Some crossover here between Uleåborg Festival of Psychedelia 2022 and what would’ve been the fest in 2020, most notably Sweden’s Agusa making the trip from Malmö to Oulu, Finland (about 20 hours by car), to serve as headliners. Radiopuhelimet and Estonia’s Zahir are back as well, and it seems to me that the fest has packed more into a single day here than it was planning on doing for 2020. Perhaps that has something to do with the free-shows-around-Oulu idea, so that it’s less about standing in a room for 12 hours and watching band after another set up and break down their gear to play an abbreviated set, and more about immersion in a culture of psychedelia that extends beyond those bounds.

Thinking of it that way, you might not see everything if you go, but there’s a lot to be said for the experience. And you can hit up Tukikohta later on, anyhow. Presumably that’s where Agusa will be.

Details came straight from the event page on Facebook, and here they are:

ULEÅBORG FESTIVAL OF PSYCHEDELIA – July 16, 2022

Uleåborg Festival of Psychedelia returns after two years break!

Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/664943631384972/

UFOP 2022 festival is arranged during one day on Saturday 16th July and the new gig orienteering concept includes free gigs around the city of Oulu. So take a map and head for a multidisciplinary and multidimensional art experience!

The festival will include a wide variety of artists and gigs from midday till late night in different locations. The day’s psychedelic path will lead to Tukikohta, Välivainio, where the payable main event will be held.

By buying the ticket to the main event you will also support the arranging of the free gigs! Yet again the festival will include a wide variety of local visual artists, psychedelic visualizations and surprises.

Tickets: https://www.tiketti.fi/tapahtuma/81489

Line-up:
Agusa (SWE)
Haamusoittajat
Hebosagil
Horte
Illyana
Kas Kan
Mesak
Otilia
Radiopuhelimet
Seli Seli
Skyjoggers
Tuomas Henrikin Jeesuksen Kristuksen Bändi
Zahir (EST)

Turn on, tune in and UFOP 2022!

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Agusa, En annan värld (2021)

A couple recognizable names here from the lineup for Uleåborg Festival of Psychedelia 2020 in Oulu, Finland, but I’m not ashamed to say that the majority of the 27 acts are unknown to me. You’ll note Philly’s Ecstatic Vision will be making the trip — so let’s assume there are some European tour dates forthcoming from them, and that’s cool news — as well as Swedish proggers Agusa, whose lush sounds are always a delight, and I know I’ve written about Sunshine Reverberation and Arktau Eos in the past, but yeah. Plenty here I don’t know.

You know what that means, though? Homework! The best kind of homework! I got word of the lineup yesterday and I’ve been diving into bands playing since, including Hidria Spacefolk, who headline the second night and whose 2012 cosmic offering, Astronautica, you can stream below, as well as The Fungi 3, whose fuzzy take on heavy psych blends the best of garage chaos with a jammy spirit. I’m into it and looking forward to continuing to learning about the rest. I’ve yet to find a clunker.

There won’t be a quiz or anything, but you still might want to take notes:

Uleåborg Festival of Psychedelia – 2020 Lineup

Uleåborg Festival of Psychedelia will be held already the sixth time on 10th and 11th July 2020. The festival will colour Oulu’s summer with psychedelic shades and sounds, three stages and 27 artists!

Friday’s headliner is a Finnish cult classic band Murheenlaakso, which celebrates “Totuus Palaa LP” 30-year album anniversary with a special set! Saturday’s headliner Hidria Spacefolk will take the audience into a final trance!

UFOP is proud to present American psychedelic rock energy package Ecstatic Vision performing in Finland for the first time! Other foreign artist include Swedish prog and folk band Agusa, Estonian noiserock band Zahir, and Norwegian psychband Sunshine Reverberation. Finnish artists include electronic crushers Tähtiportti, legendary Radiopuhelimet and action rock band MÄSÄ.

Yet again, UFOP will feature arts exhibitions, dance acts, mind bending uv-decorations and visual treats summoned by VJs. Open your mind, now is the time!

TICKETS: https://www.tiketti.fi/uleaborg-festival-of-psychedelia-2020-tukikohta-oulu-lippuja/68281

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https://www.facebook.com/UFOpsychedelia/
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www.uleaborgfestivalofpsychedelia.com

Hidria Spacefolk, Astronautica (2012)