Aarhus Festival

Presented by Aarhus Festival

More than 1000 events!

Once a year, Aarhus Festival makes the city vibrant with life, energy and creativity. For 10 days in August/September every
street and alley, club, stage, gallery and museum swarm with art and entertainment. Renowned traditions flourish side by side the new and unexpected.

Aarhus Festival has been an annual event since 1965, showcasing local, national and international artists. Through the years the Festival has grown into one of the largest cultural events in Scandinavia, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2014. From the beginning Aarhus Festival has been privileged to have HM Queen Margrethe ll as a patron, in 1965 as a Crown Princess and from 1970 as Queen. Being the patron, HM the Queen officially opens the annual Festival.

Each year, the Festival has a new theme, a frame for more than 1000 different events at 100 venues, with the events covering all aspects of art and culture and gathering more than 300.000 visitors each year. Today Aarhus Festival focuses on urban space, art and architecture, gastronomy and music events and concerts.

DATE
25th August – 3rd September

VENUE
Various sites in Aarhus

AUDIENCE
Everyone