January felt so long we are glad it’s finally over to give way to February’s new opportunities. The city’s buzz and life are slowly starting to return after its winter hibernation and post-holidays empty-pocket days. So with this month’s new hopes come lots of events and happenings and you don’t need to go anywhere else to find out, as we have listed some of the best things you can do and experience in February in Stockholm!
SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS
Valentine’s Day
If you’re in love or starting to date someone and you happen to be in Stockholm on February 14, of course you would like to know how to spend the year in your favourite company the most romantic way. To make it easy for you we have put together the most dedicated guide with tips and ideas for things to do, places to go, what to give and expect on Valentine’s Day in Stockholm, find it here!
There are of course a handful of romantic events including, music, circus, yoga, romantic cinema, a romantic dinner in a castle, parties and more. Check our out all the 14th of February events listed in our Events Calendar.
FAIRS
Stockholm Design Week 2020
Stockholm Design Week takes place in a variety of venues across the city from galleries and showrooms to dinner parties, after fair meetings, opening cocktails, museums and cultural institutions.
When: 3-9 February
Where: Different venues across the city, visit their website for full events’ listing.
Cost: FREE
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2020
The whole industry will be gathered under one roof, making new contacts, absorbing knowledge and inspiration, and experiencing the very latest and best that Scandinavian design has to offer right now.
When: 4-8 February
Where: Stockholmsmässan
Cost: 120SEK
Yoga Games
At Yoga Games Health Fair February 8-9, you can visit about 50 exhibitors in training, health and lifestyle..
When: 8-9 February
Where: Münchenbryggeriet
Cost: FREE
Antique Fair 2020
At the Antique Fair you can shop directly from the exhibitors and find unique antiques.
When: 13-16 February
Where: Stockholmsmässan
Cost: 185SEK
Cheese Festival
Three exciting days with Cheese in focus.
When: 14-16 February
Where: Münchenbryggeriet
Cost: 180SEK
MUSIC
Liam Gallagher @ Annexet
When: 2 February
Where: Annexet
Cost: 650 SEK
Slipknot @ Globen
In connection with their return to first place on the English album top list and a celebrated sixth studio album – “We Are Not Your Kind” – Slipknot are going on tour in early 2020, with Behemoth as special guests.
When: 21 February
Where: Globen
Cost: 1820SEK
Stormzy @ Annexet
The rapper from south London shows why he is one of the greatest artists of our time.
When: 26 February
Where: Annexet
Cost: 475SEK
CLUBBING
Kornél Kovács & Rebecca & Fiona
Big favorites Kornél Kovács & Rebecca & Fiona will rock Timebar in Hornstull.
When: 6 February
Where: Timebar
Cost: FREE
Back to 90’s Pre Valentines Offline Party
Forget about Tinder, go offline and celebrate this year’s Valentine with a spectacular party, good drinks, new acquaintances and the occasional flirt.
When: 8 February
Where: Mr Voon
Cost: 199SEK
Moodymann + Carl Craig
For the first time ever, the mysterious Kenny Dixon JR aka Moodymann and Carl Craig come to Kontact to invite you to Detroit Love.
When: 29 February
Where: Berns
Cost: 275SEK
SHOWS
Cirkus Cirkör: Bloom
Welcome to a world full of flowers, classical music and outstanding circus.
When: 14 February
Where: Dieselverkstaden
Cost: 200SEK
BODY AND SOUL
The Most Epic Meditation, Yoga, Dance & Live Music Event
On Sunday the 2nd of February you’re invited you to join a ceremony of life. Where the goal is to through togetherness reach a deep state of mind, with the power of a collective mass-meditation under the holy temple of Eric Ericsonhallen, and to experience the most unique and mystical yoga & dance event ever.
When: 2 February
Where: Eric Ericsonhallen
Cost: 200SEK
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!
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