7 Dec 2025
WHAT’S ON STOCKHOLM: October 2019
Culture What's on: Stockholm

WHAT’S ON STOCKHOLM: October 2019

what's on stockholm autumn october

Crispy leaves rustle at our feet and the first fresher winds are announcing that winter is coming soon. Life starts retracting indoors, but not only homewards… This is also a time for indoor music and film festivals, dining out at cozy restaurants or attending fairs like the Baking and Chocolate Fair. Oh yes, this is also the time we like to dress up like ghosts and pumpkins and go trick-or-treating. Let us guide you to some of this months event highlights, things to see and do in Stockholm.

Every event is linked to a page with more detailed info, just click on the title!

 

SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS

Halloween at Gröna Lund 2019

The entire amusement park with attractions is open, where the smaller kiddies area is adapted for younger visitors with pumpkins, witches, ghosts and children’s performances every day. In the greater area the more courageous visitors will be able, among other things, to take part in the haunted ship that returns and you will get to meet a mysterious sect.

When: 18-20 October, 25 October – 3 November
Where: Gröna Lund
Cost: 399SEK – 430SEk

 




MUSIC

Stockholm Jazz Festival

One of Sweden’s oldest festivals and one of Stockholm’s biggest events. Now in 2019  the festival is back on 11-20 October – and bigger than ever, spreading jazz on over 60 venues around Stockholm.

When: 11-20 October
Where: Different venues in Stockholm
Cost: Price of tickets varies per concert.

Ariana Grande @ Globen

When: 7 October
Where: Globen
Cost: 675SEK – 875SEK

Chromatics w/ Desire @ Berns

When: 5 October
Where: Berns
Cost: 370SEK

Chromatics Berns Stockholm

Cher @ Friends Arena

When: 17 October
Where: Friends Arena
Cost: 2375SEK – 3400SEK

Michael Bublé @ Globen

When: 23 October
Where: Globen
Cost: 650SEK – 1450SEK

UB40 @ Berns

When: 27 October
Where: Berns
Cost: 570SEK

Eros Ramazzotti @ Globen

When: 30 October
Where: Globen
Cost: 437SEK – 775SEK




ART

Affordable Art Fair

When: 10-13 October
Where: Nacka Strandsmässan
Cost: 95SEK – 350SEK

Opening Reception: Peter Blake

When: 3 October
Where: Wetterling Gallery
Cost: FREE

Opening: Anna Camner / Toni R. Toivonen / Ann-Sofie Claesson

When: 3 October
Where: Wetterling Gallery
Cost: FREE

Iranian Film Festival 2019

When: 12-13 October
Where: Biograf Skandia
Cost: 120SEK – 295SEK

iranska filmfestivalen Iranian film festival Stockholm 2019




FOOD AND DRINK

Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival 2019

When: 3-5 October
Where: Nacka Strandsmässan
Cost: 250SEK

Bak- & Chokladfestivalen – The Bake & Chocolate Festival

When: 10-13 October
Where: Stockholmsmässan
Cost: 93SEK – 390 SEK

Chelas – There’s a New Mexican in Town

Located at the trendy Hornstull neighbourhood of Södermalm, at Verkstadsgatan 4,  you’ll find Chelas, Stockholm’s newest Mexican restaurant. Chelas opened its doors in July of 2019. The name comes from the Mexican slang word for beers and a phrase the Mexicans use when they want to socialise with friends and family: “Saca las chelas”. Literally translated it means “Bring out the beers”, but it can actually be better interpreted as “Let’s have some beers and hang out”.

Chelas restaurant Enchiladas tacos Stockholm

 

Unique Stockholm Restaurants With A Great Wine List

The wine culture in Sweden is expanding, especially with the increase of vineyards in Skåne in the south of the country. In fact, 42% of all alcohol sales in Sweden consist of wine, and this is very different from brännvin, the traditional Swedish drink that translates as burn-wine. You can of course buy wine from the state owned Systembolaget. However, the only other place that you can buy wine and enjoy a glass is in licenced restaurants and bars that serve food. There are some great restaurants in Stockholm that unite their food and wine menu in perfect harmony, taking equal consideration to both.

wine restaurants in stockholm red wine white wine food
Photo by Kamil Kalbarczyk

 

Find out more about upcoming events in our Events Calendar.

< 2018 >
December 31 - January 06
  • 31
    31.December.Monday

    New Year's Eve party at Södra Teatern & Mosebacke

    17:00 -04:00
    31/12/2018-01/01/2019
    Södra Teatern, Mosebacke Torg, Stockholm, Sweden

    Seafood, fireworks & dancing with the best view in town

    Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Södra Teatern with an exclusive seafood bonanza, flowing champagne and a sensational countdown to midnight at one of their terraces – and the best view in Stockholm.

    Start off the evening with a spectacular dinner, surrounded by friends and loved ones. The restaurant Mosebacke Etablissement serves a impressive buffet including half a lobster per person, shrimp, oysters, canapes and sweets.

    Continue the celebration at their clubs, enjoy the fireworks at midnight from any of their terraces and party on. The festivities will not end until 4 o’clock.

    Seafood bonanza & New Year’s Eve Party (age limit 18 yrs)

    From 5 pm

    1,495 SEK (includes dinner, admission to their nightclubs and coat check).
    Vegetarian menu: 1,195 SEK.

    From 08.30 pm

    1,695 SEK (includes dinner, admission to their nightclubs and coat check).
    Vegetarian menu: 1,395 SEK.

    Nightclub admission only (from 9 pm)

    500 SEK (includes admission to their nightclubs and coat check), age limit 20 yrs.

    New Year's Eve at Skansen

    20:00 -00:30
    31/12/2018-01/01/2019
    Djurgårdsslätten 49, 115 21 Stockholm, Sweden

    Stockholm’s best New Year celebration, with origins from 1895.

    There´s entertainment on the Solliden stage where the classic lord Tennyson poem “Ring out wild bells” is recited every year at midnight for a large audience. Toast the New Year with champagne from the bars, with an astounding view over Stockholm and all the fireworks.

     

    Arrive in good time before midnight, when the city of Stockholm gives a magnificent fireworks display, fired from Saltsjön. The view from the Solliden scene is one of Stockholm’s best.

    Direct broadcast on SVT from 23:15

     

    Admission Prices:
    Daytime at 10-16 adults 125: – for senior citizens, students and groups 105: – and for children 4-15 years 60: -.
    Evening at 20-24 adults 160: -, senior citizen, student and groups 140: – children 4-5 years in adult company 0: -.

    With the combo ticket you can visit Skansen during the day, see the houses and farms and the zoo and then come back for the new year’s celebration at Solliden scene. Buy your pre-sale ticket at https://www.skansenbiljett.se/

    You can also buy your evening ticket (valid only after 20:00) via Ticketmaster: https://www.ticketmaster.se/event/532425

    Your annual card is valid all day.

    Restaurants:
    Restaurang Solliden is open with 3-course menu, a glass of sparkling to the midnight toast, dance and more. Only table booking

    Restauration Gubbhyllan is open with 5-course menu. Only table booking.

    Skansen Terrace has drop in at 11-16 and 20-01.

    New Year's Eve party at Boqueria

    21:00 -03:00
    31/12/2018-01/01/2019
    Boqueria, Jakobsbergsgatan, Stockholm, Sweden

    Tickets are available at https://billetto.se/en/e/nyarsafton-boqueria-2018-tickets-321516

    For dinner reservations call: 08 30 74 00

    NEW YEAR FESTIVAL 2018 Lineup:
    Amethyst
    Evyn Redar
    Kaleb Seifu
    Shewit
    Gorgeous
    Rikki Ross – Yes! Supreme Soundsystem

    Bouqeria NEW YEAR FESTIVAL is just as common and at the same time total bananas. Celebrate the old and CELEBRATE a whole new year with new experiences, hopes, surprises and joy. Bring your friends and enjoy the New Year’s buffet, and above all: dance, jump and jump.

    Presenting only the best DJs to ensure a great party!

     

    Boqueria
    Mood Gallerian
    Jakobsbergsgatan 17
    21:00 till 03:00
    Early bird tickets 150 SEK plus fees
    Age 23

    NEW YEAR PARTY AT BERNS

    22:00 -04:00
    31/12/2018-01/01/2019
    Berzelii park 1, 111 47 Stockholm, Sweden

    Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Berns Great Hall! The Great Hall is a popular place among loyal music fans in Stockholm who like to listen to live music and international DJs in an intimate setting with an unparalleled acoustics. There you dance on Stockholm’s most beautiful dance floor. It will be an unforgettable experience and a spectacular night that you will not forget.

    Opening hours: 22-04
    Age limit: 23 years

    NEW YEAR PARTY AT BERNS

    22:00 -04:00
    31/12/2018-01/01/2019
    Berzelii park 1, 111 47 Stockholm, Sweden

    Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Berns Great Hall! The Great Hall is a popular place among loyal music fans in Stockholm who like to listen to live music and international DJs in an intimate setting with an unparalleled acoustics. There you dance on Stockholm’s most beautiful dance floor. It will be an unforgettable experience and a spectacular night that you will not forget.

    Opening hours: 22-04
    Age limit: 23 years

    New Year Under the Stars - Midnight countdown party

    22:00 -02:00
    31/12/2018-01/01/2019
    Brunkebergstorg 2-4, 111 51 Stockholm, Sweden

    Ring, bells, ring! On New Year’s Eve, gathering in to toast the old year out and the new year in at Stockholm Under Stjärnorna. Gather your friends and experience Stockholm’s most spectacular midnight countdown. High above the ground, enjoying a New Year’s party beyond the usual. Overlooking Kungsträdgården, Gamla Stan and Riddarfjärden, this is where you want to be when the clock turns twelve and the fireworks make the sky shine.

    GOOD TO KNOW
    Time: 22.00 – 02.00
    Price: 300 SEK excl. Service charge

    Sparkling Stockholm champagne

    New Year's party at Kristall | Feliz año nuevo 2019! Open till 05.00

    23:00 -05:00
    31/12/2018-01/01/2019
    Kungsgatan 56, 111 22 Stockholm, Sweden

    Celebrate the New Year at Kristall with DJ L ‘Flow & DJ Roka, DJ Isra & DJ E-Square!
    More info on Kristall’s website

    New Year's Eve - 420 Group, Kameleont & POP

    23:00 -05:00
    31/12/2018-01/01/2019
    Slakthusgatan 6, 121 62 Johanneshov, Sweden

    After a crazy New Year’s Eve 2017 and, last but not least, a successful Halloween party in memory, 420 Group and Kameleont are back together to summarize the year that has gone and celebrate the new one. It will be a crackling New Year’s Eve where Slakthuset will be filled with music, love, bubble and dance the entire night. We say goodbye to the past and praise the future. With a handpicked number of DJs that will provide the music during the first few hours of the year.

    ● 420 Group ●
    Ramon Tapia – ELEVATE, Truesoul – Belgium
    Andreas Andersson – 420 Group
    Vincent Rydell – 420 Group
    Jeff Cooper – 420 Group

    ● KAMELEONT ●
    Yan Cook 90 min LIVESET – Delsin, Soma – Ukraine
    Dj Damien Own – Chameleon
    Andreas Franzén – Chameleon

    ● POP ●
    Ahmet Yaraman
    + more tba

    Buy your ticket here: https://bit.ly/2OIslIF
    Round 1: 200kr
    Round 2: 250kr
    Round 3: 300kr

  • 01
    01.January.Tuesday

    Never Ending Story at Bio Rio

    13:45 -15:15
    01/01/2019
    Hornstulls strand 3, 117 39 Stockholm, Sweden

    Never Ending Story is a real classic. A movie you have to see again and again, a the motive that is guaranteed to give you goosebumps…

    25 Dec at 14:00 ENG (Swedish subtitles)
    30 Dec at 12:00 Swedish dubbed
    30 Dec at 20:00 ENG (Swedish subtitles)
    1 Jan at 14:00 Swedish dubbed

    Bastian doesn’t have it very easy. His mother has died and he is bullied by his classmates. One day he finds the book “The Never Ending Story” and discovers to his great surprise that he is part of the action. He has to go away on a long and dangerous journey to save the remote land of Fantasy from the fall.

    Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Actors: Barret Oliver, Gerald McRaney, Noah Hathaway, Drum Garrett, Darryl Cooksey, Nicholas Gilbert, Thomas Hill, (1984) | Language: English (Swedish text) | Length: 102 min | Age limit: from 7 years

    New Year's Eve party at Södra Teatern & Mosebacke

    17:00 -04:00
    01/01/2019-01/01/2019
    Södra Teatern, Mosebacke Torg, Stockholm, Sweden

    Seafood, fireworks & dancing with the best view in town

    Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Södra Teatern with an exclusive seafood bonanza, flowing champagne and a sensational countdown to midnight at one of their terraces – and the best view in Stockholm.

    Start off the evening with a spectacular dinner, surrounded by friends and loved ones. The restaurant Mosebacke Etablissement serves a impressive buffet including half a lobster per person, shrimp, oysters, canapes and sweets.

    Continue the celebration at their clubs, enjoy the fireworks at midnight from any of their terraces and party on. The festivities will not end until 4 o’clock.

    Seafood bonanza & New Year’s Eve Party (age limit 18 yrs)

    From 5 pm

    1,495 SEK (includes dinner, admission to their nightclubs and coat check).
    Vegetarian menu: 1,195 SEK.

    From 08.30 pm

    1,695 SEK (includes dinner, admission to their nightclubs and coat check).
    Vegetarian menu: 1,395 SEK.

    Nightclub admission only (from 9 pm)

    500 SEK (includes admission to their nightclubs and coat check), age limit 20 yrs.

    New Year's Eve at Skansen

    20:00 -00:30
    01/01/2019-01/01/2019
    Djurgårdsslätten 49, 115 21 Stockholm, Sweden

    Stockholm’s best New Year celebration, with origins from 1895.

    There´s entertainment on the Solliden stage where the classic lord Tennyson poem “Ring out wild bells” is recited every year at midnight for a large audience. Toast the New Year with champagne from the bars, with an astounding view over Stockholm and all the fireworks.

     

    Arrive in good time before midnight, when the city of Stockholm gives a magnificent fireworks display, fired from Saltsjön. The view from the Solliden scene is one of Stockholm’s best.

    Direct broadcast on SVT from 23:15

     

    Admission Prices:
    Daytime at 10-16 adults 125: – for senior citizens, students and groups 105: – and for children 4-15 years 60: -.
    Evening at 20-24 adults 160: -, senior citizen, student and groups 140: – children 4-5 years in adult company 0: -.

    With the combo ticket you can visit Skansen during the day, see the houses and farms and the zoo and then come back for the new year’s celebration at Solliden scene. Buy your pre-sale ticket at https://www.skansenbiljett.se/

    You can also buy your evening ticket (valid only after 20:00) via Ticketmaster: https://www.ticketmaster.se/event/532425

    Your annual card is valid all day.

    Restaurants:
    Restaurang Solliden is open with 3-course menu, a glass of sparkling to the midnight toast, dance and more. Only table booking

    Restauration Gubbhyllan is open with 5-course menu. Only table booking.

    Skansen Terrace has drop in at 11-16 and 20-01.

    New Year's Eve party at Boqueria

    21:00 -03:00
    01/01/2019-01/01/2019
    Boqueria, Jakobsbergsgatan, Stockholm, Sweden

    Tickets are available at https://billetto.se/en/e/nyarsafton-boqueria-2018-tickets-321516

    For dinner reservations call: 08 30 74 00

    NEW YEAR FESTIVAL 2018 Lineup:
    Amethyst
    Evyn Redar
    Kaleb Seifu
    Shewit
    Gorgeous
    Rikki Ross – Yes! Supreme Soundsystem

    Bouqeria NEW YEAR FESTIVAL is just as common and at the same time total bananas. Celebrate the old and CELEBRATE a whole new year with new experiences, hopes, surprises and joy. Bring your friends and enjoy the New Year’s buffet, and above all: dance, jump and jump.

    Presenting only the best DJs to ensure a great party!

     

    Boqueria
    Mood Gallerian
    Jakobsbergsgatan 17
    21:00 till 03:00
    Early bird tickets 150 SEK plus fees
    Age 23

    NEW YEAR PARTY AT BERNS

    22:00 -04:00
    01/01/2019-01/01/2019
    Berzelii park 1, 111 47 Stockholm, Sweden

    Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Berns Great Hall! The Great Hall is a popular place among loyal music fans in Stockholm who like to listen to live music and international DJs in an intimate setting with an unparalleled acoustics. There you dance on Stockholm’s most beautiful dance floor. It will be an unforgettable experience and a spectacular night that you will not forget.

    Opening hours: 22-04
    Age limit: 23 years

    NEW YEAR PARTY AT BERNS

    22:00 -04:00
    01/01/2019-01/01/2019
    Berzelii park 1, 111 47 Stockholm, Sweden

    Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Berns Great Hall! The Great Hall is a popular place among loyal music fans in Stockholm who like to listen to live music and international DJs in an intimate setting with an unparalleled acoustics. There you dance on Stockholm’s most beautiful dance floor. It will be an unforgettable experience and a spectacular night that you will not forget.

    Opening hours: 22-04
    Age limit: 23 years

    New Year Under the Stars - Midnight countdown party

    22:00 -02:00
    01/01/2019-01/01/2019
    Brunkebergstorg 2-4, 111 51 Stockholm, Sweden

    Ring, bells, ring! On New Year’s Eve, gathering in to toast the old year out and the new year in at Stockholm Under Stjärnorna. Gather your friends and experience Stockholm’s most spectacular midnight countdown. High above the ground, enjoying a New Year’s party beyond the usual. Overlooking Kungsträdgården, Gamla Stan and Riddarfjärden, this is where you want to be when the clock turns twelve and the fireworks make the sky shine.

    GOOD TO KNOW
    Time: 22.00 – 02.00
    Price: 300 SEK excl. Service charge

    Sparkling Stockholm champagne

    New Year's party at Kristall | Feliz año nuevo 2019! Open till 05.00

    23:00 -05:00
    01/01/2019-01/01/2019
    Kungsgatan 56, 111 22 Stockholm, Sweden

    Celebrate the New Year at Kristall with DJ L ‘Flow & DJ Roka, DJ Isra & DJ E-Square!
    More info on Kristall’s website

    New Year's Eve - 420 Group, Kameleont & POP

    23:00 -05:00
    01/01/2019-01/01/2019
    Slakthusgatan 6, 121 62 Johanneshov, Sweden

    After a crazy New Year’s Eve 2017 and, last but not least, a successful Halloween party in memory, 420 Group and Kameleont are back together to summarize the year that has gone and celebrate the new one. It will be a crackling New Year’s Eve where Slakthuset will be filled with music, love, bubble and dance the entire night. We say goodbye to the past and praise the future. With a handpicked number of DJs that will provide the music during the first few hours of the year.

    ● 420 Group ●
    Ramon Tapia – ELEVATE, Truesoul – Belgium
    Andreas Andersson – 420 Group
    Vincent Rydell – 420 Group
    Jeff Cooper – 420 Group

    ● KAMELEONT ●
    Yan Cook 90 min LIVESET – Delsin, Soma – Ukraine
    Dj Damien Own – Chameleon
    Andreas Franzén – Chameleon

    ● POP ●
    Ahmet Yaraman
    + more tba

    Buy your ticket here: https://bit.ly/2OIslIF
    Round 1: 200kr
    Round 2: 250kr
    Round 3: 300kr

  • 02
    02.January.Wednesday
    No events
  • 03
    03.January.Thursday
    No events
  • 04
    04.January.Friday
    No events
  • 05
    05.January.Saturday

    Monday Bar with Johan Gielen, Tatanka and more

    22:00 -03:00
    05/01/2019-06/01/2019
    Slakthusgatan 6, 121 62 Johanneshov, Sweden

    A tribute to the absolute best in trance, hardstyle, psy / prog and techno.

    On the main floor Dutchman Johan Gielen with lots of immortal trance hits.

    After Gielen, the Italian TATANKA takes over, also a super legend, but within classical hardstyle. To warm up the dance floor comes Johan Vilborg, one of the best Swedish DJs and producers of trance.

    MR DEE & CREW will run 90’s club classics on our second-largest floor of RÖKERIET.

    At the little club floor PACKRUMMET you’ll find the resident DJs, FREDDZ (hardstyle), WALD (trance) and MINFALK (techno). All in all, it’s always our something to suit all tastes throughout the evening.

     

    LINEUP & PLAY TIME

    296
    22.00-00.00: Johan Vilborg
    00.00-01.30: Johan Gielen
    01.30-03.00: Tatanka

    PACKRUMMET
    22.30-00.00: Minfalk (techno)
    00.00-01.30: Freddz (hs)
    01.30-03.00: Wald (trance)

    RÖKERIET
    23.00-03.00: Mr. DEE + Crew (90’s Classics)

  • 06
    06.January.Sunday

    Winter Cinema at Stockholm Understjärnorna

    16:00 -21:00
    06/01/2019
    Brunkebergstorg 2-4, 111 51 Stockholm, Sweden

    Finish the week in a cinematic way and experience magic with Stockholm as a background. On Sundays in December and January, Stockholm Under Stjärnorna will show movies every Sunday. As always, it’s completely free.

    Plenty of blankets, fireplaces and heat lamps to keep the cold away, but wearing warm clothes is extremely recommend. There are places both in their glass box and out under the stars.

    Screening times:

    December 2: Winters Bone
    December 9: The Thing (18:00)
    December 16: Nightmare Before Christmas
    December 30: Bad Santa

    Januari 6: Frozen River
    Januari 13: Where The Wild Things Are
    Januari 20: Into The Wild
    Januari 27: The Shining

    Monday Bar with Johan Gielen, Tatanka and more

    22:00 -03:00
    06/01/2019-06/01/2019
    Slakthusgatan 6, 121 62 Johanneshov, Sweden

    A tribute to the absolute best in trance, hardstyle, psy / prog and techno.

    On the main floor Dutchman Johan Gielen with lots of immortal trance hits.

    After Gielen, the Italian TATANKA takes over, also a super legend, but within classical hardstyle. To warm up the dance floor comes Johan Vilborg, one of the best Swedish DJs and producers of trance.

    MR DEE & CREW will run 90’s club classics on our second-largest floor of RÖKERIET.

    At the little club floor PACKRUMMET you’ll find the resident DJs, FREDDZ (hardstyle), WALD (trance) and MINFALK (techno). All in all, it’s always our something to suit all tastes throughout the evening.

     

    LINEUP & PLAY TIME

    296
    22.00-00.00: Johan Vilborg
    00.00-01.30: Johan Gielen
    01.30-03.00: Tatanka

    PACKRUMMET
    22.30-00.00: Minfalk (techno)
    00.00-01.30: Freddz (hs)
    01.30-03.00: Wald (trance)

    RÖKERIET
    23.00-03.00: Mr. DEE + Crew (90’s Classics)


Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.