OpenDays Festival: Late Night: The Town Hall Sings!

Once again, Waves up North warmly welcomes you to the OpenDays Festival - a 3-day festival for new composed music and sound art, held this year for the 17th year in a row. Welcome to a curious encounter with the boundary-pushing, the different, the latest! As this year’s Late Night, Waves up North is proud to present: The Town Hall Sings! This autumn we issued an Open Call, asking for new sound works under the title “New Paths in Sound Art”. A jury has selected four of the submissions for performance at this evening’s concert. The four works each receive a prize of 5.000 kr. donated by Gudrun & Palle Mørchs Mindefond. In between the performances of the four sound works, four musicians play three small new live works created for the occasion and for performance specifically in the Town Hall’s monumental stairwell. MUSICIANS: Jenny Sjöberg, oboe Jens Vind, trombone Laura Tolbøll, vibraphone Christian Larsen, clarinet WORKS IN THE STAIRWELL: - Eirik Moland (b. 1959): Prelude for Short Break Dreams (2026, world premiere) - Martin Knakkergaard (b. 1955): InterStalag (2026, world premiere) - Niels Chr. Rasmussen (b. 1950): Aus der Tiefe (2026, world premiere) The programme is subject to change. TICKETS : Admission: 150 kr. (Festival pass for the whole festival 250 kr.) Students: 75 kr. (Festival pass 125 kr.) Under 18s: Free admission Members: Free admission If you would like to experience the event from the outside, take a walk around the Town Hall and enjoy the illuminated play of colour in the Town Hall’s windows, as well as the occasional glimpse of sound from open windows. Tickets and festival passes can be bought via Billetto and, as always, at the door. See the rest of the festival programme under the event on Facebook or on Waves up North's website, www.wavesupnorth.dk. Throughout the festival, refreshments can be bought in the Festival Café set up for the occasion in the Town Hall’s Torvesal. From Saturday at 18.00 it will be possible to share in the café’s dinner buffet by advance booking at contact@wavesupnorth.dk. OpenDays Festival is a project under Waves up North, an international forum for new music and sound art based in Aalborg. OPENDAYS FESTIVAL 2026 IS SUPPORTED BY: A. P. Møller Fonden Augustinus Fonden Dansk Tennis Fond Gudrun & Palle Mørchs Mindefond Kemp & Lauritzen Fonden Knud Højgaards Fond Nordea-fonden Solistforeningen af 1921 Statens Kunstfond Toyota-Fonden William Demant Fonden Aage & Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond Aalborg Kommune A special thank you to Gudrun & Palle Mørchs Mindefond for the generous donation towards the prizes! Photo of Nørresundby Town Hall: Lars Mørch Photograpy, Kulturen.nu.

• Jenny Sjöberg
• Jens Vind
• Laura Tolbøll
• Christian Larsen