Festival of the Midnight Sun was marketed as a Swedish Woodstock but became a huge failure. The organizers had expected to sell close to 300,000 tickets - but only 3,000 visitors came to Mantorp.

Now some brave fire souls are making another attempt - albeit on a much smaller scale.

- We will run the festival only for a single day, but we have managed to push in 16 bands during that evening, says organizer Björn Rallare.

On Friday, the construction of scenes and rigging of sound and light were ongoing. Photo: SVT

The festival area around Sjögestad motel between Mjölby and Linköping can accommodate 3,000 visitors - the same number who showed up at the publishing house. And and you are hopeful for the premiere.

- We are satisfied with the number of tickets sold so I think we will sell out, says Björn Rallare.

The festival area contains three different scenes with 16 bands playing during the day. Photo: SVT

Could it be a recurring music festival?

- Next year is the 50th anniversary since the festival was held in Mantorp - so you can't miss that, he says with a smile.

See more in the clip above.

Organizer Björn Rallare hopes that it will be a festival next year too. Photo: SVT