If there’s a festival in Finland that we love to return to time and time again, it’s Dark River Festival in Kotka. Growing and improving year after year, there’s always something new to see and improvements made to make things run smoothly – you have to love a festival that takes feedback and listens! This year, we returned to Honkalan Hiihtostadion from August 11-13th, 2022, with the newly-added Thursday evening including artists like Asim Searah, MEDEIA, and OMNIUM GATHERUM.
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Medeia
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Omnium Gatherum
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