A Guide to Music Festivals in Sweden

Festivals Sweden

 

SONISPHERE FESTIVAL

Sonisphere is a touring festival taking in over 10 countries, 2012 will be the 4th year Sonisphere once again travels around Europe and arrives in Sweden

SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Sweden Rock is an annual rock festival held in Solvesborg in the south of Sweden with 2011 being the 20th Anniversary edition of the festival!

GETAWAY ROCK FESTIVAL

Getaway Festival is back for a 3nd year in 2012 again in Gavle just north of Stockholm. Building on last years very successful festival 2012 looks to be another great year!

PEACE & LOVE FESTIVAL

Peace & Love is the biggest festival in Sweden and the only one with an outspoken message of Solidarity, Diversity and Understanding.

HULTSFRED FESTIVAL

Hultsfred is one of Sweden's longest running festivals despite it's failure last year to sell enough tickets. 2011 sees the return of Hultsfred this July.

METALTOWN

Often described as the world capital of Metal, Gothenburg couldn't be more fitting host for Metaltown. 15,000 metalheads rocking out on the city's old banana pier.

WAY OUT WEST

Way Out West is a three-day music festival held in Gothenburg in August that plays host to a variety of popular music artists from the Rock, Electronic & Hip-hop genres

WEST COAST RIOT

In June 2008 a new festival was born! West Coast Riot the sister to the already established Metaltown festival will focus on punk, hardcore and rock.

WHERE THE ACTION IS

Where the Action Is (WTAI) was a tour featuring Swedish rock bands that toured throughout Sweden between 2004 and 2006 with several high profiled Swedish bands and artists

STORSJÖYRAN FESTIVAL

Storsjöyran was started in honor of the ancient can-do spirit of the people of Jamtland, and to show the rest of Sweden that although this region is sparsely populated its people has the zest

ROCKSTAD FALUN

Rockstad Falun is a 2-day music festival in Falun, Dalarna, whose main focus is rock and hard rock music

SKOGSROJET FESTIVAL

Skogsrojet Festival takes place annually in Rejmyre situated in the middle of Sweden about 2 hours south of Stockholm

HOUSE OF METAL FESTIVAL

House of Metal first opened its doors in 2007 and turned out to be a huge success with fantastic artists, happy visitors & great reviews.

PUTTE I PARKEN

Putte in the Park has been around for two years and has become one of the biggest festivals in middle Sweden.

PIER PRESSURE FESTIVAL

Pier Pressure launched in the summer 2007 in Gothenburg, a brand new festival focused on emo, pop and rock that became an instant success.

SUNDSVALLS GATUFEST

Sundsvall Gatufest was established in 1987 and is one of Sweden's top three festivals in terms of visitor numbers, held in the first week of July.

SOMMAR ROCK SVEDALA

Sommarrock Svedala started in 1997 and has been growing ever since, celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2007.

STADSFESTEN

Stadsfesten in Skellefteå is one of Norrland's largest summer events and attracts every year approx 90 000 - 100 000 visitors

POPADELICA FESTIVAL

Popadelica is a one-day festival in the town of Huskvarna, twin city of Jönköping, right at the south point of lake Vaettern. The venue is Huskvarna Folkets Park.

CLOSE TO HOME FESTIVAL

When others go to mosquito-proof, deep forests, muddy fields beyond Sweden’s borders, very far west or turn their furry to laugh, you can safely and quietly sit back and enjoy the same experience just around the corner.

SKONA GRONA GREBO FESTIVAL

In the winter of 2003 there was a big rock and roll night in Grebo Fritidsgård. The event was called “Grebo Jewels” and in principle all Grebo Band has been the recent decade occurred and had to play up to three songs each.

ROCK OFF FESTIVAL

Rockoff is an 8 day festival taking place in Mariehamn which is on Åland island that lies between Sweden and Finland

ARVIKA HAMNFEST

Arvika Hamnfest arranged in Arvika at Olsson's Harbour Bridge, Värmlands sweetest music festival in Sweden's inner harbor

UMEA OPEN FESTIVAL

meå Open is an annual music festival taking place in Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden at the end of March. Bands and artists from Europe, North America and Japan perform alongside local acts in the Folkets Hus venue in downtown Umeå

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