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5 unusual cultural festivals
An insider’s guide to five fun festivals
In Norway you have more 900 festivals to choose from, and around 300 of these are art and cultural festivals. Whether you fancy music, performing arts or traditional events, here are five Norwegian cultural festivals out of the ordinary.
Førde Traditional and World Music Festival.
Photo: Arve Ullebø
Photo: Arve Ullebø
Anders Rykkja.
Photo: Anders Rykkja
Photo: Anders Rykkja
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Oslo salongorkester consists of musicians from the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the Opera Orchestra, and is one of very few ensembles in Oslo…
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Fresh Sounds jazz concert in Kristiansand.
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18 February, John Dee: Soulful Icelandic folk
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The Opera Festival is one of the most important festivals in the region and Kristiansund is a recognized operatown. The Opera festival offers a wide…
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Winter holiday in Hafjell is the first choice when families choose for their ski holiday for 2019 in Norway.
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Full moon concert at Orre with Lotte Torgeirsen.
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The royal decree of 1853 stated that "From 1854 onwards there shall in Røros be held a market, commencing on the second to last Tuesday of the…
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Students from UiA plays music from the 60's and 70's at Kilden.
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Zotora is one of Europe and Scandinavia’s first didgeridoo players, perfecting his sound through the years. This evening offers contemplative…
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-And thanks for stopping by. It is always nice to visit - especially from all my faithful fans who love my music, says the Lofoten War which has…
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Nice French Orchestra is the closest you come to Montmartre in Paris without having to leave Norway.
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Get ready for an evening of bop-ballads with immediate appeal when the guitar quartet Håvard Stubø Quartet visits Oslo…
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Longer, louder and more arresting than anything that had gone before it, Beethoven's Third Symphony left audiences dumbfounded when it was first…
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Concerts and Stand Up Shows on selected Fridays and Saturdays in Kvinesdal. For more information and to buy tickets: Click on "Tickets" (you…
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Pianist Eyolf Dale visits Nasjonal Jazzscene with music from the album Wolf Valley, written specifically for his octet. The…
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An entire evening with Arvid Engegård offers great opportunities for inviting to a program filled with classic pearls. The conductor and program…
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As the candle lights flicker, this elegant church is filled with the sounds of the most beautiful Norwegian folk songs, as well as some wonderfully…
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Concert with Maria Arredondo and Torstein Sødal.
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Concert with the Swedish key harp performer Erik Rydvall and the Norwegian fiddler Olav Luksengård Mjelva , who both figure amongst…
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Tchaikovsky's violin concert with its velvety melodies in uninterrupted long lines shows that Tchaikovsky was the champion of the melody. The…
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Concert with Maria Arredondo and Torstein Sødal with pianist, as well as choir Gjesdalkoret, where pop, musicals and gospel are performed with a…
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Bo Sundström , the frontman of the popular Swedish band Bo Kaspers Orkester, visits Nasjonal Jazzscene with music from his most recent…
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Capt Cane & Big Trouble at the Irish Viking friday 22. of February. CC: 150,- at the door
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Concert with the new Norwegian pop sensation Dagny. NME wrote after her by:Larm concert in 2018: "Backed by a three-piece band, Norwegian…
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Wardruna front figure Einar Selvik plays solo in Håkonshallen. He takes us on a musical journey out of Wardrunas normally grand sound garden and…
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Smokie tours Norway also in 2019! This ever popular band had their break-through in Norway in 1975 with the hit "If You Think You Know How To…
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DJ's and events at Teateret in Kristiansand.
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Nyprog med jazzfot
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Concert at Tolv Bord in Kristiansand.
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Welcome to a Beatles-tribute concert with 5 of Norways biggest voices: Inger Lise Rypdal, Jørn Hoel, Bjarte Hjelmeland, Atle Pettersen og Lise…
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Wolf on Fire is a hard rock band from Stavanger that presents the first album.
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23 February, Riksscenen: Top-notch forró from Brazil
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23 February, Riksscenen: Top-notch forró from Brazil
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Consert with the counrty band Kapt Kane & Big Trouble Age limit 20 years.
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Christianssand Blues & Roots Club in Kristiansand hosts concerts with blues, roots, rock'n roll, soul and americana.
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Concert with Lindesnes Trekkspillklubb (accordion club). They visit Grieghallen every year and are very popular. Get hold of your ticket and find out…
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Concert with the Norwegian artists Maria Arredondo and Torstein Sødal in Sauda church in Ryfylke.
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Concert with the popular Norwegian artist Stein Torleif Bjella (Norwegian lyrics).
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Blues concert.
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23 February, Nasjonal Jazzscene: A powerful homage to the family past
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Kal-El and Supernaughty are both signed to Argonauta Records and toured together in Italy last September. Get ready for a broad-legged,…
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The mixed choir Enevja from Grovfjord comes to the city with choir singing, coffee, slices, good cakes and lottery to light up a regular Saturday in…
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Minor Majority is playing at Kick scene in Kristiansand.
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Concert at Riksscenen with Mæd Luggum , a recently formed trio that consists of a Swedish drummer and two Norwegian fiddlers. They play both…
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Concert at Riksscenen with Mæd Luggum , a recently formed trio that consists of a Swedish drummer and two Norwegian fiddlers. They play both…
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We continue last autumn's success with opera concerts in the foyer.
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Concert with Oslo Ess.
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Oslo Chamber Orchestra and violinist Sara Övinge hold a concert in Norway's National Library. Övinge started to play the…
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Concert with the Norwegian bands Vöödöö and BISÅN. ".....potential world-beaters." 8/10, PowerPlay Mag, UK…
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Funky trio from Denmark plays at Ogna Scene.
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Classic Album Sundays
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The legendary English art rock band 10cc visits Bergen. The band was founded in 1972 and initially consisted of four musicians, Graham Gouldman, Eric…
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Holum Trio performs honest and extrovert improvisationmusic anchored in strong compositions. Since the beginning in 2011, the trio have…
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Welcome to an evening full of relaxing, soothing, liberating live music! If you feel stressed out or if you just want to feel happy inside, this is a…
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25 Februar, Folketeateret: Don't miss Yann Tiersen's first ever solo performance in Norway!
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Oslo Quartet Series presents Oslo String Quartet in Gamle Logen. Programme Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String quartet no. 16 in E flat major, k. 428…
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In the work Hildo have a team of splendid musicians uses traditional songs and tunes from Voss, Sogn and Hardanger. They redress these tunes with new…
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Concert with Aiming for Enrike.
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We are looking forward to a new concert with Inge Bremnes in February. Inge Bremnes makes popular music in northern Norwegian. The soundscape is…
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Concert with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra in the University Aula. The programme this evening includes a world première of a…
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Concert in Kilden with Come Shine jazz group and Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra (KSO, in Norwegian: Kristiansand Symfoniorkester).
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Join and jump to the moon with Miss Frikadello! We invite you to a family concert with kangaroos, cockroaches and moms. And the amazing tiny mini-mama…
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Ingebjørg Bratland & Espen Lind - At all times Sometimes during their careers artists step outside their habitual spheres, and experiment…
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Concert with the poet, songwriter and vocalist Trygve Skaug.
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Concert at Kick venue in Kristiansand.
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Erlend Ropstad is back with a new album just 14 months after his critically acclaimed and double "Spellemann" nominated album '"verything That Has…
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1 March, Nasjonal Jazzscene: Lyrical ballads and swingin' standards
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Narcosatanicos is a danish noise rock group. The sextet's eclectic output draws on everything from proto-punk and power electronics to freejazz and…
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Singer-songwriter Nina Nielsen is actual with the albumTraveling Without You
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Concert at Sabla Bar in Kristiansand.
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1 March, Riksscenen: Folk music for a new millenium
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Concert with the local bands: Spigerfabrikken and Infinitum.
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Call it a cross of Backstreet Girls and Nothing on High-octane, an unpolished, yet melodious band of love for both Dead Kennedys and Sex Pistols.…
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Success story continues, and Dagny puts out her new Norway Tour!
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Concert with Erlend Ropstad.
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Concert with Eva Weel Skram
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Concert at Sabla Bar in Kristiansand.
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Hilde Selvikvåg from Jæren has, in a short time, achieved great success with Spellemannsomination of the debut album in 2015, and then…
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Låvaberget is a band from Egersund.
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Skybrudd from Drammen plays dark, melancholy and powerful music with uncompromising live performance.
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Concert with local artisk Sarah Linn. Welcome!
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Sup & Stup Winter edition in Aquarama, Kristiansand.
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Childrens concert in Kilden.
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New Family Show with the comedian, magician and belly speaker Erik Mogeno, who has had more than 1800 performances!
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3 March, Oslo Spektrum: Two giants collide at Oslo Spektrum.
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Classical concert in Kilden, Kristiansand.
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3 March, Sentrum Scene: Rock is back! Courtesy of Rival Sons
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Wild Nothing it the band of Jack Tatum, and has recently published their new album Indigo . On the new record, Tatum takes a look back at his great…
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Opera cafe with Ida Gudim, Christian Damsgaard and Olivera Marinkovic.
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Experience Norwegian bass legend Arild Andersen in a duo with the Italian bandoneonist Daniele di Bonaventura Bonaventura is an Italian…
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"They came and they won all of Oslo, the circus gang from Gothenburg, as they went with their circus ring to John Dee in Oslo.
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Bjarne Brøndbo is one of Norways greatest musicians, something he will show on his new show "Bærre Bjarne" - a musical stand-up…
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Concert with Elisabeth Andreasson - "Bettan"
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Borealis is a festival for experimental music. A place where we celebrate the music that falls between the gaps. A place for adventurous listening.…
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Bjarne Brøndbo is one of Norways greatest musicians, something he will show on his new show "Bærre Bjarne" - a musical stand-up…
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Concert with the two popular Norwegian troubadours Jan Eggum and Halvdan Sivertsen.
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At the heart of this concert, Robert Schumann's song cycle of disillusion and regret Dichterliebe is presented in a new arrangement for voice and…
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Concert at Blå Kors (Blue Cross) in Kristiansand.
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The spectacular heavy metal band Avatar is on world tour and visits Bergen with their new album "Avatar Country". The band was formed in…
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Concert with Einar Flaa
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Elisabeth Andreassen will visit Sykkylven Kulturhus on the 7th of March. She will bring her all time favourite hits. Enjoy!
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Welcome to a concert with Hedvig Mollestad Trio at Fosnavåg Konserthus.
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The festival to celebrate the joy of life is arranged at Bryne every year in week 10.
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Michale Graves who was a vocalist in the legendary punk band THE MISFITS guests Flytten og Haugesund 7 Mars. Longfield & Super Skeleton will be…
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The winter edition of Norwegian Mountain Festival "Romsdalsvinter", a festival focusing on winter activities and ski touring, and we are offering both…
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Scottish-born Sarah-Jane Summers is a free-thinking, passionate and very versatile musician. She is a carrier of the fiddle tradition of…
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Hans Abrahamsen is one of the most profiled present Nordic composers. His music often has a soft and low-key expression, where memories and…
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Stein Torleif Bjella has established himself as a habil live artist and sets track of Norwegian music.
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Bergen Jazzforum presents "The Godfather of etio-jazz" Mulatu Astatke.
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"BLUES IS A FEELING - FEEL ME" - Big Daddy Wilson plays for full house around the world, and on March 8th he comes to Mandal and…
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Dominic Miller has been Sting's guitarist for almost 30 years. Miller is originally from Argentina but has lived a large part of his life in the…
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Elisabeth Andreassen will visit Ingebrigt Davik-huset on the 8th of March. She will bring her all time favourite hits. Enjoy! …
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Instant power! On the 8th of March the Hedvig Mollestad Trio will be back in Ålesund. Many people got the chance to see her perform at…
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Concert with Norwegian artist Hilde Selvikvåg at Nesteimstunet. Welcome! Open bar and food sale.
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8–10 March, Holmenkollen: Some of the best skiers in the world compete for glory.
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Music bingo is extremely popular in the rest of the world and collects lots of music loving people. We have now arranged this for a couple of years…
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One week per season, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra tests its limit without a conductor. To play in an orchestra is alway a joint effort, but it…
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Concert at Sabla Bar in Kristiansand.
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Hi guys, the powerless train at Hr Editor cheats after a magical debut with The Violent Years just before Christmas. On the women's day, we hit…
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Concert with Norwegian artist and author Tryge Skaug.
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Concert with UDO + Special guest.
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What you love with Unge Ferrari is perhaps what you just hate in life: unpredictability.
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What you love with Unge Ferrari is perhaps what you just hate in life: unpredictability.
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Elvira Nikolaisen returns to Ogna Scene.
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Hedvig Mollestad Trio has a lot of musical energy and punch to offer.
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Bendik Baksaas & Fredrik Høyer is a musical team consisting of one DJ and one poet. Together they mix spoken word, poetry and short…
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Solo concert at Riksscenen with Nils Økland , one of Norway's foremost fiddle players and a renewer of traditional folk music who…
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Nordic Tenors combines exquisite artistic quality with humor, dance and musical surprises.
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In 2019, Trine Rein, will be a contestant in the Norwegian televison show "Hver Gang Vi Møtes". The fall of 2018, she…
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U.D.O. never stops impressing. Recently, the band won the "Live Show of the Year" by Metal Hammer
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Concert with the Norwegian artist Unge (young) Ferrari. Norwegian lyrics.
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10. mars, Margarethakyrkan:
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Billy Meier and Tortusa / Kiil Halvorsen play in the Aquarium at the Folken!
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The Pirat-metal band Alestorm from Scotland comes to Folken and bring with the viking-metal band Skálmöld from Island
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The Norwegian folk musician Erlend Viken presents the commissioned work "Sastrugi" at Riksscenen. The work's title is the plural…
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The Norwegian poet, singer and songwriter Trygve Skaug.
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Alone Together is a concert concept started by jazz guitarist Robin Methlie.
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"Døra på Gløtt" (The door is partly open) is the title of Arne Benoni's new Norwegian language album.
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The Opera Festival is one of the most important festivals in the region and Kristiansund is a recognized operatown. The Opera festival offers a wide…
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The royal decree of 1853 stated that "From 1854 onwards there shall in Røros be held a market, commencing on the second to last Tuesday of the…
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Marsimartnan is a winter market festival built on traditions, quality, culture and experience. Levanger is in the heart of lovely Innherred, one hour…
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Clothes swapping market at SYNG karaokebar, where you can sing, enjoy good food and contribute to a more sustainable world by getting rid of clothing…
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Borealis is a festival for experimental music. A place where we celebrate the music that falls between the gaps. A place for adventurous listening.…
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The festival to celebrate the joy of life is arranged at Bryne every year in week 10.
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The winter edition of Norwegian Mountain Festival "Romsdalsvinter", a festival focusing on winter activities and ski touring, and we are offering both…
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8–10 March, Holmenkollen: Some of the best skiers in the world compete for glory.
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The Winter Chamber Music Festival in Røros is a classical music festival at Roros. During four days 30 artists presents a wide classical music…
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Festival for the family, programme in Norwegian.
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The Kristiansand Strikkefestival festial offers workshops, talks and a market place with local vendors that sell yarn and other things related to yarn…
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Ladies Night! Shopping, interiour, lectures and music and champagne! Doors open from 2pm ID: 20
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Flea market at Dale for income for New Chance.
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12 of the the city's best restaurants arrange this festival together with some of Europe's best wine makers, fantastic…
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Good old-fashioned auction on Ål with a series of quality items which among other things, costume knives, rose painted objects, painting by Lindahl…
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Sunndal Ski Session is a ski festival located in Sunndalsøra. Sunndal Ski Session was first held in 2010. It started as a collaboration between…
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Traditionally, there will be a beer festival at USF in 2019, more specifically on 5 and 6 April.
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Visit the residential exhibition and get inspired.
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Welcome to Sour & Bitter Beer festival.
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Humor and laughter @ Grensen BurgerBar, Halden Mikrobryggeri, Brygga Kultursal and Bryggerhuset
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Swap away old clothing that you don't use anymore for some new favourites! The clothes swapping day at MESH is a perfect way of renewing your…
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Mozart Festival with Oslo String Quartet in the ballroom at the Manor Rød, Halden More info at www.klassisketoner.no
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Programme in Norwegian.
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Programme in Norwegian
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Programme in Norwegian.
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Record fair with LP vinyl for sale in Kristiansand.
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Tvangsfestivalen is a one day music festival.
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Norway's largest film festival aimed at children and youth.
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The well-known Artistic Director Morten Krogvold welcomes all to the Nordic Light International Festival of Photograpy in Kristiansund.
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The Karmøygeddon Metal Festival is an annual festival, located in Kopervik at the island of Karmøy, situated on the west coast of…
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"Perfectly Unhappy" is the name of the album as rogalendingen Espen Eriksen and his trio and the English tenor saxonist Andy Sheppard released in…
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With the brand new Combo 66 album in the bag, John Scofield puts out on an exclusive Norway tour in May.
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Miles Okazaki plays Thelonious Monk.
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The Nordic Media Festival is the most prominent and largest media conference in the Nordic region: 1700+ delegates attend, representing the full…
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One of France's leading jazz musicians to Maijazz with his latest project "Living Being II (Night Walker)"!
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Bjørn Alterhaug Quintet - refined jazz and generous music joy!
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The Valkyrien (Allstars) with Bjergsted Jazz Ensemble - a unique collaboration!
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Lyngdal's May Fair – a taste of Southern Norway. A big flower market, food stalls including a farmers' market and a flea market!
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The Norwegian Festival of Literature is the largest of its kind in the Nordic countries, and the most important literary meeting place during…
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Every year in the end of May, the Folk Music Week gathers national and international Folk musicians to a week of concerts, competitions, courses…
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Jærdagen & Jærnåttå at Bryne, the big happening of the year! Jærdagen is a three-day town market…
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It's the time for the NATTJAZZ feeling! Walk through the city in the early hours of the morning, soak in the summer air with music in your head and in…
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24–26 May, Akershus Fortress: Journey back in time to the period when Oslo became Norway's capital.
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Visit the annual viking festival at Tingvatn in Hægebostad.
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25 and 26 May, Tøyenparken: Children's festival featuring great performers, art, dance and theatre
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If we ignore water, coffee is one of the most widely used beverages in the world. Norway is the world's top when it comes to coffee consumption in…
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The last weekend of May every year is when the small community in Sokndal organises their festival with several events, from the opening on the Friday…
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NATTjAZZ (Nightjazz) is the longest jazz festival in Northern Europe and is arranged annually in late May / early June in Bergen, Norway. NATTjAZZ was…
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Welcome to Fyrfestivalen 2019 Fyrfestivalen is a cultural event for people with disabilities who dance, play music, perform or are involved in other…
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Welcome to Fister in Hjelmeland, Ryfylke. Activities, concert and local food for the entire family. Fister Bygdåråd invites you to a…
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Join Outdoorlife Norway on a private day-hike to Skomakarnibbå, or "The Shoemaker's Crag", and enjoy Norway's beautiful nature like a local!…
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Outdoor concert in Stavanger.
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Eggstock festival is a yearly festival aimed at young unsigned musicians from Hordaland county. The festival stretches over three days during the…
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The public festival with the great concert experiences! For program and tickets.
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Welcome to Ryfylke Days of Sand in Ryfylke! Ryfylke Days will be held in early June each year, and has gradually become a good tradition and a…
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Siradagane at Utsira is an annual festival. The festival gathers locals and others who are concerned about coastal culture, good food, concerts and…
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Food and Cultural festival
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The traditional Market Day in Bergen will be held for the 40th time. This annual event is featuring old-style market traders and a varied program of…
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Theater festival with a wide program, with everything from experimental stage art, circus and great outdoor performances.
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Bergenfest is a four-day open-air festival held in the city centre of Bergen. The festival takes place on the grounds of a medieval fortress and…
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The 42nd Short Film Festival in Grimstad. The Norwegian Short Film Festival is an important debut arena for many young filmmakers in Norway, and for…
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