KUKSAJAISET 2026

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Autumn is coming to Rovaniemi… and with it, the most anticipated student festival of the year:

KUKSAJAISET GOES ROACHELLA 

Are you ready to experience the cheapest festival of the summer?

Forget California, palm trees and luxury villas – we’re doing this on a student budget, in the middle of Lapland’s autumn, with overalls that will probably smell at least a little questionable. Roachella brings together sitsit, a checkpoint challenge, an appro pub crawl, an afterparty and the ultimate fake festival experience into one gloriously chaotic day.

This year, Kuksajaiset transforms into the student version of an influencer festival: expect glitter, festival outfits, fake VIP vibes, macaroni casserole instead of overpriced festival food, and content that looks great on Instagram but feels like a very bad idea the next morning.

During the day, you can collect up to 5 overall patches:

🌼 1 event day patch
🌼 1 sitsit patch
🌼 1 checkpoint challenge patch
🌼 1 appro patch
🌼 1 Saturday's sillis patch

Choose one event or go for the full festival experience and do them all.

Ticket exchange

Note that all the event tickets must be exchanged to bracelets! Note that the after party has their own bracelet so if you have bought an after party ticket, remember to exchange that to a bracelet as well!

Ticket exchange stands before the event day:
Rovaniemi Jokiväylä

  • Tuesday 22.9. klo 11-13
  • Wednesday 23.9. klo 11-13

Ticket exchange during the event (fri 25.9.)

  • Rovaniemi at Kansantalo at ROTKOs tent between 12AM and 8PM. The address is Urheilukatu 2.



Event timetable

Friday 25.9.2026

1st. SITSIT 12:00–13:30
2nd SITSIT 14:00–15:30
3rd SITSIT 16:00–17:30
4th SITSIT 18:00–19:30
5th SITSIT 20:00–21:30

CHECKPOINT RACE 12:00–20:00
APPRO 12:00–21:00

Saturday 26.9.2026
SILLIS 12:00–16:00

Sitsit

Festival vibes only.

Sitsit or sittning are a traditional academic dinner party filled with sing-alongs, table chants and an atmosphere that starts off elegant and usually ends in everyone collectively yelling the lyrics to a song. At the Roachella sitsit, expect glitter, festival anthems, suspicious drink combinations and more “woo girl” energy than anyone asked for.

Four 90-minute sitsit sessions will be held throughout the day:

Sitsit 12:00–13:30
Sitsit 14:00–15:30
Sitsit 16:00–17:30
Sitsit 18:00–19:30
Sitsit 20:00–21:30

Registration for the sittning takes place through Kide.app. Choose the session that works best with your schedule, grab your ticket and secure your spot before all the other festival influencers beat you to it.

Ticket price for members: €5
Includes participation in the sittning and an overall patch.

Ticket price for non-members: €10
Includes participation in the sittning and an overall patch.

Tickets → Kide.app

Exchange the kide.app ticket to a bracelet either on a ROTKO stand during the event week (timetables for the stands can be found on the top of this page) or on the event day on ROTKOs tent at Kansantalo.

The sittnings are held at the downstairs of Kansantalo, address is Urheilukatu 2.

Checkpoint race

The influencers have gotten lost in Lapland…

Roachella’s checkpoint challenge throws you straight into festival fever, bizarre challenges and some highly questionable lifestyle choices. Gather your own festival crew, dress according to the theme and make your way through a series of checkpoints designed to test your creativity, survival skills and ability to look good in group photos.

Team size: 3–6 people.

Buy your ticket for the checkpoint challenge and enter your team name when registering. Please make sure that every member of your team does the same.

Checkpoint race is between 1pm and 21pm

Ticket price for members: €5 (includes entry to the checkpoint race and an overall patch)
Ticket price for non-members: €10 (includes entry to the checkpoint race and an overall patch)
Tickets on → kide.app

Winners of the checkpoint race will be awarded at the afterparty in Nightclub Doris at 11.30pm.

TICKET EXCHANGE

You can exchange your ticket for a bracelet, a checkpoint pass and an overall patch either at ROTKO’s stand in Jokiväylä, Rovaniemi (dates and times announced further up on this page!) or at ROTKO’s booth at Kansantalo on the event day from 12PM to 8PM. The address is Urheilukatu 2.

CHECKPOINT RACE MAP

You can find the checkpoints for the race in your checkpoint pass, which you’ll receive when exchanging your ticket. However, you can also see the checkpoint locations on the map that will be uploaded below. By opening the map, you can view in more detail which checkpoint is which.

APPRO

One more round before sunrise…

The Roachella Appro transforms the city’s bars into the official pre-party, pit stop, and “we were only supposed to have one” destinations of the student festival. Collect stamps, make your way from bar to bar, and soak up the festival atmosphere in a way that will make the next morning a highly educational experience. Only the most persistent will make it to the finish line.

During the Appro, participants visit different bars and collect stamps by purchasing food and drinks. The aim is to complete a new annual “degree,” with each completed degree earning you a unique overall patch. Completing one degree also unlocks the opportunity to earn the next one the following year.

Participating venues are open between 12:00 and 21:00. Please note that individual venues have different opening hours. You can check the schedule for each venue in your Appro Pass.

Completed Appro Passes can be exchanged for an overall patch at the ROTKO point at Kansantalo until 22:00. If you are unable to exchange your completed pass for a patch on the day of the event, we will announce additional exchange opportunities at our offices later.

Ticket price for members: €5
 Includes participation in the Appro and an overall patch for those who complete the required number of stamps.

Ticket price for non-members: €10
 Includes participation in the Appro and an overall patch for those who complete the required number of stamps.

Tickets on → Kide.app

APPRO PASS

You can exchange your Kide.app ticket for a bracelet and an Appro Pass either at ROTKO’s stand at Jokiväylä in Rovaniemi (dates and times are announced further up on this page) or on the day of the event at the ROTKO point at Kansantalo between 12:00 and 22:00. The address is Urheilukatu 2.

Please note: The ROTKO point at Kansantalo is also where completed Appro Passes can be exchanged for overall patches.

Your Appro Pass is complete once you have collected the required number of stamps from different participating venues:

6 stamps → Kuksanomi
 8 stamps → Kuksanööri (only available to those who have already completed Kuksanomi)

APPRO LOCATIONS ON THE MAP

You’ll find all participating venues in the Appro Pass you receive when exchanging your kide.app ticket. You can also find them on the map that will be uploaded below. Open the map to see exactly which venues are taking part in the Appro.

After party

What would student events be without an afterparty! This year, the afterparty will take place at Nightclub Doris. Doors open at 10pm.

After party tickets:

for members: 8€ (inc. cloak fee 3€)
for others: 13€ (inc. cloak fee 3€)

Tickets on → kide.app

During the evening, the winners of the checkpoint competition will also be announced — along with possibly a few questionable dance moves.

Exchange the kide.app ticket to a bracelet either on a ROTKO stand during the event week (timetables for the stands can be found on the top of this page) or on the event day on ROTKOs tent at Kansantalo 2.

ARTISTS

DJR1

A familiar face in Rovaniemi's nightlife for over 15 years, DJR1 has been behind the decks at venues such as Kauppayhtiö, Sfäär and Cafe Tivoli, as well as events including Pikkuklubi, Cellari, Colorized and Sunsetter Club.

Expect dancefloor fuel across a wide spectrum from mashups and edits to the latest club bangers and timeless classics.

SLOMO

Slomo is a Rovaniemi-based DJ, one half of Hellahighheat and a member of Sula Collective. His USB is locked and loaded with UKG - expect rhythm, bass and rap vocals. Live and direct.

DJ Gasmic

Embark on an unexpected psychedelic journey. Captain of the inner-space shuttle, DJ Gasmic invites you on a voyage where familiar paths are left behind and the boundaries of reality begin to blur.

A mystic from beyond the beaten path and the far side of the unknown, this sonic wizard blends genres from across the musical spectrum, while full-spectrum psytrance keeps you firmly in its grip.

Sillis

The day after…

The festival is over, but the festival crowd remains.

When you’re still finding glitter in places where you definitely didn’t put it, your overalls smell like yesterday’s questionable life choices, and your camera roll raises more questions than it answers, it’s time to head to Roachella’s official sillis.

Sillis, short for silliaamiainen (“herring breakfast”), is a traditional morning-after event at Finnish student parties: a relaxed get-together with food, hanging out and recovering together from the previous day’s festivities. Despite the name, you don’t actually have to eat herring – and by the time everyone arrives, it may not even be morning anymore.

At the Roachella sillis, festival glamour gives way to recovery mode. So pull on your overalls, salvage yesterday’s glitter from your face – or just add some fresh glitter – and come spend the final hours of Roachella with your fellow festival survivors.

Sillis is held on Saturday 26.9.2026 at Kansantalo 2 between 12PM-4PM.

Ticket price for members: €5 incl. overall patch
Ticket price for non-members: €10 incl. overall patch
Tickets on → kide.app

Buses to Rovaniemi for Kemi-Tornio students.

A low-cost bus transport has been arranged for participants traveling from Kemi and Tornio to Rovaniemi and back on Kuksajaiset day friday 25.9.2026.

  • Two way ticket costs only 5,00 €
  • Seats are limited, so book quickly
  • Bus tickets are available in advance only via Kide.app
  • The ticket sale ends on tuesday 22.9. at midnight (if there are still tickets)
  • The tickets are only for students participating in Kuksajaiset!
  • Tickets → kide.app

Timetable:

    Kemi–Tornio to Rovaniemi

    • 11.15 Kemi bus station

    • 11.25 Kemi Kosmos – bus stop P, Kiveliönkatu

    • 12.00 Tornio Minerva – Kauppakatu 58

    • 14.45 Kansantalo – Urheilukatu 1, Rovaniemi

    From Rovaniemi to Tornio and Kemi

    • 02.00 Ravintola Doris – Koskikatu 4, Rovaniemi

    • 03.30 Tornio Minerva – Kauppakatu 58

    • 04.00 Kemi Kosmos – bus stop E, Kiveliönkatu

    • 04.10 Kemi bus station

    Code of conduct

    The event follows the Code of Conduct (https://lapinrotko.fi/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Code-of-Conduct-ENG-ROTKO.pdf), and ROTKO’s trained harassment contact persons will be present.

    You can reach out to a harassment contact person if you experience harassment or any other inappropriate behavior. You may also contact them if you witness harassment happening and wish to talk about it. All conversations with a harassment contact person are confidential.

    It is also possible to contact a harassment contact person after the event.

    You can find the harassment contact persons and their contact details here: https://lapinrotko.fi/en/in-case-of-harassment/harassment-contacts/

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