The traditional New Year's concert of the Frank Zappa Memorial Pancake Breakfast will once again be held in Tampere – now for the first time on the stage of Tavara-asema! During the evening, the band will perform their favorite songs from different stages of Frank Zappa's career, as well as a completely new repertoire.

Founded in 2004, FZMPB has previously performed in Tampere at TTT-Klubi in January 2025 and G Livelab in January 2024, as well as at the Tampere Biennale festival in 2012. In addition, the band has visited the Zappanale festival in Germany (2008) and Keitelejazz (2011 and 2016), among others.

Frank Zappa Memorial Pancake Breakfast consists of:

Antti Koivula - vocals
Janne Toivonen - trumpet
Petteri Hietamäki - saxophone, flute
Markus Pajakkala - saxophone, flute, percussion
Heikki Tuhkanen - trombone
Olli Kari - marimba, vibraphone, percussion
Iikka Kotaja – keyboards, vocals
Mikko Enqvist – guitar
Antti Kivimäki – bass, vocals
Joni Leino – drums