9 Jun 2026
Music
Culture Music

Linnea Södahl on the life of a song-writer and singer in Stockholm

Meet Linnea Södahl – a song-writer starting to make her mark in the Stockholm music scene, and an artist in her own right. She’s one quarter Swedish, one quarter Finnish, one quarter Danish and one quarter Norwegian – so let’s just call her Nordic, shall we? Oh, and she was born in South Africa, out […]

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Culture Music Theatre What's on: Stockholm

5 Parkteatern Picks for July and August

For over 70 years Parkteatern has allowed Stockholmers and its heaps of summer visitors to enjoy the fine arts in a very Swedish way: always outside and always for free – a contained manifestation of Allemansrätten. Naturally, then, YLC recommends that you take in at least one Parkteatern show before the warm blues and greens of summer shift to the chilly red […]

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Culture Friday Playlist Music

Swedish Summer Party – The Friday Playlist

It’s high time to bring out some party tunes for your summer! Here’s our all-Swedish, all-awesome playlist of fresh new music to get your summer party dancing! This Spotify playlist includes the latest from Sweden’s pop princess Zara Larsson as well as the hip hop queen Linda Pira. We’ve also got Alcazar doing a gem […]

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Culture Music What's on: Stockholm

Veronica Maggio brings her magic to Gröna Lund

Veronica Maggio kicked off Gröna Lund’s concert summer in impeccable style and attracted a massive audience to the amusement park. People had turned up at Gröna Lund in big numbers already in good time before the summer’s kick-off show. The most typical audience members may have been girls in their late teens, early twenties, but […]

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Art Creative Arts Culture Music Theatre What's on: Stockholm

YLC’s Picks for Kulturnatt 2015

Kulturnatt 2015 is set to take over Stockholm on April 25th and a wide array of cultural events will be on offer for everyone in the Venice of the North to enjoy. But with over 400 things to do in one night, figuring where to start can be a daunting task for even the most […]

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Culture Music

Halestorm rocks Stockholm

I was a teenage hard rocker (well, who wasn’t in the 80s)… and while my musical tastes have become more varied since those days, I’ve always been a sucker for catchy melodies. That is exactly what makes Halestorm stand out as THE number one hard rock band in my current listening habits. They totally 100% […]

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Culture Lifestyle Music

Melodifestivalen: Your Guide to the Big Final

The travelling music extravaganza has been going on for five weeks already, and now it’s time for the big final of Melodifestivalen! Melodifestivalen is kind of a big deal. It may be the Swedish qualifications round for the Eurovision Song Contest, but it is so much more – and it is bigger than Eurovision here, […]

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Culture Featured Music

Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox @ Fasching

You can’t have missed the viral YouTube videos of latest hits transformed into different historical musical styles by Scott Bradlee and Postmodern Jukebox. They brought their magic to Stockholm on their European tour and put on an amazing show.   Scott Bradlee and his Postmodern Jukebox may just be the best thing we can thank […]

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Culture Music Uncategorized What's on: Stockholm

March Gig Guide – Live music in Stockholm

As the slightly cooler winter season is over, the Stockholm music scene is getting markedly hotter again with loads of interesting gigs to look forward to this March. Our in-house musicoholic Nina Uddin takes her pick from this month’s live music offerings.   Scott Bradlee & The Postmodern Jukebox [USA] – Thursday 5th March, Fasching […]

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Culture Music What's on: Stockholm

Sónar makes Stockholm dance

From February 13-14 the Waterfront Convention Centre became the largest dance venue in Sweden, as it welcomed the Sónar festival for the second year in a row. Offering 37 music performances on 3 stages, Swedish artists as well as international musicians coming from various dancing scenes – from pop to techno to everything in-between – […]

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