Copenhagen invites you to get winter jazzy for the next two weeks!

The annual Copenhagen Winter Jazz festival has kick-off today and runs for two full weeks, with big and small jazz concerts all over Denmark.

One of the ideas behind the Winter Jazz festival is to put focus on all the dedicated jazz places all over Denmark, and to encourage different music venues to be more jazzy..

Most of the concerts are being held at small music venues and have free entries.

So get out there – support your local music café or bar and get jazzier! It will definitely keep you warm in the winter cold!

If you want to find out more, check out the program at: http://www.jazz.dk/

@Sjælør Station, Sjælør Boulevard, Valby Show map

all day // free

Danish street artist called Armsrock has created a light installation at a distinct place in Copenhagen. The area around Sjælør Station is definitely not associated with anything trendy or fashionable, but has that rough urban feel, which has probably inspired Armsrock pick this place for an installation.

Get off the train at Sjælør, preferably at night time, and you will be met by a slideshow outside the station. Another slideshow awaits you if you turn right. Hang out for a bit to see people’s reactions as well.

The installations will be running from 29 October – 14 November 2010.

www.armsrock.blogspot.com

@Valby Kulturhus, Toftegårdsplads, Valby Show map

Thu 18:00-22:00, Fri+Sat 12:00-02:00 // free entrance

Go check out a good selection of Denmark’s unestablished and uncensored young contemporary artists at Galore. The days will be filled with both painting, installation, street art, drawings, experimental music and film screenings.

Activities will take place both inside, outside, up, down and in every possible corner. At Toftegårds Plads you can also participate in workshops: Thursday and Friday, you can redesign your furniture and Saturday, come pimp your bike.

This is the third time Galore takes place and this year about 100 artists are participating. Experience for instance the graffiti and street art collective called The Nom Nom Collective, which among others include the Danish street artists Lints.

Galore is organized by Kraftwerket – a platform run by Copenhagen Municipality for young people to play with art, culture and democracy.

http://projektvaerksted.dk/galore2010/

However this night the actionhygge crew will take over the location to create a party including two stages and lots of hygge.

Line-up:

@main stage:
AK*47 + DJ BACON MEGA-BAILE-EDITION
COPY vs FOKKING
LORTEHÆNDERNE
INSPECTAH SCRATCH aka INSPZA vs Dan M
Mc Black Daniels & Bobby6Killa (CA Radio) + Dj Shield vs Serbern + Stanley Most

@ravebus stage:
Djuna Barnes
MHM ONE
Fagget Fairys

This is the first lecture about working class films. In Saturday Night Fever, we see the young sales assistant, who escape everyday problems by being the disco king of Brooklyn. NOTE: All the talking will be in Danish.

Introduction by Martin Grunx from the research society on History of the Danish Labour Movement.

www.valbykulturhus.dk

Three days of art and mayhem in five floors – young installation art, video, images, sounds and street art from more than 40 artists.

Galore is an explosive shout-out from the young creative art scene that calls for curiosity, exaggeration and attention. Lots of artists as well as djs and bands (check the website for line-up and details)

Opening Party 9 October at 18:00
Sunday finishes off with a sofa punk-show.

www.galorecph.dk

Explore the hidden places of Copenhagen and head for Valby to a pioneer party in the old industrial garage with bubbles, colours and urban feel.

Communal kitchen, cheap bar, djs and live performance by STOL, who have recently done warm-up for Einstürzende Neubauten.

Programme:

15:00 Chill
15:30 Red City Tour
16:00 Baunbaun (busy boogie)
17:00 Red City Tour
18:00 Communal kitchen
20:00 Jonas (italo)
22:00 Stol LIVE (industrial art rock)
23:00 Lo-Fi (electro)
24:00 Soulmatic (ragga-jungle)
01:30 Lo-Fi (dubstep)

The event is organised by the architural firm SLA

www.sla.dk