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WHAT’S ON STOCKHOLM: October 2019
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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 >
September 10 - September 16
  • 10
    10.September.Monday

    Sunday Dreams Sthlm

    18:00 -03:00
    10/09/2018-10/09/2018
    Styckmästargatan 10, 121 62 Johanneshov, Sweden

    Make your Sundays something extraordinary with Sunday Dreams at Slakhus area’s new hotspot – The neighborhood adjacent to the Slakthuskyrkan.

    With three dance floors, large outdoor and indoor spaces, the best bar staff in town and the whole of Stockholm’s urban DJ elite. As well as local and international live acts gathered in one place, making all your Sunday dreams come true.

    Whether you are looking for a post-brunch dance session or want to party long into the night, you will be able to do that.

    Let your Sunday dreams come true!

    18:00 – 21:00 – Free entrance
    21:00 – 22:00 – 100 kr
    22.00 -00.00 -150 kr
    00:00 – 02:30 – 200 kr

     

    Date: Sundays in Sthlm
    Time: 18:00 – 03:00
    Id: 20 years

    Headquarters
    Styckmästargatan 10, 12162 Stockholm, Sweden
    Styckmästargatan 10
    https://www.facebook.com/kvarteret.sthlm/

  • 11
    11.September.Tuesday

    Stockholm Fringe Festival - STOFF

    All day
    11/09/2018-15/09/2018
    Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden

    Stockholm Fringe Festival (also known as STOFF) the 10th year anniversary edition, taking place again on the 3rd to 7th September and they are bringing loads of amazing local and international acts  who offer dance, film, immersive experiences, music, performance, stand-up, spoken word, theatre, virtual reality, visual art, workshops, debates and talks.

     

     

    Venues are spreaded out around town, some of them being: Södra Teatern, Slaktkyrkan, Ö2, Teater 3.

    Stockholm Fringe Festival - STOFF

    All day
    11/09/2018-15/09/2018
    Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden

    Stockholm Fringe Festival (also known as STOFF) is taking place again on the 11th to 15th September and they are bringing loads of amazing local and international acts  who offer dance, film, immersive experiences, music, performance, stand-up, spoken word, theatre, virtual reality, visual art, workshops, debates and talks.

     

    This year’s biggest headliners are international icons Christeene and Peaches, who are great bookings for Stockholm Fringe. But there’s plenty more to see and experience around town. Check out the full programme here for more details on the more than 70 acts from 23 countries that are taking over the town. But we are also bringing you some highlights of programme points that are performed in English! You can find our guide to them here.

     

    Venues are spreaded out around town, some of them being: Södra Teatern, Slaktkyrkan, Ö2, Teater 3.

  • 12
    12.September.Wednesday

    Stockholm Fringe Festival - STOFF

    All day
    12/09/2018-15/09/2018
    Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden

    Stockholm Fringe Festival (also known as STOFF) the 10th year anniversary edition, taking place again on the 3rd to 7th September and they are bringing loads of amazing local and international acts  who offer dance, film, immersive experiences, music, performance, stand-up, spoken word, theatre, virtual reality, visual art, workshops, debates and talks.

     

     

    Venues are spreaded out around town, some of them being: Södra Teatern, Slaktkyrkan, Ö2, Teater 3.

    Stockholm Fringe Festival - STOFF

    All day
    12/09/2018-15/09/2018
    Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden

    Stockholm Fringe Festival (also known as STOFF) is taking place again on the 11th to 15th September and they are bringing loads of amazing local and international acts  who offer dance, film, immersive experiences, music, performance, stand-up, spoken word, theatre, virtual reality, visual art, workshops, debates and talks.

     

    This year’s biggest headliners are international icons Christeene and Peaches, who are great bookings for Stockholm Fringe. But there’s plenty more to see and experience around town. Check out the full programme here for more details on the more than 70 acts from 23 countries that are taking over the town. But we are also bringing you some highlights of programme points that are performed in English! You can find our guide to them here.

     

    Venues are spreaded out around town, some of them being: Södra Teatern, Slaktkyrkan, Ö2, Teater 3.

  • 13
    13.September.Thursday

    Stockholm Fringe Festival - STOFF

    All day
    13/09/2018-15/09/2018
    Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden

    Stockholm Fringe Festival (also known as STOFF) the 10th year anniversary edition, taking place again on the 3rd to 7th September and they are bringing loads of amazing local and international acts  who offer dance, film, immersive experiences, music, performance, stand-up, spoken word, theatre, virtual reality, visual art, workshops, debates and talks.

     

     

    Venues are spreaded out around town, some of them being: Södra Teatern, Slaktkyrkan, Ö2, Teater 3.

    Stockholm Fringe Festival - STOFF

    All day
    13/09/2018-15/09/2018
    Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden

    Stockholm Fringe Festival (also known as STOFF) is taking place again on the 11th to 15th September and they are bringing loads of amazing local and international acts  who offer dance, film, immersive experiences, music, performance, stand-up, spoken word, theatre, virtual reality, visual art, workshops, debates and talks.

     

    This year’s biggest headliners are international icons Christeene and Peaches, who are great bookings for Stockholm Fringe. But there’s plenty more to see and experience around town. Check out the full programme here for more details on the more than 70 acts from 23 countries that are taking over the town. But we are also bringing you some highlights of programme points that are performed in English! You can find our guide to them here.

     

    Venues are spreaded out around town, some of them being: Södra Teatern, Slaktkyrkan, Ö2, Teater 3.

  • 14
    14.September.Friday

    Stockholm Fringe Festival - STOFF

    All day
    14/09/2018-15/09/2018
    Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden

    Stockholm Fringe Festival (also known as STOFF) the 10th year anniversary edition, taking place again on the 3rd to 7th September and they are bringing loads of amazing local and international acts  who offer dance, film, immersive experiences, music, performance, stand-up, spoken word, theatre, virtual reality, visual art, workshops, debates and talks.

     

     

    Venues are spreaded out around town, some of them being: Södra Teatern, Slaktkyrkan, Ö2, Teater 3.

    Stockholm Fringe Festival - STOFF

    All day
    14/09/2018-15/09/2018
    Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden

    Stockholm Fringe Festival (also known as STOFF) is taking place again on the 11th to 15th September and they are bringing loads of amazing local and international acts  who offer dance, film, immersive experiences, music, performance, stand-up, spoken word, theatre, virtual reality, visual art, workshops, debates and talks.

     

    This year’s biggest headliners are international icons Christeene and Peaches, who are great bookings for Stockholm Fringe. But there’s plenty more to see and experience around town. Check out the full programme here for more details on the more than 70 acts from 23 countries that are taking over the town. But we are also bringing you some highlights of programme points that are performed in English! You can find our guide to them here.

     

    Venues are spreaded out around town, some of them being: Södra Teatern, Slaktkyrkan, Ö2, Teater 3.

  • 15
    15.September.Saturday

    Stockholm Fringe Festival - STOFF

    All day
    15/09/2018-15/09/2018
    Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden

    Stockholm Fringe Festival (also known as STOFF) the 10th year anniversary edition, taking place again on the 3rd to 7th September and they are bringing loads of amazing local and international acts  who offer dance, film, immersive experiences, music, performance, stand-up, spoken word, theatre, virtual reality, visual art, workshops, debates and talks.

     

     

    Venues are spreaded out around town, some of them being: Södra Teatern, Slaktkyrkan, Ö2, Teater 3.

    Stockholm Fringe Festival - STOFF

    All day
    15/09/2018-15/09/2018
    Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden

    Stockholm Fringe Festival (also known as STOFF) is taking place again on the 11th to 15th September and they are bringing loads of amazing local and international acts  who offer dance, film, immersive experiences, music, performance, stand-up, spoken word, theatre, virtual reality, visual art, workshops, debates and talks.

     

    This year’s biggest headliners are international icons Christeene and Peaches, who are great bookings for Stockholm Fringe. But there’s plenty more to see and experience around town. Check out the full programme here for more details on the more than 70 acts from 23 countries that are taking over the town. But we are also bringing you some highlights of programme points that are performed in English! You can find our guide to them here.

     

    Venues are spreaded out around town, some of them being: Södra Teatern, Slaktkyrkan, Ö2, Teater 3.

    Karlaplan's flea market

    11:00 -15:00
    15/09/2018
    Karlavägen 43, 114 31 Stockholm, Sweden

    This is a real flea market you don’t want to miss, right on Karlaplan’s heart, where anyone can sell the things they no longer need, or maybe those handmade by them.
    A wonderfully crowded market where anything can appear for sale – gadgets you did not even know, or things you’ve been looking.

    Stockholm Half Marathon 2018

    15:30 -18:00
    15/09/2018
    Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden

    Stockholm Half Marathon is an annual half marathon arranged in Stockholm, Sweden. It is held in the beginning of September, and so is not connected with Stockholm Marathon directly. Up until 2007 the race was called S:t Eriksloppet (S:t Erik’s Race, S:t Erik is the official saint of Stockholm).

    The DN Stockholm Half Marathon is run on an inspiring and easy course through many inner city areas of Stockholm; Norrmalm, Vasastan, Kungsholmen, the Old Town and Södermalm. Start and finish is just outside the Royal Palace. During the race you will pass many of Stockholm’s most famous landmarks and buildings; Karlberg’s Castle, the City Hall, the Royal Palace, the Swedish Parliament and the Royal Opera House.

    The difference between the highest and the lowest point of the course is 27 meters. This course is perfect to improve your best half marathon time. This is an easy course for first time half marathon runners.

  • 16
    16.September.Sunday

    About Warhol 1968

    14:00 -14:45
    16/09/2018
    Exercisplan 4, 111 49 Stockholm, Sweden

    Did you know that Andy Warhol’s first own museum exhibition took place in 1968 at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm? It was expected to be cut off as American propaganda – but the reactions went apart. “Warhol 1968” is an exhibition about the earlier exhibition and an exhibition explaining the complexity of Warhol’s artistry from the breakpoint in 1968.

     

    The time before 1968, Andy Warhol was characterized by both fascination and disgust for the mass media and commodity community. 1968 was also a dramatic year for Warhol and just a few months after his exhibition in Stockholm, he was subjected to a murder attempt. Afterwards he would have to move in partly new courses.

     

    Follow an introduction to the Warhol 1968 exhibition with Ylva Hillström, Intendent Formedling.

    In Swedish.
    Download ticket to the display in the information desk the same day. Limited number of seats.
    Included in the entrance fee (100/70 SEK)

    More about the exhibition: https://www.modernamuseet.se/stockholm/sv/utstallningar/warhol-1968/

    José González & The String Theory @ Dramaten

    18:00 -19:30
    16/09/2018
    Dramaten, Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden

    José González is an established voice on the international music scene and has been heard in a variety of music constellations over the years, always with their own special soundscapes. At Dramaten he will give a unique concert this autumn together with the chamber band The String Theory.

     

    The first time González collaborated with The String Theory was 2011 during a celebrated and renowned European Tour. Two musical worlds collided, and in that meeting something new was created.

     

    In 2015, José González released Vestiges & Claws who with scaled sound images with contagious rhythms. The String Theory is an experimental chamber orchestra with roots in both Berlin and Gothenburg. Conductor PC Nackt has previously worked with the filmmaker Wim Wenders and has been collaborator with Sascha Ring since 2011, more famous as electronic musician Apparat.

     

    Date: September 16, Great Stage.

    Sunday Dreams Sthlm

    18:00 -03:00
    16/09/2018-17/09/2018
    Styckmästargatan 10, 121 62 Johanneshov, Sweden

    Make your Sundays something extraordinary with Sunday Dreams at Slakhus area’s new hotspot – The neighborhood adjacent to the Slakthuskyrkan.

    With three dance floors, large outdoor and indoor spaces, the best bar staff in town and the whole of Stockholm’s urban DJ elite. As well as local and international live acts gathered in one place, making all your Sunday dreams come true.

    Whether you are looking for a post-brunch dance session or want to party long into the night, you will be able to do that.

    Let your Sunday dreams come true!

    18:00 – 21:00 – Free entrance
    21:00 – 22:00 – 100 kr
    22.00 -00.00 -150 kr
    00:00 – 02:30 – 200 kr

     

    Date: Sundays in Sthlm
    Time: 18:00 – 03:00
    Id: 20 years

    Headquarters
    Styckmästargatan 10, 12162 Stockholm, Sweden
    Styckmästargatan 10
    https://www.facebook.com/kvarteret.sthlm/


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