21 Jul 2026
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Festivals Music News

It’s Melodifestivalen 2026! Heat 3 in Kristianstad

The Melodifestivalen caravan keeps rolling around the country, and lands in Kristianstad for week 3. Last week’s winner Felicia is looking like a strong contender for taking the crown at the Grand Final, so let’s see if we have anybody here this week who could give her a challenge. Beside the competitors, this week’s highlight […]

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Festivals Music News

It’s Melodifestivalen 2026! Heat 2 in Gothenburg

It’s week 2 in Melloland, and the circus has moved to Gothenburg. The line-up has everything from a first-timer to a previous winner to actual fire-fighting Mello legends. You can also expect the Mello diva of all Mello divas, Charlotte Perrelli in an interval act with the hostess Gina Dirawi, looking and sounding like proper […]

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Concerts Music News

Fanny Avonne making music on her own terms

Almost 10 years ago we came across a young musical talent who went under the name of Nova Miller. After many twists and turns, she turned up on our radar again last year, rebranded as Fanny Avonne and scoring one of the big hit songs of the year. The Swedish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has […]

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Festivals Music News

It’s time for Melodifestivalen 2026! Heat 1 in Linköping

Can you believe we are already entering Melfest season? You will no doubt be aware that Melodifestivalen is the real deal, an absolutely legendary institution of the Swedish music scene. It is so much more than just the national qualification for Eurovision, which is why we are still loving this spectacle even in these times […]

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Culture Music News

Christmas Allsång returns to Skansen

Christmas Allsång på Skansen returns to SVT bringing festive music, warmth and togetherness to the iconic open-air stage in Stockholm. Hosted by Pernilla Wahlgren, the programme once again invites both the live audience and the TV viewers at home to sing along to Christmas favourites alongside some of Sweden’s most popular artists, in wintry settings […]

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Music News Swedish Culture What's on: Stockholm

Season finale for Allsång på Skansen 2025

We have reached the end of the season, and the 8th summer Tuesday, when people gather to belt out classics together under the open sky at Skansen in Stockholm. Allsången could basically be called Sweden’s unofficial national therapy session, giving us all the overwhelming sense that singing loudly in unison might just be the secret […]

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Music News Swedish Culture

Allsång på Skansen with a Thomas Stenström take-over

The best part of the Swedish summer is of course Allsång på Skansen (at least if you believe Pernilla’s own hype). The live sing-along show is a Swedish cultural institution, still going strong during its 90th summer. This week’s TV show brought both nostalgia and fresher sounds with artists including Rick Astley, EMD, Thomas Stenström, […]

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Viktor Leksell at Allsång på Skansen
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Viktor Leksell and more at Allsång på Skansen

Every summer Tuesday’s favorite form of entertainment Allsång på Skansen was back for the Stockholm Pride week, pulling a big live crowd and TV viewership as usual. The hostess with the mostest, Pernilla Wahlgren once again brought a litany of Swedish artists on stage to sing their latest tunes and sing along with the live […]

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Music News Swedish Culture What's on: Stockholm

Allsång på Skansen with Scarlet and other favorites

You know the drill by now, Tuesday nights in the summertime mean one thing and one thing only: Allsång på Skansen, or as Pernilla Wahlgren herself (or more likely her genius scriptwriter Edward af Sillén) put it: the longest TV tradition in Sweden, with the shortest TV host. The live-sent TV show once again brought […]

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Music News Swedish Culture What's on: Stockholm

Laleh, Darin and more at Allsång på Skansen

We are in the second week of the 2025 Allsång på Skansen season, and the sing-along show had once again pulled a huge crowd for the live-sent summer spectacle. As you should know by now, Allsång på Skansen is the most Swedish of all things Swedish, and a cherished institution of Stockholm summer, bringing out […]

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