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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Meditation and tour at the Moderna Museet
Moderna MuseetExercisplan 4, 111 49 Stockholm, SwedenJoin a tour with the spiritual and existential in art in focus.
Participate in a tour with meditation after opening hours when peace has settled in the museum. Together with art educator Jessica Eldenstjärna, you’ll explore different artists’ ways of approaching and expressing the spiritual or dimensions beyond our ordinary reality. Turning our attention inward in a guided meditation. It will be an encounter with art based on the presence of all your senses.
You’ll see a selection of works of art with a different focus on each occasion. These become the starting point for contemplation and reflective conversations in connection with the tour.Thursday 28 October:
The need for deep roots – a roaring world.
With works by: Hilma af Klint, Britta Marakatt-Labba, Klara Lidén.Thursday 11 November:
Through the mirror glass – fears and the purity of the soul.
With works by: Hilma af Klint, Yayoi Kusama, Sigurdur Gudmundsson.Thursday 2 December:
Paradoxes and combinations – riddles that open.
With works by: Hilma af Klint, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg.Thursday 16 December:
Dualism in transcendence – multidimensional liberation.
With works by Hilma af Klint, Kazimir Malevich and Alexandr Rodchenko.Time: 18–20
Note! Collection in the foyer at 17.50 when the museum closes at 18.
Location: Exhibition in the Moderna Museet’s collection, floor 4 and meditation in the Workshop, floor 2
Language Swedish
Price: SEK 150 / including viewing and meditation.
Buy ticket here: https://secure.tickster.com/j2nk1fdmc1jv09mRegistration information
The number of places is limited. Any remaining seats are sold before the exhibition at the museum’s entrance. No previous knowledge required. Meditation pillows are available to borrow.
Read more about the program here: https://www.modernamuseet.se/…/visningar-med-meditation/ - 0202.December.Thursday
Paul Kalkbrenner @ Fållan
FållanFållan 10, 121 62 Johanneshov, SwedenPaul Kalkbrenner is back in Scandinavia with a lot of new material, a new dazzling live show and also a unique series of screenings of the film “Berlin calling”. The screenings will be the first chance to see Hannes Stöhr’s “2021 club edit” of the film that took the world by storm in 2008.
The film will be shown before the concerts and the opportunity to buy tickets for the exclusive screening can be done by registering at paulkalkbrenner.net/live2021.
Paul Kalkbrenner, who already through the early 2000s broke through with his unique melodic techno, has continued to continuously update his sound with an intense passion for techno. For two decades, he has made a journey from the underground scene to the charts and participated in film festivals but still never lost his focus or compromised with his music. - 0404.December.Saturday
Siggesta Gård Christmas market
Siggesta GårdSiggesta, 139 90 Värmdö, SwedenFinally the popular Siggesta Gård Christmas market returns, bringing in several new exhibitors and as usual there will be a magical Christmas atmosphere in the yard. Christmas food in the restaurant, coffee with home baking, shopping, pony riding and a lot of coziness.
Book a night at the hotel and wake up with the market on Saturday morning …. how cozy?
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Siggesta Gård Christmas market
Siggesta GårdSiggesta, 139 90 Värmdö, SwedenFinally the popular Siggesta Gård Christmas market returns, bringing in several new exhibitors and as usual there will be a magical Christmas atmosphere in the yard. Christmas food in the restaurant, coffee with home baking, shopping, pony riding and a lot of coziness.
Book a night at the hotel and wake up with the market on Saturday morning …. how cozy?
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Amason @ Cirkus
CirkusCirkus, Djurgårdsslätten, Stockholm, SwedenNo additional detail for this event.
