Festiva overview:
X2- The festival 9.-11. April
Church music week 19.-28. April
This year, Church Music Week will be arranged in connection with the Bishop of Møre's visit to Volda from April 19-28. There will be concerts in all the churches in Volda municipality - from hymn evenings via concerts with local musicians to festive services.
Friday 19 April at 1800 – Hornindal church
Psalm evening
a "Salme-ynskje-keld" where the church sound has delivered its song wishes at the forefront.
the musicians also take up spontaneous wishes from the audience present.
participants: Magne Maurset, Kristina Tveitdal Tomasgard, Christine Helgesen, John Inge Leira Bjøringsøy (wooden organ), Morten Bollerud (accordion), Erlend Koppen (piano), Bert Handrick (organ, piano)
Collected at the exit
church coffee afterwards
Saturday 20 April at 1900 – Dalsfjord church
Concert with local musicians
Dalsfjord is known for its rich music environment.
with Erlend Koppen (organ, piano), Hildegunn Hovde (song), Dalsfjord men's choir, Lauvstad music corps.
Ticket: NOK 200
Sunday 21 April 2024 at 11.00 – Kilsfjord church
Anniversary service - 50 years Kilsfjord church
Kilsfjord church celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with this festive service. Kilsfjord Parish Council is the organizer.
Participants: Erlend Koppen (organist), Fjordafolk (conductor: Erlend Koppen)
Participation of confirmation students, tower agents, etc
Church coffee afterwards.
Tuesday 23 April 2024 at 14.00 – Jensagarden at Bjørke
Intimate concert at Jensaløda
Organist at Bjørke, John Inge Leira Bjøringsøy, will show the bishop of Møre around his farm, but will also be host and soloist for a half-hour concert in his løda. There will be jazz-inspired piano and wood organ improvisation.
Collected
Wednesday 24 April at 0900 – Volda church
Morning mass
Vicar Rolf Schancke Eikum and cantor Bert Handrick have liturgical and musical responsibilities
there will be sound improvisation on piano and organ
Friday 26 April at 1800 – Austefjord church
Concert with local musicians II
The music scene is also flourishing in Austefjord and nearby villages, and it must be shown.
Participants: Knut Sverre Nes (song), Kristine Sofie Orheim Hansen (violin), Austefjord horn music, Morten Bollerud (accordion, piano), Bert Handrick (organ) and more.
Church coffee afterwards.
Ticket NOK 200
Sunday 28 April at 1100 – Volda church
Visitation service
The bishop of Møre, Ingeborg Midttømme, provost Ingeborg Matre and vicar Per Kristian Hovden Sætre have liturgical responsibility, while cantor Bert Handrick is responsible for the musical participation: Volda church choir with singers from Fjordafolk and Volda Vokal, Leif Atle Strand, Per Gunnar Flø, Arild Andenes (all three trumpets), Alexander Minkov (timpany), Bert Handrick (cantor). Performance of the ma hymn arrangement "Praise our Lord, the mighty king" for 3 trumpets, timpani and choir Volda church choir will also sing "Agnus Dei" from Missa brevis voldensis op. 40 which cantor Bert Handrick has composed for the choir.
The Norwegian Documentary Festival 9. -11. May
Ever since 1997, Høgskulen i Volda has brought together filmmakers and the public in beautiful Volda to create joy and engagement around the unique art form – documentary film. The ideal combination of western air and documentary film, you cannot miss it. You are most welcome to this year's documentary film festival in Volda.
Village pride 4.-11. May
Village pride is both a celebration and a protest. Through the Village Pride festival, the organizers want to show that the village is for everyone.
Concerts, lectures, literature festival, drag show, love fair, rainbow fair: It will be Bygde Pride as people know it with a series of events in Volda and Ørsta municipalities.
Party game 6.-9. June
Since 1992, the Festspela festival has been an annual celebration of New Norwegian language and culture. During Festspela you get to meet current authors, artists and professionals. You will experience concerts, theater, literature and art.
Aasentunet is bustling with life during the festival days. The outdoor amphitheater will be filled with entertainment for audiences of all ages, with pop, rock, folk music or jazz concerts, children's theater and church services. Inside the hall you can experience theater, author meetings, more intimate concerts and cultural lectures. The café is open and offers a varied selection of lunch, dinner and cakes every day. As a guest at the festival, you have free admission to the museum exhibition all weekend. As always, the museum shop has great Festspel offers.
The festival also has events elsewhere in Ørsta and Volda these days.
PROGRAM
June 6 at 1630 HØGSKULEN I VOLDA
Professional day:
Nynorsk literature out there - and back home again
Talking about Nynorsk literature in an international context is more relevant than ever before, after Jon Fosse was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023. The day is a collaboration between the Nynorsk Cultural Center and Volda University College in connection with the 2024 Festival.
Registration
June 6 at 1830 KUNSTHUSET I ØRSTA
Opening:
The festival exhibition
This year's festival artist is Damien Ajavon, who will be exhibiting textile art at Kunsthuset in Ørsta during the festival. The exhibition opens on Thursday, June 6, and will be up until June 29.
Free of charge
June 6 at 2000 AASENTUNET_200D↩
Opening of Festspela 2024
We invite you to the opening of the Festival on the outdoor stage in Aasentunet. The festival poet will read and there will be an opening speech, a musical performance by Mari Kvien Brunvoll and the presentation of the Nynorsk User of the Year award.
Free of charge
June 6 at 2200 AASENTUNET
Concert: Odin
The opening concert at Utescena on Thursday June 6 will feature Odin Staveland, under the stage name Odin. He is known to many as the songwriter, vocalist and drummer in Vamp. In 2024, Odin is a participant in the TV2 program Hver gang vi møtes.
Friday, June 6 at 2200 MØRE FOLKEHØGSKULE
Measurable:
Book bar with Heidi Marie Vestrheim and Brit Aksnes
Youth friends Heidi Marie and Brit invite you to an entertaining Thursday evening at Møre Folk High School in Ørsta.
June 7 at 1000 MØRE FOLKEHØGSKULE
Premiere: Blindsone
The production is based on Eit anna blikk by Erlend Skjetne, and focuses on representation, language and the power of definition. Mine Nilay Yalcin is the scriptwriter and director.
Free of charge
June 7 at 1115 MØRE FOLKEHØGSKULE
Samtale: Nynorsk as a stage language
What, why and how to use Nynorsk as a stage language? What is the aesthetic or material dimension of the Nynorsk language today? And for whom?
Free of charge
June 7 at 1200 AASENTUNET
Lecture: Memorial Lecture
Every year, Festspela presents the Ivar Aasen Memorial Lecture. Here the audience can gain new thoughts and perspectives on various questions about the state of Nynorsk today. Author Kristin Fridtun gives this year's lecture, which is based on the common "people's disease" of being annoyed by typos.
June 7 at 1230 ØRSTA FOLKEBIBLIOTEK
Party talk: Author visit with Anders Totland - Gunnar's record book
Anders Totland is an author and journalist. On Friday, June 7, he will visit the library in Ørsta with the book Gunnar's record book.
Free of charge
June 7 at 1300 AASENTUNET
The author reads: Heidi Marie Vestrheim - Jenny Fender
Debutant Award winner Heidi Marie Vestrheim is a TV and radio presenter, musician, songwriter and author. Jenny Fender is her first children's book and is a story about friendship, rock and love.
Free of charge
June 7 at 1330 AASENTUNET
Media hour
Meet the winner of the Nynorsk Prize for Journalists 2024! Jury leader Solveig Barstad (TV 2) is in charge of the ceremonial presentation of the Ministry of Culture and Equality's Nynorsk Prize for Journalists.
Free of charge
June 7 at 1430 AASENTUNET
Conversation: NORLA in conversation with Knut Ødegård about translation from and to New Norwegian
In this conversation, Oliver Møystad and Knut Ødegård discuss the work of translating Ødegård and others' texts to and from New Norwegian, and talk about the place of New Norwegian literature internationally.
Free of charge
June 7 at 1500 AASENTUNET
Conversation: Writing a home: Maria Parr, Ingunn Thon and Sunniva Relling Berg
What creates a home in literature? Maria Parr, Ingunn Thon and Sunniva Relling Berg all write books for children and young people that thematize "home" in different ways.
June 7 at 1615 AASENTUNET
The authors read: Readings at the Writers' School
Students at Samlagets forfattarskule for writers with minority experience share self-written texts. The readings are led by Kathrine Nedrejord.
Free of charge
June 7 at 17.00 AASENTUNET
Conversation: "Why are we so annoyed at typos? "
Do you wonder why seeing words and sentences misspelled creates so much excitement? Then you should catch the conversation between philologist Kristin Fridtun and comedian André Ulveseter.
June 7 at 1800 AASENTUNET
The author reads: Maria Parr - Oskar and I
Maria reads from the book Oskar og eg, for which she won the Brage Prize in 2023. Here we meet big sister Ida and little brother Oskar, through small and engaging stories in each chapter.
Free of charge
June 7 at 1830 AASENTUNET
Conversation: Runar Gudnason and Jørgen Nordeng on dialect and heim in rap
Jørgen Nordeng and Runar Gudnason are both artists known for their choice of language in their song lyrics. Now they go deeper into why dialect is so important in poetry, what it means to them to use their spoken language and how themes such as home and hometown are a backdrop in many of their lyrics.
June 7 at 2300 MØRE FOLKEHØGSKULE
Measurable: Squabble with Store norske leksikon
Who is better at quizzing than a genuine encyclopedia editor? Store norske leksikon is full of questions about everything between heaven and earth.
June 8 at 1100 FRU SVENDSEN, ØRSTA
Author visit: Knut Ødegård read
Enjoy a good breakfast and coffee in Svendsengarden this Saturday morning, in the company of the festival poet himself. Knut reads excerpts from selected titles in his authorship.
Free of charge
June 8 at 1200 AASENTUNET
Festsprell: Family concert Kråkebollane
Come and experience the family concert Konrad Kråkebolle og andre Fjærefantar with the band Kråkebollane.
June 8 at 1300 AASENTUNET
Party talk: Children's Book Bath with Maria Parr
Fourth graders Jakob, Sebastian and Georg have immersed themselves in the blockbuster Oskar og eg. On Saturday, June 8, you can join in when the boys get to ask their own questions about the book to author Maria Parr.
June 8 at 1400 AASENTUNET
Debutantes read: Monica Goksøyr and Ellen Harrison
Monica Goksøyr reads from her debut book Slemme jenter, and Ellen Harrison reads from her debut poetry book Søv berre når du søv.
Free of charge
June 8 at 14.30 AASENTUNET
Pre-lecture: Fosse at 1-2-3 by Cecilie Seiness
Are you curious about who Jon Fosse is or maybe you're a real Fosse connoisseur and want to learn more? Catch "Fosse on 1-2-3″, with none other than Fosse's editor at Samlaget, Cecilie Seiness!
June 8 at 1600 AASENTUNET
The debutante talk: Conversation between Monica Goksøyr and Ellen Harrison
Inger Johanne Sæterbakk talks with debutantes Monica Goksøyr and Ellen Harrison about their stories.
June 8 at 1730 AASENTUNET
The author reads: Inger Johanne Sæterbakk - Hjartespreng
Inger Johanne Sæterbakk reads from the young adult novel Hjartespreng. The book tells the story of Inga, who realizes that being 16 is not easy.
Free of charge
June 8 at 1800 AASENTUNET
Conversation: Knut Ødegård and Lars Amund Vaage - the hometown in literature
Authors Knut Ødegård and Lars Amund Vaage talk to Jan Inge Sørbø about the term "home" and the role of the hometown in their literature.
June 8 at 2000 AASENTUNET
Concert: Kari Bremnes
Over the course of 40 years, Bremnes has established himself as one of Norway's leading artists. The award-winning lyricist, melody creator and singer from Lofoten is known for his close and strong lyrical universe, often in a melancholic and north-facing mood.
June 8 at 2300 MØRE FOLKEHØGSKULE
Measurable: Planet Ørsta in conversation with Egil Olsen
On Målbar, we meet one of the creators of Planet Ørsta and learn more about the rural culture in the Planet Ørsta universe. Musician Egil Olsen is an expatriate from Ørsting and has participated in one of the episodes. The conversation is hosted by Olav Øyehaug Opsvik.
Sunday, June 9 at 1100 AASENTUNET
Festival service and festival coffee
This year, parish priest Marita Bjørke Ådland will be giving the sermon at the festival service in Aasentunet. She works in Slemmestad and Nærsnes parish, writes devotionals in Vårt Land, poems and hymns. Ådland has a major in Nordic literature and worked for several years as a lecturer before being ordained to the priesthood in the Church of Norway.
Festival poet Knut Ødegård contributes with text reading in the service.
June 9 at 1000 AASENTUNET
Conversation: Jan Ove Ulstein and Knut Ødegård - outlook on life in poetry
Festival poet Knut Ødegård talks to Jan Ove Ulstein about his burning commitment to human dignity and the uncivilized, oppressed and persecuted peoples and nations.
June 9 at 1415 AASENTUNET
Voice speech and concert: Ivar Aasen voice: Gabriel Fliflet - In light box
On Sunday June 9, music written and performed by Gabriel Fliflet band, now with new lyrics by author Kjartan Fløgstad. Under the Ivar Aasen theme, we will experience I lys loge, which is the companion piece to next year's Vossa Jazz.
This year, Kathrine Nedrejord gave the traditional voice speech. The speech is based on this year's theme Home - Away.
Trandalrock 7 and 8 June
Friday 7 June
1500: The doors open
LUXURY LIVER POSTEI
BACKSTAGE GIRLS
at 0200: The doors close
Saturday, June 8
1500: The doors open
BIG BANG
RAMMSUND
THE COCKTAIL SLIPPERS
SILVER TRAIL
MAK
at 0200: The doors close
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Tone sky 26.-30. June
Therese Birkelund Ulvo and Jan Erik Mikalsen are the focus composers, in addition there will also be performances of and meetings with the composers Rolf Gupta, Kristin Bolstad, Jorun Marie Kvernberg, Magnar Åm, Hans Robert Bondhus, Robert Løkketangen and Øyvind Robak and possibly even more.
Nature, time and play await us. For a week, we will together create an open space where we feel the present, what it means to live now, in our time. Who are we, what do we want and why do we do what we do? A week will be filled with music, walks, conversation, games, workshops, improvisation, family performances and much more. Let Sunnmøre's nature, music and new people fill you with new thoughts, memories and experiences.
Everyone is a participant in tone heaven
composers, musicians, listeners,
birds, insects, the wind
everything that is between us is part of our concerts
we create them together.
Trandalblues July 5 and 6
Bratt and Blått invite you to a new blues party "The world's most beautiful blues festival" at Trandal in the beautiful Hjørundfjorden.
Trandalblues 2024 will be the 17th blues festival in the series, and as always, the program offers several exciting Norwegian and international artists.
There will be a high musical level and great musical variety - guaranteed!
Friday, July 5, 2024:
Concert starts at 1900
Greg Izor & Deja Voodoo Trio
Reidar Larsen & Homemade
Eidem
T.B.A.
Saturday, July 6, 2024:
Concert starts at 1800
Vetrhus Bluesband
Good Time Charlie
Danielle Nicole Band
Faculty of Funk
Indiefjord 13 and 14 July
This year marks ten years since the first Indiefjord festival at Bjørke. Although the festival has grown somewhat larger, the organizers are sticking to the same format. It's about new and old friendships, indie pop, fjords and mountains, art and culture. The festival was born with the dream of bringing indie pop to the Hjørundfjord, and Bjørke bustles with life every year this weekend in July.
The festival is international, both when it comes to bands and the audience. At the time of writing, the entire program has not been finalized yet, but it will be much the same as the other years; waterfall walk, morning disco, art exhibitions, concerts and other places in the village, disco and food stalls. Of the bands that will play, we can mention Randolph's Leap from Scotland, an eight-piece indie pop orchestra, Kindsight from Denmark, who is predicted to have a brilliant pop career, and Norwegian Dylan Mondegreen with his melodic songs. Many more bands from all over the world are also playing this weekend. You can find the complete program here
Sommerljom 1.-3. August
Program:
Thursday 1 August
Buga fjord:
Workshop for children with Karin Augusta Nogva
Yoga in the Buga river and artist talk
Friday 2 August
Buga fjord:
Performance: Gabriel Edvinsson
Concert: Nora Aurdal
Ytre-Hovden:
Runar Gudnason trio
Ævestaden
Pom Poko
Performance with Karin Augusta Nogva
Saturday 3 August
Buga fjord:
Performance: Ásta Fanney Sigurdardottir
Concert: Solveig Wang
Outer head:
Sondre Lerche
Harald Lassen
Ole Mofjell & 3 Days of Maceration
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Cultural days in Hornindal 2.-4. August
During the culture days, there will be a family show with the children's TV series Vennebyen, there will be outdoor dancing, concerts, carnival, veteran car race, tractor parade, take a chance, outdoor breakfast, cafes and stands. More programs will follow.
Trandal country festival 8.-11. August
The festival takes place at Christian Gaard Bygdetun in Trandal. With a formidable view of pointed peaks and the self-contained Hjørundfjord, the setting for the festival is perfect. This is the city Vassendgutane sings about. Christian Gaard Bygdetun is known for its hospitality, good food and many festivals. When you travel from Trandal the feeling is; this is where you want to return! This is a festival where the organizers "wipe the dust" of former great Country voices and present great new artists.
Erlend Gunstveit
Big - B & The Wranglers
Andrè Gussiås Band
Eivind & The Basement Boys
Get Rhythm
Ann Kristin Eikeland
Sivert Bjørdal Band
Dance gala 22.-24. August
There will be a dance gala in Hornindal this year as well.
Thursday
Kathe's plays in Grobygget (in the city centre). Doors open at 2000. Music from 2030-0030.
Friday
Dænsebændet and Steinar Engelbrektsson Band in Honndalshallen. Doors open at 1930, music from 2030-0200.
Saturday
Donnez and Vagabond play in Honndalshallen: Doors open at 1930. Music from 2000-0200.
Music in the Gro park during the day on Saturday.
Høve for parking camper vans and caravans, access to electricity.
Preview room at Tikkio.
Skjenkeløyve, 18-year-old age limit
Hjørundfjord food and culture 7 September
Hjørundfjord food, culture and nature is a festival focusing on food traditions, culture and nature around the Hjørundfjord. There will be stalls selling locally produced food and crafts, and there will be entertainment with both professional and cultural elements. In Kapteinskvia there will be a special program for children. There will be opportunities to buy food and drinks.
More information to come.
Sunnmøre Chamber Music Festival 1. -7. September
There will be concerts with artists such as:
Dorottya Lang (HU), mezzo-soprano
Wolfgang Plagge, Piano
Annar Follesø, violin
Janina Kronberger (DE), violin
Martha Husum, brass
Natalie Loughran (US), viola
Ernst Simon Glaser, cello
Jonatan Aasgaard, cello
Concerts at places such as: St. Jetmund Church, Aasentunet, Volda Church, Rekkedal Gjestehus etc.
Update coming!
Animation Volda 21.-24. September
Animation The Volda Festival is an annual event where animation students, mainly from the bachelor's programme, act as organisers. The festival explores the medium of animation through lectures, workshops, guest lecturers, screenings and parties.
More information to come.
Norwegian grain beer festival 3.-5. October
The Kornølfestivalen has put Hornindal on the beer map all over the world (New York Times, Unfiltered Journeys) and creates a lot of awareness of genuine Norwegian beer culture.
Thursday, October 3
1900-2200: Dinner in the old firehouse (requires own ticket)
Friday, October 4
1000 to 1600: Traditional brewing in a fire house
Brewing session in a traditional firehouse to brew grain beer together with an experienced traditional brewer on the Friday before the festival. Snacks will be served.
Saturday, October 5
More information will follow shortly.
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There will be continuous updates of the festival program when more information is available.
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