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WINTER SURVIVAL Your guide to get the most out of this season

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Sadique Ndamwe African warmth in Norway

10. GET OUTSIDE

Your everyday guide to outdoor activities in Bymarka

12. ANDREW MUSGROVE 14. SURVIVE!

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When a Scot is born with skiis on his feet

All the gear you need to conquer winter

18. THE LIST’S ULTIMATE AKEBRETT TEST 24. TRONDHEIM CALLING ”Find five bands you’ve never heard of and show up at their gigs” 26. PREVIEWS & LISTINGS 43. TRONDHEIM TECH

News from Norway’s tech capital

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FROM THE LIST The List does Winter

Contacts and information DIGS, Olav Tryggvasons Gate 30, 7011 Trondheim Publishing +47 472 76 680 Editorial +47 451 35 877 Email: editorial@thelist.is Website: thelist.is Editorial Editor-in-Chief and co-founder: Wil Lee-Wright wil@thelist.is Editor and co-founder: Jaya Thomlison jaya@thelist.is Creative Director and co-founder: Andrew Natt andy@thelist.is Co-founder: Ida Bondø Lee-Wright ida@thelist.is Listings and Advertising Manager: Aleksander Schei aleks@thelist.is Design Support: Jan Ove Iversen, Hannah Stavenes, Ingvild Østgård,

Hi readers, welcome to our 2nd issue.

Now that we’ve safely finished digesting the last remnants of Christmas and are coming down from a holiday-high, The List believes we are in an opportune time to embrace winter in its fullest. Or at least, help you to grin and bear it. We’re giving you a friendly push to give winter a try and venture outside.

January and February are packed with winter sports competitions.

We’ve all met enthusiasts who excitedly count down summer days until the first snowfall (while some others may be thinking, say what?!).

Many consider ourselves lucky if, after work, barnehage, volunteer projects are said and done, we can actually manage a few weekends outdoors. Perhaps you’re someone that enjoys a mild Christmas-appropriate snow sprinkling from the comfort of inside your home and that’s it. Whatever your position, The List has provided a collection of activities for pretty much everyone, to avoid winter shut-in and make the most of this season.

Editorial advisory board: Wil Lee-Wright, Paul Jostein Aune Ida Bondø Lee-Wright

Be it local music festivals or winter galore, there are plenty of low cost ways to entertain yourself around Trøndelag until Spring. The List will let you know how to bundle up and avoid sub-minus hibernation this winter.

Printing: 100 gram Amber Graphic trefritt offset PoliNorAS, Arboalleen 17 3048 Drammen Norway www.polinor.no Tel: +47 32 80 49 10

Flip to our winter survival guide on page 14 to find out what kind of essentials are needed for your full-out Trøndelag winter experience, should you dare. From thermal long underwear to user-friendly personal avalanche beacons, we’ve got you covered.

Contributors: Karin Modig, David Fallon, Saria Wail, David Nikel, Thor Richard Isaksen, Lacie Goff, Victor Kleive, Marianne Selberg, Sadique Ndamwe Cover photo: Victor Kleive Location: Åre Ilustrations: Marianne Selberg Advertising Please contact Aleksander Schei for prices, specifications and distribution.

Tel: +47 906 27 288 For editorial contributions: editorial@thelist.is For listings contributions: listings@thelist.is (Please send as much detail as possible)

Are you new to the city and find yourself hearing names like ‘Skistua and Lian’ and wonder how to find these mythical places? Take a look at our complete guide to Bymarka on page 10 and start planning your own journey.

Many people are drawn to this region because of its happy medium between urban life and accessible nature. This truly special balance attracted international cross-country ski star Andrew Musgrave who has since made Trondheim his permanent home. Read up on page 12.

You don’t have to be hardcore into sports to enjoy yourself, either. We do have ‘city of culture’ status you know. At the end of January Mid-Norway’s largest music festival for local up-andcoming talent sets up for the 5th year running. Get in depth with Trondheim Calling on page 24.

Some complain that January and February are the most slow and boring months of the year. I challenge you to be happily surprised. This issue brings you a more comprehensive overview of events and activity listings than ever before.

Thank you to our collaborators The List is always on the lookout for new things to do and new talent to share with our readers.

Contact us if you have listings or material that you’d like to share. We’re a publication built on local collaboration. The List would like to extend warm thank-yous to all of our truly gifted contributors and partners included in Issue Two. Special thanks to Skistar for providing space for our feature article. Thank you also to Skandinavisk Høyfjellsutstyr for providing survival gear.

Jaya Thomlison, Editor

The views represented in this magazine are not necessarily those of The List AS. Best endeavours have been taken in all cases to represent faithfully the views of all contributors and interviewees. The publisher accepts no responsibility for errors, omissions or the consequences thereof.

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TRIBUTORS

Victor Kleive

Sadique Ndamwe Sadique Ndamwe has been active in the international media in both TV and print. A renowned journalist in Kenya, Sadique worked as a sports anchor/ reporter for one of the country’s leading television stations, KTN, and delivered many voiceovers for documentaries.

His hit show Metro Soul Thang pushed him into the limelight. He was later featured in CNN World Report. Sadique currently works as a freelance writer in Norway, contributing pieces across the country and consistently to Malvikbaldet and Bistandsaktuelt.

He is also partnering with a Seattle-based online radio station, Mashariki, targeting the East-African diaspora.

Lacie Goff Lacie Goff is a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California now based in Trondheim. She has also worked as a writer in New York, Illinois and Italy, specialising in writing about travel and culture.

Twenty-four-year old Lacie received her bachelors in Communication with an emphasis in Journalism in Los Angeles and is now continuing her education at NTNU. An active blogger, Lacie loves getting involved with Norwegian culture and experiencing Trondheim through a Californian’s eyes.

Photographer Victor first moved to Trondheim from Molde back in 2009, but his wanderlust has since taken him to far off corners of the globe. He describes himself as a natural light, real life photographer.

Victor shot our front page in a short window of opportunity on a snowy day in Åre. Where most photographers see restrictions in the Nordic winter, Victor is inspired by special lighting conditions. The national romanticism of his photography has earned him eclectic customers like Fjelleskjøpet, Spanna, Eiendomsmelger1 and Boardshop.

Sometimes it will take Victor up to a year to a year to realise the picture in his mind. Hopefully we will not have to wait that long to welcome him back to The List.

Marianne Selberg Thor Richard

Thor Richard is the editor of TrondheimTech, an independent news source for technology and entrepreneurial activity in and connected to Trondheim. He has a varied background ranging from being President of the Student Peace Prize to Head of Communication at Norwegian Centres of Expertise.

Thor Richard has a Masters, in Political Science from NTNU.

Marianne Selberg is an illustrator, born and bred in Trondheim. She is passionate about different styles and works with a range of clients, though admits to having a soft spot for “all things vintage”, as evidenced by her work on the splendid Everyday Guide Map of Bymarka (pages 10-11).

Marianne works with set design at Trøndelag Theatre and as a children’s theatre coordinator. She indulges her passion for creative drawing whenever possible and can often be found on coffee number six, perfecting her art late into the night.

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As an African living in Norway, I’m dead certain that if we could purchase a climate shift remote control it would be stuck on summer all year round!

We loath winter because, apart from the expected cold, it bring storms, darkness and may cause a little depression to creep up. Perhaps we are likely to want to stay indoors, but reality check friends, winter is here and it is damn

going to last for the next three months so learn to embrace it. Winter is just a season like any other – yet it’s the most revered of all. But if you ask me, it’s also the most beautiful one!

For my brothers and sisters who hail from further down south, and especially the freshly arrived ones, overcoming this period might feel like a far-fetched

dream. Not only will you be focused on fighting the cold but you will also have to bear with nagging questions like: ‘you must be freezing to death, right?’

Foster some of that inner warmth.

The fact that you’re indeed foreign will also dawn on you when you realise

that those seemingly heavy-duty jackets you bought when you arrived here,

have little to no effect. They simply won’t do! You’ll understand why some of

the ‘real’ jackets have price tags that commensurate the price of a cow back

home. Get accustomed to wearing four layers of clothes before you step outside.

Talking about clothes, you might also want to reconsider re-stocking your

wardrobe in the coming months of winter. Without outdoor activity, you may find yourself outgrowing your size after doubling your food intake during the

colder months! You’ll also finally come to appreciate the importance of gloves and the essence of having good ones, for that matter. See, back in Africa

gloves are meant for handling dirty work or handling rough stuff. In Norway, this is everyday life.

Whoever said that the British talk the most about weather clearly have never

been to Norway, and in particular Trøndelag! Everyone likes to predict weather temperatures, but no one seems to get it right, so mysterious is the

Norwegian winter. One thing to learn about winter my friends, especially the Norwegian one, is that it shifts so fast that even the real weath-

ermen can’t get it right. While the British winter is renowned for it’s instability, the Trøndelag one flip-flops faster than you can say Rema tusen!

I say, look on the bright side. Winter provides a perfect podium to start a conversation. Do you want to break the ice for a little chit chat with the locals? Word of advice, go weather.

Another conversation topic of choice is skiing… or let’s face it,

‘Peter Northaug’. Since you’ll spend more of your time indoors, the

Norwegian media will ensure that this name doesn’t slip from your

memory! More than half the sporting news and live-stream program-

ming will be about nothing other than skiing, prompting you (if you are

the adventurous type) to consider venturing into the sport. A good tip

for a New Year’s resolution perhaps?

When all is said and done one thing is for sure; there ain’t no escaping the

cold! Fingers might start numbing, driving might get difficult, winter shivers

and blues may take a toll on your body and spirit. However, there is beauty in

this; consider it a challenge to get yourself outside because winter too can be conquered.

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Anyone living in Norway has likely heard the saying ‘Norwegians are born with skis on their feet’.

Words: Lacie Goff Photos: Wil Lee-Wright

Let’s face it, Norway is like one big, epic, ski-paradise. It’s not surprising that it catches the attention of international professionals like Scotland’s Andrew Musgrave, who made his move six years ago in pursuit of skiing at the next level.

An early start. Andrew took up skiing at the tender age of five when his family relocated to Alaska. He stuck with cross-country after moving back to Scotland and even used an entire year following high school to focus on skiing. The idea of coming to Norway was planted while competing in the World Junior Championships when Roar Hjelmeset, professional skier & trainer, invited him to train with an academy in Hovden.

Andrew discovered Trondheim after his time at Hovden and a two year stint in Lillehammer. He moved here permanently “because it’s awesome”. Today he skis and occasionally dabbles in engineering studies at NTNU. Not to mention winning some events here and there, like ‘freestyle sprint’ in the 2014 Norwegian nationals. Though often jet-setting around the world for training or competitions, Andrew always finds his way back.

“Now I feel like I’ve got a home in Trondheim.

I just travel away and come back”.

Training in the summer and competing in the winter leaves little free time for this pro. While he has an impressive collection of shot glasses in his apartment window, it isn’t the city’s night life that won his heart over.

“Trondheim is far from a huge city but it’s got everything you need. Good student life, if you want to go and use thousands of pounds on shopping you can, but not that I would do that. Then at the same time it’s so easy to get out into Bymarka and go skiing or drive to Jotunheimen and Trollheimen and places like that where there’s mountains.”

Skiing doesn’t come easy for everyone. Pros like Andrew make it look simple, but the mere thought of heading to Vassfjellet can release a wave of nervousness. For all of us who tend to spend more time on the ground than down a trail, have no fear because we don’t all need to be as gifted as Andrew. The most important thing is to just get out there and try.

Andrew’s tip for average folks and the ski hopefuls is that out of the two cross-country techniques, classic and skating, ski-skating is the simplest to master.

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“You have to know if it’s icy or new snow and what the temperature is. From that you can get skis that work just for going out and skiing.”

You’re not alone. “I think people or foreigners that come to Norway are a bit dubious when they’re going to try skiing because there’s all these pro-looking Norwegians going around dead fast and they don’t see anybody else that can’t do it. It’s a bit like, oh, I don’t want to look like an idiot!”

The truth is whenever you go out skiing anywhere there are always beginners and people that look like they’ve never been on skis before.

So whilst Andrew is off on his next 15k at the Norwegian nationals in Røros this January, the rest of us can take up our own challenge: take Andrew’s advice and just get outside and try. Grab those skis you bought last Christmas, check the weather on yr.no and we’ll meet you out there.

“It looks quite like ice skating except you’ve got poles in your hand and skis on your feet”.

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You don’t have to be an equipment snob with top-of-the-line gear. Skate skis are easiest, you just put them on and get out and go.

RØROS NM 2015 Andrew’s race, the 15km, is on Jan 29 at 12:30

As for the dreaded topic of waxing, rest assured, it doesn’t need to be rocket science.

Andrew admits that it can get complicated when racing for top speed, but otherwise for newbies, learn as you go.

Ticket prices 100 NOK for entry to the stadum, free to watch along the course in town centre.

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Gear up to

SURVIVE! The Nordic winter kit.

We sought advice from Kurt at Skandinavisk Høyfjellsutsyr and collected our most essential items.

Photo: The List

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(RELIVE YOUR) Youth today, get outside Words: Jaya Thomlison Photos: Victor Kleive

The List found three girls with fairly active social lives, who expressed starting to feel the affect of the winter season shut-in. In search of free things to do in the great outdoors, we challenged Jeleena, aged 13, Serene, age 16, and Saria, age 20, to The List’s ‘ultimate akebrett test’.

What could be more fun than packing up a bag with a day’s worth of supplies, pulling on some long johns and heading out into the mountains for a hefty seven-hour long hike in the snow, right? Um, ya. Anyone living with, or in proximity to youth under the age of 21 may have noticed that the never fail statement ‘ut på tur, aldri sur’ becomes a little stale after a while (out on a hike, never in a bad mood). This saying is quite truthfully, bang on.

The problem is that in a world of instant mobile gratification and inter-twined online social networks, how can spending time outside compare? And this isn’t exclusive to youth. Correct me if I’m wrong, but outdoor adult physical activity almost always needs to be routinised into our jam-packed schedules full of school and work. People need to find clever ways to get each other (and ourselves) outside.

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Blessed are those like Turtrusa, a collective of seriously hardcore (and impressive) women in Trondheim that test their boundaries by climbing, snowboarding, hiking and pretty much doing anything that is fast, exciting and outdoorsy. But they are a small group who have managed to form a sort of community around outdoor activities. What about the rest of us?

Mmmhm, we’re talking about you. Part of the growing population that find it more tempting to stream another episode on Netflix in one’s spare time than make a short overnight trip to Oppdal. Activities in the winter, whether physical or cultural, need to have a pretty low threshold in order to get people involved.

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“Winter can be a challenge. Even depressing.

It’s basically just dull colours everywhere, which pretty much summarises my mood.

I find myself getting bored, of everything… even texting with my friends. Go sledging?

Sure, I’ll try it.” -Saria Motivation can be limited when days become darker and colder and outdoor gatherings fewer. Is there any alternative for people not hooked on snowboarding and skiing? What about those who are feeling a financial hangover from Christmas and need free things to do? YES. Our recommendation: gather your friends, find pretty much anything you can that

slides on snow, relive your youth and get out on the hill. It’s called akebrett. Also going by the name of sled, sledge, sleighing and snow-racing.

The List decided that it’s about time to gather some youngins, put on our outdoor survival kit and get outside. Sledging was the obvious choice, because absolutely everyone can do it. We challenged Saria, Serene and Jeleena to find an array of different, weird, sometimes illogical items that might work as makeshift akebrett devices. When you can use pretty much anything to slide on snow, there are no excuses about ‘not having the right equipment’.

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We needed ample snow and a steep pitch to really peel Jeleena, Saria and Serene away from their phones (which they gladly checked during each and every break).

The less than two-hour drive from Trondheim to Åre gave us plenty of time to plan an approach.

Devising the ‘ultimate test’ requires analysis of all sorts of objects and rating them based on predefined criteria. We settled for three categories: speed, experience, and price.

If you’re on your own akebrett adventure, consider using the following traditional items: GT snow-racer, plastic sledge, spark, magic plastic carpet, wood toboggan. If you’re feeling experimental, try: plastic bags, baking tins, garbage can lids, old skateboards, cardboard boxes.

As we approached the hill, Jeleena was quick to raise a precautionary issue stating “you do realise that you’re taking us to one of the steepest mountains for downhill. What happens if we’re moving too quickly and instead of testing, all you get is a look of pure terror on our faces as we race uncontrollably past you down the hill?” Well, that’s all part of the fun and games of akebrett. Of course, these things can be adjusted to novice levels (see the girls’ complete report for tips).

Serene. Age 16. Model & pupil at Charlo Saria. Age 20. Singer.

Akkebrett of choice: ”My favourite is the

Akebrett of choice: ”I’m gonna have to say the plastic garbage

and have a handle so you can maintain s

bag. It’s cheap, easy to stuff in your pocket and it gives you the full body slide experience.”

Akebrett is truly about reliving your youth. It is a type of fun, free, non-threatening sport-like activity that basically costs nothing and can have as few or as many participants as you wish. It will bring the kid in you out every single time.

As we prepared for the shoot, Serene reflected on her first sledging experience just after moving to Norway from Sudan, “I’d never seen snow before and it was crazy fun. I had so much fun those times. We definitely found some good sledging spots in Trondheim. Festningen is perfect because it is so close to the centre and easy to walk up.

There are also the hills beside Dragvoll that are pretty sweet.”

After some minor wipe-outs, several complaints about frozen limbs due to their quite fashionable, yet weather-inadequate winter clothing, we called it a wrap. Don’t forget that the sun goes down around 15:30 these days!

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in surprisingly good moods. Then it was off to Copperhill Mountain Resort to grab a cup of hot cocoa to tally in the results.

In the end, we came up with a lot of good contenders, but there were some really clear winners. Check out the girls’ best suggestions for awesome sledding devices on the opposing page.

The List asked “what do you think guys, can we tempt you into setting up a new akebrett date?”

I think we could put together something like ‘The List does hardcore snow-racer competition’.

Their response; “well, put it this way, I think we know what we’re doing for winter vacation now.”.

Winter vacation in Trondheim (Week 8) VASSFJELLET snowboarding into the night

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VITENSENTERET – get nerdy

City centre to alpine hill in 20 minutes.

Europe’s biggest hands-on music experience museum.

Winter vacation program and astronomy club.

Noteworthy: bus from Trondheim. You can rent skiis and snowboards on site. Has a café.

Noteworthy: centrally located, awesome view of the fjord, good restaurant.

Noteworthy: Planetarium viewing of the solar system 13:00.

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ottenlund school. butt-sledge. They are perfectly shaped

some control.”

Jeleena. Age 13. Into music & pupil at Rosenborg Akebrett of choice: ”They’re all fun, but if you really want speed you

PLASTIC BUTT SLED Take chanc- es on your downhill experience, it’s both fun and controlled.

BLACK PLASTIC TRASH BAG – oh yes, you read correctly, just your average garbage bag offers many different downhill styles. Make sure to crawl inside of it and be prepared for all-over body speed.

ONE-FOOTED SNOWBOARD For the adventurous! You can do tricks in style and it’s portable NORWEGIAN SPARK This old-time favourite is both playful and pract- ical. You can’t control it whatsoev- er, so the person in the front using takes a beating. Plus you get a good work-out.

GT – SNOWRACER We like our Amer- ican made snow-racer. It’s got one of the most hefty pricetags, but you’ll be rewarded with big air jumps.

have to find a Canadian toboggan that holds 6 people. Trust me.”

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The List does top 5: Our ultimate Akebrett test Akebrett, sledge, sled, toboggan, snow-go.

Whatever you want to call it, there is something exhilarating about throwing yourself down a hill of snow and ice at warp speed. Saria, Serene and Jeleena brought together the most popular and (not to mention creative) akebrett devices in a test for the best.

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OLD SKATEBOARD WITHOUT WHEELS We like reusing and recy- cle. Skateboards are fun with or without wheels, so try this out on the hills next time.

PLASTIC BAGS of any sort. Be free from guilt the next time you forget your bag and have to buy a new one. Take it with you to the hill next time and consider it an investment in outdoor activity.

CARDBOARD BOXES How many people can you fit on a box? We think that six is a good number and provides excellent speed and fun risk. This ghetto sledge alternative can be found almost anywhere for last-minute outings.

ALUMINIUM FOOD CONTAINERS You can easily sit in it, plus it’s not something your Mom will realise is miss- ing from the house.

OLD BAKING PANS Straight and sleek, you might be able to pick one or ten up at your local Fretex.

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ONE-FOOTED SNOWBOARD. Truly cool object that can be mas- tered over time. Top speed, high wipe-out possibility.

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TWO PERSON SLED The more the weight, the merrier on this tradition- al sledding device. Make sure to risk analyse who sits in the front depending on how much you trust your partner not to tip it over.

PLASTIC BUTT-SLED with handle It’s fairly fast, and you’re already planted on the ground for reducing fear of crashing.

FLYING SAUCER This is a super fast device, that adds the thrill of spins and sledding backwards.

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TROND HEIM CALLING Meet Thomas Ryjord Words: Jaya Thomlison Music scenes have a way of hiding away in jam spaces and collecting followers via word of mouth. Perhaps you’re one of those busy people that doesn’t have a spare five hours of your day to spend searching Soundcloud for new mixtapes, but don’t despair, you too can stay informed.

Everything you need to know about Trondheim’s vibrant hotbed of a music scene will be revealed this year at mid-Norway’s largest gathering for showcasing new talent, Trondheim Calling. In its fifth year running, this music conference will lure out they city’s best basement-studio beat junkies to see the light of day (or stage).

The List caught up with one of the local music branch’s best heads, Thomas Ryjord from Polaris sound and Trondheim Calling to find out what’s good in Solsiden’s hood.

The List: So Thomas, word on the street is that you’re a pretty significant driver in professionalising the music industry in Trondheim. Tell us a little bit about yourself.

Thomas: Music has always been a big part of my life. When I was like 15 – 16 I started my first band and when I became an adult I moved out and our band started booking our own shows and then, eventually, our own tours. We first started in Germany and then expanded across Europe.

We were on a mission to start our own company. So I started a Master’s degree in Music and then in 2006 I got caught up in

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projects. When I was six months away from delivering my thesis, I thought ‘screw it, I’m not delivering!’.

The List: It sounds like you’ve been in the scene for a good many years, what kind of changes have you witnessed?

Thomas: Trondheim has always been a city that has a lot of very strong, and lived through alternative, but divided pockets of music scenes. There was a sort of idealism in music, as you can see with groups like UFFA. Trondheim has really always been a place where you can start your own things.

So that’s what we did. Subculture has dominated the music industry, and while that has an appeal, it offered very little room for

professionalism. During the past six years musicians and related businesses have been working together and, in general, becoming more professional.

The List: Is the city’s music culture moving from fragmented scenes to more collaboration then?

Thomas: In my opinion, we now have an apparatus for collaborating and creating opportunity for a career in music. There are some really important catalysts for this activity who are helping to raise the profile of Trøndelag, like the local label Riot Factory and our booking and event-production company, Polar Artist.

“His first point of advice?

Pick up a program and find five bands you’ve never heard of, and then show up to their gigs” The List: What’s the hype?

Thomas: Music is about creating small trademarks. Trends are created when we share a similar experience in one place at a certain point of time. There’s something about Trondheim at the moment. People are moving to the city for NTNU, music technology and jazz. It’s the music meeting point for creative ambitions.

The List: What can we tell our readers about why they should be attending Trondheim Calling this year?

Thomas: It is a fantastic opportunity to see so many new bands and new styles. Don’t be afraid of us, we’re totally dependent on you to keep things new. We’ll bring you 50 different artists, so it is the biggest festival in Trondheim for checking out new local artists.

It’s also a unique meeting place for important international delegates and other nationwide actors.

The List: What is the main challenge that we’re facing?

The List: What is the concept behind Trondheim Calling?

Thomas: Trondheim is a Talent Farm. We have some of the best musical education in Norway and very creative individuals. We have built up our own industry around musical engineering and production and then people start their careers and get sucked up into places like Oslo, London or Berlin. We never realise the profit from this talent back into our region. If we are to grow and support thriving activity, we need to attract some of that income back. Up until now, Trondheim has been almost like a practice space for music professionals. You can compare this to the brain-drain felt from technology arms that sell their patent before it goes to market.

Thomas: We are a caucus of many engaged, regional organisations and businesses that have joined forces to build a professional local music industry with diversification. Music and culture communities are integral to the attractiveness of Trøndelag. We’re living in the third biggest city in Norway and we really need to come together if we are going to get some international traction and make an impact in that context. We have created a credible music industry conference and festival that connects people through debates, evaluation and arenas with international links. Trondheim Calling is one big professional volunteer project.

If you haven’t secured your ticket yet, get on that because Trondheim is calling.

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The last time the Dalai Lama spoke at the International Student Festival In Trondheim (ISFiT) in 1994, the student organisers flew out to India and camped outside his residence for 10 days in order to make contact.

It worked. Once contacted, the Dalai Lama resolutely answered: “Cancel my other appointments. This is more important.”

of dancing, comedy, theatre, circus, ceremonies and concerts, as well as debates by world-renowned speakers.

The relative ease of securing his appointment for ISFiT’s 25th anniversary year – a phone call to the then Head of the Norwegian Liberal Party, Trine Skei Grande - perhaps demonstrates the festival has matured and grown in influence.

“Corruption is one of the biggest problems for development of the world today. You need to have the ideals; the ideals that the Dalai Lama represents. Problems do not stop at nation borders in today’s world you need people to work together to tackle it.”

ISFiT is reputed to be the world’s largest themed student festival and has an eye-watering programme to back its claim. There are workshops which are exclusively open to students, some 450 of whom will have travelled from all over the world to participate. The cultural programme is however open to everyone in Trondheim and consists

The modern day reality of growing wage divide, tax havens and movement of illicit capital over borders, makes this a timely issue to handle. “No one single government can tackle it alone,” stresses Marius.

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Corruption is this year’s theme and festival president Marius Jones believes that the Dalai Lama’s international reputation for peace and negotiation is the perfect remedy.

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ISFiT Cancel your other appointments, because the Dalai Lama is coming to town.

People from all walks of life will be attracted to the what the festival has to offer. Mark Olsen, founding member of the Jayhwaks will be playing Americana at Bakke Church and Transparency International leader Peter Eigen will share some stark truths, Podcast heroes Tusvik and Tønne will lighten the mood with their raucous comedy show.

The List is also looking forward to the Walk of Peace, where festival participants shuffle, stroll and dance through town bearing torches (what is it about this time of year and torches?).

ISFiT is about building perspective and developing solutions for a better world. If you can’t clear your diary for that then you need a new diary.

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The Bug Perverted Dancehall

The Bug is the mutation of British producer Kevin Martin and Russian DJ Vadim, who teamed up in 1997 to produce ‘Tapping The Conversation’, an alternative soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola’s film ‘The Conversation’.

NM på ski 2015 Røros Get ready to make memories for life Norwegians are so passionate about cross-country skiing that in the summer they do it on roller skis, pounding the concrete, waiting for the return of winter. In Røros, however, the snow is never far away and this January the biggest ski event of all will come to town.

NM Ski 2015 is the national championship in cross-country skiing. This year it takes place in the picturesque old mining town of Røros, two and a half hours outside of Trondheim. It is an utterly unique course, juxtaposing the rustic antiquity of the old town with world class skiing.

Instead of shivering in the middle of the wilderness, spectators will line the old wooden streets with warm pubs and enticing restaurants, offering respite between races. There is also a mountain of entertainment planned including concerts, shows, stalls, wander-

ing minstrels and street entertainment. The latter includes Norwegian favourites such as tandem-skiing. Don’t be afraid to give it a go!

Spectators can pay 100 Kroner, to enter the stadium for the excitement of the start and finish of the races (under 18’s for free).

There will be extra helpers on site at the tourist centre to help with any questions.

Event organiser Kjetil Reinskou promises “coming here will create memories for life”.

Between the hospitality of Røros and the excitement of the skiing, it’s hard to argue otherwise.

Jenteskate Girls’ skateboarding group

Local traders bring a wide range of cheeses, meat, organic produce, fish, baked goods, herbs, honey and more.

Tough luck fellas, Wednesday evenings, between 19:30 and 22:00 it’s girls only. Ingrid Lonar, vice president of the Trondheim Skate Association, a voluntary organisation that runs the skatepark, explains the thinking behind Jenteskate:

Torvet, 11.00 - 16.00

BrukBar Blæst. Tmv-kaia 17, Price: 150 NOK

Stadium adults 100 NOK free for under 18’s Røros City Centre www.skinmroros.no

Take a trip to Trikkestallen this Wednesday and you will probably find a bunch of skater dudes hanging around outside, waiting to be reinvited back into the skatepark.

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Good news for Trondheim food lovers, the farmers market returns. Look forward to stalls filled with local and seasonal produce from across Trøndelag.

With many stalls manned by the producers themselves, you can find out where the food is from and how it is made. If the way to your lover’s heart is through their stomach, then what better way to spend this Valentine’s day?

This is no happy-summer-of-love acid, but a dark ‘the world is f**ked’ dystopian soundtrack, influenced by the likes of Aphex Twin, Stakker and Plastikman.

Martin brings his own perverted take on classic dancehall to BrukBar/Blæst, live and supported by MC Flowdan. Expect maximum intensity and sound, support from local duo ‘Bakklandet Dubcore’.

“There are lots of girls out riding these penny boards, which look trendy and are a good start for getting a feel for skateboarding. But it can be scary to take it to the next level, to go to the park with lots of skater dudes.”

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Since then Kevin Martin has collaborated with several others musicians with roots in genres like dubstep, reggae, dancehall, noise, grime and hip-hop (Ninja Tunes). Now Martin is back as The Bug and in August they released the full-length ‘Angels & Devils’, which Martin categorizes as ‘Acid Ragga’, a brand new genre.

“It can be the same for young guys too, but often they have big groups to merge into.

Skateboarding is an individual sport but also a group activity. We want to make it more accessible for girls just starting out, so they can build confidence.”

There is no age limit, but most of the girls are aged between 11 and early twenties.

They have a private Facebook group too, to encouraging one another to go skating during other nights of the week.

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World-renowned British tenor, Ian Bostridge, heads a glittering programme for this year’s baroque music festival.

Rolf Lislevand is also worth looking out for.

Not many locals will know this but Lislevand is considered by many to be the world’s master of the lute. Norwegians love a homegrown winner and we expect this once rock guitarist to captivate the audience with his mastery of improvisation.

Before becoming a full-time musician in 1995, Bostridge was a history scholar specialising in 18th century British history and witchcraft in English public life. He’ll be singing some of Händel’s best loved arias at the festival and will also be the first ever speaker in the new Breakspear Lecture series.

The lecture is named after Nicholas Breakspear, who went on to be the only English pope (Adrian IV, 1154-1159). Barokkfest founder Martin Wåhlberg explains how Breakspear had a huge influence on Trondheim. “In the 1150’s there was no arch-bishop in Scandinavia. Breakspear chose Trondheim to establish an archbishopric. He also set up the cathedral school which meant that he institutionalised the first Norwegian

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education systems. He had a profound influence on Trondheim’s history, which is why we named the lecture after him.”

Other highlights of the festival include the King’s Consort singing Leçons des Ténèbres by Couperin, late night in the Nidaros Cathedral. The piece is part of the tradition of Tenebrae (latin for shadows), involving the gradual extinguishing of candles.

high notes – so expect plenty of humming along.

Video game music has long been an underestimated form of culture. Conductor Charles Hazelwood aims to reveal the genre to a wider audience. As a bonus the soprano Sabina Zweiacker will contribute on the beautiful and moody songs from Age Of Conan and Skyrim.

27 J A N – 0 1 F E B Various locations and prices, with a collection of premium tickets available for each performance barokkfest.no (also in English)

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Norwegian children are said to ski before they walk, so no wonder this ‘Children’s Day of Skiing’ has become such a huge success.

First held in 1993, it has become a winter tradition for thousands of children.

11 FEBRUARY Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgata 44, Trondheim 7011 Price: 220-275 NOK

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Designspirer Winter Holiday workshop

Designspirer is a week-long workshop for children aged 8-12 years, held everyday during the winter holiday. Children will be kept entertained whilst learning about the history of design. Activities include designing and creating models of chairs and cell-phones in the museum’s workshop, and testing their skills, such as jewellery and clothes

“There are many classical music aficionados in Trondheim who travel abroad for world class music”, points out Wåhlberg.

“We are now bringing these artists here to Trondheim, to perform in the famous Nidaros Cathedral.”

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The audience will be served up a medley of music from games such as Final Fantasy, Mega Man, The Last of Us and Assassin’s Creed. The concert will also perform two large scores from Nintendo classics Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda. Any gamer worth their medals will be familiar with these

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Score Orchestral Video Game Music Score is the production of Swedish TV personality and journalist Orvar Säfström, in collaboration with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra. Säfström and TSO have combined a brand new production, performing video game music in a grand format.

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designers.

There will also be a tour of the museum to find examples of good design, not to mention an excursion to a Trondheim-based design company. Towards the end of the week the children will create their own exhibition and everyone is invited to join their vernissage. Fruit and drinks provided, but bring a packed lunch. Limited places so book ahead. Workshop held in Norwegian. Sign up by e-mail: formidling@nkim.museum.no

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Last year around two and a half thousand children took part with an estimated 10,000 spectators cheering them on as they raced around the 1997 World Cup arena in Granåsen. With five tracks ranging from 200m to 10km, it is suitable for children of most ages and abilities.

The full program has not been released at the time of writing, but it promises to be a fun-filled event with entertainment and activities happening throughout the day.

Sponsored by Sparebank1 SMN and Adresseavisen.

N O R D E N F J E L D S K E Kunstindustrimuseum, 1000 NOK

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Lørdag på Søndag - every Sunday

Radio Clowns

Sugarfoot (trio)

Trondheim Calling

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 21:00-23:00, FREE At Antikvariatet Sundays are the new Saturdays. Don’t sit at home and dwell on the coming week, come and join in the jam!

Instruments available to borrow for free.

07 JANUARY

Motorpsycho album evening

Kafé Gjest Baardsen, Folkebibliotek, 7011 19:30, 50 NOK Bent Sæther from local superband Motorpsycho, plays the new vinyl pressing of their 1993 album Demon Box, and discusses the impact of the album.

07 JANUARY

Roger Frimann & Terapigruppa

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, FREE Roger Frimann (Rastafarouts, The Great Big Taters) has teamed up with Øyvind Rognstad (Who’s The Mama & The Tender Three), plus guests, to deliver an uplifting evening of scars, joviality and homemade tattoos.

10 JANUARY

Yoguttene + supp. Onge Su$hi Mane, Kobe-Wan Kenobi

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 22:00, 150 NOK Jolly rappers from Bergen over Trap beats.

11 JANUARY

Cold Creek

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, FREE Magnus Mikalsen accoustic performance.

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1, 7030 21:00, FREE with entrance

16 JANUARY

Ole Reinlund

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, FREE Musician and writer from Rogaland, nominated for Norwegian Grammy nominee.

16 JANUARY

Yodok III

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 22:00, 150 NOK Kristoffer Lo (Tuba), Tomas Järmyr (Drums) and Dirk Serries (Guitar) make the uncompromising trio Yodok III, who operate in the land between noise and experimental rock.

16 JANUARY

The Dogs

Sukkerhuset Scene, Sverres gate 15, 7012 22:00, 150/100 NOK Norwegian Garage Rock.

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LuthPi

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, FREE Danish saxophonist duo take you on a tour of anxiety, primal screams, whispers and expressive text.

21 JANUARY

Epleklang

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, FREE All female group vocal group who formed at Samfundet.

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Thomas Järmyr

TKM Gråmølna, Trenerys gate 9, 18:30, 120 / 80 NOK

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Viseklubben Maja

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, Price FREE Soaring singalong factor, known and loved classics wrapped in wool for you pleasure.

15 JANUARY

The Mighty Stef

Familien, Dronningensgt. 11, 7011 Price TBA The Mighty Stef are an experimental rock’n’roll group from Dublin, Ireland.

22 JANUARY

Bad Spit

Familien, Dronningensgt. 11, 7011 price TBA Your favourite Norwegian rapper’s favourite rapper. Bad Spit is perhaps the greatest pioneer in Norwegian multie-syllable rapping .

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, price 100 NOK One of Trondheim’s favourite duos have found a third member. .

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Bendik

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 22:00, 150 NOK Norwegian pop artist Silje Halstensen.

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Ola Buan Øien & Banden

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, FREE Ola Buan Øien (guitar), Roger Svartvatn (drums), Henrik Madsen (percussion) and Erik Ivar Svendsgaard (bass). Inspired by Daniel Lanois, The Band and Little Feat.

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Kjartan & the Hound Dogs Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, FREE Blues quartet.

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Joel Sarakula

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 20:00, FREE Australian singer / songwriter. Retro pop.

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Warlocks

Familien, Dronningensgt. 11, 7011 200 NOK One of the most respected rap acts in Norway for almost two decades. The group has been heavily involved in the graffiti and b-boy scene in Oslo since day one.

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Trondheim Calling The MaXx

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 22:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK A mixture of madness, progressive guitar riffs, electronica, trance and pop-hooks.

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Trondheim Calling Carnival Kids

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 23:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Eclectic heavy rock / post-hard core.

Barren Womb

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 00:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Minimalism executed by maximalists.

Hardcore punk blended with elements of black metal, grindcore and country.

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Trondheim Calling Mats Wawa

Café Løkka, Dokkgata 8, 7014 21:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Classic singer songwriter mixed with modern melancholy irony.

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Trondheim Calling Eye Of Horus

Fru Lundgreen, Kjøpmannsgata 50, 7011 22:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Metalcore/Post-Hardcore band from Orkal

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Trondheim Calling Aphzelia

Fru Lundgreen, Kjøpmannsgata 50, 7011 23:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Five young dudes from Hommelvik form this deathcore metal band.

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Trondheim Calling The Fjords

Søstrene Karlsen, Tmv-kaia 25, 7014 23:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Four piece band plays cinematic electronica, pop and indie.

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Orgango

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1, 7030 22:00, 70/120 NOK Trio from Oslo gives you dirty blues-rock, West Coast-harmonies and shameless guitar riffs.

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Trondheim Calling Ludvig Moon

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 20:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Inspired by 90’s bands such as The Smashing Pumpkins, The Flaming Lips and Motorpsycho. Harmonic and colourful pop.

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Søstrene Karlsen, Tmv-kaia 25, 7014 20:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Dreamy analog synth pop with heavy base and dark moods topped with a crystal clear voice.

Bær&Bar, Innherredsveien 16, 7014 20:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Nostalgic indie-rock band from Trondheim. Inspired by 90’s subculture and dads’ vinyl collections.

Café Løkka, Dokkgata 8, 7014 22:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK New and exciting artist from Klæbu, plays catchy pop music with focus on vocals and melody

Bær&Bar, Innherredsveien 16, 7014 22:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Psychedelic garage rock.

Anana

Odd Loves To Dance

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Trondheim Calling

Bær&Bar, Innherredsveien 16, 7014 21:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Eccentric band with elements from hip-hop, spoken word, surf and West African rhythms

Fru Lundgreen , Kjøpmannsgata 50, 7011 22:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Hard and catchy punk rock with loads of self-irony, man.

Broen

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Trondheim Calling Daniel Kvammen

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 21:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Acoustic guitar and smart lyrics that shift between light and dark.

30 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Frances Wave

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 20:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Local pop band inspired by neo-psych and indie. Catchy and fresh.

30 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Else & Emilie

Søstrene Karlsen, Tmv-kaia 25, 7014 21:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Singer songwriter duo from Haugesund (still in high school!) and have played together since the age of thirteen.

30 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Ingeborg Oktober

Bakke Kirke, Innherredsveien, 7014 20:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Folk singer with pop elements sings in northern dialect.

30 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Marie Denise

Bakke Kirke, Innherredsveien, 7014 21:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Mmmm Minimalistic melancholy mystery music…

30 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Ida Jenshus

Bakke Kirke, Innherredsveien, 7014 22:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Highly regarded, critically acclaimed country folk singer from Steinkjer.

30 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Aphzelia

KIT, Innherredsveien 7 , 7014 21:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Five young dudes from Hommelvik form this deathcore metal band.

30 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Warp Riders

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 21:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Stoner rock full of passion with blues references and a dirty sound.

Jannicke Forsgren

30 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Arne Åsmund

Café Løkka, Dokkgata 8, 7014 20:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Singer songwriter with honest lyrics and dark humour.

30 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Dröm

Café Løkka, Dokkgata 8, 7014 21:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Electro pop in Norwegian, inspired by Röyksopp and Jaga Jazzist.

Pink Moon

Blånæggel

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Trondheim Calling Heroinne

Fru Lundgreen, Kjøpmannsgata 50, 7011 23:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Artic desert rock.

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Trondheim Calling Juicer

Fru Lundgreen, Kjøpmannsgata 50, 7011 00:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Rock band inspired by the 70’s Detroit rock scene with fast riffs and melodic vocals.

30 J A N U A R Y

Trondheim Calling Rodgers

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 22:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK A ten-piece acoustic package deal with fiddle, mandolin and contrabass to name a few. Based in Svartlamon, Trondheim.

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Trondheim Calling The E

Søstrene Karlsen, Tmv-kaia 25, 7014 22:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Fat beats, good tunes and a strong vocal performance, Norwegian R&B.

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Trondheim Calling

KIT, Innherredsveien 7 , 7014 22:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Copenhagen written, poetic and clever rap over locally brewed, classic boom bap beats.

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 23:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Minimalistic alternative rock and indie pop, outa’ Oslo.

Kjartan & Erlend

Psyence Fiction

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Trondheim Calling Diddaboy

KIT, Innherredsveien 7 , 7014 23:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Dark and rough rap from northern Trøndelag.

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Trondheim Calling Hanne Kolstø

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 00:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Moody electronica, deep base and dark synths served with a touch of experimental rock and light pop.

30 J A N U A R Y

Trondheim Calling

Trondheim Calling

KIT, Innherredsveien 7 , 7014 00:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Laidback, whiskey-voiced rapper tells tales from a turbulent lifestyle, over hard beats.

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 22:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Pure sci-fi from the void in-between shoegaze and improrock.

Ben Baller

Svankropp

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Trondheim Calling

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 23:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Girl trio formed in Oslo on piano, guitar and violin makes for moody and warm pop.

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 23:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Electro pop in Norwegian, inspired by Röyksopp and Jaga Jazzist.

Søstrene Karlsen, Tmv-kaia 25, 7014 21:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Copenhagen written, poetic and clever rap over locally brewed, classic boom bap beats.

KIT, Innherredsveien 7 , 7014 00:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK An all girl band formed ten years ago when they attended the same elementary school. Plays dirty, hard and catchy rock.

Fay Wildhagen

Dröm

30 JANUARY

31 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling

Trondheim Calling

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 00:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Young producer from Telemark. Expect club anthems laced with jersey, trap and R&B vibes.

Hasta

Kjartan & Erlend

Frk Fryd

31 J A N U A R Y

31 J A N U A R Y

Conor Patrick

Trondheim Calling

Trondheim Calling

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 00:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Singer songwriter, producer and musical genius. This local artist never ceases to amaze, come and see why.

Søstrene Karlsen, Tmv-kaia 25, 7014 22:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Cinematic and timeless pop with electronic sounds chopped rhythms.

Bær&Bar, Innherredsveien 16, 7014 20:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Mmmm Minimalistic melancholy mystery music.

Apothek

Marie Denise

30 JANUARY

31 JANUARY

31 J A N U A R Y

31 J A N U A R Y

Yap: Datarock, The Megaphonic Thrift and Baertur Med Gjester

Trondheim Calling

Trondheim Calling

Trondheim Calling

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 20:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK New and exciting artist from Klæbu, plays catchy pop music with focus on vocals and melody.

Søstrene Karlsen, Tmv-kaia 25, 7014 23:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Former award winning bass player is going to give you funky pop rhythms.

Bær&Bar, Innherredsveien 16, 7014 21:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Singer songwriter, honest lyrics, dark humour .

Datarock, The Megaphonic Thrift and Baertur Med Gjester Datarock Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1, 7030 22:00, 190/240 NOK The Reds in YAP Rechords are taking over Samfundet as a stop on their jubeleum tour. Expect surprises.

Jannicke Forsgren

31 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Heroinne

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 22:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Artic desert rock

31 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Texum

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Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 20:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Five piece band that lives in the land of Americana and pop.

Trondheim Calling

31 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Frøkedal & Familien

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 21:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Dark and melodic inspired by everything from minimalistic pop and 60’s folk music.

31 JANUARY

Angelicas Elegy

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 21:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Sparkling pop songs sent through experimental and melodic lo-fi filters - elegantly filled with angelic vocals.

31 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Monolithic

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 23:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Metal duo on a post-apocalyptic space journey.

31 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Ingeborg Oktober

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 22:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Folk singer with pop elements sings in northern dialect.

31 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Diddaboy

Søstrene Karlsen, Tmv-kaia 25, 7014 20:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Dark and rough rap from northern Trøndelag.

Maya Vik

Arne Åsmund

31 J A N U A R Y

31 J A N U A R Y

Trondheim Calling

Trondheim Calling

KIT, Innherredsveien 7 , 7014 21:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Rock band inspired by the 70’s Detroit rock scene with fast riffs and melodic vocals.

Bær&Bar, Innherredsveien 16, 7014 22:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Singer songwriter, intimate / funny lyrics.

Juicer

31 J A N U A R Y

Trondheim Calling Blånæggel

KIT, Innherredsveien 7 , 7014 22:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Hard and catchy punk rock with loads of self-irony.

31 J A N U A R Y

Trondheim Calling Blomst

KIT, Innherredsveien 7 , 7014 23:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Punk band with a twist of stoner and hardcore rock with Norwegian lyrics.

Charlotte Audestad

31 J A N U A R Y

Trondheim Calling Fredrik William Olsen

Bakke Kirke, Innherredsveien, 7014 20:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Folk singer with pop elements.

31 J A N U A R Y

Trondheim Calling Mats Wawa

Bakke Kirke, Innherredsveien, 7014 21:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Classic singer songwriter mixed with modern melancholy irony.

31 J A N U A R Y

Trondheim Calling The E

Café Løkka, Dokkgata 8, 7014 20:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK A mixture of fat beats, good tunes and a strong vocal performance this trio wants to revive Norwegian R&B.

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Concerts 31 JANUARY

31 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling

Trondheim Calling

Bakke Kirke, Innherredsveien, 7014 22:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Blend of folk music and pop, refers to himself as a songwriter and storyteller.

Fru Lundgreen, Kjøpmannsgata 50, 00:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Trio who mixes punk, hardcore, pop and no wave.

Moddi

Dark Times

05 F E B R U A R Y

Katzenjammer

Byscenen, Kongens gate 19, 7012 21:00, 320 NOK Genre-less and without a front person this multi-instrumentalist band is known to change instruments with each other for every song.

31 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Odd Loves To Dance

Café Løkka, Dokkgata 8, 7014 21:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Nostalgic indie-rock band from Trondheim.

Inspired by 90’s subculture and dads’ vinyl collections.

31 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling Slutface

Café Løkka, Dokkgata 8, 7014 22:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Dirty pop-rock inspired by British pop-rock, new-wave and American west coast garage

31 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling The MaXx

Fru Lundgreen, Kjøpmannsgata 50, 7011 22:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK A mixture of madness, progressive guitar riffs, electronica, trance and pop-hooks.

Phone Joan

Familien, Dronningensgt. 11, 7011 Price TBA Ramshackle 70’s inspired orchestra.

13 FEBRUARY

ISFIT - Mark Olson

Bakke Kirke, Innherredsveien, 7014 Trondheim 20:00-22:00, 220 NOK Founding member of infamous American country band, The Jayhawks, Mark Olsen weighs in with his solo music, performing at the wonderful Bakke Church near Solsiden.

Hate Colony

Fru Lundgreen, Kjøpmannsgata 50, 7011 23:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Inspired by Swedish melodic death metal and American metal core this band serves you a modern take on metal.

20 F E B R U A R Y

Razika + Honningbarna

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 22:00, 200 NOK Alternative indie pop band Razika from Bergen and the punk rockers of Honningbarna from Stavanger will serve you a yin yang experience.

Warp Riders

Familien, Dronningensgt. 11, 7011 Price TBA Uncompromising rock’n’roll full of passion, soul and happiness.

27 F E B R U A R Y

Swidergawd

Storsalen, Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1, 7030 22:00, 220 NOK Local superband, made up of Per Borten, Kenneth Kapstad, Rolf Martin Snustad & Bent Sæther. Playing very loud hard rock.

14 FEBRUARY

ISFIT - Marit Larsen

Storsalen, Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1, 7030 22:00-01:00, 250 NOK Once half of popular girl act M2M, Marit has gone on to prove irresistible as a single artist. Her fourth album When The Morning Comes went in at number one on iTunes when it was released in October, and her new single I Do Not Want To Talk About It has been one of the winter’s most played songs on Norwegian radio.

Fuckwits + Sugar Louise Trondheim Calling

Kultursenteret ISAK, Prinsens Gate 44, 7011 19:00, 100 NOK Under age concert, see listing below.

26 F E B R U A R Y 05 F E B R U A R Y

17 FEBRUARY

31 JANUARY

20 F E B R U A R Y

Razika + Honningbarna

Familien, Dronningensgt. 11, 7011 Time TBA, FREE Punk reggae from Sheffield, supported by local punk pop rock.

28 F E B R U A R Y

Siri Nilsen

Byscenen, Kongens gate 19, 7012 22:00, 250 NOK Norwegian singer-songwriter who is noted for the sincerity of her song writing and the clarity and rang of her voice.

OUT OF TOWN

14 JANUARY

Benny Borg Sings Elvis Benny Borg

Ørland Kultursenter, Rådhusgata 6, 7130 Brekstad 19:30, 260 NOK As described.

23 J A N U A R Y

Tre Små Kinesere

Ørland Kultursenter, Rådhusgata 6, 7130 Brekstad 20:00, 330 NOK Trondheim’s favourite rock pop artists.

12 FEBRUARY

Øystein Sunde and Meget i Sløyd Øystein Sunde

Ørland Kultursenter, Rådhusgata 6, 7130 Brekstad 19:00, 410 NOK Norwegian bluegrass. It’s 44 years since Øystein Sunde first topped the charts with his track Jaktprat

13 F E B - 14 F E B 27 F E B R U A R Y

Reppe Blandakor og Bettan Elisabeth Andreassen

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgate 44, 7011 20:30, 350 NOK Local choir joined by Elisabeth Andreassen for an evening with well known songs.

Bruce Springsteen Cover Band

Surnadal kulturhus, Svartvassvegen 1, 6650 Surnadal 20:00, 260 / 160 NOK Covering all the classics and few surprises.

Strap your hands across my engines...

28 F E B R U A R Y

13 FEBRUARY

Comet Kid

Øystein Sunde and Meget i Sløyd

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1, 7030 22:00, 120/170 NOK Soul, upbeat and dance-y happy pop with a touch of melancholy.

Øystein Sunde

Dampsaga Kultur Hus, Bogaveien 10, 7725 Steinkjer 19:00, 435 NOK Norwegian bluegrass. It’s 44 years since Øystein Sunde first topped the charts with his track Jaktprat

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Jazz, blues and classical 01 J A N - 27 F E B

15 JANUARY

22 J A N U A R Y

27 J A N U A R Y

Open Choir Practice

Scheherezade

Trondheim Soloists

Requiem and Miserere

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgate 44, 7011 Trondheim 19:30, From 120 NOK

Nidarosdomen, Bispegata 11, 7012 20:00, 550 / 450 / 200 NOK The opening concert of the Barokkfest Early Music Festival 2015 serves up an until recently hidden treasure of the Italian baroque: the Requiem and Miserere by Giovanni Benedetto Platti. Performed by the award-winning Russian cellist who discovered the work, Pavel Serbin, along with Pratum Integrum and Vokal Nord.

Vår Frue Kirke, Kongens gate 5, 7011 16:30-17:45, FREE Come and sing along or pop in for a moment of peace. Every Thursday.

03 JANUARY

Kroks Jazz Cafe

Håkon Mjåset Johansen and Stubø Band Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass, 7011 14:00-16:00, FREE Free, live jazz show on a Saturday afternoon.

Conductor: Krzysztof Urbanski, Soloist: Sophia Jaffé on violin Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgate 44, 7011 Trondheim 19:30, From 120 NOK Scheherezade, a symphonic suite based upon four extracts from the Arabic fairy tale collection 1001 Nights.

15 JANUARY

Adresseavisen and TSO’s New Years’ Concert

Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgate 44, 7011 19:00, 415 NOK Musical fireworks. Begin the New Year together with a full orchestra. As always the content in these concerts is unannounced.

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 19:00, price TBA The Trondheim Jazz Orchestra turns 15 this year and celebrates with a retrospective of their back catalogue.

17 JANUARY

Kroks Jazz Cafe

Bjørn Krokfoss Sextet Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass, 7011 14:00-16:00, FREE Swing jazz.

10 JANUARY

Kroks Jazz Cafe

Jolly Jumper and Big Moe Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass, 7011 14:00-16:00, FREE Proper steel-twangin’, feet-tapping blues.

20 JANUARY

Circadia (SE/NO/CA/AUS)

Tony Buck, Joe Williamson, David Stackenäs and Kim Myhr Circadia Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 20:00, price TBA Improvisation, heavy rhythmic drive and flirting with the ‘folk’ term.

21 JANUARY

Masterkonsert: Lars Erik Dagfinrud – med pauke som soloinstrument.

15 JANUARY

The Voice of Romantacism

Katedralskolens Festsal, Munkegata 8 19:30, 250 / 200 / 150 NOK Pre-concert for Trondheim’s Barokkfest. A celebration of the music which was written for French horn in the years following the French Revolution. Some of Scandinavia’s foremost specialists in classical repertoire playing Kruft, Beethoven and others.

Lars Erik Dagfinrud

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 20:00, FREE Master student Lars Erik Dagfinrud at NTNU institute for Music wants to open doors for Norwegian contemporary music written for kettledrums.

Pavel Serbin

27 J A N U A R Y

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (TJO) fyller 15 år!

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra

09 JANUARY

Trondheim Soloists

Trygghet i Symfoni 23 J A N U A R Y

Six Sopranos and No Tenor

Ringve Museum, Lade Alle 60, 7041 18:00, 220 / 170 NOK These six complete songstresses need no man to wow the room with their powerful voices and sorrowful classics. Expect several costume changes.

24 J A N U A R Y

Kroks Jazz Cafe

Milenbourgh Joys Jazz Kvartett Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass, 7011 14:00-16:00, FREE New Orleans Jazz.

26 J A N U A R Y

Bach Partitas - Kreeta Maria Kentala

Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgate 44, 7011 12:00, From 120 NOK Conductor: Torodd Wigum, Soloist: Sigmund Groven, munnspill. Konferansier: Birger Andreas Myrstad

28 J A N U A R Y

Arias and overtures by Händel - Ian Bostridge Ian Bostridge

Frimurerlogen, Kongens gate 3, 7011 19:30, 550 / 450 / 200 NOK Trondheim’s Barokkfest brings the leading baroque tenor Ian Bostridge, a great ambassador of the Händel vocal tradition.

Here he takes us on a journey through some of Händel’s best loved arias. Premium seats 550 ordinary seats 450 NOK.

Kreeta Maria Kentala

Kappitelhuset, Nidarosdomen, Bispegata 11, 7012 20:00, 250 / 200 / 150 NOK Trondheim Barokkfest. Finnish violinist Kreeta Maria Kentala, explores the connections between Bach and traditional Finnish music.

26 J A N U A R Y

Engegårdkvartetten Feirer Mozart Engegårdkvartetten

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 19:30, price TBA Engegårds Quartet celebrates Mozart with a performance of The Prussians Quartets.

A pure opera for string quartets.

29 J A N U A R Y

Couperin’s Leçons des Ténèbres - The King’s Consort The King’s Consort and Marianne-Beate Kielland

Nidarosdomen, Bispegata 11, 7012 22:00, 450 / 350 / 150 NOK Trondheim’s Barokkfest brings you Leçons des Ténèbres by Couperin. Performed by Robert King and the King’s Consort ensemble, along with the highly acclaimed Norwegian mezzo-soprano, Marianne-Beate Kielland. Premium tickets 450,- ordinary seats 350,-.

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Jazz, blues and classical 29 J A N U A R Y

01 F E B R U A R Y

Concert With Beethoven Akademia

Orchestral music - Nordic Baroque Orchestra

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgate 44, 7011 19:30, From 120 NOK Akademia will play the three winning works from a composers’ competition, in addition to Prokofjev’s Classical Symphony. Conductor: Jacek Kaspszyk.

Erkebispegården, Kongsgårds gate 1b 14:00, 250 / 200 / 150 NOK Orchestral music by the baroque master composers, performed on period instruments by leading young performers from across the Nordic countries.

Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

30 JANUARY

Italian baroque

Rolf Lislevand and the Ensemble Kapsberger Erkebispegården, Kongsgårds gate 1b, 21:00, 450 / 350 / 200 NOK Trondheim’s Barokkfest. Rolf Lislevand has brought about something of a revolution in what was thought to be possible on the lute and the baroque guitar. See for yourself the richness he and the Ensemble Kapsberger bring to Italian baroque.

Nordic Baroque Orchestra

01 F E B R U A R Y

Scottish Sunday

Ringve Museum, Lade Alle 60, 7041 14:00-18:00, 100 NOK St. Andrew’s Scottish Society in Trondheim offers a warm welcome and lots of pipes, dancing and fiddles. Performances include Gifford Lind, a musician and folk singer from Trondheim’s twin town Dunfermline.

Who knew Trondheim had a twin!?

31 JANUARY

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass, 7011 14:00-16:00, FREE German Jazz/folk band.

31 JANUARY

In Scandinavian Style Gjermund Larsen

Vår Frue kirke, Kongens gate 5, 7011 21:00, 450 / 350 / 200 NOK Trondheim Barokkfest brings you Norwegian violinist Gjermund Larsen on the baroque violin performing with Jordi Savall on the lute.

31 JANUARY

Concerto Grosso - TSO Baroque Band

Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Erkebispegården, Kongsgårds gate 1b, 18:00, price TBA Trondheim Barokkfest. A selection of baroque music performers from the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra.

01 FEBRUARY

Baroque Extravaganza

Frimurerlogen, Kongens gate 3, 7011 20:00, 450 / 350 / 200 NOK The final concert of the Barokkfest Early Music Festival 2015 brings together some of the festival’s greatest artists in a celebration of the wonders of baroque music.

28 F E B R U A R Y

Tchaikowsky Eugene Onegin

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgate 44, 7011 19:30, From 225 NOK We will hear music from videogame titles such as Final Fantasy, The Last of Us and Assassin’s Creed. The concert also included two larger suites with music from Nintendo’s classic series Super Mario and The Legend Zelda. Recommended.

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgate 44, 7011 Premier 28th at FEBRUARY at 18:00 and 2, 4 and 6th March, 19:00 , From 225 NOK Obsession and desire: Alexander Pushkin’s drama as a grand opera.

Conductor: Charles Hazelwood.

Soloist: Sabina Zweiacker, song Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

14 FEBRUARY

Kroks Jazz Cafe Entusijazzme

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass, 7011 Trondheim 14:00-16:00, FREE NOK Meollow jazz. What you hear is what you get, apparently. For jazz lovers…

21 F E B R U A R Y

Kroks Jazz Cafe Feetwarmers

11 FEBRUARY

Score - Orchestral Game Music

Kroks Jazz Cafe 03 F E B R U A R Y

MOPTI + DJ Bendik Baksaas Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 20:00, price TBA Fresh, fast, fun and funky with ‘the young jazz musicians of the year 2012’.

05 F E B - 06 F E B

The Beethoven Journey

Conductor & Soloist: Leif Ove Andsnes & TSO Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgate 44, 7011 19:30, From 120 NOK Leif Ove Andsnes concludes his Beethoven journey with the Emperor Concerto.

Beethoven Concertos No. 2 and 5.

06 F E B R U A R Y

Megalodon Collective – Live Recording Megalodon Collective

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 21:00, price TBA. Young musicians who characterize the jazz improv’ scene in Trondheim.

07 F E B R U A R Y

Kroks Jazz Cafe Bari Bari

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass, 7011 14:00-16:00, FREE .

Jazzmazzørene

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass, 7011 Trondheim 14:00-16:00, FREE Kroks Jazz Cafe favourites with their upbeat New Orleans styles.

23 F E B R U A R Y

Tim Berne ‘Snakeoil’ Tim Berne

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 20:00, price TBA A lush, organic blend of saxophones and clarinets is layered with electronic and acoustic keyboards and an ever-changing tapestry of percussion.

27 F E B R U A R Y

Tin Men And The Telephone Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4, 7014 21:00, price TBA Contemporary jazz & interactive visuals.

Bring your smartphone!

28 F E B R U A R Y

Kroks Jazz Cafe Autumn Leaves

Olavs Pub og Spiseri, Cicignons plass, 7011 Trondheim 14:00-16:00, FREE Jazz classics.

Leader: Olari Elts, Producer: Ivar Tindberg. In cooperation with Nord-Norsk Symfoniorkester, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

OUT OF TOWN

06 JANUARY

New Year’s concert with Trondheim Soloists and Herborg Kråkevik

Trondheim Solistene og Herborg Kråkevik Dampsaga Kultur Hus, Bogaveien 10, 7725 Steinkjer 19:00, 300 / 100 NOK Traditional new year’s concert, with Herborg Kråkevik, known for her work with Norwegian folksongs. Combining soloists from the Steinkjer culture school string orchestra and more seasoned soloists from Trondheim.

08 JANUARY

New Year’s concert with Trondheim Soloists and Herborg Kråkevik

Trondheim Solistene and Herborg Kråkevik Frøya Kultur- og Kompetansesenter, Ssitranda, Frøya 19:00, 300 / 200 / 150 NOK Trondheim Solistene return to Frøya, bringing Herborg Kråkevik, known for her work with Norwegian folksongs.

10 JANUARY

New Year’s concert with Trondheim Soloists and Herborg Kråkevik

Trondheim Solistene and Herborg Kråkevik Surnadal kulturhus, Svartvassvegen 1, 6650 Surnadal 19:00, 250 / 100 NOK Traditional new year’s concert, with Herborg Kråkevik, known for her work with Norwegian folksongs

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Art and exhibitions 20 S E P - 18 J A N

08 N O V - 2 2 F E B

29 J A N U A R Y

Christine Cheung – The Long Blank

Jens Johannessen – Retrospektiv

Kveldsåpent - gallery open evening and workshop for children

TKM Bispegata, Bispegata 7B, Tue-Sun 12:00-16:00, 80 / 40 / 0 NOK Canadian artist, Christine Cheung’s works give the spectator a sense of an aftermath.

Remains, fragments, traces of something that just occurred.

TKM Bispegata, Bispegata 7B, Tue-Sun 12:00-16:00, 80 / 40 / 0 NOK Retrospective look at the late modernist artist. Mostly oil paintings but also some radiographs, water colours and graphics.

08 J A N U A R Y

20 S E P - 18 J A N

João Penalva

TKM Bispegata, Bispegata 7 B, Tue-Sun 12:00-16:00, 80 / 40 / 0 NOK João Penalva’s investigation into the relationship between texts, objects and images. Sit down on worn armchairs and sofas to observe his Penalva’s new work: Men Asleep (2014), a slide projection of found b&w photographs of men asleep.

H&M Design and Sustainability - tour

Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Munkegata 3-7, 7013 Trondheim 18:00, 80 / 60 NOK / free for students Benedicte Eie, Sustainability Manager in H&M Norway talks about H&M as a fashion destination with a social and environmental responsibility (in Norwegian).

09 J A N - 09 F E B

05 O C T - 15 M A R

Folkemusikk og Nasjonalisme Various Artists

Ringve Museum, Lade Alle 60, 7041 Trondheim Tue-Sun 11:00-16:00, 100 / 80 / 50 NOK ”Folk music and nationalism”. Constructive and destructive notions of what it is to be Norwegian.

Knut Sveen – graphic works and sculptures

Trondheim Kunstforening, Bispegata 9A, 7013 Trondheim Wed-Sun 12:00-16:00, FREE Sveen’s first solo exhibition in Trondheim for many years consists of a number of linocuts. The red thread through his work is Sveen’s own relationship to the sea and coastal-culture.

25 O C T - 2 5 J A N

11 JANUARY

Christine Ödlund – Musikk for eukaryote

The First Ten Years Designer Collaborations H&M

TKM Gråmølna, Trenerys Gate 9 Tue-Sun 12:00-16:00, 80 / 40 / 0 NOK A eukaryote is any organism whose cells contain a nucleus and other structures enclosed within membranes. Christine Ödlund’s multi-media work explores the limits of our knowledge about the world that surrounds us, including the chemical communication between plants, synesthesia and theosophy.

Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Munkegata 3-7, 7013 Trondheim 14:00, 80 / 60 NOK / free for students in arts, design and education.

Last day of the exhibition. Explore the ten first years of H&M’s designer collaborations.

28 JANUARY

Utstillingsåpning Bent Sølves Orkester

Rockheim, Brattørkaia 14, 18:00, Free NOK Exhibition opening. Take on the remarkable story about Bent Sølves Orchestra who ended tragically in an airplane accident in 1969, and how the orchestra came to contribute to the world success of A-HA.

TKM Bispegata, Bispegata 7 B, Trondheim 18:30, 80 / 40 / 0 NOK Tour and open workshop based on the work of Jen Johannessen (radiographs).

05 FEB – 05 APR

The New Light - Daniel Rybakken Daniel Rybakken

Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Munkegata 3-7, 7013 Trondheim 14:00, 80 / 60 NOK / free for students in arts, design and education.

Exhibition of the young designer Daniel Rybakken’s lamp designs and light installations. Tours of the exhibition on the 8th, 15th and 22nd FEBRUARY (in Norwegian).

12 F E B - 26 A P R

Gerd Tinglum

TKM Bispegata, Bispegata 7B, Trondheim Tue-Sun 12:00-16:00, 80 / 40 / 0 NOK Artist renowned for paintings, drawings, graphic work, object and video.

12 F E B - 0 3 M AY

RAKE – Like Pinning Jelly to the Wall

TKM Gråmølna, Trenerys Gate 9, Tue-Sun 12:00-16:00, 80 / 40 / 0 NOK Exhibition. RAKE have made an installation based upon the architecture of the gallery and invited seven other artists to come and make intervention and changes throughout the length of the exhibition. From FEBRUARY to May the exhibition will constantly change and reopen several times.

26 F E B R U A R Y

Let there be light! Lamp design from the antiquity to the present

Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Munkegata 3-7, 7013 Trondheim 19:00, 80 / 60 NOK / free for students in arts, design and education.

Talk by Åshild Adsen, museum director (in Norwegian).

OUT OF TOWN

1 5 N O V - 31 J A N

Exhibition by Marie Indahl

Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter, Leksdalsveien 1, 7656 Verdal FREE Criminologist Marie Indahl is also a selftaught painter specialising in landscapes and houses.

22 N O V - 11 J A N

Trine Kampmann-Jensen exhibition

Kunstmuseet Nord-Trøndelag, Stasjonsgata 3, 7800 Namsos Tue-Thu 11:00-16:00 / Fri 11:00-15:30 / Sat-Sun 11:00-14:00, FREE Large acrylic paintings, objects reflecting the human psyche.

06 DEC - 04 JAN

Namdalsstipendiaten - Live Haug Hilton Live Haug Hilton

Kunstmuseet Nord-Trøndelag, Stasjonsgata 3, 7800 Namsos Tue-Thu 11:00-16:00 / Fri 11:00-15:30 / Sat-Sun 11:00-14:00, FREE Photo exhibition of everyday life in Namdalen.

0 6 D E C - 17 J A N

Thanks for the Dance Steinar Garberg

Orkdal Kunstforening, Orkdalsveien 66, 7300 Orkanger Thu 18:00-20:00 / Sat 12:00-17:00, FREE This guy makes sculptures of dancing grannies.

24 J A N - 0 1 M A R

Trine Hovden exhibition

Kunstmuseet Nord-Trøndelag, Stasjonsgata 3, 7800 Namsos Tue-Thu 11:00-16:00 / Fri 11:00-15:30 / Sat-Sun 11:00-14:00, FREE Silk and ceramics exhibition.

1 4 F E B - 29 M A R

Hans Norman Dahl

Kunstmuseet Nord-Trøndelag, Stasjonsgata 3, 7800 Namsos Tue-Thu 11:00-16:00 / Fri 11:00-15:30 / Sat-Sun 11:00-14:00, FREE Painter, printmaker, newspaper cartoonist and illustrator exhibition.

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What’s on

Theatre & Comedy 08 J A N - 2 6 F E B

09 F E B - 1 4 M A R

14 FEBRUARY

30 J A N U A R Y

Supertorsdag - every Thursday

Lille Eyolf

Happy my ass!

Nordic Tenors

Antikvariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4 Every Thursday 20:00, 70 NOK Impro comedy.

Trøndelag Teater, Prinsens Gate 18/20 Weekdays 20:00, Saturdays 18:30 (closed during the winter holiday), 295 / 250 / 170 NOK Little Eyolf, is a drama by Henrik Ibsen about a disturbed family and their oldest son, the disabled Little Eyolf. (In Norwegian) .

10 FEBRUARY

Tusvik & Tønne show Tusvik & Tønne

19 J A N - 0 7 F E B

Storsalen, Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1, 7030 19:00-20:00, 199 NOK Honest, outspoken and often hilarious. Lise Tønne and Sigrid Bonde Tusvik have one of Norway’s most downloaded podcasts: everyday problems, politics, feminism, and delicious nonsense. (In Norwegian).

Kongen Dør

SunBengSitting Simon Mayer

Avant Garden, Olav Tryggvasons gate 5, 7011 19:00, 200 / 130 NOK Performance including yodelling, folk and contemporary dance, a trip to the past and a playful, humorous search for identity.

Austrian farm boy and performance artist Simon Mayer invites the audience to get to know his life, his contradictions and his indignation at having to submit to conventions.

Indøkrevyen 2015: min er større enn din

Byscenen, Kongens gate 19, 7012 17:00 / 20:00 / 20:30 ,100 NOK Student comedy show: ’Mine is bigger than yours’. Thursday at 8pm, and Saturday 5pm and 8.30pm only. On Saturday you combine with dinner at Hotel Augustin for 595, inlcuding ticket.

Dag Sørås - Kognitiv Dissonans Dag Sørås

Surnadal Kulturhus, Svartvassvegen 1, 6650 Surnadal 21:00, 220 NOK Comedian from Narvik. (In Norwegian).

Påfulgen

25 J A N U A R Y 12 FEB - 13 FEB

Radio Dance Nadja Hjorton

Avant garden, Olav Tryggvasons Gate 5, 7011 19:00, 200 / 130 NOK Solo performance dealing with dance and history filtered through a personal life story. Nadja Hjorton broadcasts her own radio program on stage; a program that covers her life from childhood to adulthood – with Sweden and the world’s political climate as a backdrop.

Dampsaga Kultur Hus, Bogaveien 10, 7725 Steinkjer 19:00, 375 / 100 NOK Three Norwegian tenors combining classical musical with humour, dance and surprises. Their concept should appeal to both lovers of opera and the fine arts, or someone else altogether.

1 9 F E B - 21 F E B

17 JANUARY

23 J A N - 14 F E B

3 1 J A N - 01 F E B

Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgate 44, 7011 18:00, 425 / 450 NOK Four well-known stand up comedians want to give you a Valentine’s laughs. (In Norwegian).

OUT OF TOWN

Trøndelag Teater, Prinsens Gate 18/20 Everyday at 19:00 except Sundays, 200 / 175 / 150 NOK Exit the King is an absurdist drama by Eugène Lonesco that premiered in 1962.

Directed by Harry Guttormsen starring the most experienced actors at Trøndelag Teater. (In Norwegian).

Trøndelag Teater, Prinsens Gate 18/20 19:00, 200 / 130 NOK After the success of Rock’n’Roll Wolf is director Tyra Tønnessen back with a new family musical that takes place in the animal world. Brand new musical, fun for all the family.

Terje Sporsem, Jonna Støme, Ørjan Burøe and Bjørn-Henning Ødegaard

Julie + Romeo

Dampsaga Kultur Hus, Bogaveien 10, 7725 Steinkjer 14:00, 100 NOK

29 J A N U A R Y

06 FEBRUARY

Honningsvågrevyen

Med Finn Arild Selnes and Frank Arne Olsen Dampsaga Kultur Hus, Bogaveien 10, 7725 Steinkjer 19:30, 395 NOK Norwegian comedy.

28 F E B R U A R Y

Peer du Lyver

Dampsaga Kultur Hus, Bogaveien 10, 7725 Steinkjer 17:00, 185 NOK Peer Gynt performance for children, with music and dance. Suitable for kids 6 and over. 2 hours, including intermission.

The National Theatre - Komplottet Bjugn Kulturhus, Campus Fosen KF, 7160 Bjugn 19:00, 300 NOK The National Theatre put on Norway’s premiere of Joe Penhall’s popular Dumb Show from 2004 with actors Kåre Conradi, Ulrikke Døvigen og Tov Sletta. (In Norwegian).

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What’s on

Nightlife 10 JANUARY

17 JANUARY

30 J A N U A R Y

31 J A N U A R Y

DJ Ambroses

DJ Sarheim

Trondheim Calling - Trondheim Elektroverksted: Hasta + Hi Tom

DJ Skarptann

Mellomveien, Mellomveien 16, 7042 22:00, FREE

Mellomveien, Mellomveien 16, 7042 22:00, FREE

DJ TEV

10 JANUARY

Yoguttene + supp. Onge Su$hi Mane, Kobe-Wan Kenobi

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 22:00, 150 NOK Jolly rappers from Bergen over Trap beats.

21 FEBRUARY

Olle Abstract

Diskoteket, Carl Johans gate 3, 7011 23:00, 100 NOK Living (club) legend and house pioneer.

Nightlife

KIT, Innherredsveien 7 , 7014 Trondheim 00:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK TEV is curating club nights on both days of Trondheim Calling, at the KIT gallery.

Nightlife

Mellomveien, Mellomveien 16, 7042 22:00, FREE

07 FEBRUARY

Lindstrøm Lindstrøm

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 23:00, 150 NOK Cosmic fjord disco Prince of Norway is back in Trondheim with brand new material.

23 JANUARY

10 JANUARY

Johndoe

Klima Kontroll

Diskoteket, Carl Johans gate 3, 7011 Trondheim 23:00, 100 NOK Funk, soul and disco organically grown in a Brazilian climate.

Nightlife

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1, 7030 22:00, 230 NOK Local rock heroes with a legendary live performance plays punk, rock and powerpop

24 JANUARY

Natt&Dag Trondheimprisen

16 JANUARY

Natt&Dag

Yodok III

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 22:00, 150 NOK Kristoffer Lo (Tuba), Tomas Järmyr (Drums) and Dirk Serries (Guitar) make the uncompromising trio Yodok III, who operate in the land between noise and experimental rock.

16 J A N A N D 06 F E B

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 19:00, FREE Annual award celebration of do-gooders who make their impact on Trondheim.

30 J A N U A R Y

Trondheim Calling Diddaboy

KIT, Innherredsveien 7 , 7014 23:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Dark and rough rap from northern Trøndelag.

Diskoteket, Carl Johans gate 3, 7011 Trondheim 23:00, Free NOK A third of the local trio Whouse House!!??

Bra TV serves you dancy house and oldschool norwegian disco gems.

Nightlife

DJ Jetjagar

17 JANUARY

The Bug (UK, Ninja Tune) The Bug

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 23:00, 150 NOK Kevin Martin is a London-based producer who has been active for over two decades, in the genres of dub, jazzcore and grime.

24 JANUARY

28 F E B R U A R Y

Audrey Horne

Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1, 7030 22:00, 190 NOK Heavy and melodic classic hard rock from Bergen.

24 JANUARY

Frekk + Freidig

Diskoteket, Carl Johans gate 3, 7011 23:00, 100 NOK NRK P3’s Marie Komissar promises explicit lyrics and booty shaking.

Red Bull Music Academy presents: ?

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 23:00, TBA RBMA have given Trondheim some crazy club nights in the past like Just Blaze, Sam Tiba and Ryan Hemswoth. Whoever they bring in this time is a secret.

24 JANUARY Mellomveien, Mellomveien 16, 7042 22:00, FREE

Bra TV

13 FEBRUARY

Stwo (FR) + SnapnCrackle Stwo (FR) + SnapnCrackle 31 J A N U A R Y

Trondheim Calling Raw Juice

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 00:00, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK Local club pioneers have forced people dance to jersey club and future RnB for years.

BrukBar/Blæst, Tmv-kaia 17, 7014 23:00, 100 NOK The Parisian beatmaker who’s been taking the net by storm draws a selection of hazy rap, bass-heavy rhythms and blissful r’n’b.

30 JANUARY

Trondheim Calling - Trondheim Elektroverksted: Hasta + Hi Tom DJ TEV

KIT, Innherredsveien 7 , 7014 00:30, Festival Pass 490 / 290 NOK TEV is curating club nights on both days of Trondheim Calling, at the KIT gallery.

Nightlife

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What’s on

Festivals, Food and Markets 01 0 3NJOAVN -U 09 A R YN O V

Orgelfest Fine Dining - food course

2 Rom og Various locations Kjokken, Carl Johans gate 5, Various1300 12:00, prices NOK Trondheim Learn the basics international of starters, organ main festival. courses, Nidarosdomen sauces and desserts, showsusing off itsseasonal brand new ingreSteinmeyer dients.

Participants Organ. Lots create of afree three concerts coursein various meal, which locations. guests See canwebsite enjoy for for525 individuNOK. al listings Drinks notwww.orgelfest.no included. Every Saturday except 24th Jan, and 14th and 28th Feb.

01 NOVEMBER

Transformfestival: Barnas Transform

12:00 Concerts, workshops from around the world and, of course, face painting. Closes 16:00

08 J A N - 26 F E B 02 N O V - 00 J A N

Digital Photo Course Transformfestivalen og Trine Melhuus Ringve: Internasjonal muBakke Kirke, Innherredsveien, 7014 sikkdag 11:00-14:00 / 15:00-18:00 / 18:00-21:00,

Ringve Museum, Lade starting from 1390 NOKAlle 60, 7041 Learn how use that fancy camera you 100 / 50 / 0toNOK got Christmas.

CourseWorld covering the Lastfor day of Trondheim’s Music basics, ISO, focal depth festival.including Free entry foraperture, those in national and framing your shots. Led by Trine Melcostume. huus, twice Norwegian Photographer of the Year. Say goodbye to automatic mode!

07 O V - 09 NOV Two N evenings, various dates and levels, see http://fotofagskolen.no Startup Weekend

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ANUARY more

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Clarion Hotel & Congress Trondheim, Brattørkaia 1, 7010 11 NOV & 9 DEC 10:00, FREE Huge career day with 70 different Strikkekveld employers, and free entrance, food Annas Cafe,lectures Nedre Bakklandet 22 and drink.

18:00, FREE Knitting evening with professionals 2 7hand J A to N teach - 01 you F E Bhow to do proper on knitting in great atmosphere . Beginners Barokk Early Music Festival welcome. And again on 9th December.

Ringve Museum, Various artistsLade Alle 60, 7041

Trøndelags Dagen

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Ian Bostridge, King’s Consort ++ Various venues 1Various 1 N O Vstart E Mtimes, B E R individual pricing Barokkfest Early Music Festival, featuring Winemaker’s Dinner world-leading artists alongside some of 2 Rom og Kjokken, Carl JohansinGate Scandinavia’s finest musicians the 5field 19:00, NOKSee previews. of early985 music.

Four course dinner with wine tasting

28 JANUARY

Spark 1 5 N O Vettårsmarkering.

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DIGS Co-working space, Olav Tryggvasons Trøndersk CD & Platemesse Gate 30, 7011 Trondheim Byscenen, Kongens gate 19, 7012 17:00, FREE Trondheim Spark* gives free coaching and support 11:00 - 16:00, 50 NOK to NTNUand HiST-students who want to Vinyl cd faire.This Digisthe crates for hidden createand a startup. a celebration of gems their one year mark.

Startup Weekend

29 JANUARY 29 NOV - 30 NOV

Hagen Sunday Market

DIGS Co-working space, Olav Tryggvasons Sverresborg, Sverresborg Alle 13, 7020 Gate 30, 7011 Trondheim Trondheim 17:00 - 20:30, FREE 12:00 - 18:00, FREE Norwegian .NET User Group is an indeChristmas market with all the classic stalls pendent group of computer developers and trimmings but, hold the press! There and architects that work with Microsoft is also a spectacular lightshow mapping technologies and focus on experience the old castle exchange and best practises.

Festivals, Food and Markets

0 9 Co-working J A N U A R Yspace, Olav Tryggvasons DIGS Gate 30, 7011 Trondheim YouTube-battle Fri 18:00, 600 NOK DIGS Co-working space, Olav Tryggvasons No talk, all action. Launch a startup Gate 30, 7011 business in justTrondheim 54 hours!

18:00, FREE Come to DIGS for a proper YouTube-battle where you show 09 NO V can - 07 D Eoff C your skills.

20 J A N - 17 M A R

Hagen, Nedre Baklandet 75 Green market every Sunday Guitar Course - New(until BeginChristmas market begins in town). Selling ners everything from homemade hummus Trondheims Private Musikskole, to kohlrabi (some sort of turnip!). Haakons Their falafels recommended.

VIIs Gateare 23C, 7041 17:00 / 18:00, 1990 / 1690 NOK Eight week guitar course for beginners.

Courses adapted to children/youth and 10 N O V - 15 N O V adults. Learn the basic grips to get you started on thousands of songs. 45 minutes, Trondheim once a week, Tuesdays, children (10-15) Dokumentarfestivalt 17:00, adults 18:00.

Dokkhuset, Dokkparken 4 prices from 60- 450 (Festivalpass) 22 JANUARY Documentary Festival covering reportage IxDA in many different fields, see page 38 for DIGS Co-working space, Olav Tryggvasons Gate 30, 7011 Trondheim 18:00 - 20:00, FREE An informal academic meetup for people who work with or are interested in user experience.

NNUG Julemarket

30 JANUARY

IPD Master presentation

DIGS Co-working space, Olav Tryggvasons Gate 30, 7011 Trondheim 09:00, FREE Institute for product design @ NTNU. Festivals, Food and Markets

29 JAN – 31 JAN

Trondheim Calling Various artists

Various venues Various start times, Festival Pass (ThuSat) 490, Day Pass 290 NOK Festival celebrating everything that is great about Trondheim’s music scene.

JANUARY blues? What JANUARY blues?!

Julesøndag isfit

Trondheim Various start times, individual pricing for 150 / 100 speeches / 400 (family) concerts, etc. NOK ”Christmas Sunday”.

Westudent all lovefestival, a ChristWorld’s largest themed mas market, and this one has a chocolate look for individual listings, or see website workshop. for full programme, www.isfit.org.

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Fine wine course Et julemarked med Sukker 2 Rom og Kjokken, Carl Johans gate 5, og venner

17:30, 1300 NOK space, Olav Tryggvasons DIGS Co-working Improve your nose. Learn about fine Gate 30, 7011 Trondheim French wines at one of Trondheim’s best 10:00, FREE restaurants.

The designers from Bakklandet’s ’Sukker’ are hosting a Christmas market. There 0 7beF Ejewelery, B R U A clothing, RY will accessories and grafic prints to buy.

Isfit - speech anti-corruption Peter Eigen

Storsalen, Elgesetergate 1 7 D E C E MSamfundet, BER 18:00-21:00, FREE Christmas in thecommentators on One of the pre-eminent corruption opens thePalace debate programme of Archbishop’s the Isfit festival. In English.

Erkebispegården, Nidarosdomen Sun 12:00-16:00, FREE 0 9 F E BFair, RUA R Y and sleigh, theater, Christmas horse concerts and Christmas workshops. Read Isfit - Dalai Lama more on www.nidarosdomen.no Venue unannounced at time of print 11:00, cost TBA The head monk of Tibeten Bhuddism and the 12 world’s D E C -leading 21 D Evoice C on peace and non-violence graces Trondheim’s International Student Festivali for Julemarkedet Trondheim the second time.

See for more information. en previews førjulsfestival Torget, Kongens Gate, 7013 1 3 F E B10:00-19:00, R U A R Y Sun 12:00-19:00, Mon-Sat FREE Isfit - speech on activism Annual Christmas market in the centre of Kiran Bediwith local foods, music and a Trondheim Storsalen, café lavvo. Samfundet, Elgesetergate 1, 7030 Trondheim 18:00-21:00, FREE Indian and O U T Oactivist F TOW N retired policewoman, discusses her experiences in India and her reflections on activism. In English.

04 NOV - 09 NOV

Himar 1 4 F E BFolk R U A RFestival Y

Hilmar Bondens marked Festival pass 950 / 500, day pass, Thurs Torvet 400 / Fri 550 / Sat 600 NOK 11:00-16:00, FREE this Steinkjer-based Going since 2003, Dozens of stalls filled with local andand seafolk festival is a growing attraction sonal produce from small-scale producers warming edition to the “mørketid” across Trøndelag. Recommended for valentines couples and single food lovers 21 N O V - 22 N O V alike.

MakerCamp Fosen

Torgsenteret Brekstad, Yrjars gate 1, 7130 Brekstad 10:00, FREE Creative workshop for small and big

20 F E B - 22 F E B inventors.

Portrait Workshop 22 N O VEMBER Trine Melhuus

Bakke Kirke, Innherredsveien, 7014 Frode Alnæs og Lise Olden 18:00-20:00 / 10:00-17:00, 25906, NOK Ørland Kultursenter, Rådhusgata 7130 Weekend course which will teach you how Brekstad to take proper good portraits, with models 19:00 provided. Prior knowledge of photography Julebord with food from Ørland Kysthotel required. Led by Trine Melhuus, twice Norwegian Photographer of the Year. Friday evening, all day Saturday and Sunday.

29 N O V E M B E R OUT OF TOWN

Frode Alnæs og Lise Olden

Ørland Kultursenter, 02 FEB - 0 8 F E B Rådhusgata 6, 7130 Brekstad

Åre Gastronomy Week 19:00

All over Åre town skiØrland resort,Kysthotel Sweden Julebord with foodand from A week of food events on- and off- piste.

Beer swigging, coffee roasting, pop-up restaurants, whiskey tasting, cheese inspired menus… the only problem will be getting out of your chair to ski home!

Festival 29 N Ostarts V E Mon B E2nd R FEBRUARY , but there is a dessert show on 31st JANUARY , 350,- kl.19:00 at Åre Bakery.

Lutefiskaften Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter, Leksdalsveien 1 7 F E B 1,- 7656 21 FVerdal EB 19:00, 395 NOK Røros ”Lutefisk”Martnan is dried fish soaked in paint Røros Town Centre stripper to create a jellowy texture. This is an evening in celebration of the typical 50 / 30 / 0 NOK Norwegian Christmas dish. Call 74 04site 42 Annual market in the World Heritage 00Røros, for booking of attracting approximately 75,000 visitors. 250 exhibitors along two main streets, etched in tradition. The opening ceremony involves eighty horse-drawn sleighs 0 5 D Ebringing C - 0 7produce D E C to the market.

Street events free, entrance to exhibition Christmas market Røros hall (which houses 100 of the 250 exhibitors) adults, 30,- children and OAPs Røros50,cityfor centre, Kjerkgata 29, 7374 http://rorosmartnan.no.

Recommended.

Rorøs 11:00-18:00, FREE This old mining town is the Christmas bomb daddy!

06 DECEMBER

Uthaug 26 F E B Songlag – 28 F E B og Slank Bakfra Marsimartnan - Market

Ørland Kultursenter, Rådhusgata 6, 7130 Festival Brekstad Levanger 19:00 FREE Julebord with food from Ørland Kysthotel The roots of this festival can be traced back to Viking times. At its peak, in the 18th Century, more than 1500 Swedish farmers are reputed to have crossed the border annually, to trade with the fishermen and farmers. The modern incarnation of the festival is not too far from its roots, with a quaint wooden village feel, a Lavvo café tent, and, the highlight of the weekend, Fakkelnatta: a procession of people carrying torches on Friday evening.

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Kids and family 04 J A N - 0 6 J U N

31 JANUARY

16 F E B - 20 F E B

Omvisning i Byavdelingen

Children’s Baroque Ball

Designspirer

Sverresborg, Sverresborg Alle 13, 7020 Every Saturday 13:00, 35/55/70 NOK An exciting guided tour of the old city section of Sverresborg, with stories about Trondheim from 1700 to 1900. (In Norwegian). Family 175 NOK.

05 J A N - 07 J U N

Søndags eventyr

Erkebispegården, Kongsgårds gate 1b 11:00, 200 / 350 (family) NOK The New Hall of the Archbishop’s Palace is transformed into a children’s fairytale room, with music, dance, and costumes.

Accompanied by musicians and professional baroque dancers, the children will be able to discover the chivalrous and romantic world of seventeenth and eighteenth century courtly dances and balls.

Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Munkegata 3-7, 7013 10:00-14:00, 1000 NOK Workshop for children 8-12 years, weekdays throughout the winter holiday.

(Workshop is held in Norwegian).

01 MARCH

16 F E B - 20 F E B

Sikringskurs topptau

Ute-Hallen, Ormen Langes vei 15, 7041 10:00-14:00, 600 NOK Rockclimbing course. Learn how to belay (secure another climber’s rope) - perfect for parents wanting to help their kids learn to climb. Every Saturday, ages 14 and over.

18 JANUARY

Familiesøndag with Christine Ödlund

TKM Gråmølna, Trenerys gate 9, 12:00-15:00, 80 / 50 NOK Workshop for the whole family based on the work of Christine Ödlund. Family ticket 250 NOK.

22 JANUARY

Kunstlab for barn

TKM Gråmølna, Trenerys gate 9, 17:00-18:30, 80 / 40 / 0 NOK Tour and art lab for kids, based on the work of Christine Ödlund.

23 J A N - 14 F E B

Påfuglen

Trøndelag Teater, Prinsens gate 18/20 Weekdays at 18:00 and Saturdays at 17:30, 150 / 250 / 295 NOK Family musical Peacok is a funny fairy-tale taking place in the world of animals. (In Norwegian).

Eksperimentklubb om astronomi 08 F E B R U A R Y

Familiesøndag with Jens Johannessen

TKM Bispegata, Bispegata 7B, Trondheim 12:00-15:00, 80 / 50 NOK Workshop for the whole family based on Jen Johannessen’s radiography art. Family ticket 250 NOK.

11 FEBRUARY

Score - Orchestral Game Music

Conductor: Charles Hazelwood.

Soloist: Sabina Zweiacker, song Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Olavshallen, Kjøpmannsgate 44, 7011 19:30, From 225 NOK We will hear music from videogame titles such as Final Fantasy, The Last of Us and Assassin’s Creed. The concert also included two larger suites with music from Nintendo’s classic series Super Mario and The Legend Zelda. Recommended.

TKM Bispegata, Bispegata 7B, Trondheim 18:30, 80 / 40 / 0 NOK Tour and open workshop based on the work of Jen Johannessen (radiographs).

Barnas Skidag

Sverresborg, Sverresborg Alle 13, 7020 Every Sunday 13:00, 35/55/70 NOK ‘Sunday tales’ in historical settings at the old farmhouse ‘Nesset’ with folklore and fairy tales. (In Norwegian). Family 175 NOK.

10 J A N - 28 F E B

29 J A N U A R Y

Kveldsåpent - gallery open evening and workshop for children

Granåsen Skisenter, 7026 08:00, 150 NOK (in advance) Big fun day of skiing races and activities, for children aged 0-12… they do say Norwegians are born with skis on their feet! Free coffee for the adults, and free shuttle buses from City Syd and Rema 100 Stavseth from 08:15. Bring cash for everything else.

Vitensenteret, Kongens gate 1, 7011 Trondheim Mon-Thu 08:00-13:00 / Fri 12:30-18:00, 1250 NOK Astronomy experiment club for kids. Keep your budding astologists and space travellers occupied durinbg vinter ferie. Limited place, register at http://vitensenteret.com.

22 F E B R U A R Y

Livsbilder for Barn og Voksne

Sverresborg, Sverresborg Alle 13, 7020 14:00, 35/55/70 NOK Join the guides and historians at Sverresborg in a tour of their exhibition ‘Livsbilder’ (Life Pictures). Afterwards the tour the kids are invited to play around on the pirate ship Captain K. (Tour in Norwegian).

Family 175 NOK.

28 F E B R U A R Y

Familiekonsert Tullskattesnutene

Rockheim, Brattørkaia 14 13:00, 150 / 100 NOK Winners of The Norwegian ‘Spelleman’ award are playing a gig for the whole family at Rockheim’s concert hall.

OUT OF TOWN

14 FEBRUARY

The Jury

Dampsaga Kultur Hus, Bogaveien 10, 7725 Steinkjer 18:00, 185 NOK What happens when children decide? Find out in this innovative performance where a ‘jury’ of children instruct a cast of adult dancers. The biggest question is who will laugh the loudest: the adults or the children? Fun and thought-provoking for all the family (children from 5 years and over).

28 F E B R U A R Y

Peer du Lyver

Dampsaga Kultur Hus, Bogaveien 10, 7725 Steinkjer 17:00, 185 NOK Peer Gynt performance for children, with music and dance. Suitable for kids 6 and over. 2 hours, including intermission.

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Sports 03 JANUARY

18 JANUARY

09 FEB - 04 MAR

Jets Basketball School

Kolstad - Haugaland

Avalanche Course

Husebyhallen, Saupstadringen 13, 7078 11:00-14:00, 350 NOK Basketball coaching class for boys and girls aged 7-17. Led by head coach of the Nidaros Jets, Luke Jenkinson, and three of the team’s international stars: Matthew Adekponya (Australia), Kahlil McDonald (USA) and Aron Walker (Sweden/USA). Fee includes ticket to next Jets game.

04 JANUARY

Kolstad - Falk Horten

Husebyhallen, Saupstadringen 13, 7078 18:00, 150 / 75 NOK Trondheim’s men’s handball team

05 J A N - 23 F E B

Travløp races

Leangen Travbane, Tungaveien 1, 7047 18:00, FREE Modern horse and chariot racing every Monday (except 19th and 26th JANUARY ).

10 J A N - 28 F E B

Sikringskurs topptau

Ute-Hallen, Ormen Langes vei 15, 7041 10:00-14:00, 600 NOK Rockclimbing course. Learn how to belay (secure another climber’s rope) - perfect for parents wanting to help their kids learn to climb. Every Saturday, ages 14 and over.

17 JANUARY

Nidaros Jets - Centrum Tigers

Husebyhallen, Saupstadringen 13, 7078 16:00, 80 / 50 0 NOK Trondheim’s premier basketball team take on Oslo-based opposition.

17 J A N - 18 J A N

Norgescup Randone

Vassfjellet Ski Centre Time to be announced, price TBA Race up the mountain.

18 JANUARY

Byåsen Elite - Nordstrand Håndball Elite

Nidarøhallen D, Klostergata 90, 7030 18:00, 125 / 60 NOK Trondheim’s women’s handball team take on Oslo-based opponents. Doors 17:00, cheap advance tickets 100 adult / 50 child.

Husebyhallen, Saupstadringen 13, 7078 16:00, 150 / 75 NOK Trondheim’s men’s handball team.

22 JAN - 25 JAN

Idrettsfestivalen

Various locations 50-2000 NOK Norway’s biggest sports festival. Way too many activities to list here, though interestingly there is a new category to do with personal training.

24 JANUARY

Travløp V75 race

Leangen Travbane, Tungaveien 1, 7047 13:00, FREE Modern horse and chariot. Lay your bets.

24 JAN - 25 JAN

Ski and Snowboard courses Trondheim Skiklub

Bymarka Various start times, 785 / course NOK Mega weekend of courses for most levels of downhill ski, cross-country ski and snowboard. Registration by 10th JANUARY though tickets may sell out earlier. See https://barneskikurs.hoopla.no/sales/ for details (in Norwegian).

01 F E B R U A R Y

Byåsen Elite - Skrim Kongsberg

Nidarøhallen D, Klostergata 90, 7030 18:00, 125 / 60 NOK Trondheim’s women’s handball team take on this team from Kongsberg. Doors open 17:00, cheaper tickets in advance 100 adult / 50 child.

07 F E B R U A R Y

Markatrimmen

Skistua, Bymarka Start time TBA, price TBA Classic cross-country ski race around Bymarka. 15 or 40km. Provides the seeding for the national Birkebeinerrennet race.

08 F E B R U A R Y

Kolstad - Kolbotn Husebyhallen, Saupstadringen 13, 7078 16:00, 150 / 75 NOK Trondheim’s men’s handball team.

Ute-Hallen, Ormen Langes vei 15, 7041 17:15-20:30 / 16:30-19:00, 1190 NOK Learn how to avoid and survive avalanches, not cause them. First day in the climbing centre, second day up at Bymarka. Get prepared for your winter Top Tur.

14 FEBRUARY

Nidaros Jets - Ammerud Basket

Husebyhallen, Saupstadringen 13, 7078 16:00, 80 / 50 0 NOK Trondheim’s premier basketball team take on Oslo-based opposition.

15 FEBRUARY

Marka Rundt

Bymarka Start time TBA, price TBA Classic cross-country ski race. See http:// www.markarundt.no for more information.

18 FEBRUARY

Byåsen Elite - Fredrikstad Nidarøhallen D, Klostergata 90, 7030 18:00, 125 / 60 NOK Byåsen Elite take on Fredrikstad.

18 FEBRUARY

Kolstad - Kristiansund

Nidarøhallen D, Klostergata 90, 7030 19:30, 150 / 75 NOK Trondheim’s men’s handball team.

20 F E B - 21 F E B

Fanta Play Park

Vassfjellet Time to be announced, price TBA

21 F E B R U A R Y

Nidaros Jets – Tromsø Storm Husebyhallen, Saupstadringen 13, 7078 16:00, 80 / 50 0 NOK Trondheim’s premier basketball team take on Northern opposition.

01 MARCH

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OUT OF TOWN

11 J A N - 29 J A N

Student Card Ski Weeks

Åre Skisenter, Sweden 1545-2495 SEK (inc. skaipass) Everyone in the know, knows that Åre rocks! If you are lucky enough to be a student take advantage of super deals during weeks 3, 4 and 5, and get cheap accommodation, free lunches, reduced ski rental, goodie bags and much more.

18 JANUARY

Marit Bjørgen Rennet

Frøsetmarka skistadion, Støren 10:00 onwards, 100-350 NOK Local sportstar Marit Bjørgen is known as the skiing queen of Norway. The race named after her consists of a several competitions with joint starts and free technique from 8 years up to senior classes, and Marit herself opens the event.

29 J A N - 0 1 F E B

NM på ski 2015 Røros

Røros town centre 100 / 0 NOK National cross-country skiing championships right in amongst this UNESCO world heritage old mining town. See previews for more details.

0 6 F E B - 10 F E B

Femundløpet - long distance sled dog race

Starts Røros town centre Time to be announced, FREE (to observe) A long distance sled dog race, starting in picturesque Røros and weaving through beautiful, untouched mountain wilderness.

Entrance to this year’s competition is now closed, but attend the event to witness first hand the incredible interaction between people and dogs in this special sporting event.

13 F E B - 14 F E B

World Cup Ski Cross

Åre Skisenter, Sweden Time to be announced, price TBA Part of the world tour: Four skiers race one another down a course of tight turns and big airs. It’s a recipe for incident and excitement, and not to be missed.

Granåsen Skisenter, 7026 08:00, 150 NOK (in advance) Big fun day of skiing races and activities, for children aged 0-12… they do say Norwegians are born with skis on their feet! Free coffee for the adults, and free shuttle buses from City Syd and Rema 100 Stavseth from 08:15. Bring cash.

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This just in...

Words: David Nikel

Trondheim Ski VM 2021?

Guess what ski-lovers, plans are forging ahead to bring the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships to Trondheim in 2021. Held every two years, the event showcases the world’s best competitors in cross-country skiing, Nordic combined and ski jumping.

Trondheim last hosted the Championships in 1997 during the 1,000 year jubilee, they managing to attract a whopping 1,000,000 people into the city core throughout the week.

Trondheim is confirmed as Norway’s candidate city pushing a bid pitching green technology, knowledge exchange and local Olympic skill. Who could beat that? However Trondheim will likely face strong competition from Oberstdorf in Germany, whose bid failed in their previous four attempts.

A successful bid will channel major investments into infrastructure and culture across the city including upgraded facilities at Granåsen, which last hosted the World Championships in 1997. A feasibility study conducted by Rambøll estimates the cost of the upgrade to be nearly 800m kroner.

Those looking for a sneak preview can attend the World Cup tour event in ski jumping and Nordic combined that calls at Granåsen in March 2015.

A warmer welcome to Trondheim It’s about time. New international arrivals will face less bureaucracy from 2016 as plans to open a new centre for foreign workers in Trondheim are moving ahead. The centre, similar to those already in place in Oslo, Stavanger and Kirkenes, will bring together the Labour Inspection Authority, Police and Tax Administration to ease the workflow with the Directorate of Immigration.

Currently, arrivals from outside the EU/EEA must wait up to six months for a work permit to be processed, causing problems for the region’s major private sector employers and research institutes, who frequently bring global talent to Trondheim not to mention general ineffectiveness. The new centre will allow a new arrival to obtain residence documentation, an identity number and a tax deduction card in the same space.

A working group including the Police, Tax, Labour Inspection Authority, NTNU, Trondheim Municipality and the Chamber of Commerce is quickly mobilsing to find suitable premises and secure the final approval.

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Thor Richard Isaksen

Trondheim Tech is an independent news source for technology and entrepreneurial activities direct from Norway’s innovation corridor, in the Tech Capital.

Trondheim’s startup scene is caught between two juxtaposing forces. That of the rapidly aging ways of the incumbency (as Bob Dylan would have put it), and the steadily growing movement of young people with skills and energy that push Trondheim to meet its potential – a playground for young tech nuts and entrepreneurs alike.

And make no mistake, Trondheim is literally drenched in brainpower.

But there are some obvious contradictions in the script. On the one hand, dedicated coworking spaces reach into their own pockets and spend their ‘time off’ building new meeting spaces for the city’s many entrepreneurs.

On the other hand, the incumbency are engaged with internal talks about a brand new 40 000 m2 innovation centre, right here in Trondheim’s city centre. That’s eight football pitches of flooring, wiring and Ikea prints.

It’s doesn’t feel right to me. Not at all. Instead of creating a dynamic city with communities

CRUNCH

Trondheim just got a Nobel Prize in medicine! The Moser couple discovered that rats use grid cells to navigate.

Which is awesome. Or, so we’re told by people smarter than us. And for the first time in modern history the peace prize got lost amongst all the media attention swarming the science awards. Which, is hosted in Sweden. Which is not Norway.

Good news, the government recently green-lighted development for the Ocean Space Centre in Trondheim.

This one-day to be futuristic building will host the most advanced labs and ocean simulators in the world.

Norway’s contribution to world research happens to be a mere 0.6%. But if you consider our population, we’re a significant 10 times above average. Which seems ok, but probably doesn’t matter to anyone else other than mad statisticians.

About crunching out research results, a few years back Trondheim’s hottest startup was MemfoACT, a newworld thinking biogas company. Unfortunately their cool feces-to-gasoline-technology proved too hard to scale outside the lab, so the board recently pulled the plug.

that include multiple incubators, coworking spaces, accelerators, hubs and hangouts; we are now faced with the prospect of one gigantic grey kafkaesque structure.

And I don’t think it’s a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. It’s more a case of short attention spans and a bit of political megalomania.

While the incumbency is preoccupied with creating a new Boston, Silicon Valley or Davos, Trondheim’s new startup movement is focusing on doing whatever they can within the here and now. Where Trondheim arguably has loads to offer already.

Even though we don’t read about this in the newspapers, some people following the tech scene sense a friction. This is in no way a conflict or an even heated debate, it’s just a modest murmur, when in all right it should bean open discussion.

From fertiliser to food – Trondheim’s first coworking space DIGS just opened their new food + drink concept.

As far as we know this café junction between public and in house start-ups has not been christened with a name yet, but they have great food, coffee and beer. Definitely worth checking out.

DIGS serves several different types of beer from the local brewery Austmann, which received top ratings in the Christmas ale test, featured in an important national food mag. Anders, the head brewer, stated that despite the recent attention, he’s not that keen on Christmas ale because they all taste like cake to him. Which supposedly is a bad thing.

NTNU recently sold their shares in the very successful edtech gaming company Kahoot! for a meagre 11 MNOK, which seems very cheap. The new owners want to ensure that the company is well set for further international growth and scaling.

The recent economic downturn caused by serious lack of budget control in the oil & gas sector proves hard to beat.

Analysts predict another blow when the full effect from the low oil prices hit.

Verdande Technology is also out of business after several investment rounds in recent years. The big data analysis

Because somewhere between these two perspectives are the future of Trondheim Tech City It’s not really about optimising output from all the hours invested in technology and entrepreneurship activities in Trondheim. The guiding star for most of these efforts is the dazzling prospect of international recognition. The fact that there is already a large international contingent in Trondheim that could be key to achieving just this, doesn’t seem to have crossed minds yet.

That’s why I think The List could be critical to catch the international audience connected to these issues. To get you involved. Because the simple truth is that the Trondheim needs you more than you think.

company struggled to find opportunities in the crumpling oil and gas market.

On a happier note, Professor Martin Landrø at NTNU has just been named as one of the most important people in the oil & gas industry for his seismic time-lapse models. No Nobel prize, but still a glimmer of hope.

Trondheim’s new to-be innovation centre is closer to being realised after the national incubator and property company, SIVA, invested into NTNU Accel. Thus, effectively fusing the two ongoing innovation centre projects in Trondheim.

Shortly thereafter SIVA’s notorious bow-tie enthusiast SIVA CEO Erik Haugane, stepped down, stating the organisation simply could move fast enough for his pace.

It is still unclear how this will affect the innovation centre project.

Some uplifting news, in my previous column of The List I predicted that mobile games could be an important outlet for local brainpower. This seemingly came true when Bertheussen IT and DirtyBit Games launched their new games. Both did very well, and Fun Run 2 claimed second spot in the US App market on its third day with over a million downloads. It has also been at the top in a number of other countries.

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