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.
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Sthlm Street Food with Food Truck-tournament
Jussi Björlings allé 5, Stockholm, SwedenThe successful Sthlm Street Food food festival is back, taking over Kungsträdgården, which will be filled with food trucks, flavours and smells from all corners of the world, entertainment, street art and beautiful festival atmosphere.
In parallel with the festival, a Food Truck-tournament will be arranged, here, several food trucks compete to prove who makes the best dishes in different categories and after the competition, everyone is welcome to shop from all the participating cars between. 11:00 and 19:00.
Beerfestival
Textilgatan 31, 120 30 Stockholm, SwedenGothenburg’s finest breweries come to the capital.
Over 15 different breweries and 50 different beers to try. Everyone will be there on Friday and Saturday 6-7 September at the Fabriken Event in Hammarbysjöstad.
Try the latest brew from Sweden’s best beer city.
Buy your tickets at alesandbrews.com
STHLM TECH FEST 2019
Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, SwedenIn 2019, Stockholm’s tech ecosystem continues to grow with more VC funds, more incubators and accelerators, more and much bigger co-working spaces, more startups fundraising, many more new angel investors, and more excitement about the future.
So it’s only natural that STHLM TECH FEST 2019 have more of everything that makes this ecosystem awesome…
Last year the festival had a much loved Job Fair, so this year they’re making it bigger and better with many more categories… Design, Security, Product, A.I., Backend, etc.
Two years ago they also had the Safari, with sold out information-filled networking events all over the city. This year they double the Safari events and host them in better and more central locations like ALMA, WeWork, Hobo Hotel and many more.
This year new addition is a hackathon, but not just any hackathon – The World’s Largest Hackathon for Women at City Hall.
And perhaps best of all, this year SLUSH is bringing their much loved networking and matchmaking system (for the first time anywhere) to STHLM TECH FEST.
STOFF X
Gustav Adolfs torg 22, 111 52 Stockholm, SwedenSTOFF•X is the 10th edition of Scandinavia’s oldest fringe: Stockholm Fringe Festival!
They’re celebrating a very special birthday with a theme! This year’s programme features fresh performances and visual art made exclusively by female, non-binary and trans artists!
Catch new work from cutting edge talents via their website www.stockholmfringe.com
WHAT? A multidisciplinary performance arts festival with exciting work from local and international artists, Peaches inclusive (See Peaches at Stoff-X for more info)!
Think theatre, music, visual art, dance, art walks, performance, workshops, film, debates and “other”! Nearly 100 free and ticketed events for all ages!
WHERE? 14 places and spaces in and around Stockholm with the following spots in focus:
Bagarmossens Folkets Hus
Bångska Våningen Stureplan
c.off
Cosmopolite
Högkultur – Scen och möte
Orionteatern
Pershagen Gallery
Secret location (Private apartment)
StaDemonia Tattoo Stockholm
Street (Various locations)
Stockholms dramatiska högskola
Teater Tre
Ö2
Zita Folkets BioWHEN? 5 days from the 3rd to the 7th of September!
WHO? 80+ companies from Sweden and around the world!
HOW? Box office via Kulturbiljetter!
Peaches at Stoff-X
Katarina Bangata 77, 116 42 Stockholm, SwedenStockholm Fringe Festival (STOFF-X) in collaboration with Orionteatern and House of Producers (HOP) present: Peaches Christ Superstar – 7th Sept 2019.
One of the world’s most influential female artists at Orionteatern at one of Stockholms’s most exciting stage art venues.
Electro-rock provocateur Peaches performs Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar in a reverent, revelatory one-woman tour-de-force.
An unlikely scenario: the whole of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar performed by one woman accompanied by a single piano. Even more unlikely when that woman is Peaches, the electro-rock provocateuse who has made sexual frankness her calling card.
With extraordinary emotional and dramatic power, Peaches sings each of the nine principal roles. Building on the work’s own brand of subtle subversiveness, Peaches’ tribute to a score she has loved since she was a teenager is a chance to see the star and the musical in an entirely new light.
Peaches Christ Superstar with Peaches
Piano: Mathias Susaas Halvorsen
Light: Roz Malyon
Costume: John Renaud, Mundi
A Production of HAU Berlin.One show only.
