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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Skansen's Christmas Market
Djurgårdsslätten 49, 115 21 Stockholm, SwedenSkansen’s Christmas Market is an unbroken tradition ever since 1903. In the town quarter, the Christmas market, is alive during the weekends leading to Christmas Eve. The craftsmen work there in their workshops and houses. On top of the market, the Christmas atmosphere features Christmas decorations, sweets, Christmas presents, straw loaves and other classic craftsmanship of the highest quality.
Are you hungry? There are lots of delicious food to eat on site, like traditional meatballs, wild burgers, donuts and much more. Join the Christmas party, dance around the tree and see how Christmas was celebrated sooner in Swedish houses and farms. Warm welcome!
For faster entry, pre-book the entrance ticket via the ticket link above.
Lucia at Skansen
Djurgårdsslätten 49, 115 21 Stockholm, SwedenSkansen celebrates Lucia during three days – 13, 15 and 16 December. Experience the Lucia celebration from before. Skansen’s own lucia appears with its follow-up procession at Solliden scene.
LUCIA PROGRAM THURSDAY 13/12:
• Lucia celebrations as in the 1940s ar 11:00, 13:00 & 15:00 Bragehallen
• Lucia concert
At 11.30, 13:00 & 14.30, Seglora church
• Lucia – the myth and legend
Why do we celebrate Lucia in Sweden? Learn more about Lucia’s history!
At 11-16, Bollnässtugan
• Lucia procession
Throughout the day, students from Sollentuna music classes sing for the visitors and spread a wonderful Lucia atmosphere.
At 10-16, the whole Skansen🎵
LUCIAPROGRAM SATURDAY 15/12:
• Skansen’s Lucia
Skansen’s great Lucia celebration at Solliden scene. The evening offers amazing singing performances by Lucia and her terns, students from Stockholm Music Academy, Solna Brass and Sofia Vocals.
At 16:00 Solliden scene• Lucia celebrations as in the 1940s
11:00, 13:00 & 15:00 Bragehallen• Lucia concert
At 11:30, 13:00 & 14:30, Seglora church• Lucia celebration as in the 1920s
12:00, 13:30 & 15:00 Ordenshuset Brofästet🎵
LUCIAPROGRAM SUNDAY 16/12:
• Lucia celebrations as in the 1940s
11:00, 13:00 & 15:00 Bragehallen• Lucia concert
At 11:30, 13:00 & 14:30, Seglora church• Lucia celebration as in the 1920s
12, 13.30 & 15, Ordenshuset BrofästetTip! Avoid any queues in the entrance via pre-purchase of tickets online: www.skansenbiljett.se
Sergelgatan's Christmas market
Sveavägen 17, 111 57 Stockholm, SwedenAn indoor and outdoor Christmas market full of all your classic Christmas goodies!
Ho Ho Ho!
Stortorget's Christmas market in Gamla Stan
Stortorget, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm’s Gillet arranges Stockholm’s oldest Christmas market with a range of high Swedish quality. Every year many people traditionally visit the market with family, relatives and friends. Do it you too!
Open daily 11-18 until 23 December.
Free entrance.
Tove Styrke @ Berns
Berzelii park 1, 111 47 Stockholm, SwedenAfter a lot of touring around the world, it is now time for international star Tove Strength to return home – with her acclaimed album Sway in the luggage – and perform several concerts around Sweden and the Nordic region this fall. This summer’s show at Popaganda was just a taste of what’s going to happen. The performance was rewarded with four plus by Aftonbladet’s reviewer who called it “modern floating” and said that “Tove Styrke created a rough, careful ecstasy in the early summer night”.
Stockholm Gathering Ep. 9
Sickla industriväg 6, 131 54 Nacka, SwedenTICKET PRICING:
NOVEMBER: 250:-
DECEMBER 350:-http://bit.ly/2oHjIDw
REQUESTS & RESERVATIONS: bookings@stockholmgathering.com
Join the gathering on December 15th for another exciting night at Nobelberget.
Stay tuned for artist announcement.
DRESS CODE: TBD
They have plenty of tricks up their sleeves for this night so prepare to be blown away by off the scale production, top of the line sound system and an out-of-the-ordinary musical experience when everybody gathers for the last time before Christmas celebrations!
A Vintage Reggae Night in Stockholm
Hornstulls strand 4, 117 39 Stockholm, SwedenSure Shots to go behind the turntables at Bar Brooklyn.
It will be a sweaty and foggy night full of vintage reggae, ska & rocksteady where you’ll be taken back to a time when the dances were small and intimate.
Then iron the shirt, comb to the hair and put on the shoes. You do not want to miss this unless you have the least interest in Jamaican music history.
Stricktly Vinyl – Stricktly Jamaican Sure Shots.
FREE ENTRY
Mosquito & Barracuda Christmas Party
Södra Teatern, Mosebacke Torg, Stockholm, SwedenMosquito & Barracuda put together a Christmas party on Stockholm’s best dance floor. International jams and tropical hits in a nice mix with taste of fruity pastries and lace-like drinks. Everything directed by Thomas Gylling, Uncle Eric & Dj Erykah with guests. Taking over of Södra Teatern’s all three bars and the two dance floors.
Mosquito & Barracuda
Södra Teatern, Mosebacke Torg 1-3, (T) Slussen.Entrance fee 150 SEK, 23 years.
420 x Backdoor - DJ Hell (International Deejay Gigolos)
Arenaslingan 14, 121 77 Johanneshov, SwedenFew acts within techno can be proud of the icon status and decadence DJ Hell possesses. The androgynous DJ, the record company boss and the manufacturer who with fingertips both for image and above all quality made International Deejay Gigolo Records a mythical record label with music from legends like Jeff Mills, Dave Clarke, Laurent Garnier and Hell of course.
Who fits better in Stockholm’s most decadent club?
▶ LINEUP
DJ Hell (International Deejay Gigolo Records) 3 hr set
Miia Magia (Street Life Rhythm)Dance Floor 2 – THE HOLE (Hits & Rajraj)
LEO.BDoorwhore: Frank-Adam Hagman
▶ ENTRÉ
At 23.00-00.00 Free entrance
from 00.00 to 03.00 180 SEK (wardrobe included!)
03.00-05.00 200 SEK (wardrobe included!)Web page: www.420group.se
Facebook: facebook.com/420group
Instagram: @ 420group1Age limit 18 years
Backdoor “The best and Gayest club north of Ibiza
Indie Fridays - Club Common people at Debaser
Debaser Hornstulls Strand, Hornstulls strand, Stockholm, SwedenWith a musical focus on British pop, new wave and indie, the Club Common People invites you to the best dance floor.
Playing the music you usually hear at the after party and inviting you to dance to songs from The B-52’s, Pulp, The Strokes, Suede, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Smiths, Joy Divison, The Cure and Pet Shop Boys, etc.
