Which ticket is right for me?
This year's Kongsberg Jazz Festival will be held 03 - 06 July 2019. We offer various passes in a limited number - in addition to single tickets for all the concerts, of course. For more information, see below.
FESTIVAL PASS
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DAY PASS
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GAMLE NORGE PASS
[Old Norse]
At the Folkefestscenen behind Gamle Norge you can experience some of the country's most popular artists. You can see the artists included in the Old Norway passport below.
Bernhoft & The Fashion Bruises
The phenomenon Jarle Bernhoft is back with a new album and with his regular band, The Fashion Bruises
Bernhoft undoubtedly has the ability to excite the public, which we experienced most recently in 2014 when he last visited the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in front of a packed audience at Kirketorget. If Bernhoft has a program statement, it is that he wants to make people dance and think at the same time. This also applies to the highest extent to the album "Humanoid", which was released in August 2018 together with his permanent band.
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Hellbillies
Hellbillies anno 2019 is thus better than ever!
Hellbillies - one of Norway's most successful bands - embark on a new tour. Or is that what they actually do? With more than 1700 concerts during their currently 28-year existence, the band has driven up and down through "a slightly too long country" more and further than most. They have practically never stopped. With this, we can agree that Hellbillies have earned a well-deserved status as one of the country's very best live bands.
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ISAAC
You can expect Sami electropop with great international potential when all of Norway's Ella Marie and ISÁK band are guests Gamle Norge
ISÁK has been the talk of the Sami music world since his debut in 2017 - recognized for his energetic live performances and huge presence. Since their debut, the trio has experienced an overwhelming demand, and now the sensation from Sápmi is finally ready to show off to the rest of the world!
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Ole Børud
No one who has followed "Stjernekamp" this autumn can have avoided noticing the far from silent crowd of supporters in the hall when Ole Børud enters the stage
Børud was last seen through his participation in NRK's popular television programme, Stjernekamp. In his musical background, Børud has touched a large audience in several genres, which he proved greatly during his participation in Stjernekamp. Vise, blues, EDM and opera are some of the genres that brought Børud to a solid third place and into several Norwegian homes.
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Øystein Sunde
Øystein Sunde with the "full package" for the Kongsberg Jazz Festival
Today, Sunde can look back on a 50-year history full of record releases, show successes, TV productions and collaborations with the best in Norwegian showbiz. To Kongsberg, Sunde has of course brought his regular band, "Meget i Sløyd", but this time there will also be a "full package" with Staffan William-Olsson's jazz band "Sharp Nine", Reidar Larsen on piano and choir from "Erfarne Kvinnfolk" .
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Adam Douglas with Hanne Boel
An evening filled with soul, blues and jazz. Hanne Boel hosts Adam Douglas at Gamle Norge during this year's festival.
Adam Douglas is the "unknown" winner of Stjernekamp. But far from unknown among those interested in blues and soul. Now Norway is waiting for Adam and he couldn't be more ready. We are very much looking forward to seeing him during this year's festival in Kongsberg.
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SEPARATION PASSPORT
[saering pass]
Særingpass gives access to the most experimental part of the concert programme, which is organized on the Smeltehytta and Galleri Åkern stages. In addition, you get access to selected concerts that are organized at Musikkhuset Energimølla. You can see the artists included in Særingpass below.
Hilde Marie Holsen
Trumpet magic!
We hear very well that Hilde Marie Holsen can play the trumpet as beautifully as she wants. Combined with electronic noise, her music is even more expressive.
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Kim Myhr: YOU | ME
Kim Myhr is seen on stages worldwide. He has been one of the leading voices on the experimental scene in Norway in recent years, both as a composer and guitarist.
With the critically acclaimed album You | Kim Myhr received an honorable mention during last year's Nordic Music Price. It is with pride and joy that we can now welcome you to a concert with this project in Smeltehytta!
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Ikue Mori
A unique opportunity to experience electronic music in pure perfection
The term living legend is used rather loosely in musical contexts, but in relation to Ikue Mori it is quite natural to bring it up.
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Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman Quartet
Contemporary improvised jazz by the most experimental married couple on the New York improv scene
Organic, live and pulsating music played by two outstanding musicians, who are referred to as two giants in new music. Sylvie Courvoisier and Mark Feldman have worked together as a duo since 1996.
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Særingfest 2019
Særingfest is the place for everyone with an ear for improvised music and free jazz
Særingfest was first organized in 2016, and is now a regular "festival" in the festival. At Smeltehytta this evening, the audience gets a full evening of improvisational music, good food and a good atmosphere. Two of the most important driving forces in improvisational music in Norway, Ståle Liavik Solberg og Paal Nilssen-Love, are also this time behind the programme.
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The front garden
This year's program consists of three concerts, and each one of them should excite even the most jaded festival-goer
Kongsberg Jazzfestival has for many years presented three concerts in one in Smeltehytta with the label The front garden. Avanthagen has become an important part of the Kongsberg Jazz Festival and helps to underline our focus on experimental music.
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Trondheim Jazz Orchestra + Atomic
Premiere of a new work by Atomic for the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra!
Atomic and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra have an interesting shared history. In addition to the fact that they both reached their legal age in 2018, they are also defining for the Scandinavian jazz developed after the turn of the millennium. Atomic paved the way for a more American approach to Nordic jazz, at the same time that the influence of European art music has gained an increasingly greater place in the expression over the years.
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Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society with Helge Sten & Hamid Drake
From Chicago comes Joshua Abrams' Natural Information Society with a mix of long stretches, minimalist lines and hard-swinging rhythms.
Joshua Abrams' guimbri is the centerpiece of the music, which mixes inspiration from gnawa, free jazz and psychedelia. Since the band started in 2010, the line-up has varied from concerts to recordings, but in recent years it has centered around Abrams, Lisa Alvarado on harmonium and gong, along with bass clarinetist Jason Stein and drummer Mikel Avery.
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Bill Frisell Trio
Composer and guitarist Bill Frisell is recognized as one of the leading guitarists in jazz history since the late 1980s
Frisell has helped to influence the music around us for several decades and has collaborated with, among others, Paul Motian, Elvis Costello and John Zorn to name a few. He is known for his highly regarded recordings and had his latest release in the spring of 2018, 'Music IS'.
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EXOTHERM
Norwegian-American star team with sound boom to Kongsberg!
Exoterm is a new Norwegian-American supergroup that mixes thrashy, free improvisations with a dreamy, electronic soundscape. Nergaard and Alberts are well acquainted with power jazz from the areas bordering on rock, and have taken the energy with them and pushed it into a new form.
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AM I GUARANTEED ENTRY WITH A PASSPORT?
Places have been reserved for purchased festival passes at all concerts. First come, first served applies, and there is priority entry for our guests with a festival pass/day pass. This applies from the time it is announced that "the doors open" at the individual concert. We guarantee a place at all the concerts on our main stage Kirketorget.
IS IT SAFE TO BUY TICKETS OTHER THAN OFFICIAL OUTLETS?
The answer is no. Always buy tickets via official outlets. Although the ticket may look genuine, it may have been manipulated and this will only become apparent at the entrance to the concert. Fake/invalid tickets will be rejected, regardless of the buyer's "good faith". Attempts to sell tickets via the festival's social media channels will be deleted.
