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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Stockholm's Feminist Film Festival
StockholmGustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, SwedenStockholm Feminist Film Festival is the largest film festival for women’s films in Scandinavia. Screening films by women directors from all over the world: both features and shorts, fiction as well as documentaries. Alongside their diverse program they will also be hosting a variety of panels addressing gender equality in film, masterclasses, workshops and more.
The festival will take place Feb 28 – March 3, 2019.
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Post Malone @ Globen
Ericsson GlobeEricsson Globe, Stockholm, SwedenPost Malone is one of the world’s greatest artists right now. With millions of Streams and sold out concerts around the world, Post Malone is heading for his first major arena tour. With the album “beerbongs & bentleys” and world hits like “rockstar”, “Psycho” and “Better Now”, the coming arena tour in Europe will be something very special!
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Stockholm's Feminist Film Festival
StockholmGustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, SwedenStockholm Feminist Film Festival is the largest film festival for women’s films in Scandinavia. Screening films by women directors from all over the world: both features and shorts, fiction as well as documentaries. Alongside their diverse program they will also be hosting a variety of panels addressing gender equality in film, masterclasses, workshops and more.
The festival will take place Feb 28 – March 3, 2019.
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Stockholm's Feminist Film Festival
StockholmGustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, SwedenStockholm Feminist Film Festival is the largest film festival for women’s films in Scandinavia. Screening films by women directors from all over the world: both features and shorts, fiction as well as documentaries. Alongside their diverse program they will also be hosting a variety of panels addressing gender equality in film, masterclasses, workshops and more.
The festival will take place Feb 28 – March 3, 2019.
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Wild Nothing @ Debaser
Debaser StrandDebaser Hornstulls Strand, Hornstulls strand, Stockholm, SwedenAt the beginning of the decade, the music world seemed to be dominated by lo-fi dream-pop written in youth home studios and a revival that wanted to push the borders of nostalgia even further. But no one really managed to represent the genre as well as Jack Tatum’s Wild Nothing, where the mix of 80’s throwback and janglepop created their own little sub-genre in the otherwise supersaturated sphere. Since the 2012 Nocturne, Wild Nothing has repeatedly renewed itself without losing its own identity and with this year’s newly released Indigo he continues where Nocturne ended. Here we are offered a retrorevivalism that dares to be honest with its influences and represents them with pride.
