Hess Is More

Name: Hess Is More
Start: 2026-09-04
Location: VEGA

Fri, 4 Sep 2026 — Sat, 5 Sep

VEGA, Copenhagen

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Hess Is More performs at Vega in Copenhagen on Friday, 4 September 2026. The concert takes place on Vesterbro, where Vega occupies a listed building from 1956, designed by architect Vilhelm Lauritzen. The venue is one of Denmark's largest concert halls and has operated as a music venue since 1996. This is the first of two Danish dates for Hess Is More.

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About the venue: VEGA

VEGA is one of Denmark's largest music venues, housed in a listed 1956 building on Vesterbro designed by architect Vilhelm Lauritzen, who also designed the Radiohuset. Originally called Folkets Hus, it reopened as a music centre in 1996 as part of Copenhagen's year as European Capital of Culture. The complex holds Store Vega (up to 1,500 standing), Lille Vega (up to 500 standing) and Ideal Bar, with around 350 concerts a year spanning rock, pop, hip-hop, jazz and electronic music.

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About: Hess Is More

The Copenhagen drummer Mikkel Hess is the driving force behind Hess Is More, an international ensemble rooted in three cities whose sound moves freely between jazz, electronica and the dance floor. Nine albums in, the project remains a close creative partnership - not least with Mikkel's brother, pianist Nikolaj Hess.

study albums released

2005

year of first album

What's new

2026-01
Hess Is More released the single 'It's Nothing Personal' in January 2026.
2025-07
Hess Is More performed at Copenhagen Jazz Festival in DR Koncerthuset Studio 2 on July 11, 2025 with a program from the entire catalog and a secret guest musician.
2025-05
The remix single 'You Don't Dance (JKriv Remix)' was released in May 2025 with Brooklyn producer JKriv.

Tour

København

Tracks

You Don't DanceSingle from 2024, followed by remixes from Musumeci, Kenneth Bager and JKriv

Creation Keeps the Devil AwayTitle track from the 2011 album - one of the project's most well-known

WalksongFrom Piano Chronicles Vol. 2 (2022), featured in live shows

Yes BossFrom Piano Chronicles Vol. 1 (2021), regular part of the setlist

It's Nothing PersonalSingle from January 2026

Recent shows

Jan 17, 2024 National Sawdust, Brooklyn (US)
Jan 16, 2024 National Sawdust, Brooklyn (US)
Aug 11, 2018 Refshalevej, Copenhagen (DK)

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