Draft Afterwork & Sampsa Astala
Fri, Jan 22
|Helsinki
On Fridays, Draft Afterwork’s live acts get you tuned in for the weekend!
Time & Location
Jan 22, 2027, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Helsinki, Firdonkatu 2b, 00520 Helsinki, Suomi
About the event
Draft Afterwork wraps up the week! Fridays are all about live music – the perfect soundtrack for switching into weekend mode.
Throughout the spring, a diverse line-up of artists takes the Draft stage during Friday afterwork hours. Close your laptop, grab your mates and let the weekend take over!
Showtime 16.30
22.1. Sampsa Astala
Sampsa performed as the drummer and backing vocalist of Lordi, contributing to five of the band’s studio albums and taking part in their Eurovision victory in 2006. After that, he launched his own career — first as the frontman of Stala & So., and since 2016 as a solo artist. Sampsa is also known as the vocalist of Mötikkä, a band that performs Finnish-language versions of Mötley Crüe songs.
In addition to his own material, Sampsa Astala performs Finnish rock as well as English-language pop and rock classics.