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The Copenhagen Blues Festival

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:47:53 +0000

Visit Copenhagen between September and October each year and you will surely witness the weeklong fun and merry festival called the Copenhagen Blues Festival. The festival that started in 2001 has the aim to widen the knowledge of blues and related genre of music all over Copenhagen region as well as to promote their interest in the said genre. Each year, the organization behind the Copenhagen Blues Festival is in cooperation with 18-20 venues all over the city. They are trying to present about 60 blues concerts from different performers from Scandinavia, Denmark, and even international blues artists.

This year, the festival is happening from September 30 to October 4, 2009. This year’s five days festival has the theme of CHICAGO BLUES. The five-day event is full of nothing but blues concerts from known local and international blues artists including Eddy Clearwater, Thorbjorn Risager Band and a whole lot more. In addition, the festival will also be holding 10 short, free afternoon blues concerts at the main stage, which is at the Festplads.

There will also be a Gospel concert during the festival week and for this year’s concert, the Ladies Sing the Blues will be transforming into Ladies Sing the Gospel and will be presenting and performing at the Christian’s Church. This Sunday event is perfect for families to hang out and have some fun with their kids and partner. Another Sunday event includes the Blues sermon at the Grundtvigs Church, which features Troels Jensen, H.P. Lange og Jarno Varsted, and Blues brunch at Pilegardens at 11 am.

Aside from the great performances that entertain audiences from all over the world, the festival also has their blues awards that are already have been awarded to numerous recipients. This year’s festival will feature Duck and Cover at Bartof, Poorboy Poul and Thorbjorn Risager at Roedovre, and the Roots Jam at Mojo as closing performances of the Blues Copenhagen Festival 2009.

World Congress and Performing Arts Festival for Young People 2011 in Copenhagen

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:50:56 +0000

Happening every three years, ASSITEJ Denmark together with ASSITEJ Sweden will be hosting the 2011 festival in Copenhagen Denmark. This 10-days extraordinary event will be happening on May 20-29, 2011, which involves performers and spectators from all ages and from all corners of the world. The congress has the aim to connect people with different cultures, ages, and practices. They also aims to get the theater for children and young people recognize, improve the condition of theater for children and young people from all over the world, improve common knowledge for theater, get the people acquainted with the work of their colleagues from other countries.

Visitors and tourists from all over the world will surely enjoy the festival as it presents numerous events from cultural shows to live theater shows to puppetry, circus, theater dance and more. Spectators of the said event old and new will surely be glad with the 2011 festival because for the first time in history, the event will simultaneously take place in two cities.

Aside from the shows and presentations, other events will also take place during the whole congress, which include seminars, workshops, master classes, lectures, readings, discussion forums, and more. Like the usual event program, the Congress will have its grand official opening ceremony, a festive, cozy and friendly festival café and night bar, receptions and late night entertainment, and a fun and exciting closing party.

The 2011 Congress has the intention to reflect the “here and now” contemporary children’s theater. They are also aiming to present 25-30 performances in two cities with 5-6 presentations in each performance, which will surely bring joy to many of its audiences.

Applications for performance and proposal for workshops and seminars for the said event are all available in their website. The program proper will also be available by January in 2011.