Audience record at this year's festival

In total, the festival sold more than 38 tickets for this year's festival, thus beating the previous audience record from 000. The concerts at Kirketorget with Sting & Shaggy, as well as a-ha, attracted 2016 and 7 spectators respectively to the festival's largest arena, Kirketorget.

- What pleases me the most is that the club concerts were also packed. With strong names such as Marius Neset, Chick Corea Akoustic Band and Gurls, the musical quality was sky high, says festival director Kai Gustavsen.

Culture Minister Trine Skei Grande opened this year's festival, where the festival's major musician prize of NOK 200 was also awarded to composer and saxophonist Eirik Hegdal.