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What they said about SPOT 2018
Photo: Christina Lykke Adam Ryan, The Great Escape (UK) "I’m here to experience new musik and to meet with the music business. Our festival is already in 5 days time, so I am looking ahead for next years’ festival. I start booking it around...
Shoko: The nurse that heals with music
By Lucía Camblor, photos by He Zhang, Jutland Station (www.jutlandstation.dk) Shoko wears a short and tight, shiny green dress with sequins. Her hair is covered with a scarf, and her big brown eyes stare sharply at the audience. The melody starts...
Acid Arab: The Frenchmen making Arabic Techno
By Farah Bahgat, photos by Farah Bahgat, Jutland Station (www.jutlandstation.dk) The audience of Roots and Hybrid festival had a couple of days to listen to diverse genres of music, but when the clock stroked midnight, more crowds lined up in front of the...
Simon Lynge and his true music
By Lucía Camblor and My Pham, photos by Guki Giunashvili and My Pham, Jutland Station (www.jutlandstation.dk) Steps approach, fingers slide through glasses and whispers appease. Slowly an unknown public synchronises, just as Simon Lynge’s guitar joins the...
Danish pop and rock bands lit up the scene at SPOT
By Salome Pkhaladze, photos by Guki Giunashvili, Jutland Station (www.jutlandstation.dk) The lead singer lively rushed out from the purple-lit stage, jumped on the sound dynamics, pointed his microphone to the audience, melody started to play and the...
Mary Jean: when African beats meet Chinese philosophy and Nordic tunes
By Farah Bahgat, video by Farah Bahgat, Jutland Station (www.jutlandstation.dk) SPOT Festival is a chance for new bands to shine and meet new musicians and audience, and Mary Jean did shine with their glittery makeup. The group of friends, Mary Jean, Nana...
The techno scene debuts at SPOT
By María José Villanueva, photos by Siân Kavanagh, Jutland Station (www.jutlandstation.dk) SPOT Festival is known for giving new Nordic and international indie musicians the opportunity to showcase their work, and this year a new guest is making its debut...
Tickets are sold out
Partout – , Friday – and Saturday tickets are sold out.
From strangers to creators on the Roots and Hybrid stage
By María José Villanueva, photos by Siân Kavanagh, Jutland Station (www.jutlandstation.dk) Close your eyes and imagine: electric notes that transport you to the Amazon rainforest in South America. Sway with the jazz music coming of a trumpet and find...
SPOT Festival – a rendezvous with the Danish and international music industry
By Madalina Paxaman, photos by Guki Giunashvili, Jutland Station (www.jutlandstation.dk) SPOT Festival is one of the most sought-after events happening in Aarhus. This year, between May 9th and May 13th, approximately 8000 visitors will enjoy the...
Updates to the printed program
Nordic Today by SPOT
Videocast with the latest in Nordic music – presented by Pernille Krog Mogensen
Jutland Station reporting from SPOT
Jutland Station is an online publication originally created by students at the Erasmus Mundus Master’s programme ‘Journalism, Media and Globalization’ at Aarhus University. Jutland Station is run by volunteer journalists and is open to community...
International hot-shots at SPOT and Aarhus Calling
Some of the hottest and brightest songwriters and producers will shine on Aarhus when this year’s edition of Aarhus Calling takes place as part of SPOT 2018. Writers, producers and A&R’s from the US, UK, Denmark, and the Netherlands will all get...
Listen to SPOT’s official Spotify playlist now
SPOT 2018 is going to be a music party to remember for anyone with even the slightest interest in music. Featuring around 300 bands and acts performing from the 9th to 13th of May at more than 20 different venues all around Aarhus city center, it is...
SPOT App Available now!
It has never been easier to be a guest at SPOT, because now is the SPOT companion app available across iOS App Store and Google Play for Android. With the official SPOT app, you can: See the festival time table. The programme is updated automatically as we...
Conceptual music events and lots of new acts
The SPOT program is already stuffed with amazing concerts and once again, we can add new musical concepts and a lot of new acts. A recurring concept at SPOT is the Naked Session, where 4 Danish artists along with pianist Gustaf Ljunggren perform some of...
Roots&Hybrid – The Goal Is to Expand People’s Musical Horizons
Aarhus’ new international music festival, Roots&Hybrid Festival, challenges mainstream music and makes the unknown a bit less unfamiliar.
33 new acts have been added to the overall line-up for SPOT 2018
Aarhus Volume is a start-up culture community in Aarhus who are doing a 3-day programme as part of this year’s SPOT. They deliver 17 acts, mainly from the urban scene, to the SPOT line-up. Three of the acts will be a part of a free event Thursday evening...
Días Nórdicos meets Reflections – and Chancha Vía Circuito in concert
It is going to be a truly extraordinary meeting: The Danish singer/songwriter Gurli Octavia, the Swedish-Turkish trumpet player Ruhi Erdogan and the Argentinian electronic musician Pedro Canale (Chancha Vía Circuito) have agreed to enter a hectic workshop...
16 New Additions to the Partner Program
New artists from Oppenheimer, Gutter Island, Way Up North, and Westside Music.
Electronic output
Strøm is an electronic music organization with a focus on the Danish music scene: In 2007 Strøm started as an electronic music festival every August in Copenhagen; now it has become an organization that creates electronic events all over Denmark during the year and it...
Old friends and new acquaintances: 15 additions to the SPOT program
Photo: Allan Niss A new round of names for this year’s SPOT festival is ready for you! We follow up on the parade of acts with 15 new names and amongst them you’ll find upcoming acts from Norway and Denmark, and some well-known bands who are...
The Art of Professionally Written Music on Demand
Artists don’t have to write their own songs, they just need to make them feel like their own. As Ricky Martin did with his billion-views hit “Vente Pa’Ca”, which was co-written by ten people at the Danish songwriting camp during SPOT, Aarhus...
Partner programs are ready with 31 diverse and exciting acts
Photo: Altin Gün (NL) Much of the official program for SPOT 2018 has been revealed, but there’s also a lot of dedicated partners who are adding exciting acts to the line-up. First of all there’s Roots&Hybrid – a festival within the festival...
15 New Acts: From Doom Metal to Electro, Synth and Dreamy Scandi-pop.
We’re ready again to raise the curtain on some of the new acts confirmed to play at this year’s SPOT. And this time we’re going to announce a full palette of musical treats ranging from doom metal to electro, synth and dreamy Scandi-pop. FRUM...
Second Batch of Acts announced for SPOT 2018
The second round of names for this year’s SPOT 2018 has been announced and there are plenty of up-and-coming acts as well as already established Nordic artists that you need to keep an extra eye on. Albert af Ektam (SE), ANYA, BAEST, Frida...
Nordic Women Lead the Pop Industry
Ever since ABBA took to the stage in the seventies, the easily recognisable, female pop vocal has been a trademark of the Nordic sound on the international scene, and to this day, the female Nordic singers still have something special about them. We asked industry influencers, how artists like MØ, Sigrid and Aurora are continuing this tradition and paving the way for the next generation of women.
First Part of Artist Line Up Revealed for SPOT 2018
The names are in, and here at SPOT we’re proud to announce the first batch of artists booked to perform at SPOT 2018. SPOT 2018 is already shaping up to be a jam-packed year of talented musicians and performers. Having seen more than 800...
Denmark Blooms line-up ready for ESNS
This January, Denmark will be featured as a special focus country at ESNS, Europe’s biggest showcase festival. The programme, which goes by the name Denmark Blooms, is arranged by MXD – Music Export Denmark in partnership with SPOT. The full musical line-up is: [video...
Apply for a Showcase at SPOT (closed)
SPOT would like to invite Nordic bands and artists with ambitions and international potential – and also their managers and representatives – to apply to play a showcase at SPOT. You can apply online from the 16th of October at 12 noon until 12 noon on the 28th of...
What the international press said about SPOT 2017
This is what the international press said about SPOT 2017: UK: The Independent: SPOT Festival review: Danish Festival Makes it look so easy Crack Magazine: Taking The temperature of Scandinavian music at SPOT Festival 2017 The Line of Best Fit: SPOT...
