OpenDays Festival

OpenDays Festival - contemporary composition: 30 October – 1 November 2026, Nørresundby Gl. Rådhus, Nørresundby. Tickets cost 125–250 kr.

Waves up North invites you to OpenDays Festival for the 17th consecutive year - three days of contemporary composition and sound art in the Aalborg area. The festival brings together international and Danish/local artists, all selected from Waves up North's international network of musicians and composers.

The festival takes place at the cultural venue Nørresundby Gl. Rådhus. Concerts are held in Byrådssalen, known for its excellent acoustics, and the building also features a staircase with views of Nørresundby Square and Limfjorden.

PROGRAMME:
Friday, 30 October 2026
19:30: Opening concert with Rudersdal Chamber Soloists

Saturday, 31 October 2026
15:45: Festival fanfare on the Tribune
16:00: Cikada String Quartet (Norway)
Break - from 18:00 the Festival Café on the 1st floor of the Town Hall is open, where you can buy food and possibly meet the musicians
19:15: Festival fanfare on the Tribune
19:30: Open Night with local performers
20:45: Festival fanfare on the Tribune
21:00: Late Night: "The Town Hall Sings." Open Call sound work under the theme "New Paths in Sound Art", with a prize sponsored by the Gudrun & Palle Mørchs Memorial Fund

Sunday, 1 November 2026
14:00: Cæcilia Quartet - Nina Schmidt-Brewer (soprano), Maria Lundbak (oboe), Jesper Sivebæk (guitar) and Malte Vendelby (percussion)
15:00: MGK Nord in collaboration with Andras Olsen, trombone
16:00: Ensemble Abstraktion
17:00: Closing concert with Vor Frue Church Girls' Choir, conducted by Dorthe Græsborg Bruun

The programme may be subject to change.

TICKETS:
Admission: 150 kr. per concert (festival pass for all three days: 250 kr.)
Students: 75 kr. (festival pass: 125 kr.)
Under 18 and members: free admission

Updates about the festival can be followed on Facebook or Waves up North's website. OpenDays is a project under Waves up North, an international forum for new music and sound art based in Aalborg.

OpenDays Festival 2026 is supported by: A. P. Møller Foundation, Augustinus Foundation, Dansk Tennis Fund, Gudrun & Palle Mørchs Memorial Fund, Kemp & Lauritzen Foundation, Knud Højgaard's Fund, Music Norway, Nordea Funds