Madrugada & Valkyrie Allstars

Madrugada and the Valkyrie Allstars play the summer night in Kirketorget

Concert start: 20:00 Single ticket price: NOK 795

On Saturday 9 July, the audience will experience the Norwegian super band Madrugada, who this year will release a new record for the first time since 2008. The band, which reunited with great success in 2019, are ready to give the audience a powerful performance like no other, with both new and old songs. On the same evening, the audience also gets the pleasure of hearing the Valkyrie Allstars, on the same ticket.

ATTENTION! Frida Ånnevik, who was supposed to play a concert, has unfortunately canceled due to Covid. The Valkyrie Allstars is added to the program.

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Madrugada will release a new album on 28 January, the band's first album since 2008, and is confirmed for Kongsberg Jazzfestival!

Since the debut album "Industrial Silence" from 1999, the band has released four studio albums and one live album, achieving a position among the Norwegian concert audience that few other bands can match. On Industrial Silence, Sivert Høyem sings "Oh in time, you and I, we'll shine", as a promise of what lies ahead. And the public has been waiting, and hoping. At the end of January, Madrugada's long-awaited album "Chimes at Night" will be released, which will be followed by a major tour both at home and abroad.

In the decade following Industrial Silence, Madrugada released four more studio albums. When Madrugada disbanded in 2008, after completing their self-titled final album on sheer willpower, the story seemed to be over. The reunion in 2019 was an unexpected but joyful new chapter, and after this the audience has only increased and increased.

Madrugada has a very special standing among both the audience in Kongsberg and in the rest of the country. When the band now releases new music for the first time since 2008, they will probably be more relevant than ever.

The new album "Chimes at Midnight", was started after the reunion tour in 2019, and has been created in the band's own studio, Malabar, in Oslo, in Velvet Recording in Spydeberg and in Berlin. Most of it is new on the upcoming album, but the band has also breathed life into some older songs. In February 2020, Madrugada arrived at the legendary Sunset Sound studio in Los Angeles, and recorded the new album in the same rooms where classic albums by, among others, Fleetwood Mac and The Doors have been created. With this release, we predict that even more people will open their eyes to this unique band in Norwegian music history.

Valkyrie Allstars

The Valkyrien Allstars are here to stay - Thank you and praise! The Valkyrien Allstars are known as one of the country's best live bands, and since their first release in 2007 have been at the forefront of the development of arranged folk music. The band has gone in new directions with each release it has released, and has ended up with a completely distinctive expression that they do not share with anyone. The last studio album in the series "Slutte og byne" won the Spellemannsprisen 2020 in the category Vise, and looks suspiciously like pop- music. For the observant listener, there will nevertheless be clear references to Norwegian traditional music. The title track of the same name quickly became almost a mantra for the people from south to north, and the album was hailed as the best album of the year of release on most lists with glowing reviews from the country's biggest media. The band consists of Tuva Syvertsen, Magnus Larsen Jr, Erik Sollid and Martin Langlie, who together create and arrange the songs that remain an eternal love and mysteries that will never be solved. Both on record and live, energy, fervour, and surprising twists float on a bed of what is difficult to simulate: sparkling interplay.

Doors open: 18:00
Concert start Valkyrie Allstars: 20:00
Concert start Madrugada: 22:00

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.