4 Dec 2024
Culture
Raye at Rosendal Garden Party 2024 in Stockholm
Festivals Music

Rosendal 2024: And Raye said ‘Let there be light’

Raye’s intimate show at Debaser was last year’s best concert in our book, so we were thrilled to learn that she would be one of the acts at this year’s Rosendal Garden Party. Raye of course had her big breakthrough last year following the long-awaited independent release of her debut album 21st Century Blues, which […]

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Saint Levant at Rosendal Garden Party 2024 in Stockholm
Festivals Music

Rosendal 2024: Saint Levant from Gaza with love

The Palestinian artist Saint Levant has found viral fame recently, also making a mark with his live shows playing Coachella in April and Governor’s Ball in New York earlier this month. Now it was time for him to take the stage at Rosendal Garden Party. Beside Raye, Saint Levant has to be one of the […]

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Dina Ögon at Gröna Lund
Concerts Music

In Pictures: Dina Ögon captured for your eyes only

As you may recall, Dina Ögon made an impression on us at last year’s Lollapalooza Stockholm. Since then they have gone on to gain plenty of critical acclaim, including winning the Swedish Grammis for Album of the Year as well as Alternative Pop of the Year. So when they played at Gröna Lund, we sent […]

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Concerts Music

Keane mixes nostalgia with contemporary tunes in Stockholm

Renowned British rock band Keane graced the stage at Gröna Lund, delivering a captivating live performance for all those gathered at the amusement park. Keane have carved a niche for themselves in the alternative rock and post-Britpop genres with their atmospheric melodies and the melancholic voice of their lead singer Tom Chaplin. Quite expectedly, the […]

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Lukas Graham
Concerts Music

Denmark’s Lukas Graham takes over Gröna Lund

Denmark’s acclaimed Lukas Graham drew a diverse crowd to Gröna Lund for yet another wonderful concert evening at our favorite amusement park. If you are not completely sure whether Lukas Graham is the singer or the band, you can’t go wrong as it’s pretty much both. The band has got its name from the frontman […]

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Concerts Music

Queen Loreen reigns supreme at Gröna Lund

Sweden’s own Eurovision queen Loreen took to the Gröna Lund stage on a balmy summer evening in front of a huge crowd, all eager to witness her captivating stage presence and mesmerizing vocals. The Eurovision hosts’ remark on Loreen being from out of space may have been a joke, but she truly is a special […]

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Concerts Festivals Music

Your Living City’s Ultimate Music Festival Guide 2024

No rain, no muddy puddles, no blasting sun will ever stop the die-hard music festival lovers, who year after year look for the biggest festivals and the most impressive line-ups and this is where we come into the picture. Like every year, we bring you a round-up of the newest and the good old classic […]

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Stockholm independent film festival
Art Festivals Movies

Stockholm Independent Film Festival 2024

After last year’s sold-out edition, the Stockholm Independent Film Festival returns to Zita Folkets bio on 25 & 26 May. Under the theme ‘Metamorphosis’, 16 indie short and feature-length films comprise a quirky programme that invites the audience to immerse themselves in the power of cinema. An amalgam of different film genres, styles and aesthetics, […]

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Festivals Music

Is my Eurovision broken?

As the Eurovision Song Contest has given me so much joy and entertainment over the years, it makes me sad to see the mess we are in ahead of the ESC Grand Finale of 2024. The whole Eurovision season has given me so many mixed emotions, and it’s all culminating tonight. Being a Finn living […]

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Creative Arts Culture Music Theatre What's on: Stockholm

New performance festival to be held at Teater Giljotin

The first edition of Ankoku International Performance Festival will be held at Teater Giljotin in Stockholm on the 16-21 May. Teater Giljotin is collaborating with Emergency Theatre from Bulgaria for the first ever Ankoku International Performance Festival, to promote an artistic language with a strong avant-garde and transgressive nature. “ANKOKU” stands for darkness as a […]

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