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  • 22-04-24

    In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Northern Norway Festival, we invite you to an anniversary pre-party at Harstad Cinema on Friday, June 21st, the day before the festival kicks off. On the big screen, we will show highlights from the 60 years of the Festival. Here are scandals and successes, artists, volunteers, audiences, and the streets and squares of the festival city - this will be a great event both for those who want to get to know the history of the Festival better, and for those who were a part of it.

  • 03-04-24

    "When festival director Ragnheiður Skúladóttir presents the program for the 59th Festival in Northern Norway, it is with a program that celebrates art and culture, for children, youth, and adults alike. This year's festival marks the 60th anniversary of the region's largest cultural event, and continues important initiatives for children, youth, and the North Norwegian industry."

  • 03-04-24

    What happens when seven songwriters take the pulse of the new Northern Norway, let the clichés rest, and instead find new words and stories about life and development in the north?

  • 03-04-24

    NUK – New Young Art is an inclusive, affordable, week-long festival in Harstad for youth between 14 – 20 years from the entire region. The goal is to provide creative youth from our vast region with an opportunity they rarely get, by meeting other creatives, creating networks, and perhaps shaping new artists in the north. The festival accommodates individuals with disabilities (14-40 years).

  • 03-04-24

    Since 2019, the Festival, in collaboration with Talent Norway and Sparebank1 Nord-Norge, has distributed funds for artistic development projects, often with a starting point in the north. The next project to receive production funding and premiere during the Festival 2025 is the performance "Mellow Marsh Corpus" by Oda Holmvik Bredvold and Helgeland International Theater.

  • 03-04-24

    The Festival in Northern Norway has a 60-year-long history and is thereby one of the oldest and most important cultural institutions in the region.

  • 03-04-24

    Since 2019, the Festival, in collaboration with Talent Norway and Sparebank1 Nord-Norge, has distributed funds for artistic development projects, often originating from the north. Now, the first of three projects is ready for the Festival 2025, the performance "Ash Cloud" by Karoline Una Moen and Antistrofe Productions.

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