PROGRAM NATIONAL FESTIVAL SUMMIT - THE SWEDEN FESTIVAL
PROGRAM
Friday, April 11
17.00-18.00 Welcome, registration and get together at Home Hotel Smedjan
18.00-19.00 Sweden Festival's annual meeting for members only
19.00-20.00 Joint dinner at Home Hotel Smedjan
20.30-23.00 The Sweden Festival - Jazzfest C/O Bangen Jazz & Blues Presents
Sassy Swings
The band that pays tribute to the Queen of Swing Sarah "Sassy" Vaughan
PAUS
Among Lynx Duo
Raw, heavy and dirty sound rooted in American-influenced blues rock. With support from Kultur Gävleborg.
Saturday, April 12
10:00-10:30 Sweden Festivals, Bangen Jazz & Blues, Sandviken Chamber Music Festival, Alternativfesten and Sandviken Municipality welcome you with introductory information and current news.
10:30-11:30 Festival preparation, production and Management. Georges-Emmanuel Schneider, Kulturhaltestelle. In English.
11:30-12:00 MAIS organizer's guide - a tool for introduction and in-depth study for concert organizers. Niklas Carlsson, Kontaktnätet.
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.30 Presentation of Sandviken's Art Festivals.
13.30-15.00 Ukrainian culture, music and festivals. European Festival - Ukrainian Spring reflects Ukraine's integrating place in European cultural heritage and is Sweden Festival's newest member. When Ukraine fights for its existence and culture against Russian aggression, it needs context and networks that support it. Natalya Pasichnyk, Peter Eriksson, Irina Serotyuk, Mila Labero and others
15.00-15.30 Coffee
15.30-17.00 The Country with no Festivals? We build on the questions How can we upgrade the status of cultural festivals in Sweden? And Why are art and cultural festivals not recognized as the cultural carriers they can be? Which were highlighted on Folk och Kultur. It begins with a presentation of the Kontaktnätet analysis of the Swedish Council's grants over time, which, among other things, locks out cultural festivals. Followed by a conversation between some festival representatives.
18.00-19.00 Dinner
19.00-22.00 The Sweden Festival - C/O Alternativfesten & Sandviken Kammarmusikfestival Presents
A night soiree in showcase format where the artists take turns and collaborate across borders in various artistic expressions such as Dance, Goth, Synth, Classical Piano, Chamber Music, Folk Music and Ukrainian Music. Under the direction of Sweden Festival's chairman Peter Eriksson. Artists; Peter Eriksson Viola and Host | Mila Balero (UKR) Dance | Natalya Pasichnyk (UKR) Piano, Magnus & Irina (UKR) Duo, Clarinet and Accordion, The Dark Side Cowboys | Nano Ona Synth | Robin Lilja Piano |
Sunday 13 April
09.20-09.30 Warm-up
09.30-10.15 Regional collaboration
10.15-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-11.00 Collaborations on an European level with European Festivals Association (EFA) which includes EFFEA, EFFE-SEAL and Festival-Finder
11.00-12.30 Group works and dialogue around proposals to highlight the cultural festival as a cultural carrier in Swedish cultural policy
12.30- Lunch
Welcome
Sweden Festival's "National Festival Meeting - The Sweden Festival" will in 2024 take place in Umeå at Umeå Folkets Hus. Now it's time for the Northern part of Sweden and Umeå is renown for its festivals, especially the Umeå Jazz Festival who is one of our member festivals and has been involved in previous collaborations. The meeting consists of two parts, a conference part where current topics are presented in seminars where festivals talk about their experiences, the European Festivals Association gives an international insight and updates us about EFFEA a Creative Europe project that highlights "Emerging Artists" in collaboration with festivals. Cultural political issues affecting concert organizers and festivals are also an important element. The Sweden Festival is a mini-festival Fri-Sun with a showcase program curated together with some member festivals, which guarantees high artistic quality and curiosity. We also collaborate with Norrlandsoperan and Umeå Municipality. The Sweden Festivals is organized by Sweden Festivals during the National Festival Meeting in Umeå 19-21 April 2024. Partners are MAIS (Music Organizers in Collaboration), Umeå Jazz Festival with Umeå Folket Hus, Norrlandsoperan, Moggliden AB, Umeå Jazz Studio, Umeå Chamber Music and the European Festivals Association. The concerts are produced in collaboration with some of our member festivals. Support has been received from the Swedish Cultural Council's Creative Europe grant.