Family Day: Päistikka – Malmi Summer of Events

This is a day for stories, a fun cycling pianist, and children’s band Päistikka, whose charm is strong enough to get the adults, too. Naturally, there will be alpacas, rabbits and every toddler’s favourite: a bouncy castle!

Bring your picnic blanket or enjoy the tasty fare of the Malmitalo restaurant. Malmitalo also has toilets and a baby care room, if you need them. Join us for a fantastic day for a variety of family activities at beautiful Ala-Malmi Park!

PROGRAMME

12 noon to 5 pm
Bouncy Castle
Shout and jump for joy under the sun! A bouncy castle will be set up in the park for the little ones to bounce their day away.

12 noon to 1:15 pm and 1:45 to 3 pm
Art schools at Pukinmäki: Circus workshops
The Pukinmäki Circus school will be holding free-of-charge non-stop circus workshops for all ages from noon to 1:15 pm and from 1:45 pm to 3 pm. Come and try various circus acts, such as acrobatics, balancing and juggling!

12 noon to 3 pm
Malmi parish: Stunt/exercise track and rock painting
The Malmi congregation is arranging a stunt and exercise track and craft workshop for all ages.

12 noon, 1 pm, 2 pm and 4 pm
Murkens story workshops
This fairytale workshop is based on the Murkens series of books and invites children to immerse in the world of feelings and stories!

The Single Parents’ Association holds fairytale workshops on the hour on this day. There’s room for 10 children with adults per workshop. Workshop duration: ca. 40 min.

Murkens is a delightful series of fairytale encyclopedias by Maaret Kallio and Susanna Ruuhilahti for 5-year olds.
Age recommendation: 4–8-year-olds with adults
Language: Finnish

Registration for fairytale workshops:
12 noon Murkens ja kaikkien aikojen juhlat: https://zef.fi/s/582cw49u/
1 pm Murkens, Pullopostia mereltä: https://zef.fi/s/0onfjdch/
2 pm Murkens, Luminen nujakka: https://zef.fi/s/6o1q12z9/
4 pm Murkens, Hirmuinen syysmyrsky: https://zef.fi/s/bp767cw2/

1 pm to 3 pm
Alpacas and rabbits from Ali-Olli's Alpaca Farm
The Malmi Summer of Events welcomes new furry friends with some visiting alpacas and rabbits from Ali-Olli's Alpaca Farm. Enjoy your time with the animals!

1 pm to 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm to 3 pm and 4:30 pm to 5 pm
Cycling pianist
Aarno Paakkari, the cycling pianist rides his bicycle from place to place while playing the piano. His performance is sure to put a smile on your face!
Location: The cycling pianist will be riding all around Ala-Malmi Park

1:30 pm to 2:00 pm
From Baby to Toddler / Salla Salminen: Inspirational Lecture on Learning Motor Skills
Lecture in Finnish.

3 pm to 4 pm
Päistikka
Children’s band Päistikka covers nature, the power of friendship, the world of imagination, adventures and surrounding phenomena with their music.

Päistikka’s musical influences are in rock, pop, folk and disco music from different decades.

Päistikka focuses on musical joy and their performances, and will always bring a good amount of audience interaction and storytelling to the stage. They’ve been nominated for Children’s Band of the Year twice, and have released two albums, Päistikka (2015) and Lähtölaskenta (2020). Their third album will be released in autumn 2024.

4 pm to 5 pm
Helsinki Dance Institute family dance session
Get your whole family dancing with the help of the Helsinki Dance Institute! Put some pep in your whole family’s steps – this family dance sessions is suited for all ages.
Join us and dance to the tunes of fun children's music! No need for previous skills or dancing experience, anyone can join! At this dance session, adults and children get to dance together and even try easy and fun acrobatics. Older children can participate on their own, but don’t forget that it’s a lot of fun to dance with your very own adult or child. The dance instructor is Helsinki Dance Institute’s long-term children’s dance teacher Hanna Yli-Tepsa, whose children’s dance lessons let everyone feel the joy of dance!