Nationellt Festivalmöte - The Sweden Festival

Welcome to Sweden Festival's "National Festival Meeting - The Sweden Festival", which is a manifestation to promote the Art Festival as a cultural carrier and organizer. It is also a way to encourage and inspire our festival workers and to promote national and international collaborations. We offer interesting seminars, high-quality concerts and an excellent opportunity to network and to be inspired together with other festival organizers. In addition, everything is included but places are limited so "first come, first served". Participants are responsible for their own travel. Register here, a few places left. Festivals and music organizers who are not yet members of Sweden Festivals are also welcome.

PROGRAM

Friday, April 11

17.00-18.00 Welcome, registration and get together at Home Hotel Smedjan

18.00-19.00 Sweden Festival's annual meeting for members only

19.00-20.00 Joint dinner at Home Hotel Smedjan

20.30-23.00 The Sweden Festival - Jazzfest C/O Bangen Jazz & Blues Presents

Sassy Swings 

The band that pays tribute to the Queen of Swing Sarah "Sassy" Vaughan

PAUS 

Among Lynx Duo

Raw, heavy and dirty sound rooted in American-influenced blues rock. With support from Kultur Gävleborg.

Saturday, April 12

10:00-10:30 Sweden Festivals, Bangen Jazz & Blues, Sandviken Chamber Music Festival, Alternativfesten and Sandviken Municipality welcome you with introductory information and current news.

10:30-11:30 Festival preparation, production and Management. Georges-Emmanuel Schneider, Kulturhaltestelle. In English.

11:30-12:00 MAIS organizer's guide - a tool for introduction and in-depth study for concert organizers. Niklas Carlsson, Kontaktnätet.

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-13.30 Presentation of Sandviken's Art Festivals.

13.30-15.00 Ukrainian culture, music and festivals. European Festival - Ukrainian Spring reflects Ukraine's integrating place in European cultural heritage and is Sweden Festival's newest member. When Ukraine fights for its existence and culture against Russian aggression, it needs context and networks that support it. Natalya Pasichnyk, Peter Eriksson, Irina Serotyuk, Mila Labero and others

15.00-15.30 Coffee

15.30-17.00 The Country with no Festivals? We build on the questions How can we upgrade the status of cultural festivals in Sweden? And Why are art and cultural festivals not recognized as the cultural carriers they can be? Which were highlighted on Folk och Kultur. It begins with a presentation of the Kontaktnätet analysis of the Swedish Council's grants over time, which, among other things, locks out cultural festivals. Followed by a conversation between some festival representatives.

18.00-19.00 Dinner

19.00-22.00 The Sweden Festival - C/O Alternativfesten & Sandviken Kammarmusikfestival Presents

A night soiree in showcase format where the artists take turns and collaborate across borders in various artistic expressions such as Dance, Goth, Synth, Classical Piano, Chamber Music, Folk Music and Ukrainian Music. Under the direction of Sweden Festival's chairman Peter Eriksson. Artists; Peter Eriksson Viola and Host | Mila Balero (UKR) Dance | Natalya Pasichnyk (UKR) Piano, Magnus & Irina (UKR) Duo, Clarinet and Accordion, The Dark Side Cowboys | Nano Ona Synth | Robin Lilja Piano |

Sunday 13 April

09.20-09.30 Warm-up

09.30-10.15 Regional collaboration 

10.15-10.30 Coffee break

10.30-11.00 Collaborations on an European level with European Festivals Association (EFA) which includes EFFEA, EFFE-SEAL and Festival-Finder

11.00-12.30 Group works and dialogue around proposals to highlight the cultural festival as a cultural carrier in Swedish cultural policy 

12.30- Lunch

Welcome