What's on in Sweden: July 10 - 16

What's on in Sweden: Jazz Festival & Britney Spears in Stockholm; Deep Purple (UK) in Gothenburg; Bennie Man (JAM) & Bollywood in Malmö.

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STOCKHOLM

Stockholm Jazz Fest 2009

The Stockholm Jazz Festival is one of the larger events of the city's entertainment calender. The festival's 26th edition opens on July 15th on the picturesque island of Skeppsholmen in the heart of the downtown.

More than 60 artists will be on show over the course of the festival with highlights including The Blind Boys of Alabama, Erykah Badu, Gilberto Gill and Sonny Rollins.

Price: 1,955 kronor for the festival pass or from 445 kronor for a day pass
Time: Wednesday July 15th - Sunday July 19th
Tickets: Stockholm Jazz Fest Tickets
Location: Skeppsholmen
More information: Stockholm Jazz Fest 2009

Maria Bouledagar

Stockholm at this time of the year has a certain Mediterranean feel to it, at least we'd like to think so, and perhaps need to think so, as the winter gloom haunts us around the corner.

And you can't get any more Mediterranean than boules (pétanque).

Since 1992 boules enthusiasts from across the city have been descending on the hallowed gravelly surface of Mariatorget to polish up their balls and partake in Maria Bouledagar.

The ten day sporting festival ends this weekend with the Leslie Holms Cup and invites all-comers to either take part or simply kick back with a latte and enjoy the action.

Boules are available for use free of charge.

Price: Free of charge
Time: Until Sunday July 12th
Tickets: To enter a competition text 0046 70-8521301
Location: Mariatorget
More information: Maria bouledagar


Country Gala 2009

Skansen's Country Gala returns for the second year and features special guests all the way from Nashville - Chip Young, James Burton and Charlie McCoy.

The line up is completed by Swedish crooner Martin Stenmark, Sweden's own country king Mats Rådberg, Grand Ole Opry veteran Kikki Danielsson and many more.

So dust off the ten gallon and go line dancin' y'all.

Price: 295 kronor
Time: Saturday July 11th, 12pm - 5pm
Tickets: Country Gala 2009 Tickets
Location: Skansen, Djurgården
More information: Country Gala 2009


Britney Spears

US pop singer Britney Spears will be visiting Stockholm this week to perform at Globen on her comeback tour to promote her new album "Circus".

Spears has had a chequered last few years and will be aiming to prove to her Swedish public that her troubles are behind her and that Britney's back, alright!

Price: From 695 kronor to 4,500 kronor
Time: Monday July 13th, 7.30pm & Tuesday July 14th, 7.30pm
Tickets: Britney Spears Tickets
Location: Ericsson Globe
More information: Britney Spears at Globen


Herräng dance camp

Herräng Dance Camp, which originally started back in the summer of 1982, is now the leading and most comprehensive dance camp in the world focusing on the African-American swing dance tradition.

For the month of July each year the camp turns the normally quiet Roslagen backwater of Herräng (about 90 minutes north of Stockholm) into a multi-culti jiving, thriving, lindy-hopping, tapping dance extravaganza.

There are beginner weekends and week long courses in a range of disciplines.

Price: Herräng dance camp costs
Time: Until Saturday July 25th
Location: Check in at Folkets Hus in Herräng
More information: Herräng dance camp


GOTHENBURG

Deep Purple (UK)

Together with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple were among the foremost bands on the British hard rock scene in the 1970s.

They were once listed in the Guinness record book as the world's noisiest band and they will be bringing that brand of "noise" to Gothenburg's Trädgårdsförening on Wednesday.

Price: From 470 kronor
Time: Wednesday July 15th, 7pm
Tickets: Deep Purple Tickets
Location: Trädgårdsförening, Göteborg
More information: Deep Purple at Trädgårdsföreningen


Gothia Cup

The world's largest youth football tournament, The Gothia Cup, opens in Gothenburg on Monday with a ceremony at Ullevi.

The Gothia Cup has welcomed over 800,000 youth players from 125 countries over the years. The week long tournament will feature over 1,500 teams and 4,000 matches across the city in a colourful festival of the beautiful game.

Price: Free of charge
Time: Monday July 13th - Saturday July 18th
Tickets: Gothia Cup 2009 opening ceremony tickets
Location: Ullevi and locations across Gothenburg
More information: Gothia Cup 2009


MALMÖ

Frida Hyvönen

Mystic northern Swedish singer-songwriter Frida Hyvönen is so important to her home village of Robertsfors in Sweden's far north, that there are calls for her image to welcome visitors instead of the more conventional "Welcome, please drive carefully" sign.

Hyvönen made her breakthrough with the sublime "Until Death Comes" in 2005. Her third studio album, "Silence is Wild", released in 2008, has been given a standing ovation by the critics. On Friday she is a guest of Sommarscen Malmö.

Price: Free of charge
Time: Friday July 10th, 7pm
Location: Pildammsteatern, Pildammsparken
More information: Sommarscen Malmö Folkets Park


Drive in Bollywood - Bachna Ae Haseeno

A Bollywood film with all the attributes to which you have become accustomed, in the open air of Enskifteshagen.

Price: Free of charge
Time: Saturday July 11th, 10pm
Location: Enskifteshagen
More information: Sommarscen Malmö


Beenie Man (JAM)

Malmö's KB presents the self-proclaimed king of dancehall - Jamaica's Beenie Man.

Price: 275 kronor
Time: Thursday July 16th, 11pm
Location: Kulturbolaget, Bergsgatan 18
More information: Beenie Man at Kulturbolaget