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Plini joins Ankea Festival 2027 with Pain of Salvation

Plini and Pain of Salvation join Ankea Festival in Tampere on June 18–19, 2027. See the seven new additions.

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Plini playing a natural-finish headless electric guitar, with Simon Grove in the background, in a 2017 concert photograph.
Plini with Simon Grove in 2017, photographed by Raulongo / Raul Gullon. Archival photograph, not Ankea 2027. CC BY-SA 4.0; cropped and resized. Full credit below.

Ankea Festival has added seven acts to its 2027 lineup, bringing Pain of Salvation and guitarist Plini to Tampere alongside Einar Solberg, Heretoir, Slow Crush, Sara and Noiduin.

The festival runs June 18–19 at Hiedanrannan Tehdasaukio in the Finnish city. The new announcement was reported on October 12.

A deeper prog and guitar bill

The official artist page now lists 14 acts. Earlier names include Igorrr, Alcest, Kalandra, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Long Distance Calling, Vulkan and Karmanjakah.

According to the organizer’s ticketing announcement, Pain of Salvation will return to Finland after a ten-year gap. Einar Solberg is booked as a solo artist after appearing at the inaugural festival with Leprous.

Festival details

Ankea is organized by Alt Agency & Management and Nahka Agency, as confirmed on the festival’s information page.

More artists will be announced later. Two-day tickets are listed from €169.90, while day tickets are still to come.

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