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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Formex - the world's largest platform for Nordic design
Stockholmsmässan, Parkeringsvägen, Stockholm, SwedenFormex is the biggest interior design event at the Stockholm Fair, which is inaugurated by Stockholm Finance Citizen Council Anna König Jerlmyr. The French trend agency Carlins has created the exciting exhibition in the entrance hall, Formex celebrates its 60th anniversary with an exhibition about the table settting through the years – among the speakers are blogger duo Elsa Billgren and Sofia Wood, legendary British journalist Hilary Alexander, and trend analyst Ambre Venissac from French trendy agency Carlins.
Here are some of the highlights during Formex January 14-17:
Trend office from Paris guests
The French trend office Carlin occupies the Stockholm Exhibition Hall with its exhibition Retail hub which is divided into an exhibition area, It Zone, and a meeting area, CoLab Space.
It Zone shows “products of the future”, with exhibitors’ objects mixed with unique objects and prototypes.
CoLab Space, an oasis where visitors can meet and exchange experiences, is framed by a long table, cozy lounge furniture, classic party games and a DJ playing French mood music. Here is a small pop-in shop where you can shop for selected products from the exhibitors, and to top it up there’s a small French-themed serving offering bubble, macarons, croissants, coffee and tea.Popular theme days return
Last fall, Formex themed days were launched with leading experts and profiles in four areas: Retail, Sustainability, Trends and Brands. It was a success among both visitors and exhibitors.Tuesday, January 14, theme Retail. From the program:
Lotta Eriksson, Deputy CEO Daymaker, talks about the potential of the customer meeting. Fredrik Palm, Managing Director Desenio, on secure customer meetings in digital commerce. Retail expert Magnus Ohlsson on the trends that guide the customer experience.Wednesday, January 15, theme Sustainability. From the program:
Blogger duo Elsa Billgren and Sofia Wood talk about decorating with vintage. Researcher Sandra Roos from Rice and how companies should think and act when it comes to sustainability. Erika Frankkila Rydja, Marketing Manager Interface Northern Europe, talks about the step after Mission Zero. Kaisa Avehall from the Laundry Society talks about her revolutionary laundry invention – a laundry spray that saves time, clothes and our planet.Thursday, January 16, themed Trends. From the program:
Legendary British journalist Hilary Alexander shares her long career and talks about the Graduate Fashion Foundation. Lotta Ahlvar, Formex’s own trend expert, on Formex Trends in spring 2020: Concrete Brutalism, Negative Space and Sensational Flow. Mens activist Terese Lann launches his collection “Bloody Awesome” and talks about the platform “My period is awesome” whose purpose is to combat human poverty worldwide. In addition, Terese Stockholmsmässan’s toilet facilities under Formex are secured.Friday, January 17, theme Brands. From the program:
Erika Lövkvist, designer and glassblower, lectures on the theme “To be copied – failure or opportunity?”. Johan Nordlund, lawyer and trend pioneer at PRV, about who owns the design of the future. Helena Dorfh, investigator at the Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate, on piracy and chemical risks.60 years of tablecloths
In 2020, Formex will mark 60 years as the Nordic region’s premier meeting place for the design industry. The big 60th anniversary will take place in August, but already the celebration starts with an exhibition about the table settting through the years – “6 decades of table settings”. A unique exhibition with porcelain that shows every decade’s typical style, curated by stylist Cecilia Tivar.Unique guest exhibition
Marabouparken Konsthall and Klippan merge under Formex and launch in a joint booth two plaques by textile designer Wanja Djanaieff. The booth also shows pictures of Wanja’s designs and a sneak peek of the art gallery’s upcoming exhibition “Wanja’s life” this summer.
78-year-old Wanja Djanaieff’s designer life has been more content than most. Her business has spanned a wide range – pattern design for industry, clothing design, crafts, textile art, design of exhibitions, theatre scenography, educational projects and material development. Wanja has researched new applications of textile raw materials and old craftsmanship, and not least she has been and is an artist, mentor, lecturer and a godly teacher.Free color courses
NCS Color invites you daily to Color Design Workshops where you can learn how to better and more efficiently work with color and create harmonising colour combinations with the help of NCS, the Natural Colour System.
In the workshop area, Elin Larsson from Elco will also teach the basics of circular design. Elin guides the participants in a circular design exercise linked to their own company. Each participant has the opportunity to submit their circular product as a contribution to the Circular Challenge. Contributions will be judged
