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Children's Culture Saturdays
Riihimäki offers cultural activities for families with children at the Children's Culture Saturday events organized once a month. Cultural Saturdays offer quality workshops for children, theater and film performances, museum visits, music, dance and other cultural events every month.
The events are mostly free for children. Efforts have been made to keep ticket prices for paid performances reasonable. You can get tickets for yourself as well as your children with a Kaikukortti.
The organizers of the Children's Culture Saturdays are local cultural sites, and the cultural and event services of the city of Riihimäki are responsible for coordinating the events.
The city of Riihimäki was granted Unicef's Child-friendly municipality -recognition in spring 2023. According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, every child has the right to cultural experiences and self-expression.
Children's Cultural Saturday events are also organized in Hyvinkää. Discover what Hyvinkää has to offer.
The short address of this page is riihimaki.fi/kulttuurilauantai.
Culture Saturday events
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Winter Forest Treasure Adventure Trail
South Häme Dance School and Hanna Music School are organizing Children's Cultural Saturday on January 24, 2026. During the day, children can participate in the children's own adventure course called "Treasure of the Winter Forest" with music and dance. The location is Palstakatu 7-9 (2nd floor), Riihimäki.
Admission to the groups is free – please note the age groups.
Daily schedule
9:15-9:45 6 months-2 years (=under 3 years old)
Klo 10:00-10:30 3-5-vuotiaat
Klo 10:45-11:15 3-5-vuotiaat
The group can accommodate 10 children and their parents. Pre-registration by January 20.1th by email: marjut.jaatinen@tansiopisto.fi or hannanmusiikkikoulu@gmail.com .
Warm welcome!
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Fairy Tale Day
On Children's Cultural Saturday, February 14, 2026, Fairy Tale Day will be celebrated from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Riihimäki Library (address: Kauppakatu 16). The day is organized in cooperation with Riihimäki Library and Youth Services.
The Fairy Tale Day program includes, among other things:
- Crafts,
- The braiding workshop of the fox,
- Singing event,
- The robbery of Milla Magia's magic castle,
- Aladdin's Treasure Hunt and
- The princess's fairytale moment.
You can dress according to the theme! Welcome!
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Draw the flower of your dreams and come see a dance performance
Children's Cultural Saturdays will be held on March 14, 2026 at Riemu Museums (address: Temppelikatu 8).
SDJ KIDS (Studio Dance & Joy) will perform at 14 p.m. After the performance, Studio Dance & Joy's young training group members will give a fun dance session for the children.
From 11 am to 17 pm, you can complete a self-guided drawing assignment at the museum: tour the FLOWERPOWER – World of Flowers exhibition and draw the flower of your dreams in the workshop space Holvi. Show your drawing and receive a small prize.
Admission to the event is free!
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MusaFestivals
On Saturday, April 11, 2026, from 10 am to 13 pm, it's MusaFest time again! Come and explore Riihimäki Music Institute (Valtakatu 10) and try out different instruments – everything from pianos to drums and violins to saxophones. During the day, there will also be music lessons, face painting and a café run by the Music Institute Support Association.
Admission to the festivals is free. Welcome – see you at MusaFest!
On the same day, registration for new students at the Riihimäki Music Institute for the academic year 2026–2027 will also open. All residents of Riihimäki, Loppi and Hausjärvi can apply for teaching. Registration opens on April 11 at 11 a.m. at riihimaki.eepos.fi. There is no entrance exam for studying music, and you can start at any age. Students are accepted in the order of registration. Registration for the music play school and open department will also start at the same time.
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Molli and the ends of the earth
On Children's Cultural Saturday, April 25, 2026, the play Molli and the Edge of the Earth will be performed at 11 am and 14 pm at Riihimäki Theatre. Tickets are €17/person.
Based on Katri Kirkkopello's beloved children's book, Molli and the Edge of the Earth is a gentle and hilariously funny children's theater performance about friendship, homesickness, and the courage to enter the world.
Lately, Molli has forgotten to look at the forest beyond the stone fence of her home. She feels strange: her toes are ticklish and her tail is waving wildly. Molli has travel fever!
Molli ja maan ääri, a collaboration between Teatteri Konna and Turku City Theatre, is the work of the same creators as Molli (2015), Molli ja kumma (2018), and Mollistavi mietteitä (2021), which have delighted their audiences many times.
The premiere of the performance Molli and the Edge of the Earth was on the Sopukka stage of the Turku City Theatre on January 22, 2025.
Age recommendation: 3-10 years old
Further information and ticket reservations From the Riihimäki Theatre website Molli and the ends of the earth.
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Mythical nature
Children's Cultural Saturday on May 23, 2026 from 10 am to 14 pm is organized in collaboration with the Finnish Hunting Museum and the Riihimäki Visual Artists. The theme is mythical nature and the venue is the Finnish Hunting Museum (address: Tehtaankatu 23A).
The event invites children and families to explore forest stories and familiar creatures from folklore in an active and creative way. A group of mythical characters from Finnish folklore will arrive at the Hunting Museum's courtyard, and children will get to know them during the event. Some of the works will remain in the museum's courtyard as environmental art for the summer.
The Cultural Saturday program includes a crossword puzzle, where the various guardians and functional points of the yard are reviewed. Those who complete the puzzle will receive a reward. There are craft stations in the museum's yard, where visitors can make hay maidens and fish swimming in the guardian's net. The children's finished works can be placed as part of a shared environmental art piece or taken home.
There is a sensory box in the yard, where you can feel and smell the contents of its mysterious compartments. The ground squirrels that live underground come to play in the yard, and the face painting station will conjure up forest animal-themed face paintings. Children can try throwing pine cones into the mouth of a hungry squirrel. You can sit at the campfire site and listen to the storyteller's stories: story times are held at 10:30, 11:30 and 12:30. You can take a picture of your fun day in the animal-themed Tintamareski!
There are activities available throughout the event, and you can participate flexibly according to your own schedule. The event will be held mainly in the museum's courtyard. In case of bad weather, some of the event locations may be moved indoors.
The event is free of charge. During the event, admission to the museum's exhibitions is free for children and adults accompanying children. The recently opened Peoples of the Northern Forests exhibition tells the story of the Finno-Ugric peoples' relationship with the forest, where man, nature and the world of beliefs meet.
The parents' association of the Hunting Museum's sponsor school will organize a grill café during the event, where you can buy food and snacks. The proceeds from the Glass Factory School's parents' association café will benefit the school's students.
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Children's Ö on Sunday, June 7th
In June, Children's Cultural Saturday will exceptionally be on Sunday, June 7, 2026.
Then, Ö-talo (address: Öllerinkatu 9) will host the Children's Ö - a garden party for the whole family from 11 am to 14 pm, with free performances, yard games and activities, and savoury and sweet food available for purchase.
The organization of the party is being organized in cooperation with Ö ry and Ö-talo. Welcome!
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Mudwalkers children's concert on Thursday, July 9th
The July Children's Cultural Saturday will be held exceptionally on Thursday, July 9, 2026.
Welcome to the free Rixublock Junior concert for the whole family on Thursday, July 9, when the nationally renowned Mutaveijarit will take to the Hanaa festival stage at Riihimäki's old market square (Torikuja 6)! Mutaveijarit is a cheerful and lively children's music band that adventures by the water, splashing and splashing.
During their more than 10 years of existence, Mutaveijarit has established themselves as one of the most popular children's music bands in the country. In 2020, Mutaveijarit was chosen as Children's Musician of the Year at the Jellona Children's Music Festival, and the band's previous album Nyt mennään! (2019) was chosen as Children's Album of the Year. Mutaveijarit is known for its energetic stage performance and captivating songs that combine several different musical styles, which are enjoyed by both children and adults. Now they are coming to Riihimäki. Welcome to the concert!
The concert is organized by the Cultural and Event Services of the City of Riihimäki.
Check out the Riihimäki cultural and event services website.
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The August 2026 Children's Cultural Saturday is organized by Studio Dance & Joy. More information to come.
Check out Studio Dance & Joy's website.
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In September 2026, Children's Cultural Saturday will be organized by Riihimäki Art School (address: Kalevankatu 5-11). More information to come.
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In October 2026, the Children's Cultural Saturday will be organized in collaboration with the Finnish Glass Museum and the Finnish Hunting Museum (address: Tehtaankatu 23). More information to come.
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Riihimäki Youth Theatre will organize a Children's Cultural Saturday in November 2026. More information to come.
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Children's Cultural Saturday will be organized by Tanssistudio Dance Art (address: Hämeenkatu 25-27) in December 2026. More information to come.
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