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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30th Stockholm International Film Festival
Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, SwedenBetween the 6th and the 17th of November, the 2019 Stockholm International Film Festival screens around 150 films from over 60 countries in the city’s cinemas and arranges quizzes, parties, seminars, Face2Face and more.
A SPEED GUIDE OF THE FESTIVAL’S FILM SECTIONS
Stockholm XXIX Competition
A section for new and groundbreaking directors
Stockholm XXIX Documentary Competition
A section for contemporary and thought-provoking documentaries
Stockholm Impact
Visionary directors and politically charged films compete for one of the most important film awards in the world. The winner receives 1 million SEK in co-operation with the City of Stockholm. The Stockholm Impact Award is designed by Ai Wei Wei, the patron of the Stockholm Impact Competition
Stockholm XXIX Short Film Competition
A section for the latest avant-gardist short films
Special Events
From Bergman to new promising directors
Open Zone
The world’s most acclaimed directors compete for the FIPRESCI prize
American Independents
The independent minds of American contemporary filmmaking
Icons
A showcase of cinema’s leading actors and actresses
Discovery
Powerful miscellaneous stories by new directors
Documania
The most vivid biopics, documentaries and real stories of the year
1 KM Film
A short film section for young swedish filmmakers
FACE2FACE
The Stockholm International Film Festival also presents an opportunity to have in-depth discussions with directors and actors. During our Face2face events, the public has the possibility to directly interact with special guests.
RED CARPET
It is during Red Carpet events that our greatest films are screened. Drinks and amuses-bouches are served in the lobby before the screening. Directors and actors are often invited to the screenings and take part in a Face2Face after the film.
Our Red Carpet screening tickets are available to the public.
FRIDAY GALA
Friday nights are synonymous with a gala atmosphere. We screen potential Oscar winner films starring some of cinema’s hottest names.
BE IN TIME FOR THE SCREENING
Remember to arrive on time as you will not be allowed to access the screening after the film starts. Red Carpet events and Friday Galas begin 30 minutes before the screening.
SCHOOL CINEMA
The Stockholm Film Festival collaborates with School Cinema in order to preserve the culture of film and cinema. School Cinema is especially dedicated to students and pupils from the city of Stockholm.
The Stockholm Film Festival gives students and pupils from the age of 15 the opportunity to see new films from all around the world for only 30 SEK per film.
For more information on School Cinema, please contact us at:
CINEMAS
Skandia
Drottninggatan 82
Filmhuset
Borgvägen 1
Klarabiografen
Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Sergels torg
Zita
Birger Jarlsgatan 37
Sture
Birger Jarlsgatan 37
Bio Rio
Hornstulls strand 3
Festival Cinemas open approximately 30 minutes before the first screening of the day.
Find more info in our article about what would be this year’s festival highlights here.
Full program:
www.stockholmfilmfestival.se Buy your membership card at:
http://www.stockholmfilmfestival.s e/en/festival/ buy-membership-card 
Opening Reception: Love Lundell & C-print
Västra Trädgårdsgatan 4A, 111 53 Stockholm, SwedenOpening Reception, November 7, 6 – 8 PM
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Love Lundell
Sentimentally Yours, The Red ForestThis autumn Love Lundell will present a new series of work in the exhibition Sentimentally Yours, Red Forest at Wetterling Galllery. The series is about times of transition, the period between childhood and adulthood. Memories of sexual awakening and places connected to these memories. Or the emotion of being trapped in this stage of transition.
Love Lundell’s collaged paintings, drawings and prints unfold in their own world. Dreamlike, mystical and surreal, yet also anchored in the everyday, his evocative scenes draw the viewer in and hold them back simultaneously. Employing a collage technique, Lundell creates his intriguing wonderlands by sampling images from various sources and recontextualizing them to suggest a hallucinatory inner reality. He draws on his childhood memories, dreams, books and the internet for inspiration. Where his early works were densely packed with detail, calling to mind a curio shop, his recent series comprises more pared down, atmospheric compositions imbued with intense colours. Lundell was born in Stockholm in 1981 and attended Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Norway. He lives and works in Stockholm.
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Curated by C-print
All Disco Dance Must End In Broken BonesWith a wry and darkly humorous title lent from Whale’s 1998 indie album, All Disco Dance Must End In Broken Bones, presents as a group exhibition about gaining traction and accelerating to live your “best life”. Be it that this need for speed is to go ”all in” to pursue your intrinsic urges and desires hedonistically, or question being rather of truthful self-realization to be who you are and want to be, at the end of the day. Possessing often an immediate depictive quality, the works are layered, connoting directly to one thing at face value, while each being informed by a specific narrative of their own that go beyond what is seen at glance.
Participating in the group exhibition are Gethin Wyn Jones, Seroconversion, Philip Dufva, Carla Garlaschi, Karon Nilzén Jonsson and Theodor Ander. The group exhibition is curated by C-print.
Elder Island @ Obaren
Obaren, Sturehof, Nybrogatan, Stockholm, SwedenThe trio from Bristol ELDER ISLAND delivers a fantastic mix of dream pop and techno where mpc beats meet a myriad of synth, guitar, bass and cello.
They released their debut album The Omnitone Collection in February this year and are finally coming to Stockholm on their world tour.
This band will be something big. Don’t miss them on Obaren November 7!
