What’s on in Sweden: August 8 - 14
What’s on in Sweden: August 8th – 14th. Culture and city pride in Stockholm, Culture and jazz in Gothenburg, Deep Purple near Malmö and Reggae nights in Uppsala
STOCKHOLM
Stockholm Culture Festival
Stockholm's Culture Festival 2008 gets going on Tuesday. The six-day culture, music and arts festival will explode to life at venues across the centre of the city. More than 400 shows performed by 250 artists from all over the globe are on offer over a packed six day schedule.
Price: Free of charge
Location: Sergels Square, Brunkebergsporten and Kulturhuset
Time: Tuesday August 12th - Sunday August 17th
More information: www.stockholm.se
Go08
Stockholmer's own festival takes place on 08-08-08 and begins at 08.08am. What's the significance? - well it is the telephone prefix required for dialling ”The Capital of Scandinavia”, of course. A freak of the calender means this Saturday could not be more Stockholm and gives a good excuse for a party. Continuing the 08 theme - events and happenings will cost no more that 8 kronor.
Price: 0-8 kronor
Location: Starts in Globen at 8.08am with a free breakfast. Venues across the city centre
Time: Friday August 8th
More information: www.thecapitalofscandinavia.com
Vinterviken harvest market
Vinterviken is a lush oasis wedged between Aspudden and Gröndal. Well known for Alfred Nobel's gunpowder factory and a thriving cafe it is also home to Vinterviken's garden society, which on Sunday will host its first harvest market of the season.
Vegetables, juice, jams, oils, vinegars, honey - stock up your larders for the winter.
Price: Free of charge
Location: Vinterviken organic gardens, Vinterviksvägen 40
Times: Sunday August 10th, 11am-4pm
More information: www.vinterviken.com
GOTHENBURG
Gothenburg Culture Festival 2008
Tuesday marks the start of the party that will bring Sweden's second city to life. For six days the streets and squares will be transformed into festival venues with a wide assortment of entertainment. The broad mix on offer guarantees that there will be activities and entertainment to suit all ages and tastes. Best of all it won't cost you a dime.
Price: Free of charge
Location: City centre
Time: Tuesday August 12th - Sunday August 17th
More information: www.goteborg.com
Gothenburg Jazz Festival
The 20th anniversary Gothenburg Jazz festival opens on Friday. Three days of swing, New Orleans jazz, gospel and blues will be performed at eight venues across the centre of the city.
Price: 690 kronor, reduced prices for students. Day tickets available.
Location: City centre
Time: Friday August 8th - Sunday August 10th
Tickets: www.ticnet.se
More information: www.gothenburgjazzfestival.com
My Animal Park
Visit an unusual animal park and meet a five metre long dinosaur skeleton made from radiators, snakes and alligators from tyres, and bats from umbrellas.
Artist Eric Langert has created this inspiring exhibition which shows us an unusual and imaginative way of looking at our surroundings.
Price: 40 kronor.
Location: Maritime Museum, Karl Johansgatan
Time: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am - 5pm
More Information: www.goteborg.se
MALMÖ/YSTAD
Deep Purple
Deep Purple were one of the most important and influential heavy metal bands of the 1970s. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock and will this Saturday play Öja Slottsruin near Ystad. If that's not enough to make you take the half hour train ride from Malmö - Deep Purple will be joined by guests Europe and Bonafide.
Price: 425 kronor
Location: Öja Slottsruin, Ystad
Time: Saturday August 9th, 7.30pm
Tickets: www.ticnet.se
More Information: www.ojakrog.se
House of Dreams street-circus festival
Circus artists from Belgium, Holland, Spain, France and Argentina are on hand with impressive acrobatics, performance art and poetic juggling at the House of Dreams in the vibrant heart of Malmö suburb Rosengård. Music, workshops and face painting make this an outing for the whole family.
Price: Free of charge
Location: Drömmarnas Hus, Rosengård
Time: Saturday August 9th, 2pm
More Information: www.malmo.se
Skåne's dance theatre
Skåne's theatre dance company presents the highlights of the past year's repertoire with inhouse choreographers and some of the theatre's own dancers.
There will also be a chance to gain a sneak preview of the autumn's new performance INTERFERENCE.
Price: Free of charge
Location: Amfiteatern, Pildammsparken
Time: Wednesday August 13th, 7pm
More Information: www.malmo.se
UPPSALA
Uppsala Reggae Festival
This year marks the eighth edition of the Uppsala Reggae Festival. The festival is the largest strictly reggae music festival in Scandinavia and has been dubbed ”The Reggae Mecca of Scandinavia”. Burning Spear, Lee ”Scratch” Perry and Junior Reid will this year lead a host of stars from near and far that will turn the otherwise stately Swedish university town of Uppsala into an easy skanking punky reggae party.
Price: From 500 kronor
Location: On the banks of the Fyris river, Uppsala
Time: Thursday August 7th – Saturday August 9th
Tickets: www.ticnet.se
More Information: www.uppsalareggaefestival.se
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STOCKHOLM
Stockholm Culture Festival
Stockholm's Culture Festival 2008 gets going on Tuesday. The six-day culture, music and arts festival will explode to life at venues across the centre of the city. More than 400 shows performed by 250 artists from all over the globe are on offer over a packed six day schedule.
Price: Free of charge
Location: Sergels Square, Brunkebergsporten and Kulturhuset
Time: Tuesday August 12th - Sunday August 17th
More information: www.stockholm.se
Go08
Stockholmer's own festival takes place on 08-08-08 and begins at 08.08am. What's the significance? - well it is the telephone prefix required for dialling ”The Capital of Scandinavia”, of course. A freak of the calender means this Saturday could not be more Stockholm and gives a good excuse for a party. Continuing the 08 theme - events and happenings will cost no more that 8 kronor.
Price: 0-8 kronor
Location: Starts in Globen at 8.08am with a free breakfast. Venues across the city centre
Time: Friday August 8th
More information: www.thecapitalofscandinavia.com
Vinterviken harvest market
Vinterviken is a lush oasis wedged between Aspudden and Gröndal. Well known for Alfred Nobel's gunpowder factory and a thriving cafe it is also home to Vinterviken's garden society, which on Sunday will host its first harvest market of the season.
Vegetables, juice, jams, oils, vinegars, honey - stock up your larders for the winter.
Price: Free of charge
Location: Vinterviken organic gardens, Vinterviksvägen 40
Times: Sunday August 10th, 11am-4pm
More information: www.vinterviken.com
GOTHENBURG
Gothenburg Culture Festival 2008
Tuesday marks the start of the party that will bring Sweden's second city to life. For six days the streets and squares will be transformed into festival venues with a wide assortment of entertainment. The broad mix on offer guarantees that there will be activities and entertainment to suit all ages and tastes. Best of all it won't cost you a dime.
Price: Free of charge
Location: City centre
Time: Tuesday August 12th - Sunday August 17th
More information: www.goteborg.com
Gothenburg Jazz Festival
The 20th anniversary Gothenburg Jazz festival opens on Friday. Three days of swing, New Orleans jazz, gospel and blues will be performed at eight venues across the centre of the city.
Price: 690 kronor, reduced prices for students. Day tickets available.
Location: City centre
Time: Friday August 8th - Sunday August 10th
Tickets: www.ticnet.se
More information: www.gothenburgjazzfestival.com
My Animal Park
Visit an unusual animal park and meet a five metre long dinosaur skeleton made from radiators, snakes and alligators from tyres, and bats from umbrellas.
Artist Eric Langert has created this inspiring exhibition which shows us an unusual and imaginative way of looking at our surroundings.
Price: 40 kronor.
Location: Maritime Museum, Karl Johansgatan
Time: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am - 5pm
More Information: www.goteborg.se
MALMÖ/YSTAD
Deep Purple
Deep Purple were one of the most important and influential heavy metal bands of the 1970s. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock and will this Saturday play Öja Slottsruin near Ystad. If that's not enough to make you take the half hour train ride from Malmö - Deep Purple will be joined by guests Europe and Bonafide.
Price: 425 kronor
Location: Öja Slottsruin, Ystad
Time: Saturday August 9th, 7.30pm
Tickets: www.ticnet.se
More Information: www.ojakrog.se
House of Dreams street-circus festival
Circus artists from Belgium, Holland, Spain, France and Argentina are on hand with impressive acrobatics, performance art and poetic juggling at the House of Dreams in the vibrant heart of Malmö suburb Rosengård. Music, workshops and face painting make this an outing for the whole family.
Price: Free of charge
Location: Drömmarnas Hus, Rosengård
Time: Saturday August 9th, 2pm
More Information: www.malmo.se
Skåne's dance theatre
Skåne's theatre dance company presents the highlights of the past year's repertoire with inhouse choreographers and some of the theatre's own dancers.
There will also be a chance to gain a sneak preview of the autumn's new performance INTERFERENCE.
Price: Free of charge
Location: Amfiteatern, Pildammsparken
Time: Wednesday August 13th, 7pm
More Information: www.malmo.se
UPPSALA
Uppsala Reggae Festival
This year marks the eighth edition of the Uppsala Reggae Festival. The festival is the largest strictly reggae music festival in Scandinavia and has been dubbed ”The Reggae Mecca of Scandinavia”. Burning Spear, Lee ”Scratch” Perry and Junior Reid will this year lead a host of stars from near and far that will turn the otherwise stately Swedish university town of Uppsala into an easy skanking punky reggae party.
Price: From 500 kronor
Location: On the banks of the Fyris river, Uppsala
Time: Thursday August 7th – Saturday August 9th
Tickets: www.ticnet.se
More Information: www.uppsalareggaefestival.se
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