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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Stockholm International Film Festival
Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, Swedenhe festival is brimming with excitement, presenting 130 films from 50 countries, 13 of which are international Academy Award submissions. The program also features a selection of films for digital screenings via Festival on Demand, which you can enjoy from the comfort of your own living groom wherever you may be.
The festival will take place between the 9th and 20th of November, and the inaugural film will be Sweden’s own Academy Award submission, and winner of Best Screenplay and The François Chalais Prize at Cannes; Boy from Heaven by Tarik Saleh.
“This year’s filmfest is characterised by a large selection of exciting films from all over the world. It will be an unforgettable festival with a perfect mix of fascinating debutants and legendary masters,” says Beatrice Karlsson, Program Director.
In the cover of this year’s festival program, also the cover of this article, is the poster of the film Nightsiren by Tereza Nvotová, a visually striking Czech/Slovak witch-thriller in modern vintage. Nightsiren is one of the big surprises of the year and a must for fans of cinematic folktales. You will find it as part of the Twilight Zone section of the festival, the section for the fans of thrillers and horror films.
The festival’s halfway point will be marked by Bones and All, a story of first love, which features Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet, the former of whom received the Marcello Mastroianni award for Best Young Actor or Actress at Venice Film Festival; Luca Guadagnino, the film’s director also won the Silver Lion for Best Director at Venice.
Other big titles screening at this year’s festival are films like The Woman King by Gina Prince-Bythewood, Living by Oliver Hermanus, Call Jane by Phyllis Nagy, The Banshees of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh, Decision to Leave by Park Chan-Wook, and Master Gardener by Paul Schrader.
Stockholm Film Festival presents as always, new talents, and more than a third of the program consists of debuting filmmakers. The program features, among others, Lullaby by Spanish director Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, who is primed to be Spain’s new star filmmaker as forecasted by auteur legend Pedro Almodóvar; British-Australian Frances O’Connor with costume drama Emily, depicting Wuthering Heights author Emily Brontë; and Mexican-Bolivian director Natalia López, who was awarded a Silver Bear for Robe of Gems at Berlin Film Festival.
In collaboration with Nikon, the festival is launching a short film competition; Nikon Short Award. The award was established to encourage aspiring filmmakers to create the best possible short film with a maximum runtime of only 60 seconds.
The winning submission will be screened at the festival and the filmmaker will be awarded with an exclusive camera kit. In collaboration with Kosta Boda, the winner will also receive a festival figurine exclusively designed by artist Markus Åkesson.
The Focus Country of the year is Ukraine.The program features a strong set of Ukrainian titles, to highlight Ukraine as a country with a flourishing film industry – but more importantly to support the Ukrainian film workers who are in the midst of war. Six Ukrainian films will be screened and the program will feature digital interviews with Ukrainian filmmakers, Works in Progress, and panel discussions.
The Ukrainian films which the festival has chosen to leverage are Rising Fury, Freedom on Fire, Mariupolis 2, The Kiev Trial, How is Katia?, Butterfly Vision and Ukraine’s Academy Award submission Klondike.
This year’s Spotlight is “Coming of age”. Stockholm Film Festival gathers every year talked-about movies and debuts from all over the world that provide new perspectives, new cinematic approaches. This year this comes with a clear desire to illuminate and stage the young people’s view of the world, in topics such as society, family and climate.
Stockholm Visionary Award 2022 is awarded to the multi award winning British director Sam Mendes, who is visiting Stockholm for the Nordic premiere of his film, Empire of Light, at the festival. He will be making an appearance at Skandia to receive his Bronze Horse and participate in a Face2Face moderated by film critic Jakob Åsell on Friday, November 11th at 6pm.
The 2022 prestigious Stockholm Achievement Award will honour film and theatre actor Fares Fares for his long-standing dedication to the film industry. He has since his debut on the big screen at the cusp of the millennium become one of Sweden’s most beloved actors. In conjunction with the festival’s opening film Boy from Heaven on the 9th of November, Fares will receive the award. Fares Fares will also makes his directorial debut With A Day and A Half for Netflix where he also will play a role.
This year Stockholm Film Festival is showing no less than 13 Academy Award submission for 2023:
- Boy From Heaven (Sweden) – Wednesday November 9th 18:00
- Klondike (Ukraine) – Wednesday November 9th 18:00
- Plan 75 (Japan) – Wednesday November 9th 18:00
- Holy Spider (Denmark) – Wednesday November 15th 18:00
- Eternal Spring (Canada) – Thursday November 10th 18:00
- Decision to Leave (South Korea) – Monday November 14th 18:00
- Beautiful Beings(Iceland) – Thursday November 10th 18:00
- Saint Omer (France) – Wednesday November 9th 18:00
- Alma Viva (Portugal) – Friday November 11th 12:30
- World War III (Iran) – Thursday November 10th 14:45
- The Quite Girl (Ireland) – Thursday November 10th 10:45
- The King of the World (Columbia) – Wednesday November 9th 18:40
- Nostalgia (Italy) – Thursday November 10th 14:30
Find your tickets to Stockholm International Film Festival 2022 here.
