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Here you can find programme catalogues for the Bergen International Festival since 2013. Digital programmes have links to ticket sales, videos and other festival content. 

2022

  • Norwegian programme catalogue (pdf)

  • Norwegian calendar (pdf)

2021

  • Programme (pdf) - Norwegian only

  • Calendar - printer friendly pdf - Norwegian only

2020

  • Read about the launch of the re-imagined festival

  • Printer friendly A4 calendar of the 2020 festival (pdf)

 2020 (originally planned festival)

 Programme catalogue (pdf)

 Printer friendly A4 calendar (pdf)

 

  English: Digital programme 2019 / Programme 2019 - pdf

  Norwegian: Digital programme 2018 / Programme 2018 – pdf   In 2018 there was not an English programme catalogue. 

 

  English:   Digital programme 2017 / Programme 2017 - pdf

  English:  Digital programme 2016 / Programme 2016 – pdf

  English:   Digital programme 2015 / Programme 2015 – pdf

 

  English:   Programme 2014 – pdf

 

  English:   Programme 2013 – pdf

 

 

Event programmes from previous years:

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Ragnhild Hemsing, Mathias Eick & Mats Eilertsen. Foto: Thor Brødreskift

A Festival for more people: 'A reminder of what we mean to each other'

More than 80,000 visits at the 2024 Bergen International Festival.

God, Goethe and the eternal-feminine

Article on Mahler's 8th Symphony by Frode Skag Storheim

Ragnhild Hemsing, Mathias Eick & Mats Eilertsen - Festallmenningen

Straddling two traditions

With Ole Bull's Hardanger fiddle in one hand and the classical violin in the other, Ragnhild Hemsing has sparked international interest in Norwegian folk tunes. During the 2024 Bergen International Festival, she will perform seven times.

Lars Petter Hagen. Foto: Thor Brødreskift

To be greater than oneself

A foreword by Festival director Lars Petter Hagen for the 2024 Bergen International Festival programme.

Speech by the Prime Minister at the opening of the Bergen International Festival

Speech by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre at the opening of the 2024 Bergen International Festival.

Syng med – Sommerfavoritter - Festallmenningen

Stop by the Festival square

Control a five-meter-tall puppet hand, catch a dance with duct tape, or listen to reinterpreted national treasures, as Torgallmenningen is transformed into the Festival square. 

The power of thought

Tim Crouch is often depicted as a magician of the theatre. He encourages his audience to let go of all expectations and just show up.

Meet the company behind The possibility of tenderness

What is masculinity? Four members of the Chilean company La Re-Sentida respond.

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