Sydhavn Literature Festival

Name: Sydhavn Literature Festival
Start: 2026-09-06T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-06T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Sydhavnens Bibliotek

took place · 6 Sep 2026

Sydhavnens Bibliotek, Copenhagen

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Sydhavn Literature Festival takes place on 6 September with readings, concerts, spoken-word performances and creative writing workshops for children - all in and around Karens Minde.

On stage, literary voices and musicians meet: Troels Abrahamsen with Spøgelsesmaskinen, Gry Stokkendahl Dalgas & Blue Lake, Rasmus Daugbjerg & Yngel, Marianne Iben Hansen, Josefine Weber Hansen, DIGTERBANDET, Lars Skinnebach and Tea Bendix.

The festival is free and open to everyone. There will be rap versions of children's books, and food can be brought along or purchased at Café Karen.

About the venue: Sydhavnens Bibliotek

Sydhavnens Bibliotek is housed in Karens Minde Kulturhus on Wagnersvej, set in a park with animals and old trees. The collection covers books, audiobooks and digital media, and a recently added conservatory is fitted out for children and families. Year-round events include concerts, talks and communal dinners, with poetry readings at Sydhavnens Litteraturfestival and children's theatre in summer.

Wagnersvej 19, 2450 København SV Get directions

Line-up

Lars Skinnebach

Troels Abrahamsen m. Spøgelsesmaskinen
Gry Stokkendahl Dalgas & Blue Lake
Rasmus Daugbjerg & Yngel
Marianne Iben Hansen
Josefine Weber Hansen
DIGTERBANDET
Tea Bendix

About: Troels Abrahamsen m. Spøgelsesmaskinen

Veto frontman Troels Abrahamsen performs under his Spøgelsesmaskinen project - a meeting point between his years of electro-rock experience and the atmospheric, electronic side of his solo work.

60.9M

streams on Spotify for 'Grey' (as Troels Abrahamsen)

23.6M

streams on Spotify for 'Loreley'

13.9M

streams on Spotify for 'All That Matters' (Kölsch feat. Troels Abrahamsen)

2007

won Veto Danish Music Award for Artist of the Year and Best Danish Music Video

What's new

2025-11
Troels Abrahamsen's music was played on DR P6 BEAT and DR P2 several times in November 2025.
2024
The ARTBAT remix of 'All That Matters' (Kölsch feat. Troels Abrahamsen) was released on the compilation Global Underground: Select #9 in 2024.
2023
The ARTBAT remix of 'All That Matters' received broad radio exposure on DR P3 throughout 2023.

Tracks

Greysolo single with over 60 million streams on Spotify

Loreleysolo single with over 23 million streams on Spotify

All That Matterscollaboration with Kölsch (2013), re-released with ARTBAT remix in 2023

Life Is A Liquidsingle under the alias EXEC, played on DR P6 BEAT

There's a Beat in All MachinesVeto's debut album from 2006, which established the band in Denmark

About: Josefine Weber Hansen

Josefine Weber Hansen moves between classical composition and performative art, using viola and voice as a single, unified instrument. A 2025 Léonie Sonning Talent Prize recipient and active member of the collectives Damkapellet and Venteværelset.

100,000

DKK received as Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2025

753

followers on Instagram

What's new

2025-05
On May 12, 2025, Josefine Weber Hansen received the Léonie Sonning Talent Prize of 100,000 kr., awarded by the Léonie Sonning Music Foundation.
2025-05
The Talent Prize is to finance, among other things, the recording of Josefine Weber Hansen's debut album, video production of selected works, and a study and inspiration stay in New York.
2025
Josefine Weber Hansen studies in the soloist class at the Southern Danish Music Conservatory in the Contemporary Creative Artist program, where she composes works that blend voice and viola together.

Tracks

Edith Södergran-værk (stemme og bratsch)Performed at concert - reviewed by Passiveagressive.dk as the evening's highlight

Liedprogram af danske kvindelige komponisterSolo project presented among others at Det Danske Sangselskab, 2022

and she was the UniverseVenteværelset production inspired by Handel's Alcina

TommeliseOpera for children and families, produced by Venteværelset

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