The cultural news charts: This is how it goes for Sweden's festivals

The festival in Gothenburg has been canceled but expects to be completed in 2021.

The festival in Stockholm has been canceled, instead they are investing in 2021. "We can already announce that Pearl Jam can confirm that they will play at Lolla Stockholm 2021", the festival writes in a press release.

The festival in Gothenburg has been canceled but is instead investing in 2021. Attracts with various competitions with prizes in the pot for those who keep their ticket for next year.

The festival is canceled, but the aim is to make an even bigger festival in 2021. The support for the festival has been great and about three quarters of the audience who had bought tickets to this year's festival have chosen to keep them until next year. “It makes our work for next year easier (...) We have a historically good profitability at Sweden rock, a large treasury and a strong owner in the background. We can handle this ", says Sweden rock's CEO Mats Natvig to SVT. The festival has applied for a 12,000 square meter festival area and a stage by the sea for next year.

The festival in Östersund has been canceled but aims to arrange an even bigger festival in 2021. “Next year we will run three days instead of two as before, so we are adding an extra day on Sunday. In addition, we had the pleasure that three of our Swedish headliners from 2020 followed until next year; Lars Winnerbäck, The Ark and Magnus Uggla ", the festival writes to Kulturnyheterna.

The festival has been canceled and the company has filed for bankruptcy. Now the event equipment supplier Ekman event has flagged that they want to start a new festival in Borlänge starting in 2021.

The festival in Ljungaverk has been canceled, but it is expected to carry out a festival in 2021. “Financially, it is of course a loss, there are many costs lost in marketing, purchasing, staff and more that are already consumed and thus meaningless for the festival this summer. . So it is clear that it will be a financial blow to postpone it. We sincerely hope that as many as possible choose to keep their tickets for next year, for the festival's future, ”the festival writes to Kulturnyheterna.

The festival in Gothenburg 2020 has been canceled, but it is expected to be able to hold a festival in 2021 instead. All already released artists will play in 2021.

Dance band week has been canceled, but the aim is to carry out a week in 2021 instead. "We are aiming for 2021 - of course", they write in an email to Kulturnyheterna.

The festival has been canceled, but the aim is to hold a festival in 2021 instead. In May, 41 of the booked bands had confirmed that they will arrive in 2021 instead. Those who keep the ticket until 2021 will receive SEK 666 in bonuses.

The festival in Näsåker, Sollefteå, has been canceled, but it is expected to be able to arrange a festival in 2021: "Thanks to the fact that over the years we have created a financial buffer and everyone's great commitment and support, Urkult has good conditions to manage a year without a festival."

The festival is canceled, but a festival will be held in 2021, albeit on a smaller scale. "It simply came to our notice then. But we have managed the economic situation. We come in with much less money than we usually do, so it will be a different festival than what we are used to seeing ", says the festival's communicator Linus Grebäck von Melen to Kulturnyheterna.

The festival 2020 has been canceled, instead they are investing in 2021. "We are confident that we will be able to celebrate our 20th anniversary next year", says festival general Yared Tekeste to Kulturnyheterna.

The festival in Umeå has been canceled, but it is expected to be able to carry out a festival in 2021. Half of the artist bookings from 2020, such as the Martin Garrix patch, will remain. The rest will be new. “We choose to look positively to the future. Regardless of when it will be possible to arrange a festival again, we will be ready to deliver good festival experiences. It has never been more important for visitors to support organizers in Sweden right now by keeping their purchased tickets until 2020 and buying tickets for events in 2021 ", writes festival general David Arkhult (also festival general for Bayside) to Kulturnyheterna.

Bayside Festival 2020 in Helsingborg has been moved until 28-29 August 2020, but still not canceled. "It looks dark," says festival general David Arkhult, who expects to be able to give a message soon. "We were lucky that both Brännbollsyran and Bayside had a record year and did very well last year, so it has given us good conditions next year despite corona, even though it is a difficult time for the industry," says Arkhult.

The festival is canceled but expects to be able to hold a festival in 2021. “Norbergfestival is a small festival that usually sells out. We do not plan to limit the festival in any way compared to previous years. I think that a general difference for the music field may be that there will be a greater focus on local / national bookings for some time to come, and it may also characterize Norbergfestival 2021 ”, the festival writes to Kulturnyheterna.

The festival on Tjärö in the Blekinge archipelago has been canceled, but it is expected to be able to hold a festival in 2021. "This is not the last festival we do", says the organizer Viktor Hermansen to SVT.

The festival had taken a break since 2015 but would return in 2020 with full force. The festival that was to be held in Gothenburg 2020 is canceled, however, and whether there will be a festival next year is unclear: "It remains to be seen, but at the moment we have no nailed plans for a new festival 2021".

The festival in Malmö 2020 will be postponed until 2021. This year's artist line-up, apart from Wizkid, will follow next year. In addition, a winter edition of Big Slap is planned at Malmö Arena on December 19, if the corona mode allows. The festival's founder Ali Eftekhari tells Sydsvenskan that the festival had counted on 30,000 visitors this year and that the blowout entails severe financial losses: "It's a big blow".

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Festival in Huskvarna, which was to be held on 5 September, will be canceled and postponed until 2021.