Bernhoft / Timbuktu & Damn! / Angelina Jordan
The stage is set for an international star team at Kirketorget, when the audience is served both danceable rhythms and lots of soul on Thursday evening.
About the album "Dancing On My Knees", Bernhoft himself says that it is the most personal thing he has made. And that the title fits so well because he feels that he is always on his way, down or up, with the disco ball to the top. Since the first single release in 1996, Timbuktu has performed as a solo artist, but also in other constellations such as the funk band Damn! With his characteristic Scanian dialect, he has had great success with hits such as "Alla vil till himmelen", "Det löser seg" and "The botten is nådd". Angelina Jordan has been interested in jazz since she was very young, but reaches out to a wider audience. Although she is only 16 years old, she communicates with a nerve and presence that touches audiences of all ages. Now the audience gets to experience all three artists in a memorable triple concert at Kirketorget!
Bernhoft
Lyrically, Bernhoft circles around his eternal doubts about everything, including his own worth. During both writing and recording, he has gone to work a little more devilishly openly than before. He has worked with songwriters and producers such as Skinny Days, Kristian Flatmate Vik, Alex Pavelich, Carl-Victor Guttormsen and – his regular partner over several years – Bjarne Stensli. They have pushed him out of his comfort zone and he calls the result an exercise in standing on display, not just naked, but skinned. In terms of recording, he is back to some of the working methods from Solidarity Breaks in that, with a few honorable exceptions, he plays all the instruments himself. "Put Your Mojo On" is a pep talk to himself. The man who sings "Clearly Confused" doesn't quite understand why he deserves the love he receives, while "All My Loving" and "Say It Isn't So" are characterized by the fear of being abandoned. On "Pretty Baby Love", the heart is twisted up and dried up. And with the song "Call Out Kids", inspired by his sons, he wants to break ground. On your knees! After completing a successful tour with the band in October 2021, Bernhoft is extending the tour into the new year with the band. He is looking forward to turning up the volume and presenting the new material interspersed with many old hits!
Timbuktu & Damn!
All you have to do is buckle up and polish your dancing shoes. When Timbuktu and Scandinavia's toughest eight-piece orchestra Damn! takes the stage, it is guaranteed to be a concert experience for the memory book. Jason Diakité, better known as Timbuktu, is one of Scandinavia's most popular artists. He has released around 10 albums, been awarded gold and platinum discs, won 8 Grammy Awards and 4 P3 Gold Awards. Jason Diakité has also had a number of projects outside of music. He is best known for his book debut En droppe midnatt from 2016, which became a critically acclaimed bestseller in both Norway and Sweden. In 2017, the story was turned into a live performance, which has broken all audience records on stage Høyden, at Way Out West - and otherwise a sold-out Opera House in Oslo. The summer months of 2018 Timbuktu spent on Swedish and Norwegian roads together with Damn! And did a dozen big gigs. Among other things, they broke the audience record at the Malmø Festival. In 2018 they released the album "Kärlekens Blandband" a recording of fantastic live performances that summer. The album was recorded in the legendary Gula Studio in Malmö and released both digitally and on cassette tape, as it is a classic mixed recording with Timbuktu and Damns! most loved songs like "Rest of Your Life", "Dance of Death" and "Suspect"
Angelina Jordan
Angelina Jordan is the voice that has taken the world by storm - and now she is coming to the Kongsberg Jazz Festival! It is fantastic to see how both the public and the music industry agree that a new superstar is in the making. She has appeared in a number of international TV programmes, regularly attends major international events and has been proclaimed by the British newspaper Daily Mail to be the next Amy Winehouse. Angelina Jordan is also a sensation on YouTube and Facebook with over a billion views. Her very passion for music was awakened as early as one and a half years old, when she saw Whitney Houston perform I Will Always Love You on YouTube. Whitney Houston, and later Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington, are among Angelina's musical role models. Now she has enchanted a bigger audience than she could have ever dreamed of with her amazing performance and interpretations of songs such as Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) and Yellow Brick Road (Elton John).
The doors open at 17:30
Concert start Angelina Jordan: 18:30
Concert start Bernhoft: 20:00
Concert start Timbuktu & Damn! 21.45
Kirketorget has several ticket categories:
Main area: 18-year age limit:
This ticket only applies to the area with an 18-year age limit, and will not apply to the area with a free age limit. If you are under 18 years of age, you must buy a ticket for the area with a free age limit.
Free age limit (no alcohol served):
This ticket only applies to the alcohol-free area, which has a free age limit. Everyone under 15 must be accompanied by an adult (18+). Anyone wishing to stay here must have a ticket for this area.
Separate HC area with space for wheelchairs and companions.
Companion: Companions of users with a valid official companion certificate can purchase a companion ticket. The ticket must be presented together with a valid official companion certificate.
Night buses:
This year, we have set up night buses on the night of Saturday and the night of Sunday, in collaboration with VY. The night buses depart from the Kongsberg hub at 01.00 Saturday 9 July and 01.00 Sunday 10 July.
The bus stops at the following stops: Darbu, Vestfossen, Hokksund, Steinberg, Mjøndalen, Gulskogen and Drammen
Tickets are purchased via THIS LINK or as an option on selected pages at Ticketmaster and costs NOK 180 including tax. Total available seats per departure are 300.
