July 20, 12:30
Grøn Koncert 2008 An all-day musical event that tours in 8 cities around Denmark. A vide range of popular Danish bands will perform in both Danish and English. Among them are: Burhan G, Spleen United, Agua and DAD.
Place: Trekanten v/ Hvorup Kirkevej, Nørresundby
July 23 – August 2
Summer show at Nordkraft Summer show with entertainers, dancers, comedians, acrobats and musicians.
Place: Nordkraft
July 23, 21:00
Folk Night with Hootenany String Band in Karolinelund, Aalborg Cosy folk nights with Irish folk music, Ragtime, Bob Dylan etc.
Free entrance
Place: Karolinelund
July 24, 19:00
Skovrock 2008 - Kris Kristofferson, Tina Dickow
Outdoor concert with three-time Grammy winner Kris Kristoffersen with poetic and reflective songs accompanied by sparse instrumentation focusing on his guitar and harmonica. Tina Dickow is a famous Danish singer and songwriter
Place: Skovdalen
July 24, 21:00
Rock Night with Roots Rockers in Karolinelund, Aalborg Karolinelund presents 6 festive evenings with acoustic rock played by the trio Roots Rockers.
Free entrance
Place: Karolinelund
July 25, 20:00
Skovrock 2008 - Big Fat Snake Outdoor concert.
Big Fat Snake are known as the “People’s Rockband” in Denmark and have made various rock hits and ballads in English since 1991. As a band they are very closely knit, all making their contribution to what is a fantastic all-round musical experience
Place: Skovdalen
July 25, 20:30
Bryan Rice in Karolinelund, Aalborg When Danish pop singer Bryan Rice performed last year in Karolinelund it was a great success!
Please note: entrance DKK 30 from 19:30
Place: Karolinelund
July 26
Choir singing in Aalborg City Different choirs will sing and entertain in the streets of Aalborg to celebrate the summer.
Place: Aalborg City
July 26, 19:00
Skovrock 2008 - Dodo & The Dodoes, One TwoOutdoor concert.
Place: Skovdalen
July 27, 11:00-17:00
Arts and Crafts market Gallery Hou is situated in the centre of the village Hou on a farm from the 15th centuries. There is a sculpture park and different art exhibitions.
Place: Gallery Hou near Hals
July 28, 21:00
Country night with The Muleskinners in Karolinelund, Aalborg
Lots of Bluegrass, Oldtime, Hillbilly, Ragtime, Kenny Rogers, Country Swing, Johnny Cash and high spirits!
Free entrance.
Place: Karolinelund
July 30, 21:00
Folk Night with Hootenany String Band in Karolinelund, Aalborg Cosy folk nights with Irish folk music, Ragtime, Bob Dylan etc.
Free entrance
Place: Karolinelund
July 31 – August 3
Flying Super Kids After having sold out 17 shows last summer, the world famous show troupe Flying Superkids is touring Denmark for the third year in a row with their show tent – and there will be both new performances and new songs in the programme.
Flying Superkids is a troupe consisting of children aged 7-20 years old and the best gymnastics in Denmark of their age group. Flying Superkids has through the years developed into a unique show ensemble with acrobatics, tumbling, singing and dancing.
Place: on the square by Sønderbroskolen, Sjællandsgade 2
July 31, 21:00
Rock Night with Roots Rockers in Karolinelund, Aalborg Karolinelund presents 6 festive evenings with acoustic rock played by the trio Roots Rockers.
Free entrance
Place: Karolinelund
August 2
Vegetable market and entertainment on Gammel Torv Every Saturday in August there will be a special southern market atmosphere in the centre of Aalborg. In the square of Gammel Torv it will be possible to buy: fish, cheese, fruit, vegetables, spices, flowers, organic goods, wine, beer and much more.
Place: Gammel Torv
August 2, 21:00
Country night with The Muleskinners in Karolinelund, Aalborg Lots of Bluegrass, Oldtime, Hillbilly, Ragtime, Kenny Rogers, Country Swing, Johnny Cash and high spirits!
Free entrance.
Place: Karolinelund
August 6, 21:00
Folk Night with Hootenany String Band in Karolinelund, Aalborg Cosy folk nights with Irish folk music, Ragtime, Bob Dylan etc.
Free entrance
Place: Karolinelund
August 7, 21:00
Rock Night with Roots Rockers in Karolinelund, Aalborg Karolinelund presents 6 festive evenings with acoustic rock played by the trio Roots Rockers.
Free entrance
Place: Karolinelund
August 9
Vegetable market and entertainment on Gammel Torv Every Saturday in August there will be a special southern market atmosphere in the centre of Aalborg. In the square of Gammel Torv it will be possible to buy: fish, cheese, fruit, vegetables, spices, flowers, organic goods, wine, beer and much more.
Place: Gammel Torv
August 9
Hals Entrenchment Market and Gunpowder Festival Hals Entrenchment is Denmark’s best preserved entrenchment from the renaissance. The entrenchment was build during the reign of King Christian IV and was used several times against Sweden and England. During the festival there will be several activities and stalls and there will be free entrance for everyone to Hals Museum. In addition to this the cannons and guns will be fired.
Place: Hals Entrenchment
August 2, 21:00
Country night with The Muleskinners in Karolinelund, Aalborg
Lots of Bluegrass, Oldtime, Hillbilly, Ragtime, Kenny Rogers, Country Swing, Johnny Cash and high spirits!
Free entrance.
Place: Karolinelund
August 13, 19:00 – 21:00
Summer Concert with Aalborg Symphony Orchestra Last year, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra began a late summer tradition where the orchestra gives an open air concert. At this concert the orchestra and rhythm group have teamed up with the very versatile actress and singer Birgitte Raaberg, who will also act as a compère for the show. Furthermore, the very musical vocal ensemble baSix will perform with the orchestra with music and songs by for example Elvis Presley, Queen and Bent Fabricius-Bjerre. There will also be songs by Randi Crawford, Bette Midler, Barbara Streisand etc.
We welcome you to a wonderful musical night in Skovdalen.
Place: Skovdalen
August 13-17
Den Blå Festival - the blue festival For one week, Aalborg sings the blues and plays jazz jazz jazz. The city's squares, open spaces and performance venues turn into swinging jazz clubs. The Blue Festival has now become a yearly event the whole city looks forward to. It creates a unique atmosphere in the city, where citizens, visitors and passers-by find places at tables and benches to listen to the music being performed on the many stages throughout the city centre. The Blue Festival's program features both Danish and international blues- and jazz musicians.
Place: Aalborg City
August 16
Vegetable market and entertainment on Gammel Torv
Every Saturday in August there will be a special southern market atmosphere in the centre of Aalborg. In the square of Gammel Torv it will be possible to buy: fish, cheese, fruit, vegetables, spices, flowers, organic goods, wine, beer and much more.
Place: Gammel Torv
August 16, 19:00
Country night with Muleskinners in Karolinelund, Aalborg Lots of Bluegrass, Old-time, Hillbilly, Ragtime, Kenny Rogers, Country Swing, Johnny Cash and high spirits!
Free entrance.
Place: Karolinelund
August 16, 20:00
Tournesol – Rock in Karolinelund, Aalborg Tournesol is a very energetic and hardworking live band that performs some of the best rock and pop classics.
Free entrance.
Place: Karolinelund
August 21, 19:30 – 21:30
Summer Concert with Aalborg Symphony Orchestra Promenade Concert – Nordic Version
Aalborg Symphony Orchestra begins a new tradition with an annual promenade concert after the British example. The theme of this years concert is ‘Danish and Nordic Music’, and with a cheerful approach. This form of concert is characterised by the audience being allowed to stand up and make noises during the concert – exactly according to British tradition. However, there will also be a few rows of seats available in the concert hall.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
August 22, 19:00
Country night with Muleskinners in Karolinelund, Aalborg Lots of Bluegrass, Old-time, Hillbilly, Ragtime, Kenny Rogers, Country Swing, Johnny Cash and high spirits!
Free entrance.
Place: Karolinelund
August 22-23
Nibe Heering MarketPlace: Nibe
August 23
Limfjordskrydseren
The inlet becomes alive August 23, when the swimming competition Limfjordskrydseren starts. This year there will be 2 routes, one at 600 metres and one at 1500 metres. There are room for 300 swimmers on the short route and 100 on the long route across the inlet from the western promenade by the harbour in Aalborg to between the bridges and Nørresundby.
Place: Limfjorden
August 23
Vegetable market and entertainment on Gammel Torv Every Saturday in August there will be a special southern market atmosphere in the centre of Aalborg. In the square of Gammel Torv it will be possible to buy: fish, cheese, fruit, vegetables, spices, flowers, organic goods, wine, beer and much more.
Place: Gammel Torv
August 29, 19:00
Country night with Muleskinners in Karolinelund, Aalborg Lots of Bluegrass, Old-time, Hillbilly, Ragtime, Kenny Rogers, Country Swing, Johnny Cash and high spirits!
Free entrance.
Place: Karolinelund
August 30
Vegetable market and entertainment on Gammel Torv Every Saturday in August there will be a special southern market atmosphere in the centre of Aalborg. In the square of Gammel Torv it will be possible to buy: fish, cheese, fruit, vegetables, spices, flowers, organic goods, wine, beer and much more.
Place: Gammel Torv
September 2-5
Aalborg City Fashion and Culture Aalborg city will run a fashion show on the red carpet which will be laid out in many of the shopping streets in Aalborg. Each day there will be music and entertainment and all kinds of cultural arrangements. The event will open on September 2nd with a glamorous fashion show Fashion Event in Jomfru Ane Gade and will end September 5th with the day and night arrangements, where the shops will be open till 10 pm on this day.
Place: Aalborg City
September 5
Day & Night in Aalborg CityShops in Aalborg City are open till 22:00
Place: Aalborg City
September 5 and 6
DOK#1 Arts and Crafts Market
Place: Toldbod Plads
September 7, 10-16
Day in the marshland Experience the fascinating marshland in and around the Lille Vildmose Centre. In the courtyard between the centre and Vildmose farm, there will be a marketplace with stalls, exhibits and a true market atmosphere. There will also be presentations and samples of local products from the marshland, and throughout the day there will be entertainment, contests and other exciting activities.
The activities around the centre are all free of charge, while the Lille Vildmose Centre has an entrance fee – the centre is open 10.00 – 16.00.
A fascinating and exciting day for the entire family.
Place: Lille Vildmose Centre
September 14, 16:00
The Danish Radio girl choir
Directed by Michael Bojesen
Place: Hasseris Kirke
September 22, 20:00
Roger Whittaker
The popular singer will perform in Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre during his tour in Denmark. The concert will include several of his beautiful and well-known songs.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
September 26, 20:00
We are the Champions – The Concert The show is a tribute to Queen’s lead singer and the phenomenon Freddie Mercury, who was one of the most charismatic singers of our time. Experience Queen’s greatest hits from their enormous number of songs. There is a reason for why MerQury is the most popular Queen-tribute band in the world.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
September 26-28
Italian Days in Aalborg City
Place: Aalborg City
October 2-4
October fest in Aalborg City
In C.W. Obels square in the centre of the city there will be a large tent where the traditional October Fest will be celebrated with local beer, Tyrolese music, singing and good times.
Place: C.W. Obels Plads.
October 6, 20:00
That’ll Be the Day Directly from London – the rock ’n’ roll show that makes the audience laugh and remember the good old days. The repertoire, which includes more than 80 of the greatest hits from the 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970’s, will start a party where legends such as The Beatles, Buddy Holly, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and many more will be brought back to life on stage. Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
October 10
Culture Night 2008
Over 100 arrangements in just one night! Look for great stories, serious art, crazy angles and surprising juxtapositions.
Place: Aalborg
October 13, 20:00
Marilyn Marilyn is a ballet in two acts about the sex symbol Marilyn Monroe accompanied by music from her great musical movies and from the great singers from that time such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davids Junior and Nat King Cole.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
October 14, 8 pm
Vienna Philharmonic
There is perhaps no musical ensemble more consistently and closely associated with the history and tradition of European classical music than the Vienna Philharmonic. This Concert will be directed by Christoph Eschenbach and will be the orchestra’s only concert in all of Scandinavia.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
October 16 -19
Disney High School Musical – The Ice Tour Aalborg will be the only Danish city showing Disney’s world famous ice show High School Musical.
Place: Gigantium
October 17-19
Antique and design 2008 in Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre This is the 16th time that Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre invites to the exclusive Antique and Design fair in Aalborg, where you will find everything from furniture to silverware in the 40 different stands.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
October 30, 20:00
Evita
Times Square Productions visits Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre with Andrew Lloyd Webbers and Tim Rice’s world famous musical Evita, about Eva Perón’s moving life as Argentina’s first lady.
The musical tells the story about the ambitious beauty’s road from the provinces and to the role as Argentina’s first lady next to the dictator Juan Perón, and until she dies of cancer 33 years old.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
November 1, 20:00
Sissel Kyrkjebø Sissel Kyrkjebø is the greatest singer in Northern Europe and back on the performance stage. Her tour of Denmark in the fall brings her to Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre. It is primarily northern songs that are represented in Sissel’s repertoire and the Nordic nature runs through her bight and clear voice that has charmed her fans everywhere.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
November 8, 19:30
The Magic Flute Mozart’s opera is the marvellous story that takes place in the eastern lands of the Queen of the Night and the priest Sarastro. We will meet the bird catcher Papageno, prince Tamino and princess Pamina, who is daughter of the Queen of the Night.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
November 28, 18:00
Christmas Market in Aalborg City
The Christmas market opens Friday November 28th, 18:00, and is an annual tradition in Aalborg. This year there will be even more Christmas cabins in the centre of Aalborg, more Christmas trees, more lights and more entertainment. The Christmas market in Aalborg City is like walking into a Christmas wonderland. Experience the smells and use all of your senses, we guarantee that you will get into the Christmas spirit. The Christmas market in Aalborg city is open every day until Christmas eve.
November 28
Christmas Night The shops in Aalborg city are open till 22:00 this day. There will be a wonderful Christmas spirit in all of the shops where the service-minded shop assistants will help you find the perfect Christmas presents for your loved ones. The large Christmas market in the centre of Aalborg will officially open at 18:00 where there will be sweet Christmas experiences for everyone.
Place: Aalborg City
November 29
The skating rink opens The large and fine skating rink in C.W. Obels square opens November 29 and is open every day in December. You can rent ice skates by the skating rink. Welcome to a winter wonderland in Aalborg.
Place: C.W. Obels square
November 29, 11:00
The arrival of Santa Claus
Saturday November 29, Santa Claus arrives is Aalborg City directly from Greenland. His great ship will be put in at the quay at Aalborg Harbour 11:00, where thousands of children and adults will greet the cheerful Santa Claus. The mayor of Aalborg will officially welcome Santa Claus.
Around 11:30, Santa Claus and the mayor will ride their sleigh around the city and end by Santa’s house at ‘Gammeltorv’.
Place: Aalborg City
November 29, 15:30
Lighting of the Christmas tree The big and beautiful Christmas tree from Aalborg’s friendship town Frederiksstad will be lighted Saturday November 29 at 15:30. At 15:00 the elf orchestra of Aalborg will provide entertainment by the Christmas tree.
Place: Nytorv
November 29, 20:00
Zirkus Nemo Galla Show 2008 Famous Danish circus with live animals and world artists.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
December 1, 20:00
A Tribute to The Blues Brothers Put on your glasses and your hat and get ready for a party! The men in the black suits and the sunglasses are back in Aalborg on their tour of Europe with a show directly from the famous West End in London.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
2009
January 30, 20:00
Havana Rumba The new and young generation in Cuba dances rumba. You can experience these young Cuban dancers and musicians for the first time in Denmark, with the dance that was created in the street.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
February 2, 20:00
Daddy Cool – Musical in Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre Shaftesbury Theatre in London stages the new and exciting musical Daddy Cool in Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre.
The musical is based on Boney M’s popular classics. Experience the well-known songs such as: Rivers of Babylon, Brown Girl in the Ring, Ma Baker, Girl You Know It’s True, Where Do You Go, One Way Ticket and Mary’s Boychild.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
February 8, 20:00
Zorba - Il Grecco
Sofia National Opera presents the ballet Zorba – Il Greco, which has received great success all over the world since the first show in 1988. With more than 3 million people in the audience, it was one of the most popular ballets in the 20th century.
The ballet will be accompanied by Theodorakis Orchestra from Athens.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
February 17, 20:00
Shaolin Galla Have you ever experienced foreheads breaking through bricks, steel plates and iron bars or sticks breaking in two using the neck? Now you have the chance in the amazing Shaolin Kung Fu galla-show Shi Fu – Part II.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
March 14, 19:30
The Love Potion – Opera in Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre Den Jyske Opera and instructor Andrea De Rosa presents the comical opera The Love Potion, which was staged in Milan in 1832 for the first time. The opera will be performed in Italian with Danish subtitles.
Place: Aalborg Congress and Cultural Centre
March 15, 20:00
The Seven Deadly Sins/ Trouble in Tahiti
Music dramatic Theatre presents an exciting “2-in-1 performance” with The Seven Deadly Sins by Kurt Weill and Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein.
The Seven Deadly Sins is a “singing” ballet in seven images based on the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride.
Trouble in Tahiti was composed in 1952 as a comment to the 1950’s in the United States by the world-famous Leonard Bernstein, who among other things is known for the musical West Side Story.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
March 16, 20:00
Boris Gudonov – Opera in Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre A great experience is to be expected when The National opera Theatre of Ukraine stages the famous opera Boris Gudonov by Mussorgskijs under the direction of Vladimir Koschuchar. The opera is among the greatest works in the literature of opera and represents the spirit and soul of the Russian people.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre
April 18, 19:30
Figaro’s Wedding – Opera in Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre The Royal Danish Theatre presents Mozart’s intelligent and comical satire about love’s true nature in a new setting by Kasper Bech Holten. Experience Palle Knudsen as Count Almaviva, Ylva Kihlberg as the Countess, Gisela Stille as Susanna and Johannes Mannov as Figaro.
Place: Aalborg Congress & Culture Centre