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WHAT’S ON STOCKHOLM: March 2020

Hello March, we’ve been waiting for you! Always hoping that this month will bring the blooming of an anticipated spring, lots of events and happenings lining up to take us into bright rides of joy and expectation. Here’s a round up of hand-picked events and experiences for you to glide into spring in style. SEASONAL […]

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Melodifestivalen 2020 – Get ready for heat 4!

Melodifestivalen has reached its fourth week, which means we will have heard all the Eurovision aspirants by Saturday. Here we will take a look at what to expect as the acts have now come to Malmö.  Last week we saw Mariette and Mohombi taking their spots straight to the final. That made Mariette historic, as […]

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Melodifestivalen 2020 – Get ready for Heat 3!

The music extravaganza that is Melodifestivalen has been keeping people glued to their TV sets on Saturday evenings. We are already in week three, so we are going to take a look at what to expect and the acts currently up north in Luleå on the touring musical circus.  Last week we saw two amazing […]

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Melodifestivalen 2020 – Get ready for Heat 2!

The music extravaganza that has three million Swedes benched in front of their TVs every Saturday for the foreseeable future kicked off last week with a strong first heat. The Swedes take their Eurovision qualification extremely seriously, so you better hang along for the ride.   The first heat saw the audience voting the first […]

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Melodifestivalen 2020 – Get ready for Heat 1

It’s that time of the year again… Can you believe we are already at the start of the Mello season? The music extravaganza is attracting something like three million Swedes every Saturday for the next six weeks, benched in front of their TVs with the whole family, or putting on fun schlager parties with their […]

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Gather – where curious people meet

Gather is back for their third edition, this time at Expohuset in Sickla on the 12th and 13th of September. They are bringing more than 50 speakers, 15 sessions and more than 10 innovation labs. We had the chance to talk with program editor Paulina Modlitba ahead of the event in order to gain a […]

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Meet ShaoDow – rapper, manga author and occasional ninja

One of Sweden’s most important music showcase events Live at Heart is being held in Örebro on 4th to 7th September and one of the artists making an appearance is British rapper ShaoDow. We had the chance to talk to him ahead of his visit to Sweden.   Although ShaoDow has visited Sweden before, this is his […]

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In Pictures: Rockbjörnen 2019

The Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet has been arranging the Rockbjörnen award show for 40 years(!) now. The awards put an emphasis on best live acts, beside picking songs of the year as well as most devoted fans… The prizes are voted on by the fans tehmselves, so they are a good indicator of what really is […]

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In Pictures: Janice and Grant at the Culture Festival

Stockholm Culture Festival this year decided to give Thursday’s top billing on the main stage to two young and talented female artists, GRANT and Janice. They may still not be widely known to the masses in Sweden, but both bring such quality to the game that they were so deserving to be on that big […]

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Festival Days in the Sun at Lollapalooza Stockholm 2019

When the internationally acclaimed Lollapalooza festival came to Stockholm for the first time, we knew we had to be there – basically no matter who would be on the bill… But they did deliver an interesting and eclectic line-up featuring Billie Eilish, Lana Del Rey, Foo Fighters, Travis Scott and many more. There really was […]

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