This festival in Stockholm in mid-August marks the end of the long Swedish summer holidays.

This cultural festival has become a tradition in the event calendar of Stockholm and has since 2006  attracted Stockholmers and tourists. In 2018 the festival had more than a million visitors, an increase from 2017 by around 300 000.

Here you can explore music and culture in all genres and admission is free. You can hear all from rock to pop, classical, gospel, jazz and a lot more. There are different workshops for dance, stand-up, theatre performance, film and other activities. Every year there is a new theme at the festival.

So you can explore all kinds of cultural events for all ages during five vibrate days and nights.

Where is the Festival

You can find stages and scenes in several places in the city, and this can change from year to year.

Usually, you can find scenes and stages in the following places:

• Sergels torg (Sergel’s Square)
• Gustav Adolfs Torg near the Opera House) 
• Norrbro (between the Royal Palace and the Royal Opera)
• Skeppsbron (on the docks at the side of the Royal Palace)