Hello March, we’ve been waiting for you! Always hoping that this month will bring the blooming of an anticipated spring, lots of events and happenings lining up to take us into bright rides of joy and expectation. Here’s a round up of hand-picked events and experiences for you to glide into spring in style.
SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS
With the hosts Sina Valiollah and Nazanin Nour, an entire sparkling evening with ice dance shows, traditional jumps of fires, children’s activities, fragrant food and fantastic artists from all over the world – including Jasmine Kara and Süperstar Orkestar!
When: 17 March
Where: Skansen
Cost: FREE
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
Tempo Documentary Festival 2020
Tempo is Sweden’s largest festival for documentary expression. This year Tempo’s theme is Family and the program is filled with interesting touches in the innermost sphere.
When: 2-8 March
Where: Different cinemas across the city, visit their website for full events’ listing.
Cost: 260SEK
Sausage Festival Stockholm 2020
It is again time for the Korvfestivalen – Sausage Festival. The festival takes place at the prestigious Münchenbryggeriet in central Stockholm.
When: 6-8 March
Where: Münchenbryggeriet
Cost: 160SEK-180SEK
Photography fair 2020
For three days you will experience a photo party filled to the brim with inspiration, product news and seminars.
When: 27-29 March
Where: Stockholmsmässan
Cost: 40SEK-230SEK
Färgfabriken Market
The market at Färgfabriken is one of Stockholm’s largest markets for design and crafts.
When: 28-29 March
Where: Färgfabriken
Cost: FREE
TRANS CULTURE FESTIVAL
A four day festival of creating trans magic together.
When: 28-31 March
Where: Different venues across the city, check the event for full listing.
Cost: FREE
Stockholms filmfestival Junior 2020
For over 20 years, Stockholm’s Film Festival Junior has introduced, inspired and engaged children and young people in the fantastic world of film.
When: 30 March-4 April
Where: Skandiabiografen
Cost: Check website for updates pricing
MUSIC
Miriam Bryant @ Annexet
When: 4 March
Where: Annexet
Cost: 545SEK-590SEK
Miss Li @ Cirkus
When: 5 March
Where: Cirkus
Cost: 590SEK
Yotto @ Slakthuset
Finnish Yotto is one of Northern Europe’s bigger new names and is really making an international career right now.
When: 6 March
Where: Slakthuset
Cost: 200SEK
Stockholm Women’s International Jazz Festival 2nd Edition
The second edition presents some of the most creative composers in international jazz. The 2020’s program highlights musicians from different countries (Japan, Canada, Denmark, Sweden) who know and play with each other in different constellations
When: 7 March
Where: TeaterStudio Lederman
Cost: 180SEK -200SEK
Little Dragon @ Berns
From the start, Little Dragon has done everything in its own way with an always forward-looking electronic pop. with the two most distinctive elements being the unmistakable groove and Yukimi Nagano’s comforting voice which is an instrument in itself.
When: 9 March
Where: Berns
Cost: 380SEK
Princess Nokia @ Vasateatern
When: 10 March
Where: Vasateatern
Cost: 380SEK
The 1975 @ Annexet
The band is touring in support of A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (Dirty Hit / Interscope Records), which Pitchfork declared “outrageous and eclectic” and Rolling Stone hailed as “spectacular”.
When: 13 March
Where: Annexet
Cost: 645SEK
Bryan Adams @ Globen
Canadian rocker Bryan Adams has been topping the charts since he released his first album in 1980.
When: 14 March
Where: Globen
Cost: 545SEK-920SEK
Fletcher + L Devine
Fletcher is an American singer-songwriter who was one of iHeartRadio’s Artists to Watch 2019 and she has made waves especially with her single Undrunk. L Devine is an up’n’coming English pop singer.
When: 16 March
Where: Debaser Strand
Cost: 275SEK
Kleerup
Kleerup has become synonymous with Swedish electro pop.
When: 21 March
Where: Debaser
Cost: 220SEK
Sinatra & Friends – Göta Lejon
Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. will be transforming Göta Lejon in Stockholm into the glamorous Las Vegas hotel scenes in the early 1960s, when it was The Rat Pack who owned the town and the charts.
When: 24 March
Where: Göta Lejon
Cost: 595SEK-805SEK
From The Soul – live music
Scandic Malmen invites you to a club night with live music.
When: 26 March
Where: Scandic Malmen
Cost: 50SEK-250SEK
Jon Hopkins – Polarity Tour
Jon Hopkins announces Polarity – a new tour for 2020 – which follows on from the incredibly successful Singularity tour.
When: 26 March
Where: Göta Lejon
Cost: 530SEK
Lamb of God + Kreator
When: 27 March
Where: Fryshuset Arenan
Cost: 495SEK
Amelie Lens
No one can have avoided how Antwerp-born Amelie Lens has completely taken over the global techno scene in recent years! She plays with such explosive energy that it is difficult not to get caught up in total trans.
When: 27 March
Where: Berns
Cost: 325SEK
CLUBBING
Club Common People 3 år – Live: ASH
Forget about Tinder, go offline and celebrate with a spectacular party, good drinks, new acquaintances and the occasional flirt.
When: 7 March
Where: Debaser
Cost: 280SEK
Stockholm Gathering Ep. 11
Provoking the ordinary nightclub landscape and elaborating it with house music.
When: 28 February
Where: Café Opera
Cost: 350SEK
SHOWS
Slow Fashion Show: Performance shows & Panel discussion
This show aims to spread awareness about the SLOW and SUSTAINABLE fashion industry and promote ECO-FRIENDLY ways in production.
When: 3 March
Where: A house
Cost: FREE
The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit – The Concert
Film & live music, “The Lord Of The Rings & The Hobbit – The Concert” brings the original “Pippin” – actor Billy Boyd to Stockholm and Göta Lejon.
When: 19 March
Where: Göta Lejon
Cost: 350SEK
CULTURE
About photography and sculpture in war and peace
A guided tour of picture reports of war and peace in the Moderna Museet collection!
When: 31 March
Where: Moderna Museet
Cost: FREE
Find out more about upcoming events in our Events Calendar.
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Sound of Stockholm 2018
Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, SwedenSound of Stockholm is a unique festival collaboration between some of the most prominent organizations of the Stockholm experimental music scene: Fylkingen, FRIM, Kulturföreningen SEKT, Studio 53, Konstmusiksystrar, Samtida Musik and STHLM Drone Society. Together they create an international platform, where the Stockholm audience can experience groundbreaking artists of diverse musical fields.
This year’s festival has a special emphasis on nordic collaborations, funded by Puls, a project grant initiated by The Nordic Culture Fund. In addition to this, the festival will also present a large number of artists from the rest of Europe and the United States.
FULL LINEUP:
Antenes
Babyrave with DJ SkyVibes
Cikada
Corp.
DJ HVAD
Gustav Sjökvists Kammarkör (with Florian Benfer)
Ida Engelhardt
Jeppe Just Instituttet
Konstmusiksystrar ❤️ Stoscha
Viktor Kalima
les trucs
Lo Kristenson
Maja S. K. Ratkje
MMMD – mohammad
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
We like WeWORKSHOP:
ToncirkelnARTIST TALK:
Antenes
Gram[m]ofon: Mats Almegård
Maja S. K. Ratkje
Sonic Pieces: Monique RecknagelThe festival takes place in the following venues: Eric Ericsonhallen, Fylkingen, Södra Latin, Kungliga Musikhögskolan.
Christmas evening - Winter bar, decorations, food and music
Rosendalsterrassen 12, 115 21 Stockholm, SwedenCELEBRATE THE START OF THE FESTIVE SEASON WITH THE WINTER BAR, GARDEN PIZZA, DECORATIONS, CHRISTMAS CAKES AND MUSIC
An occasion to light fire in the yard and in the stove – the greenhouses will all be decorated for Christmas.The WINTERBAR serves the bakers wood-oven pizza topped with the last harvest, mulled wine, hot cloudy apple juice from the orchard, beer and wine.
The greenhouse cafe, farm shop and plant shop are open until 8pm offering anything from traditional Christmas crowns, cakes, pickles, flower arrangements and Christmas gifts.
Trans Film Fest Stockholm 2018
Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, SwedenTrans Film Fest Stockholm 2018 in collaboration with ABF Stockholm & with support from Kulturstöd Stockholms stad, RFSL Stockholm, Bitter Pills, Biocafé Tellus, FEMTOPIA, Midsommargården, Moderna Museet, & Majority Design och Kommunikation.
This is the 4th Edition of TFFS, which will take place in Stockholm on 22-25 November.
With thanks to their generous funders & community supporters, TFFS is very pleased to announce that all of their screenings & events will be free of charge.
* TICKETS FOR FILM SCREENINGS CAN BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE OR ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR *
** ALL FILMS IN ENGLISH OR WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES **
*** FULL PROGRAMME ***
https://transfeststockholm.org/tffs-programme-2018/Thursday 22 November
Bitter Pills, Hornstull
19:00-22:00 TFFS KICK OFFJoin the trans film fest collective & their host for the night, Yolanda Bohm, as they launch the festival weekend with their friends, Bitter Pills. They’ll be showing a short programme of trans films featuring great music and joined by RFSL Stockholm to launch the 2019 Trans Calendar.
* Standing Tall / 6 mins / Sweden / 2018 / Anakin Tora Botwid
* Home / 4 mins / Sweden / 2017 / Charlie Peck
* Stygn / 5 mins / Sweden / 2013 / Leo Correia De Verdier
* Baby / 8 mins / Germany & USA / 2018 / Evie SnaxFriday 23 November
Biocafé Tellus, Midsommarkransen
Doors open 19:00
Films 19:30-21:30With a programme of trans short films celebrating identity, marking history and sharing romantic encounters.
* Missed Connections / 16 mins / USA / 2107 / Michelle Sam
* Dani Boi / 6 mins / Australia / 2018 / Logan Mucha
* Something Said / 8 mins / UK / 2017 / Jay Bernard
* Happy Birthday, Marsha! / 14 mins / USA / 2017 / Reina Gossett & Sasha Wortzel
* Jordy in Transitland / 6 mins / The Netherlands / 2016 / Willem Timmers (Dutch with English subtitles)
* Pre-Drink / 23 mins / Canada / 2017 / Marc-Antoine Lemire (French with English subtitles)
* Southern for Pussy / 5 mins / USA / 2015 / Zachary Drucker
* Swarm of Selenium / 23 mins / Canada & Germany / 2017 / Maude Matton & SJ RahatokaTICKETS
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/friday-night-shorts-at-tffs-tickets-52313117944Saturday 24 November
Midsommargården, Telefonplan
12:00-17:00 Community Film Day
Lunch – Films – Discussions
Kid-friendly hang out spaceSaturday is community film day at Midsommargården, right beside Telefonplan Metro station. Join in for a free vegan lunch (with gluten free alternatives) before an international programme of trans short films.
Their volunteers will be providing a daycare space for kids to hang out while the films are screening and there will be fika, drinks and snacks during the afternoon.
Film makers Anakin Tora Botwid & Sam Hultin, will be there for an inspirational talk on making films in the community.
Be there early for lunch & stay for the rest of the afternoon.
Doors open/lunch from 12:00 & films from 13:00* Dropping Penny / 8 mins / USA / 2018 / Jed Bell
* In My Mother’s Closet / 13 mins / Canada / 2017 / Carolyn Wu & Adri Almeida
* The Things That Make Us / 3 mins / UK / 2017 / Fox Fisher
* Flash Flood / 6 mins / Canada / 2017 / Alli MacKay
* TransBlack / 20 mins / Australia / 2017 / Charmaine Ingram
* Rebellious Essence / 5 mins / Slovenia / 2017 / Ana Čigon
* A Small Part of Me / 15 mins / Canada / 2016 / Sean Horlor & Steve Adams
* Mrs McCutcheon / 17 mins / Australia / 2017 / John Sheedy
* Love Letter to Isak, Liam, Wissam, Ilon, Suma, Elize, Maksim, Saga, Benjamin, Jija, Jan Elisabeth, Birk, Anja & To You / 13 mins / Sweden & Norway / 2018 / Sam Hultin (Arabic, Norwegian & Swedish with English subtitles)Following the films, you can stay and join in a collective discussion.
TICKETS
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-film-day-at-tffs-tickets-52317992524Sunday 25 November
FEMTOPIA, Hornstull
12:00-14:00 Brunch
The traditional brunch with community, conversation and FEMTOPIA’s waffles.Moderna Museet, Skeppsholmen
15:00-17:00 Free Entrance and Performance at 16:00
To finish the weekend, join in at the Moderna Exhibition – free entry for TFFS participants on 25 November (pick up your ticket at Brunch).The 2018 edition of the Moderna Exhibition presents the work of nearly 40 artists connected to the Swedish art scene, offering reflections on Swedish society today, on a natural world that is no longer what it once was and a future that appears to have already begun. At 4pm, there is a performance by Dinis Machado, ‘Site Specific for Nowhere’.
