The Kaikukortti Card is intended for people and families in a tight financial situation who are clients of a social service or other party issuing cards.
With Kaikukortti, you can get free tickets to, for example, museums, theatre performances, festivals or concerts. Kaikukortti is personal and free of charge.
Kaikukortti Cards are valid one year at a time. You can be granted a new Kaikukortti Card if your situation has remained the same and you are still a client of the party that issued you the previous card.
You can get a Kaikukortti card if
you are a client of adult social work services or a service of an operator that is involved in Kaikukortti activities and you cannot afford tickets due to a tight financial situation; and
you are at least 16 years old and your place of residence is Tampere.
Kaikukortti card can be granted to you in Tampere by these issuers
With Kaikukortti Card, you can get tickets for free to many cultural venues in Tampere, such as museums, theatres, festivals and concerts. The Kaikukortti network in Tampere includes a total of about 20 cultural venues and a large share of their offering. Please note that Kaikukortti cards are only accepted at the venues listed below.
You can get a ticket through the cultural venue’s own ticket sales either by visiting in person, by phone or by email. When booking a ticket, state your card’s number, and show the card when collecting it. You cannot use Kaikukortti Card to get tickets from an online shop.
- you are a client of adult social work services or a service of an operator that is involved in Kaikukortti activities and you cannot afford tickets due to a tight financial situation; and
- you are at least 16 years old and your place of residence is Tampere.
The issuers of Kaikukortti cards in Tampere are listed in the bottom section of this page. You can get a card if you are a client of one of them. You can get the card in connection with your client visit. You are not required to present any separate proof of income to get a card.
With Kaikukortti, you can get tickets to many cultural venues in Tampere, such as museums, theatres, festivals and concerts. The Kaikukortti network in Tampere includes a total of about 20 cultural venues and a large share of their offering. Please note that Kaikukortti cards are only accepted at the venues listed below.
Each cultural venue involved in Kaikukortti activities provides information on the events or performances Kaikukortti can be used for on their website. You can also call the venue and enquire about the offering available with Kaikukortti.
With Kaikukortti, you can get a ticket through the cultural venue’s own ticket sales either by visiting in person, by phone or by email. When booking a ticket, state your card’s number, and show the card when collecting it. You cannot use Kaikukortti to get tickets from an online shop.
You can acquire tickets from cultural operators in Tampere directly from the operator in question without having to pay a service fee. If you get a ticket to a cultural venue in another city through Lippupiste or some other commercial ticket agency, you have to pay the service fee, even though the ticket itself is free of charge.
The number of Kaikukortti tickets may be limited.
Take your Kaikukortti card with you when you go to the cultural event. The staff will ask you to present your card and possibly also your ID card.
If you have children under the age of 18 in your family, you can also get tickets for them with Kaikukortti when you attend the event together. You can also get tickets for your grandchildren with Kaikukortti when you attend the event with them.Check the website of the cultural venue in question for possible limits on the number of children (the number of places may be limited).
Operators issuing Kaikukortti cards have Kaikukortti cards for communities at their disposal. An employee can use the community card to get a free ticket for themselves when arranging a small group visit for one or more clients with a Kaikukortti card. An employee can also use the community card to get free tickets for themselves and their clients under the age of 16 in a tight financial situation when arranging a small group visit for them. Clients under the age of 16 do not have cards of their own, as the age limit for Kaikukortti is 16 years.
If you are interested in attending a cultural event together with a small group or privately with an employee, ask if an employee of a community issuing Kaikukortti cards would like to accompany you!
The companion, guide or assistant of a client using Kaikukortti is entitled to a free ticket. An assistant may, for example, be an assistant to a person with reduced mobility, a guide of a visually impaired person or an instructor of a person with a developmental disability. An interpreter may, for example, be a sign language interpreter, a speech-to-text interpreter or an interpreter for a person with a speech impairment.
The holder of the Kaikukortti card needs to get a ticket for their assistant or interpreter at the same time as they get their own ticket.
Kaikukortti issuers in Tampere
The issuers of Kaikukortti Cards in Tampere are listed below. Please click to section open using the small arrow to reveal more information.
Kaikukortti cards are distributed in the Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa by Social Services, Housing Services for People with Disabilities, Hospital-based Social Work Services, Client Counselling for Children, Young People and Families and Social and Family Work Services for Families with Children.
The card is issued to residents of Tampere who are well-known in the social work of the wellbeing services county. You can ask for a Kaikukortti from your own Pirha social service worker.
•The General counselling phone number for Social Services
tel. 03 384 5700 and it is open Mon, Tue, Thu and Fri 09:00–15:00 and Wed 12:00–17:30
•Enquiries for Housing Services for People with Disabilities
•Enquiries regarding Hospital services should be sent to the social workers and social counsellors of the ward or outpatient clinic concerned.
•The Client counselling phone number for children, young people and families
tel. 041 7301320
•Enquiries regarding Social and Family Work Services for Families with Children should be sent to the social workers and social counsellors of the service concerned.
Current opening hours and contact details can be found on the Pirha website at: www.pirha.fi/en
The card is distributed to Tampere employment services’ jobseeker clients whose situation in life is burdened by financial, social or health challenges. (under 30 years clients)
Ask your OMA coach if it is possible for you to get a Kaikukortti.