November is that time of the year many regard as dark, but funnily enough, Stockholm gives us many sparkly and enlightened ways to have fun and keep our minds away from the gloomy weather conditions. Such as the Stockholm Film Festivals, where stars of the movie world shine on the red carpets of the city’s cinemas and the light of the projectors on the screens takes us to worlds we have only dreamed of. Stockholm itself also starts glittering, when the streets are dressed with the Christmas decorations. No, this is not a dark time, it’s a time to see the light in different shapes.
Here are some of the glittering events you should not miss this month!
SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS
Lighting of the Christmas lights in Stockholm City
Everybody is welcomed to this year’s opening of #Stockholmsjul with the launch of the Christmas lights in Stockholm City 2019.
In addition to the launch of one million LED lights on over 40 streets, places and squares, the city will offer wonderful Christmas atmosphere. Do not miss the premiere walk of this year’s Christmas lights!
When: 16 November
Where: Kungsträdgården
Cost: FREE
Christmas Market at Skansen
The Christmas market at Skansen has been a yearly tradition since 1903. The market square is filled with food, treats and decorations and the bonfires are lit. All the historical houses and farmsteads are decorated and in the town quarters you can meet skilled craftsmen. There will be craft demonstrations and live music in the buildings where the tables are also set for Christmas dinner. Young and old can participate in dancing around the Christmas tree and make their own Christmas decorations in the workshop.
When: 30 November
Where: Skansen
Cost: 60SEK – 140SEK
Peasful Christmas Market
For the second year in a row, Herman’s is holding a 100% vegan Christmas market, filled to the brim with delicious treats, healthy products, artworks, books and much more!
When: 30 November
Where: Hermans Restaurang & Trädgårdscafé
Cost: FREE
FAIRS
Sthlm Food & Wine 2019
Enjoy great flavours with close friends. Join the best tasting event in the Nordics.
When: 8-10 November
Where: Stockholmsmässan
Cost: 150-200SEK for one day, 250-280SEK for two days, children free
Stockholm Coffee Festival 2019
Swing by A-House on Saturday 9th of November to meet your favourite Swedish Roasters, try your hand and some cutting edge coffee tech, and enjoy a great time with fellow coffee lovers.
When: 9 November
Where: A house Stockholm
Cost: FREE
MUSIC
Elder Island @ Obaren
The Bristol trio ELDER ISLAND delivers a fantastic mix of dream pop and techno where mpc beats meet a myriad of synth, guitar, bass and cello.
When: 7 November
Where: Obaren
Cost: FREE
Avishai Cohen Trio @ Berwaldhallen
Renowned Israeli jazz bassist and composer Avishai Cohen returns to Stockholm along with a newly released record and a new trio! This time for a unique concert in one of the most pleasing stages in the city, Berwaldhallen.
Kontakt – The Black Madonna + La Fleur
When: 24 November
Where: Berns
Cost: 295SEK – 495SEK
ART
30th Stockholm International Film Festival
Between 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.
We have put together a guide with the films that are a MUST SEE at this year’s festival, including the best of the best from every film genre and you can find it here.
When: 6-17 November
Where: The festival takes place in the following cinemas: Skandia, Drottninggatan 82. Filmhuset, Borgvägen 1. Park, Sturegatan 18. Zita, Birger Jarlsgatan 37. Sture, Birger Jarlsgatan 41. Bio Rio, Hornstulls strand 3. Capitol, St. Eriksgatan 82.
Cost: Ordinary ticket: 100 SEK. Red Carpet ticket: 150 SEK. Capitol: 120 SEK. Day ticket: 70 SEK (valid Mon–Fri before 3:00pm). Red Carpet Deluxe: 160-500 SEK
Opening Reception: Love Lundell & C-print
This autumn Love Lundell will present a new series of works 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.
When: Opening Reception 7 November. Reception stays open the rest of the month.
Where: Wetterling Gallery
Cost: FREE
Exhibition – Theme: Stockholm at Nordic Art
Several of Sweden’s most interesting artists interpret Stockholm in their own way. Pia Erlandsson, Richard Vakil, Marika Lang, Maria Krull, Henry Bronett, BG Karlsson, Carolina Bååth, Viktoria Tikhomirova, Gunnel Wennberg
Large opening day Saturday 9 November 12-17 pm at Birkagatan 28 B.
When: 9-14 November
Where: Nordic Art
Cost: FREE
Find out more about upcoming events in our Events Calendar.
- 0909.December.Monday
Stortorget's Christmas market in Gamla Stan
Stortorget, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm’s Gillet arranges Stockholm’s oldest Christmas market with a range of high Swedish quality. Every year many people traditionally visit the market with family, relatives and friends. Do it you too!
Open daily 11-18 until 23 December.
Free entrance. - 1010.December.Tuesday
Stortorget's Christmas market in Gamla Stan
Stortorget, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm’s Gillet arranges Stockholm’s oldest Christmas market with a range of high Swedish quality. Every year many people traditionally visit the market with family, relatives and friends. Do it you too!
Open daily 11-18 until 23 December.
Free entrance. - 1111.December.Wednesday
Stortorget's Christmas market in Gamla Stan
Stortorget, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm’s Gillet arranges Stockholm’s oldest Christmas market with a range of high Swedish quality. Every year many people traditionally visit the market with family, relatives and friends. Do it you too!
Open daily 11-18 until 23 December.
Free entrance. - 1212.December.Thursday
Stortorget's Christmas market in Gamla Stan
Stortorget, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm’s Gillet arranges Stockholm’s oldest Christmas market with a range of high Swedish quality. Every year many people traditionally visit the market with family, relatives and friends. Do it you too!
Open daily 11-18 until 23 December.
Free entrance.
Acid Arab @ Debaser Strand
Debaser Hornstulls Strand, Hornstulls strand, Stockholm, SwedenMighty Parisian electronic music crew ACID ARAB have been putting worldwide festivals and club audiences under a spell for the last couple of years, with their intoxicating blend of sharp Western electronic music with Eastern sounds & vocals.
Absorbing myriad musical influences from oriental and Arabic to Turkish and Indian, Their album Musique de France won them legions of admirers.
They bring their electric live show to Debaser for their first headline live show in Stockholm.
Jaakko Eino Kalevi & Friends
Kungsgatan 63, 111 22 Stockholm, SwedenA former tram driver from Helsinki captivates the world with his dreamy pop disco.
Jaakko Eino Kalevi is on a journey where cosmic disco meets pop that meets sweet saxophones. The Finnish artist, who was born in Jyväskylä and who moved to Helsinki and drove a tram – before moving to Berlin to pursue a music career may no longer be undermined. Now we know who he is. We have read reviews where his music has been lovingly compared to Finnish criminals Jimi Tenor, the pop geniuses of Hall and Oates and disco legend Giorgio Moroder. In short, we know that this is an update and declaration of love for the eighties.
On the album Out of Touch (yes, you remember the Hall and Oates song?) Jaakko Eino Kalevi takes another step in his career. It is more mature, more confident – but still just as magically beautiful and personal. Melancholic from the previous album is also there. Like the romantic gestures. Here is a lot of heart and pain to spew from the scene!
- 1313.December.Friday
Stortorget's Christmas market in Gamla Stan
Stortorget, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm’s Gillet arranges Stockholm’s oldest Christmas market with a range of high Swedish quality. Every year many people traditionally visit the market with family, relatives and friends. Do it you too!
Open daily 11-18 until 23 December.
Free entrance.Jaakko Eino Kalevi & Friends
Kungsgatan 63, 111 22 Stockholm, SwedenA former tram driver from Helsinki captivates the world with his dreamy pop disco.
Jaakko Eino Kalevi is on a journey where cosmic disco meets pop that meets sweet saxophones. The Finnish artist, who was born in Jyväskylä and who moved to Helsinki and drove a tram – before moving to Berlin to pursue a music career may no longer be undermined. Now we know who he is. We have read reviews where his music has been lovingly compared to Finnish criminals Jimi Tenor, the pop geniuses of Hall and Oates and disco legend Giorgio Moroder. In short, we know that this is an update and declaration of love for the eighties.
On the album Out of Touch (yes, you remember the Hall and Oates song?) Jaakko Eino Kalevi takes another step in his career. It is more mature, more confident – but still just as magically beautiful and personal. Melancholic from the previous album is also there. Like the romantic gestures. Here is a lot of heart and pain to spew from the scene!
- 1414.December.Saturday
Christmas Market in Skansen
Djurgårdsslätten 49, 115 21 Stockholm, SwedenChristmas market at Skansen
The Christmas market at Skansen has been a yearly tradition since 1903. The market square is filled with food, treats and decorations and the bonfires are lit. All the historical houses and farmsteads are decorated and in the town quarter you can meet skilled craftsmen. There will be craft demonstrations and live music in the buildings where the tables also are set for Christmas dinner. Young and old can participate in the dancing around the Christmas tree and make their own Christmas decorations in the workshop. Christmas starts at Skansen!Weekends November 30th – December 22. For more information visit https://www.skansen.se/en/julmarknad-på-skansen
Stortorget's Christmas market in Gamla Stan
Stortorget, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm’s Gillet arranges Stockholm’s oldest Christmas market with a range of high Swedish quality. Every year many people traditionally visit the market with family, relatives and friends. Do it you too!
Open daily 11-18 until 23 December.
Free entrance.
Refused @ Berns
Berzelii park 1, 111 47 Stockholm, SwedenFor a few years during the 1990s, all eyes were directed towards Umeå. At least those who liked loud music. The reason was the rare vital hardcore scene that filled the mid-sized city’s leisure farms with angry, young people every week. The mother ship was the band Refused, whose afterburning proved to be a perfect breeding ground for hungry bands with a dream of once becoming as good and important as the role models. They never did. With the epoch-making album ‘The Shape Of Punk To Come’ from 1998, Refused changed not only the Swedish stage’s perception of what loud music can be, but the whole world. The sequel ‘Freedom’ from 2015 showed that Refused never gave up its revolution, just waiting for the right time to return.
Hot Chip @ Vasateatern
Vasateatern, Vasagatan, Stockholm, SwedenHot Chip has put their name in the history books for their unusually successful synthesis of indie and dance music. Their ability to interweave shimmering pop songs and dance floor bangers is almost unmatched. Now the legends from London are back with their seventh studio album A Bath Full of Ecstasy and a much-anticipated gig at the Vasateatern in Stockholm December 14th.
Boiler Room Stockholm: Kvarteret
Styckmästargatan 10, 121 62 Johanneshov, SwedenBoiler Room links up with Kvarteret this December, Stockholm’s most vital music space located in the city’s Slaughterhouse district.
Hold tight for the lineup drop.
The only way to witness this one is IRL so jump on tickets if you’re in: blrrm.tv/BR-Stockholm
The venue will be equipped by a Funktion 1 sound system.
- 1515.December.Sunday
Christmas Market in Skansen
Djurgårdsslätten 49, 115 21 Stockholm, SwedenChristmas market at Skansen
The Christmas market at Skansen has been a yearly tradition since 1903. The market square is filled with food, treats and decorations and the bonfires are lit. All the historical houses and farmsteads are decorated and in the town quarter you can meet skilled craftsmen. There will be craft demonstrations and live music in the buildings where the tables also are set for Christmas dinner. Young and old can participate in the dancing around the Christmas tree and make their own Christmas decorations in the workshop. Christmas starts at Skansen!Weekends November 30th – December 22. For more information visit https://www.skansen.se/en/julmarknad-på-skansen
Stortorget's Christmas market in Gamla Stan
Stortorget, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm’s Gillet arranges Stockholm’s oldest Christmas market with a range of high Swedish quality. Every year many people traditionally visit the market with family, relatives and friends. Do it you too!
Open daily 11-18 until 23 December.
Free entrance.Boiler Room Stockholm: Kvarteret
Styckmästargatan 10, 121 62 Johanneshov, SwedenBoiler Room links up with Kvarteret this December, Stockholm’s most vital music space located in the city’s Slaughterhouse district.
Hold tight for the lineup drop.
The only way to witness this one is IRL so jump on tickets if you’re in: blrrm.tv/BR-Stockholm
The venue will be equipped by a Funktion 1 sound system.
