What's on in Sweden: March 20 - 26
What's on in Sweden: Material Girl tribute and Aussie comedy in Stockholm; Laleh and jazz festival in Gothenburg; David Byrne in Malmö.
STOCKHOLM
An Evening With Madonna
Debaser continues its "An Evening With...." series with a tribute to Madonna.
Veronica Maggio heads a selection of Sweden's artist elite who will give their interpretations of songs from "The Material Girl's" huge body of work.
The evening will include a showing of the 1991 documentary "In Bed With Madonna".
Price: 175 kronor
Time: Thursday March 26th, 7pm
Tickets: An Evening With Madonna Tickets
Location: Debaser, Medborgarplatsen
More information: Debaser
KLÅJNK - Music games for kids
Stockholm's Music Museum invites you to "immerse yourself in music in this wonderful old building: Watch, listen and play!".
On Fridays from 11am two inspired pedagogues Monica Åslund and Anna Rosén invite kids of all ages to join them for "music games". The limited number of tickets are handed out at 10.20am - it's popular so get there sharpish.
The songs chosen tend to be a mix of English and Swedish.
Price: Adults 50 kronor, Children 20 kronor
Time: Fridays until 24/4 (not 10/4), 11am
Location: Musikmuseet, Sibyllegatan 2
More information: Stockholm Music Museum
Pam Ann Live (AUS)
Glamorous, glitzy and wildly hilarious Aussie-born and Pucci Clad Pam Ann has played sold-out shows on a major UK tour, at the Edinburgh Festival, in London and New York. She has toured with Cher and crewed for Elton John, even Madonna is a huge fan describing PAM as "cruelly funny".
Pam Ann has been kind enough to include Stockholm on her flight path as she touches down for her first European Tour.
Price: 290 - 350 kronor
Time: Sunday March 22nd & Monday March 23rd, 8pm
Tickets: Pam Ann Tickets
Location: Södra Teatern, Mosebacke torg 1-3
More information: Pam Ann Live
Salong Giraff
Vaudeville theatre extravaganza Salong Giraff returns for its spring season with a new selection of high and low brow acts scraped from the underbelly of Stockholm's culture scene and introduced with the acid wit of its infernal anthroposophic compère Robert Fux.
Pandoras box is opened to reveal a myriad of creatures that have managed to survive the winter - acrobatics, Dorothy Parker vocalists, Gothic body artists and a group of ugly dancing brats are just some of the delights in store.
Price: 170 kronor (120 kronor concessions)
Time: Friday March 20th, 9pm
Tickets: Hornsgatan 72 or Salong Giraff Tickets
Location: Folkoperan, Hornsgatan 72
More information: Salong Giraff c/o Orionteatern
GOTHENBURG
Laleh
Laleh Pourkarim made an immediate breakthrough with her self-titled debut album in 2005. The rough-edged variation of the album combined with an evident on-stage joie-de-vivre rightly won the enigmatic Laleh an immediate fan base.
Her 2006 follow up "Prinsessor" was something of a step sideways musically but showed a more rounded and comprehensive side to her music.
With her newly released third album "Me and Simon" she returns to her mix of folksy lyrics and exuberant jazz rhythms.
Price: 290 kronor
Time: Sunday March 22nd, 7.30pm
Tickets: Laleh Tickets
Location: Lisebergshallen, Örgrytevägen 5
More information: Lisebergshallen
Swedish Jazz Celebration
Swedish Jazz Celebration is taking place in Gothenburg this year for the first time. The festival's definition of jazz is typically broad – anything from traditional jazz to new club music and other improvisational music verging on art music.
Anyone who is anyone in Sweden's jazz scene will be there over the four day festival at several venues across Gothenburg.
Price: 150/260 kronor per day
Time: Wednesday March 25th - Saturday March 28th
Tickets: Swedish Jazz Celebration Tickets
Location: Trädgår'n, Stenhammarsalen, Nefertiti, Röhsska Museet, Vara Folkhögskola and Vara Konserthus
More information: Swedish Jazz Celebration
MALMÖ/LUND
The Last Resort of Ethnicity - photography exhibition
Katarina Lundgren's work focuses on Swedish-Americans in contemporary USA and how they connect and relate to their Swedish heritage.
How does one culture assimilate into another? How do existing values, traditions and symbols gain new meaning and adapt to their new context.
Lundgren has toured the US with her camera to find the places, monuments and festivals with a connection to the Swedish-American community.
Price: Free of charge
Time: Until Saturday April 4th. Tuesday - Saturday, 2pm - 5pm (Thursdays 4pm-7pm)
Location: Galleria Pictura, Svartbrödersgatan 3, Lund
More Information: Galleri Pictura
David Byrne (UK/USA)
Multi-talented Talking Heads frontman David Byrne comes to Malmö this weekend. He is accompanied, in spirit, by long term collaborator Brian Eno.
The tour features music by Byrne and Eno - "pulsating electronic country-gospel" - is the description afforded by one reviewer.
Price: 600 kronor
Time: Friday March 20th, 7.30pm
Tickets: David Byrne Tickets
Location: Malmö Konserthus, Föreningsgatan 35
More Information: Malmö Konserthus
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STOCKHOLM
An Evening With Madonna
Debaser continues its "An Evening With...." series with a tribute to Madonna.
Veronica Maggio heads a selection of Sweden's artist elite who will give their interpretations of songs from "The Material Girl's" huge body of work.
The evening will include a showing of the 1991 documentary "In Bed With Madonna".
Price: 175 kronor
Time: Thursday March 26th, 7pm
Tickets: An Evening With Madonna Tickets
Location: Debaser, Medborgarplatsen
More information: Debaser
KLÅJNK - Music games for kids
Stockholm's Music Museum invites you to "immerse yourself in music in this wonderful old building: Watch, listen and play!".
On Fridays from 11am two inspired pedagogues Monica Åslund and Anna Rosén invite kids of all ages to join them for "music games". The limited number of tickets are handed out at 10.20am - it's popular so get there sharpish.
The songs chosen tend to be a mix of English and Swedish.
Price: Adults 50 kronor, Children 20 kronor
Time: Fridays until 24/4 (not 10/4), 11am
Location: Musikmuseet, Sibyllegatan 2
More information: Stockholm Music Museum
Pam Ann Live (AUS)
Glamorous, glitzy and wildly hilarious Aussie-born and Pucci Clad Pam Ann has played sold-out shows on a major UK tour, at the Edinburgh Festival, in London and New York. She has toured with Cher and crewed for Elton John, even Madonna is a huge fan describing PAM as "cruelly funny".
Pam Ann has been kind enough to include Stockholm on her flight path as she touches down for her first European Tour.
Price: 290 - 350 kronor
Time: Sunday March 22nd & Monday March 23rd, 8pm
Tickets: Pam Ann Tickets
Location: Södra Teatern, Mosebacke torg 1-3
More information: Pam Ann Live
Salong Giraff
Vaudeville theatre extravaganza Salong Giraff returns for its spring season with a new selection of high and low brow acts scraped from the underbelly of Stockholm's culture scene and introduced with the acid wit of its infernal anthroposophic compère Robert Fux.
Pandoras box is opened to reveal a myriad of creatures that have managed to survive the winter - acrobatics, Dorothy Parker vocalists, Gothic body artists and a group of ugly dancing brats are just some of the delights in store.
Price: 170 kronor (120 kronor concessions)
Time: Friday March 20th, 9pm
Tickets: Hornsgatan 72 or Salong Giraff Tickets
Location: Folkoperan, Hornsgatan 72
More information: Salong Giraff c/o Orionteatern
GOTHENBURG
Laleh
Laleh Pourkarim made an immediate breakthrough with her self-titled debut album in 2005. The rough-edged variation of the album combined with an evident on-stage joie-de-vivre rightly won the enigmatic Laleh an immediate fan base.
Her 2006 follow up "Prinsessor" was something of a step sideways musically but showed a more rounded and comprehensive side to her music.
With her newly released third album "Me and Simon" she returns to her mix of folksy lyrics and exuberant jazz rhythms.
Price: 290 kronor
Time: Sunday March 22nd, 7.30pm
Tickets: Laleh Tickets
Location: Lisebergshallen, Örgrytevägen 5
More information: Lisebergshallen
Swedish Jazz Celebration
Swedish Jazz Celebration is taking place in Gothenburg this year for the first time. The festival's definition of jazz is typically broad – anything from traditional jazz to new club music and other improvisational music verging on art music.
Anyone who is anyone in Sweden's jazz scene will be there over the four day festival at several venues across Gothenburg.
Price: 150/260 kronor per day
Time: Wednesday March 25th - Saturday March 28th
Tickets: Swedish Jazz Celebration Tickets
Location: Trädgår'n, Stenhammarsalen, Nefertiti, Röhsska Museet, Vara Folkhögskola and Vara Konserthus
More information: Swedish Jazz Celebration
MALMÖ/LUND
The Last Resort of Ethnicity - photography exhibition
Katarina Lundgren's work focuses on Swedish-Americans in contemporary USA and how they connect and relate to their Swedish heritage.
How does one culture assimilate into another? How do existing values, traditions and symbols gain new meaning and adapt to their new context.
Lundgren has toured the US with her camera to find the places, monuments and festivals with a connection to the Swedish-American community.
Price: Free of charge
Time: Until Saturday April 4th. Tuesday - Saturday, 2pm - 5pm (Thursdays 4pm-7pm)
Location: Galleria Pictura, Svartbrödersgatan 3, Lund
More Information: Galleri Pictura
David Byrne (UK/USA)
Multi-talented Talking Heads frontman David Byrne comes to Malmö this weekend. He is accompanied, in spirit, by long term collaborator Brian Eno.
The tour features music by Byrne and Eno - "pulsating electronic country-gospel" - is the description afforded by one reviewer.
Price: 600 kronor
Time: Friday March 20th, 7.30pm
Tickets: David Byrne Tickets
Location: Malmö Konserthus, Föreningsgatan 35
More Information: Malmö Konserthus
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