Kulttuurikeskus Ninho invites artists, educators, creatives, researchers, activists and  cultural workers to participate in Kolibrí Festivaali, “a unique, artistic and multicultural children’s festival for the whole family. Come and share with us a week of workshops, concerts, exhibitions and entertainment aplenty in family. A festival to enjoy without language barriers”. […]

Kolibrí Festivaali is produced by the multicultural association, Kulttuurikeskus Ninho* ry the purpose of which is to build up a more inclusive Finland. In the course of the four years of Kolibrí’s existence, over 10 000 families of all orígins, have been able to enjoy, free of charge, all our […]

Dreams come true! In March 2017, at the Bologna International Children’s Book Fair we got to know the fantastic work of the Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas de Portugal Livro (DGLAB), particularly thanks to the unsurpassed input of Assunção Azevedo de Quintanilha e Mendonça. It was she […]

Did you know that in the public library system, HELMET, there are over 2500 books for children and youth in Spanish and about 300 in Portuguese? Furthermore, are you aware that it is possible, through their website, to have them delivered to the library closest to your home? If you […]

Kolibri Books: sale of new and second-hand books for children and youth Malmitalo 7.10 from 12 to 2 PM The writers: José Antonio Ruiz (Spain), Tanya Tynjälä ( Peru) and Tuutikki Tolonen (Finland) together with Etana Editions will sell and promote their  books between 12 and 2 PM. At 2 […]

7.10.2018 15:30 Malmin Kirjastossa “Ada Lyn”, the new book by Peruvian writer Tanya Tynjälä, will be presented at Malmi Library during Kolibrí Festivaali. This young book was published by Norma Editors in July this year. “Ada Lyn” is a science-fiction steampunk novel that tells us how young Jules discovered science […]

We are very excited to have received more than 30 amazing proposals: theatre, dance, music, literature, graphic art, architecture and science among other disciplines. We would have loved to select them all but, alas, that is not possible, we can only express our gratitude to each one of you for […]

The prestigious guest of Kolibrí 2017 is ISIDRO FERRER (Spain 1963). Isidro is illustrator and graphic designer who originally graduated in Drama and Set Design. He won the European Design Award “Poster” in 2008, Nacional Best Children’s Illustrator 2006 and the Spanish National Design Award in 2002. Isidro transforms the […]

Kolibrí Festivaali is ready to celebrate the centenary of Finland’s independence and its 100 years of friendship with the World! We are very excited to have received more than 30 amazing proposals. We would like to thank all the artists who showed interest in sharing a bit of the Iberoamerican […]

The Kolibrí is ready to celebrate spring. We are very excited as we received more than 50 amazing artistic and cultural proposals. We would like to thank all the artists that showed interest in sharing a bit of the Iberoamerican culture for kids and families in Finland. We are pleased […]

ATTENTION: Please remember that the call period has been extended until January 31th 2016. Kolibrí Festival’s organizing committee informs to the artistic community interested in participating in the Festival’s spring 2016 edition, until January 31th we will receive proposals for: –  Non-stop workshops (3 hours), either indoors or outdoors. – […]

Kolibrí festival offered a tour of iconic landscapes, so many that they did not fit into a single event. Kolibrí festival has Latin American roots and it is growing bright across Finland, we hope, ever fuller and multicultural. Kolibrí started its journey in spring. It lasted for one week with […]