NOW YOU CAN REGISTER FOR CHECK! 2018. November 10-11 at Karlsgatan 2 in Västerås. This year, Paul Gudgin, who lectures on festivals and events throughout the world, will play a central role. He holds six lectures and workshops. Oterwise it's CHECK! as usual. This year, as last year, Region Västmanland will host the conference.
See the THE PROGRAM and register(Swedish)
Read more about CHECK! (Swedish)
This year the NordicBaltic Festival Platform was happy to announce it’s first ever fellowship programme. The pilot programme will engage 8 emerging festival leaders from across the Nordic-Baltic region.
On 29 August The Festival Academy (an initiative of the European Festivals Association, EFA) officially closed the 14th edition of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers, taking place in Gothenburg, Sweden from 23 - 29 August 2018, co-organised with Kultur I Väst, the cultural administration of the Region Västra Götaland in collaboration with
Umefolk is one of the largest folk music festivals in Sweden, and is held every year in the last weekend of February. Next time is 21-24 February. It is a festival for everyone that are interested in folk music and dance; we create meeting places for old and young, amateurs and professionals, dancers and musicians. The festival has a wide program with concerts, dancing, shows, workshops and activities for children.
Read more at Umefolk
The 14th edition of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers will be held in Gothenburg from 23 to 29 August, co-organised by Kultur i Väst.
Apply for EU support from the new Music Moves Europe-initiative by August 27 or September 10, 2018 respectively. The EU Commission has calls for the music sector in Europe in the new move "Music Moves Europe". It was at the end of last year that the European Parliament decided on a pilot initiative, a so-called Preparatory Action, which is now being launched.
"It’s festival time, and we have the tried and true list to all of Europe’s Greatest Art & Culture Festivals".
Writes the Canadian Flightnetwork who recently published a web-article on the Europe's Top 20 Art and Culture Festivals in 2018. Here is the list that include all members of Sweden Festivals.
One factor is always needed for a festival to gain vitality: a burning soul, a spark. Such a person existed already 1946 when Church musician Nilsson in Väsby started Musik i Kullabygden - it is considered the starting point for Swedish music festivals and has been celebrated annually. Nilsson is gone but the support organization Kullabygden's musikfrämjande lives and works.
In four of five tours under the TourFest pilot project, it is now decided which artists are going on tour. The organisers have made their choice and during two intense weeks in November, the following constellations will hit the roads: Jazz: Anders Hagberg - Melodic Melange; World Music: Guro's Quintet GKN 5; Sing-songwriter artist: Loke and Classical Music: Ensemble Odd Size. Contemporary Art Music began their process selecting artists very late and do not yet have a candidate.
