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
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
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”.
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.
Find out more about upcoming events in our Events Calendar.
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Nytorget Festival
Nytorget 6, 116 40 Stockholm, Sweden17 -19 August is the time for Södermalm’s biggest folk party:
-Nytorgsfesten-A three day festival filled with spectacles and noise in the heart of Söder.
There will be carnival trains, live music, DJs, market streets, fun fair, food trucks, flea market, art shows, midnight race and more.Nytorgfesten is a festival for the whole family and with free entrance in all areas and all days. Activity and game schedule is announced on a regular basis.
In mid-August, in connection with the midnight race, the Södermalm Music Association organizes Nytorgsfesten 2018.
The Nytorg festival was organized for the first time 1995 – 1997 at Nytorget with over 25,000 visitors , it then moved to Riddarholmen 2001 – 2004 and then Skeppsholmen 2011.
And now it’s back at Nytorget and this year the festival has expanded its area to Parkteatern in Vitabergsparken and Blecktornsparken. Everywhere you will be delighted to music, food experiences, flea market, art, yoga, fun fair and more.
New for this year is also the collaboration with the immeasurably popular photography exhibition, Planket STHLM
Thirty Seconds To Mars @ Grönan Live!
Lilla Allmänna Gränd 9, 115 21 Stockholm, SwedenEverybody was completely euphoric about their gig in 2013. But they are also one of the world’s best live bands. Now the latest single “Walk on Water” has been released, and on August 20, we will once again be able to reach some kind of concert experience when the Thirty Seconds To Mars once again sets itself on Stora Scenen.
You can not buy a ticket for a specific concert without buying an entrance to the park, or the Gröna Card which gives you free entrance throughout the season. Please note that pre-purchased tickets do not provide a guaranteed place so we recommend that you arrive in the park in good time.
Tickets online are only sold via Gröna Lund. In Stockholm, you can buy the Gröna Card at Pressbyrån and 7-Eleven. You can not buy a ticket for a specific concert without buying an entrance to the park, or the Grona Card.
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- 2525.August.SaturdayNo events
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Fasching at Vitan
Tengdahlsgatan, 116 41 Stockholm, RuotsiThe jazz club Fasching takes Vitan under the Park Theater’s flags taking modern jazz to new heights.
Free entree!
Ann-Sofi Söderqvist Jazz Orchestra
The composer, organizer and trumpeter Ann-Sofi Söderqvist comes to Vitabergsparken with its big band ASJO – Ann-Sofi Söderqvist Jazz Orchestra, which consists of 19 of Sweden’s absolute premier jazz musician.
“It is particularly well-arranged music that balances the familiar sound of a big band with originality and Söderqvist’s great fingertips for their fellow musicians.” DN
Ann-Sofi Söderqvist – compositions, conductor
Lena Swanberg – singer
Anders Åstrand – vibraphone / percussion
Amedeo Nicoletti – Guitar
Oskar Lindström – piano
Pär-Ola Landin – bass
Rasmus Svensson-Flash – drums
Magnus Blom – altsax, flute
Johan Christoffersson – altsax, flute
Karl-Martin Almqvist – Tenor Saxon, Clarinet
Robert Nordmark – Tenor Saxon, Clarinet
Alberto Pinton – Barite Ash, Bass Clarinet
Patrik Skogh – trumpet, flygelhorn
Karl Olandersson – trumpet, flygelhorn
Tomas Florhed – trumpet, flygelhorn
Nils Janson – trumpet, flygelhorn
Dicken Hedrenius – trombone
Karin Hammar – trombone
Mimmi Hammar – trombone
Magnus Werner – bass trombone / tubaOddjob
Since the Grammis-winning debut, Oddjob has distinguished itself as one of Sweden’s bravest jazz bands, daring to interpret everything from soundtracks to some of Clint Eastwood’s biggest movies, to Swedish folk and coal tradition, and on the latest disc, the Weather Report is interpreted.
Oddjob has a boiling turn, their music is constantly renewing, and their music is always exciting, innovative, outwardly swift with telepathic interaction beyond the usual.
Goran Kajfes – trumpet, effects, congas
Per Ruskträsk Johansson – Saxophone, bass clarinet, percussion
Peter Forss – bass bass, double bass, synthbas
Daniel Karlsson – piano, organ and synth
Lars Skoglund – drums, percussion
Outdoor cinema with Bergman's immortal classic in the film city
Greta Garbos väg 3, 169 40 Solna, SwedenSolna City and the Filmstadens Kultur Foundation invite you to an outdoor cinema night in the Film City.
Bring the picnic basket – and the chess board – and see Bergman’s immortal classic under the sky in Filmstaden.
This year, it is 100 years since Bergman was born, and of course you can celebrate it in the Film City – this was where Bergman made most of his films. The seventh seal of 1957, where Max von Sow’s Knight challenges Death (Bengt Ekerot) at bay, is regarded as one of the masterpieces of film history.
Be sure to experience the film in the film city – the place where it was mostly recorded.
Before the show starts, Filmstadens Kultur will hand for the sixth in a row a scholarships to a film maker who has not yet been film-muted.
Time and place: Sun 26/8 at 20, Filmstaden, T-Näckrosen.
THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957)
Direction and script: Ingmar Bergman
Acting: Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Bengt Ekerot, Gunnar Björnstrand, Nils Poppe, Gunnel Lindblom, Inga Landgré, etc.
Duration: 96 minutes
