From Guitar Festival in Uppsala to Jazz Festival in Umeå
This year's edition of Uppsala XIII International Guitar Festival ended October 9 with Anoushka Shankar on sitar. The festival includes workshops, lectures, master classes, exhibition, film shows, concerts and the International Young Talents compettion. The festival, focusing on the guitar, include all music genres, takes place at Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, in 4-packed days, is Sweden's foremost guitar manifestation. From October 26 to 30 we change focus to the 49th edition of Umeå Jazz Festival. This year, drummer Bengt Berger is the guest of honor and the festival's artistic director Lennart Strömbäck receives the award Jazzkatten for 25 years as artisitic director of the October festival that has become as natural as falling leaves.
Läs mer about Uppsala Guitar Festival 6-9 October 2016
Läs mer about Umeå Jazz Festival 26-30 October 2016