About

The Arctic Arts Festival has great faith in arts from the north! The festival is an Arctic event with ambitions of becoming the world´s most important arts festival for the entire Arctic region. Together with strong profiles of local arts and culture, the festival sets in motion fresh creative projects. We encourage collaborations which bring together different northern regions, and wish to take up a leading role as a facilitator of network building and as an arena for Arctic arts and culture. We will foreground new constellations, partnerships and groundbreaking independent productions.

The Arctic Arts Festival is full of contrasts. Between past and present. Dreams and disillusions. North and south. Flight and a sense of security. Big artistic themes in demanding times. The festival will strenghthen its role as a meeting place for the northern cultural branches and make arts and culture relevant for a wider public. There is a key emphasis on the northern part of the world.