Kirjurinluoto

Kirjurinluoto (Swedish: Skrivarsholmen) is an island and a park in the delta of Kokemäenjoki river in the city of Pori in Finland.

It is best known for the Kirjurinluoto Arena, an open-air concert park which hosts the annual Pori Jazz festival.

[3] In the latter half of the 19th century Kirjurinluoto island was a recreational area for the wealthy citizens of Pori.

In the early 1980s the City of Pori held an architecture competition for the design of a congress hall planned in Kirjurinluoto.

[7] Over the decades, Kirjurinluoto has been a venue for dozens of international major artists, such as Metallica, Kylie Minogue, Iron Maiden,[6] Elton John, Kanye West, Phil Collins, Carlos Santana and Sting.