Speech Karaoke is one of the festival highligths of the 2023 edition of Nordisk Panorama in Malmö. We are glad to share the stage with the film I got Words by Runar Gundnason about the art of rapping. For this event we have made a unique selection of fine speeches about film, from films and… Read More
Speech Karaoke attended for the first time Suomi Areena in Pori. It is an important gathering of anyone remotely related to politics in Finland: think tanks, parties, unions, foundations, politicians and many others. We were invited to hosted a speech karaoke session around the theme of solar power. Since this topic is not the emphasize… Read More
After several attempts we finally had the chance to join the probably best film festival in the world, the Midnight Sun Film Festival held in the small town of Sodankylä, hundred kilometres north of the polar circle. Since the sun never settles, also the film festival runs almost around the clock, people exit the large… Read More
Just a day before the legendary Provinssirock festival took off, Speech Karaoke aka Puhekaraoke celebrated its first appearance in Seinäjoki. The summer event was organised by Seinäjoen taidehalli (Kunsthalle Seinäjoki) coinciding with the opening of Noelia Mora Solvez’s great show “Farming”. In her video-works humans imitate animals, so in some odd way her work is… Read More
We searched our current database of 750 speeches for great FIRST OF MAY speeches. We found treasures covering the whole spectrum: from Olaf Palme (“Therefore I am a Social Democrat”), Auvi Suvinen (Anarchist Vappu Speech) all the way to Spede Pasanen. This fine selection and other great speeches could be heard at Secret Sauciety, our… Read More
Report about our trip to Gothenburg 16.8.-22.8.2021 Speech Karaoke Action Group (SKAG) participated in the Sparkplug festival organised by Status Queer, a local LGBTQAI+ organisation in Gothenburg. During the festival, SKAG organised a Speech Karaoke workshop and an event. Four members of SKAG Jenna Jauhiainen, Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, Velda Parkkinen and Julius Valve. We arrived in… Read More
After a long time of very limited Speech Karaoke activities we are excited to be on the road again. Our small crew – Jenna, Velda, Julius and Oliver – will attend the Sparkplug festival that takes place at Galleri Box in Gothenborg. It is an event organized by a new initiative called statusqueer. More updates… Read More
The first Speech Karaoke event in Tampere happened in Terassi Pub Yläkerta, the upstairs bar of the legendary punkrock and alternative music venue Vastavirta -club. The event was a part of Romufestival. The bar is located at Tampere’s Pispala district which is known for it’s bloody leftist history during the Finnish Civil War. The city… Read More
The world was hit by Covid-19 and all plans for Speech Karaoke were cancelled for the summer and the yet unknown future. People isolated into their homes and started washing their hands with soaps and disinfectants. The increasing demand for virtual events got to us too! And so we did an online event pilot from… Read More
Speech Karaoke turns 10 years today! Speech Karaoke resembles regular karaoke, but instead of a song you choose a speech from our karaoke list and perform it before a live audience from a speakers podium! The audience listens to the speaker and follows the karaoke video’s moving text from the projected screen. Our events are… Read More