At Glow Festival 2026, new and old are boldly brought together as singers of a younger generation step onto the Glow Celebration concert stage alongside Finnish gospel music pioneer Pekka Simojoki. As soloists the audience will hear, in addition to Simojoki himself,...
Pekka Ruuska began his career in the gospel band Livingstone and rose to a prominent position within Finland’s strongly flourishing gospel culture of the 1980s, alongside Jaakko Löytty, Jukka Leppilampi, and Pekka Simojoki’s Exit. He released two gospel-influenced...
Singer-songwriter and keyboardist Jari Levy, who was a member of Exit from 2001 to 2025, is known for many songs that have deeply touched Finnish audiences, such as Getsemane, Tuohipurjekuunarit, and Kiviä taskussa. In addition to his career with Exit, Levy also...
Artists sing their songs, but few leave a mark like Jukka Leppilampi. Often referred to as the “Leonard Cohen of Finnish gospel,” Leppilampi is an inimitable artist. After his time with the band Tabula Rasa, Leppilampi’s journey in spiritual music was set in motion...
Heaven Up will be seen at the Glow Festival 2026 in the Glow Celebration concert, bringing to the stage a piece of Finnish gospel pop-rock energy from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Heaven Up was formed in Nokia in the spring of 1987, at a time when Gospel Power was...
