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Two concerts with one ticket! It's a double dose of ethio-jazz as Langendorf United and The Sorcerers journey through the 60s and 70s Addis Ababa, with detours into psychedelia, afrobeat, and spiritual jazz. At 20:00, Lina Langendorf's Manifest Prize-winning Stockholm collective opens the evening. F

This concert is part of a special package – see Langendorf United at 20:00 and The Sorcerers at 23:00 for 500 kr. Read more below* Saxophonist and composer Lina Langendorf leads her Manifest Award-winning Stockholm collective through a universe of spiritual jazz, afrobeat, ethio-jazz, and psychedeli

This concert is part of a special package – see Langendorf United at 20:00 and The Sorcerers at 23:00 for 500 kr. Read more below* The Leeds band The Sorcerers draws its sound from the golden age of Ethiopian jazz – the underground Addis Ababa of the 1960s and 70s. The result is modal, hypnotic, and

The French-Mongolian singer and yatga player Céline Dessberg weaves together Mongolian steppe melodies, black-and-white new wave romance, and jazz nuances into a sound that The Guardian calls "hauntingly beautiful." Dessberg's music is shaped equally by her background: the pastoral, Buddhist heritag

Soul • Disco • Funk & rare grooves Every Saturday, Fasching is filled with dance floor magic from the first to the last song. Our resident DJs Munken and Robert Baum dig deep into the grooves and spin vinyl all night long. Since 1993, they have created a haven for dancers who live for soul, disco, f

It's summer on Söderön. Lo and her mom set out on an adventure, discovering the forest and animals, the sea and nature. Life is wonderful, mom! shouts Lo. But when a laughing gull lures her further into the forest, something unexpected happens. Suddenly, Lo is alone and must find her way back. Life

One of contemporary jazz's most electrifying saxophonists. The six-time Grammy-nominated Lakecia Benjamin takes to the Fasching stage this fall, promoting her new album We Dream. Raised and musically trained in New York, she began playing early on with jazz figures like Clark Terry and Reggie Workma

Julian "J3PO" Pollack stands with one foot in jazz and fusion—and the other deeply among synths and electronic experiments. He has recorded with artists like Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller, and Terence Blanchard. At the same time, he has worked with Nord, Sequential, and Oberheim, programming factory

A new, expanded incarnation of the Polish-Norwegian ensemble led by saxophonist Maciej Obara. With their three albums on ECM, the quartet has established itself as one of Europe's most distinctive jazz bands. Here, they are joined by Norwegian ECM colleague Mathias Eick on trumpet. The Guardian desc

Kirk Fletcher grew up in the church in Compton, California, with the guitar constantly present and the blues in his blood. Perhaps it is this deeply rooted blues and gospel core that has kept him at the very top of the blues world for decades. As a sideman, he has toured with Joe Bonamassa and The F

Thursday Jam at Fasching in collaboration with IMPRA. Once a month, we invite you to a new jam concept with exciting musical guests and encounters, together with the IMPRA association and invited musicians. Bring a friend and an instrument, and we'll meet in the foyer bar. Together, we create a warm

Behind de clair is singer-songwriter Clara Rudelius from Karlshamn. She picked up the guitar for the first time at the age of ten and was soon drawn to the black, out-of-tune grand piano in the living room. She delved into Nico, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, and Björk—artists who later became some of he

Myles Sanko delivered a showcase of modern soul to a packed Fasching last year. In October, he returns with new music from his upcoming album I See My Light. The Ghana-born, Cambridge-raised singer made his recording debut in 2013 on his own label and immediately caught the attention of record execu

At 89 years old, saxophone icon Gilbert Holmström continues to stay relevant. Holmström made his debut back in 1965 with the cult classic Utan Misstankar. Six decades later, he was nominated for a Grammis for the album PEAK (Moserobie, 2024). This fall, he brings his quintet and a handful of previou

The New York Times has described Kurt Rosenwinkel as a guitarist who says more in a few lines of music than most manage to say in an entire career. This characteristic defines The Remedy, recorded live at Village Vanguard and released on Word of Mouth Records—an album that helped shape an entire gen

Jasper Høiby is the bassist and bandleader who helped reshape the modern European jazz trio format with Phronesis—the trio he founded in 2005 with Ivo Neame and Anton Eger. With 3Elements, he continues in the same spirit: structured, daring, collectively driven. Conversations of Hope is the trio's t

Miles Davis would have turned 100 this year. We honor the jazz giant with an evening concert where a sextet led by trumpeter Samuel Olsson will perform two of his most significant albums: Milestones and Kind of Blue. The band is formed with the same lineup that Miles himself used on the records, fea

The trumpeter, composer, and producer Milena Casado is one of the freshest talents on the international jazz scene in recent years. The New York Times called her "a revelation," and Bandcamp described her as one of the most promising voices in jazz, period. Casado was born in Spain but has been base

British soul and blues singer Kat Eaton made her Stockholm debut at a sold-out Fasching in 2025. This fall, she returns with new music inspired by timeless classics from Carole King, Stevie Wonder, and Donny Hathaway, as well as contemporary tracks from Emily King, Lianne La Havas, and Yebba. "We wa

Damn! started as a dance club in Lund and Malmö with DJs and live musicians jamming together with funk, soul, Latin, and hip-hop as their common ground. More than 25 years later, they are back with new material. Time Machine – the band's fourth album – was recorded in locations around the world. The

A slideshow, lecture, and film screening that uses archival film, audio clips, and images to tell the story of global music scenes that have struggled and thrived under periods of authoritarian rule. The project is an urgent, captivating narrative about how powerful interests attempt to control musi

You can hear history in Mazaher's music. Rhythms and songs that carry traces of traditions from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, brought over by generations of practitioners who learned the music without sheet music. Um Sameh, Um Hassan, and Nour El Sabah are among the last remaining zār

It took barely an album for Immanuel Wilkins to establish himself as one of the leading voices in contemporary jazz. He signed a record deal with Blue Note at the age of 21, and his debut Omega (2020) was named Jazz Album of the Year by the New York Times and Best Debut Album by NPR. The Philadelphi

Chris Minh Doky has transformed his double bass into an expressive and melodic starting point that resonates with both Nordic clarity and American soul. He grew up in Denmark but was shaped by the New York jazz scene, where for a long time he was the first-choice bassist for the likes of Michael Bre

Since 2010, the Chicago trio Bitchin Bajas has crafted their music around a delicate blend of synthesizers and non-electronic instruments. A kind of semi-analog, motoric drone music that neither rushes nor stops—just flows. It began as a solo project by Cave guitarist Cooper Crain—whose krautrock ba

Håkan Broström is the bandleader and composer for the big band New Places Orchestra. It is a dynamic, contemporary big band that constantly explores new musical expressions and creates an environment where different voices and perspectives can take place and develop. With an open and exploratory app

Hermeto Pascoal made his mark in Fasching's history books with his very first concert in 1988. When the audience refused to stop dancing after closing time, Hermeto simply led them out in a carnival parade on Kungsgatan. Between 1988 and 2022, he performed about ten unforgettable shows at Fasching.

The moose have had enough. The desert foxes are lulled to sleep. The Toothbrush Song is hummed between the teeth. James Hollingworth and Karin Liungman's Children's Songs from 1974 is one of the absolute cornerstones of Swedish children's music. Their colorful and playful songs have been played on c

Michelle David began singing in church at home in New York at the age of four. Since then, she has toured on Broadway, had studio sessions with Diana Ross and Michael Bolton, and built one of Europe's most explosive soul bands together with guitarists Paul Willemsen and Onno Smit and drummer Bas Bou

Fasching moves into Folkoperan. This autumn, we present a grand big band meeting with Rebecka Törnqvist, Johan Lindström, and Norrbotten Big Band. A long-awaited reunion is in store as Rebecka Törnqvist and Johan Lindström once again join Norrbotten Big Band on stage. The last time they collaborated

With guitarist Andreas Hourdakis at the center, Ensemble Anaracho premieres new music written and arranged for big band by Fredrik Nordström. With his highly personal style, influenced by both contemporary jazz aesthetics and his Cretan roots, Andreas Hourdakis (Magnus Öström band, Tarabband, Lars D

Yasuaki Shimizu is something of a cult figure in Japanese music: a saxophonist, composer, and producer with a catalog that spans jazz, ambient, new wave, minimalism, pop, and Japanese folk music without being confined to any single genre. Since the late '70s, he has released a series of classic reco

Antônio Carlos Jobim called her one of the greatest singers ever. She has recorded around forty acclaimed albums, been nominated for four Latin Grammys, and written hundreds of songs interpreted by some of Brazil's biggest artists. Yet, Joyce Moreno has never achieved the same international breakthr

The folk-inspired chamber jazz project Vega Trails, led by double bassist Milo Fitzpatrick (Portico Quartet), returns to Fasching with new music. Since their last visit, they have released the album Sierra Tracks (Gondwana Records, 2025), where they expand on atmospheric folk jazz with piano, vibrap

On the Grammy-nominated debut album when the poems do what they do, aja monet leaned her surrealist poetry against a vibrant jazz ensemble. On the follow-up, the color of rain (May 2026), she expands the sound even further. It's an album that moves in the spaces between—between genres, between dream

Two concerts on the same day. The name Björn Yttling is synonymous with the indie golden age of the 2000s. He is not only Björn in Peter, Bjorn & John, but he has also helped shape Lykke Li's sound and produced for Robyn, Anna Ternheim, and First Aid Kit. However, before his pop career took off, he

Nubiyan Twist is back at Fasching with a new lineup and new live material! Sold out in 2022 and sold out in 2025 – when the London-based jazz collective comes to Fasching, expect dancing, warmth, and joy squared. With roots in Leeds, the band has become one of the UK's most exciting and respected li

Scott Kinsey Group plays music from Thought Distortions and a selection from Weather Report's repertoire – featuring some of the sharpest voices in electric jazz. Scott Kinsey made a name for himself early in fusion circles when he was picked up by the band Tribal Tech and took on a protégé role und

KlubbN is the place where the joy of making music together freely takes center stage. Since 2017, the evenings have featured surprise guests and friends on stage for a musical show where anything can happen. The guests who appear are not just anyone. Over the years, Sweden's top artists have visited

The meeting between jazz pianist Mathias Algotsson and cellist Svante Henryson moves freely between jazz standards and their own material, allowing the evening to be shaped by the moment. They have been playing together since 2016, and it shows—their telepathic improvisations make each concert night

Pianist Renee Rosnes assembled the group that would become ARTEMIS for a European tour in 2017. After playing together, Rosnes realized the group's chemistry was too good not to build on. Blue Note chief Don Was saw the band live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 2018 and was impressed enough to sign

Morten Martens has lived with music for most of his life, even when his name wasn't on the album covers. For more than twenty years, the Norwegian producer has worked behind the scenes, shaping other artists' albums and visions. So it's hardly surprising that his project Les Imprimés feels well thou

After 30 years together, Östblocket continues to play with the same intensity, virtuosity, and genuine joy of playing. With roots in folk music from the Balkans and Eastern Europe, the band has been a recurring favorite at Fasching for decades. Now they are back with an anniversary concert. The musi

Mattias Risberg is expanding his colossal project Mining further and is now, in true entrepreneurial spirit, seeking collaborations beyond Sweden's borders. This evening at Fasching, Risberg presents the latest ensemble, Mining International, featuring some of the Nordic region's most renowned impro

Sam Gendel and Sam Wilkes met at USC in Los Angeles and clicked immediately. Today, they are two of the leading musicians on the sizzling LA scene. Their sound moves between lounge jazz, experimental minimalism, R&B, and Dilla-inspired beat structures. You've heard their music behind artists like Mk

Gerald Clayton is one of the most sought-after pianists in contemporary jazz. Six Grammy nominations, three albums on Blue Note, and collaborations with Bill Frisell, Roy Hargrove, Dianne Reeves, and Charles Lloyd speak for themselves. However, his reputation rests as much on his own compositions as

Caoilfhionn Rose – pronounced Keelin – is a British singer, songwriter, and producer with roots in folk and jazz. On her third album Constellation (Gondwana Records, 2024), she creates a sound where acoustic piano and synths meet a live rhythm section, saxophone, and ambient production in layers tha

Ten years after the debut album Cool, Broder John presents a retrospective of his entire solo trilogy. This fall, he embarks on a unique anniversary tour where one album is performed in its entirety each night: Cool, DRIFT, and Följ inte mig. Few people have made a greater impact on the independent

Nils Landgren Funk Unit's motto (borrowed from George Clinton) is: "We promise to do the Funk, the whole Funk and nothing but the Funk." Nils Landgren and his red trombone hardly need any further introduction. He has done it all, toured with most, and been a constant in the Swedish music scene since

ULD consists of Une Lorentze Onarheim, Lucia Andreadatter Utnem, and Dagny Braanen Lindgren. With three voices, piano, and accordion, the trio combines ballads, folk, alternative pop, and Nordic sound traditions into a poetic and warm soundscape. Their debut album fra en annen virkelighet (2024) ear

Lina Lövstrand is one of Sweden's most sought-after woodwind musicians. For the album Woodwind Stories, she composed eight original pieces for the entire range of woodwinds: flutes, recorder, bass clarinet, and more. The instruments are layered and tuned against each other like an arrangement in its

Corpo has been playing together since 1992, creating new Scandinavian music with a strong rhythmic vein, evocative melodies, and influences drawn from far beyond the Nordic region. The band is led by soprano saxophonist and composer Mikael Godée, whose melodies have often been compared to Jan Garbar

Santa’s Got a Brand New Bag! Expect soul, jazz, funk, r&b, and reggae when Blacknuss celebrates Christmas at Fasching. The musician collective has been a recurring guest on the Fasching stage since 1991. In December, they take to Kungsgatan 63 in a new guise: Christmas gospel interpreted through swe

The Family Tree continues their reunion tour with a rich mix of funk, soul, hip-hop, jazz, and acid jazz. The band built their sound in Malmö in the mid-nineties, with Anders "Hofstone" von Hofsten on vocals and keys and Patrik "Mac" Larsson on rap. The result was a high-energy live band with a groo

Every year, Peter Asplund brings his band and guest vocalists for a grand Christmas celebration at Fasching. With a full big band, some of Sweden's strongest voices, and a selection of newly arranged classics—both Swedish and American—we are invited to a Christmas show with a twinkle in the eye, mus

Together with bassist Niklas Fernqvist and drummer Rasmus Blixt, Joel Lyssarides has crafted a crystal-clear and instantly recognizable expression, where substance, depth, and emotion outweigh spectacular concepts and pure virtuosity. Lyssarides hails from the Swedish tradition of distinguished jazz

The double bassist and composer Anja Gottberg is one of the most exciting young names on the Swedish jazz scene right now. On her debut album Teenage Years (Tengtones, 2026), she gathers influences from her upbringing in Dalarna, her years in Amsterdam and New York, and her composer role model Wayne

The poet Lars Demian once again graces an evening at Fasching together with his fellow musicians David Tallroth and Love Meyerson. Much has happened in 2026 for the Demian, Tallroth & Meyerson team. The new album "Vem é de som bestämmer" was released both physically and digitally, received great rev

Räfven was formed in Göteborg in 2003 and has since built its reputation on stage rather than in the studio—a collective that plays folk music as if it were punk, with a tempo that rarely drops below full speed. Since 2015 (with a pandemic exception), Räfven has brought their Christmas show to Fasch

Thursday Jam at Fasching in collaboration with IMPRA. Once a month, we invite you to a new jam concept with exciting musical guests and encounters, together with the IMPRA association and invited musicians. Bring a friend and an instrument, and we'll meet in the foyer bar. Together, we create a warm

In November 2026, the association IMPRA celebrates its 20th anniversary, and this milestone is marked with a festive evening at Fasching featuring a unique, specially assembled IMPRA Big Band under the direction of conductor and composer Erika Hammarberg. Since its inception, IMPRA has been a drivin

A slideshow, lecture, and film screening that uses archival film, audio clips, and images to tell the story of global music scenes that have struggled and thrived under periods of authoritarian rule. The project is an urgent, captivating narrative about how powerful interests attempt to control musi

Fasching moves into Folkoperan. This autumn, we present a grand big band meeting with Rebecka Törnqvist, Johan Lindström, and Norrbotten Big Band. A long-awaited reunion is in store as Rebecka Törnqvist and Johan Lindström once again join Norrbotten Big Band on stage. The last time they collaborated