HELLO COPENHAGEN

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/

Enghave Plads Vesterbro Show map

12:00 – 22:00 // no entrance fee

For most people, January is the month where we all live on pasta and ketchup and trying to find as many free events as possible.

So here is a few of the events that Copenhagen offers you in the “no-money-month”

Until now, there has been no sign of snow in Denmark – luckily the new internet shop The Bonk will grand us some. Six tons of snow will be scattered all over Enghave Plads and a ski and snowboard competition will take place with the possibility of winning FREE STUFF!

And after the competition there will of course be an after-ski party.

See you all at Enghave Plads!

See event on facebook

And if that wasn’t enough snow for you, keep reading!

Every Friday night Toftegårds Plads in Valby invites you to “Disco On Ice” at the skate rink.

DJ Janus and DJ Walker will crank up the music and will be supported by a spectacular laser show. So brush of your old skates and we will see you Friday night!

KPH Volume, Enghavevej 80, Vesterbro Show map

21:00 – 05:00 // no entrance fee

Bitchslap magazine – one of the coolest independant magazines in the DK. If you don’t know it yet, I suggest you find a free copy in one of the hotspots they’re distributed to. Or even better – snatch a copy at the Bitchslap#14 release party.

Bitchslap, to me, is subculture, street, art, fashion, design, photography, music and coolness. Check it out. 

At the party, there’ll be dj’s, a (supposedly) legendary dance competition, 20,- bar and free Tuborg Gold from 21:00 – 22:00.

See event on facebook.

VESS (Vesterbro Showroom), Oehlenschægersgade 36, Vesterbro Show map

19:00 – 23:00 // no entrance fee

Pasteursvej 14-24, 1799 København V Show map

10:00 – 13:00 // no entrance fee

It’s time to get out of your comfort zone!

The cross-cultural event Make Your Move is now running in Copenhagen and everyone is welcome to join.

In short Make Your Move is a competition in dance-choreography and stage art for 15-25 year-olds in Morocco and Denmark.

Professional choreographers give free master classes and at each workshop 2 talents are found. When all 5 workshops in Copenhagen have taken place, the 10 selected talents get a few weeks to make their choreography for the Make Your Move Award Show at Dansescenen, Copenhagen December 11th. Check out facebook for more information.

I have participated in one of the workshops already and I am very excited about the concept! Yes, it is scary to show the other participants what you have come up with in the short amount of time given at the workshop, but it is such a great feeling when you just let yourself go and start interpreting the music your own way.

So, if you are curious and feel like you have some kind of idea or inspiration in your head, please just show up and do it for the thrill of turning your imagination into movements. When you have come up with your interpretation of the song, you and the other participants will be split up in smaller groups and you start showing each other your work. Then you will get the chance to suggest a way of putting participants’ pieces together due to your idea of the mood, room and so on and this is the actual choreography work taking place. I felt so inspired when I left the workshop and I hope you will feel the same way. It is simply too cool to dare do something like this!

VESS - Vesterbro Showroom, oehlenschlægersgade 36, Vesterbro Show map

16:00 – 23:00 // No entrance fee

Strong Arms is the artist behind the solo exhibition at the Art Rebels founded VESS – Vesterbro Showroom.

The vernissage is on friday – so before your friday bar, stop by for some chilled beers and music while enjoying art.

In the art department, you can expect detailed illustrations with inspiration primarily found in the animal kingdom – and who knows? you might end up bringing home some decoration for the walls; there will also be affordable posters as an alternative to the original pieces.

For details, see facebook

Carlsberg Ny Tap, Pasteursvej 46, Vesterbro Show map

10:00 – 18:00 // no entrance fee

If you are into street culture, this festival is definitely worth a visit.

It doesn’t matter if you are into street art, street sports, street music – you name it, it’ll be there.

So polish your sneaks and get ready for break-battles, freestyle cycling, live graffiti, capoeira, parcour and so on and so on.

For program see facebook event.

If you are not ready to go home afterwards, the bar Flisen is hosting the afterparty .

KAFFE, Istedgade 90, Vesterbro Show map

19:00 – 22:00 // no entrance fee
If you have a little miss knit inside you or just can’t sit still while having a conversation, this event might just be what you’ve been looking for. The event is held at KAFFE which is worth a visit, knitting or no knitting.
There will be cookies and there will be tips and knitting tricks.

Facebook event

VESS, Vesterbro Showroom, Oehlenschlægergade 36, Vesterbro 1663 Show map

17:00 – 23:00 // no entrance fee

3 young artists have interpreted the theme “Forces of Nature”, which have resulted in this joint exhibition hosted by Artrebels.

Stop by, listen to music, watch some art, meet new people and drink the cold refreshment – Is there any better ways to begin your weekend?

The space will be used as a pop-up store in the future, helping young aspiring artist to show and sell their art.

Halmtorvet, København V. Show map

13-21 Friday and Saturday // Free

Experience and salute the unique Copenhagen bike culture for 2 days in Vesterbro.

Meet Copenhagen’s coolest bike mechanics from Bikersremix, Cykelbanditten, RI:’SAIKL, MAIK and more.

Have a chat with bike designers. Sell your old bike or buy a new at the bike flea market.

See the newest gear and must-haves, while listening to music by Bikers by Choice, DJ Djuraas, Aslope and many more. Get your bike ready for cruising your hood with the “Pimp your ride” workshop. In short: Overdose on bikes!

Taste Kihoskh’s draught beer, eat DØP’s eco-sausages and recharge with cake and coffee from the biking stalls.

So put on your headphones, blow your brain out with Queen’s  “Bicycle Race” and head for Halmtorvet.

See the full program here: Facebook event.

Istedgade 90, Copenhagen V Show map

19-22 // free entrance

Go get your Wednesday-evening-cup-of-coffee at Kaffe and take a step back in time. This evening Kaffe provides you with the opportunity of recalling what’s so great about fiddling with plastic beads

(and this time it’s without the screaming kids and the smell of lunch boxes).

Kaffe will make sure that there is loads of wonderful, multicolored beads and all the other equipment needed.

All you have to do is stop by and rest your mind at the soothing game of putting beads together.