Tampere Kuplii comics festival
Tampere Kuplii is a feel-good comics festival for everybody interested in comics and graphic novels. The festival is free of charge for visitors, and everyone is welcome.
The dates for 2026 are from Wednesday March 25th to Sunday March 29th, with the majority of programming taking place over the weekend. The weekend programming is held in Tampere Hall and next door to it at the Tampere University city centre campus. Both are located close to the town center, just a short walk from the long distance bus and railway stations. Local public transit is available via bus and tram. The exact opening hours will be published closer to the event.
All meeting and public areas of Tampere Hall and the university are accessible. We will be happy to assist any visitors with physical and sensory impairments.
Programme and vendors
The weekend programming consists of lectures, panels, signatures, competitions and various free-form activities. Comic vendors will be selling comic books also in English (and a lot other interesting stuff, too!) during the weekend. Our staff as well as our many vendors will also be happy to assist you in English.
Cash, cloaks and comestibles
Cash machines can be found near the Tampere Hall event site. Most dealers, including artists' alley, small publications, artisans and larger businesses, will accept debit and credit card. Contactless payment is generally preferred. Some smaller vendors may also use Mobilepay.
Tampere Hall is located in the immediate vicinity of the city center, so there is only a short walk to the nearest grocery stores, restaurants and hotels.
Tampere Hall has a cloakroom, that costs 3 € for adults, and under 12-year olds go free of charge. The fee can be paid by cash or card.
Who we are - join us!
The Tampere Kuplii comics festival is organized by Tampere Kuplii ry, a registered non-profit organization. We're a rather colorful group of people who love comics and we call ourselves the feel-good comics bureaucrats. Tampere Kuplii ry organizes various comics related happenings all around the year throughout the Tampere region. Besides our comics festival, we also organize the yearly Sarjakuva-Finlandia comics competition. Everything we do is based on volunteer work.
Do you want to be a part of Tampere Kuplii? If you want to join our work team during the festival, or you have ideas for programmes (or want to organise one!), or you just want to be a part of the team creating the festival, please contact us! Many positions do not require Finnish language skills.
Contact
Executive director Remi Niemi
remi(at)tamperekuplii.fi
Chairperson Kyösti Koskela
kyosti(at)tamperekuplii.fi
phone: +358 50 5728777
Vice chair Kyuu Eturautti
kyuu(at)tamperekuplii.fi
phone: +358 50 5950047
Publicists
tiedotus(at)tamperekuplii.fi
Artistic director for cosplay
cosplay(at)tamperekuplii.fi
Artistic director for AMV
amv(at)tamperekuplii.fi
Directors of programme
ohjelma(at)tamperekuplii.fi
Director of volunteers
tyovoima(at)tamperekuplii.fi