headline concerts, and the Side Dish Stage, which offers a variety of themed performances and programs. The park will be filled with diverse food vendors and plenty of comfortable spaces for relaxing and enjoying everything the festival has to offer. 

The event is for adults only, and the entire area is fully licensed — there are no restricted bar zones. 

The festival site map will be published later. 

Festival area opening times
Friday 1.8. 15:30–00:00
Saturday 2.8. 13:30–00:00

The event area is mainly grassland with gravel paths running through it. Most of the area is flat, but some parts of the festival area are sloped. The event has an accessible viewing area for customers who need it and their assistants.

À la Park festival was born out of its creators' passion for music, food, and drink, as well as for producing high-quality event experiences. 

The event is organized by Fullsteam Agency. The team behind the event has organized for example Sideways and Provinssi festivals, as well as numerous other concert and festival events across Finland. 

The restaurant lineup of À la Park is curated by chef, catering entrepreneur, and Top Chef Finland judge Pipsa Hurmerinta.

In addition to providing an unforgettable and genuinely service-oriented festival experience, it is important to us that everyone feels safe at our event and can focus on enjoying the festival experience as themselves. À la Park adheres to the principles of a safer space, and we expect every festival-goer to strive to create an equal and respectful environment.

Principles for a safer space:

• Don’t assume. It is natural to make assumptions about other people, but we strive to be aware of our own presuppositions and we are open to different kinds of topics and people. We don’t define experiences on behalf of anyone else and we don’t generalize our own experiences to others. We don’t make assumptions about anyone’s sexuality, gender, nationality, religion, values, socioeconomic background, health, appearance or ability to function, but we respect everyone’s right to self-determination.
• Don’t degrade. We don’t degrade or embarrass anyone by their externals. We treat others as we would like to be treated.
• Don’t reproduce. We don’t reproduce racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, or ableist stereotypes in our speech, actions, or behavior. We strive to use language that doesn’t exclude anyone.
• Intervene. If we witness any offensive behavior, we will not remain silent, but we will intervene.
• Respect. We respect other people’s physical, mental, and emotional personal space. We remember that we cannot know the boundaries of one without asking from them and we don’t touch the other without permission. If necessary, we ask for space for ourselves as well.
• Give space. We make sure everyone has space to participate in the discussion and we treat sensitive topics with respect.
• Give and receive feedback. Everyone is allowed to give appropriate and constructive feedback from inappropriate treatment. If someone gives you feedback on your actions, please listen to the feedback provider. We are open to the feedback we receive and we will take the feedback into account in our own activities in the future.