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WHAT’S ON STOCKHOLM: October 2019
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WHAT’S ON STOCKHOLM: October 2019

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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.

  • 01
    01.March.Sunday
    Kontakt | Moodymann + Carl Craig berns stockholm

    Kontakt | Moodymann + Carl Craig

    22:00 -05:00
    01/03/2020-01/03/2020
    Berns
    Berzelii park 1, 111 47 Stockholm, Sweden

    For the first time ever, the mysterious Kenny Dixon JR aka Moodymann and Carl Craig come to Kontact to invite you to Detroit Love. A home party in a larger format where house music, fully drenched soul, funk, jazz and disco, will take over Berns and offer the best dance party ever.

    Hope you are ready for something extra special. In normal order, they will fill the rest of the house with awesome dj’s to make the evening extra everything.

  • 02
    02.March.Monday
    Tempo Dokumentärfestival documentary stockholm

    Tempo Documentary Festival 2020

    18:00 -22:50
    02/03/2020-08/03/2020
    Stockholm
    Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden

    A week with over 130 program points around Stockholm!

    This year Tempo’s theme is Family and the program is filled with interesting touches in the innermost sphere.

    The word family can be sensitive, arouse thoughts of security and community but also a sense of disappointment. Missing a family or not having a supportive family around when needed. This year’s theme puts the family under control. How can we look at an extended family concept? The biological family is one thing, but for many the self-elected family is just as important, if not more important.

    PROGRAM OF THE YEAR: www.tempofestival.se

    TICKETS: Pre-sale takes place at www.tempofestival.se/billetter/ or via the link here in the event.

     

    During the festival, the ticket booths open one hour before the first show at each showroom and close when the last show starts.

    Tempo is Sweden’s largest festival for documentary expression. Since its founding in 1998, documentaries from all over the world have been presented that would otherwise not reach a Swedish audience. Tempo provides a unique forum to collectively present documentary works across genre boundaries.

    NOTE 15 year limit on all our films.

  • 03
    03.March.Tuesday
    Tempo Dokumentärfestival documentary stockholm

    Tempo Documentary Festival 2020

    18:00 -22:50
    03/03/2020-08/03/2020
    Stockholm
    Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden

    A week with over 130 program points around Stockholm!

    This year Tempo’s theme is Family and the program is filled with interesting touches in the innermost sphere.

    The word family can be sensitive, arouse thoughts of security and community but also a sense of disappointment. Missing a family or not having a supportive family around when needed. This year’s theme puts the family under control. How can we look at an extended family concept? The biological family is one thing, but for many the self-elected family is just as important, if not more important.

    PROGRAM OF THE YEAR: www.tempofestival.se

    TICKETS: Pre-sale takes place at www.tempofestival.se/billetter/ or via the link here in the event.

     

    During the festival, the ticket booths open one hour before the first show at each showroom and close when the last show starts.

    Tempo is Sweden’s largest festival for documentary expression. Since its founding in 1998, documentaries from all over the world have been presented that would otherwise not reach a Swedish audience. Tempo provides a unique forum to collectively present documentary works across genre boundaries.

    NOTE 15 year limit on all our films.

  • 03
    03.March.Tuesday
    slow fashion show a house stockholm

    Slow Fashion Show: Performance shows & Panel discussion

    18:00 -22:00
    03/03/2020
    A house Stockholm
    Östermalmsgatan 26A, 114 26 Stockholm, Sweden

    Reduce, reuse and recycle also counts for fashion!
    Come, participate and BE THE CHANGE.

    #slowfashionshowSTHLM

    This show aims to spread awareness about the SLOW and SUSTAINABLE fashion industry and promote ECO-FRIENDLY ways in production.

    Shows:
    ▪️PROJECT ZERO IMPACT – Manufacturing professionals have shared their experiences with the young generation of designers, who have heard and used their knowledge as it is needed today – in the sustainable fashion sector.
    ▪️KRISTINA HONCARIVOVA – When don’t people throw away their clothes? When the clothes are tailor-made. Graphics and painting techniques will help the self-presentation of everybody. Just say 10 words and allow the designer making the unique pattern of the clothes.
    ▪️LAURA-ANDREA ZIZKOVA – The 1990s are back. People don’t need new materials to look great, they just need to think out of the box. Old paraglider and nylon fabrics? And what to call them new windbreakers?

    Talks:
    🔻 ZERO IMPACT DESIGNERS
    Young designers about slow fashion project, working with Italian manufactories and among several fashion studios.
    🔻 KATARINA STEFAN FEDORISINOVA
    Ph.D. student about custom manufacturing and its importance in the contemporary fashion industry.
    🔻 JAN C. LÖBL
    Head of the fashion design studio about the recycling of plastics, technical and other materials that can be used in the clothing industry.

    ♻️ GO SLOW and SHARE YOUR CLOTHES!
    If you have any piece of clothing that you do not wear anymore, take it with you. It will be donated afterwards to those who need it the most.

    ❗️RSVP
    To attend send a confirmation e-mail to stockholm@czech.cz and indicate the number of people who will go with you.

  • 04
    04.March.Wednesday
    Tempo Dokumentärfestival documentary stockholm

    Tempo Documentary Festival 2020

    18:00 -22:50
    04/03/2020-08/03/2020
    Stockholm
    Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden

    A week with over 130 program points around Stockholm!

    This year Tempo’s theme is Family and the program is filled with interesting touches in the innermost sphere.

    The word family can be sensitive, arouse thoughts of security and community but also a sense of disappointment. Missing a family or not having a supportive family around when needed. This year’s theme puts the family under control. How can we look at an extended family concept? The biological family is one thing, but for many the self-elected family is just as important, if not more important.

    PROGRAM OF THE YEAR: www.tempofestival.se

    TICKETS: Pre-sale takes place at www.tempofestival.se/billetter/ or via the link here in the event.

     

    During the festival, the ticket booths open one hour before the first show at each showroom and close when the last show starts.

    Tempo is Sweden’s largest festival for documentary expression. Since its founding in 1998, documentaries from all over the world have been presented that would otherwise not reach a Swedish audience. Tempo provides a unique forum to collectively present documentary works across genre boundaries.

    NOTE 15 year limit on all our films.


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