Jerry Carlson

Umeå Folkets Hus

Now it's finally time again for the winter folk music event at Umeå Folkets Hus!

Ume people 2026

LIKE ME – songs, truths, and gossip!

I've always found it both fun and challenging to do something more than just a straight-up, regular concert when I get the chance to face an audience. Over the years, I've wrestled with glitchy slide projectors, had heated dialogues with myself in the form of a life-size cardboard doll, rode in a triumphal chariot in gladiator armor, and I've even toured with a real therapist who had therapy with me on stage between songs.

In 2023, the book "OM Niklas Strömstedt" was published, which is an autobiographical journey through both his private life and his more public career, and while working on that book, the idea was born to also let it become the basis for a stage performance.

What songs made the hairs on your arms stand up? What did Evert Taube say when he called? How do you get out of that paralyzing and destructive silence and when suddenly there's a turkey hanging under your chin – what the hell do you do? And love – can you understand it?

Niklas Strömstedt – Like me

Volumes have been written about the influential music of Tristan und Isolde . The music is based on the idea of ​​an insatiable longing that can never be fulfilled in this life. The prelude sweeps the listener into an ecstatic but agonizing world of desire, and the vocal parts are of unique dignity. The opera culminates in Isolde's famous closing aria, Mild und leise, with a final octave leap that concludes this unique musical-dramatic journey.

Opera (live) at the cinema: Tristan and Isolde

Per Andersson embarks on a Swedish tour
When Per Andersson forces himself onto the slackest tightrope imaginable, it becomes a success. This fall he will stage the Cardbore Show – sketches, songs, wild improvisations and one hell of a move at Draken Live in Gothenburg and at Rival in Stockholm with a premiere this fall. Edward af Sillén is directing. The demand has been so great that Per is now embarking on a Swedish tour – from Karlskrona and Malmö in the south to Luleå and Umeå in the north in the spring-winter of 2026.

– Getting to throw myself out into Sweden and play could be the best thing there is. I've bought eight new wigs and am loaded with ideas and jokes in every direction! Meeting the audience and the feeling that anything can happen with the help of humor is the best thing in life. Yeeehaaaa! , says Per.

The Velcro Show – Per Andersson

Discover Swan Lake — An evening of world-class ballet
We give you a unique opportunity to experience ballet stars in a classic and authentic performance of Swan Lake! The performance is part of a major European tour spanning Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Prepare for an evening filled with elegance, drama and beauty that will fully reveal the authentic story of this classic ballet.

Swan Lake, with music by PI Tchaikovsky and choreography by Marius Petipa, is a masterpiece that transcends time. It has become a symbol of ballet art all over the world and a true diamond in its art form. On the shore of a mysterious lake in the moonlight, Prince Siegfried meets the enchanted swan princess Odette. He is immediately captivated by her beauty and swears his loyalty to her. But Rothbart's cunning puts a damper on things. After all, love always wins, and no force can separate two hearts that love each other. It is a wonderfully romantic story that will touch every side of your soul.

Swan Lake – classical ballet

After performing his biggest concert ever at Ullevi this summer, Darin will go on a concert hall tour in the spring of 2026. From grand folk festivals to acoustic and stripped-down - the Acoustic 2026 tour will be a new and unique opportunity for the audience to get close to Darin in a particularly authentic and intimate concert experience. Here, the lyrics, the stories and the audience will be in focus.

Together with a stripped-down acoustic setting, we are taken on a nostalgic and intimate journey through the pop star's repertoire, which once again confirms Darin's obvious place as one of Sweden's greatest artists. Don't miss the chance to experience this unique concert experience in the spring of 2026!

Darin

Come along to Sjumilaskogen and experience one of the most beloved stories ever – now as a colorful children's musical! In 2026, Winnie the Pooh and his friends will go on tour all over Sweden, and you are invited to a performance where imagination, friendship and adventure can flourish.

Here we meet the kind-hearted Winnie the Pooh, always ready for honey and a hug. At his side is the playful Tigger, whose energy makes the whole forest jump with laughter. Eeyore offers his dry humor and shows that even the slightly gloomy moments can be beautiful with the right friends. The sensitive and caring Piglet teaches us the importance of courage, and the orderly Rabbit makes sure that everyone sticks together when it is needed most. Together they create a magical universe where both children and adults feel at home.

Winnie the Pooh and his friends

🌟A LOT OF HITCHS – THE SUCCESS TOUR IS BACK!🌟
In the spring of 2026, Magnus Carlsson & Linda Bengtzing will go on a joint tour
- two of Sweden's biggest and most beloved pop stars on the same stage!

After several sold-out tours, with over 30,000 tickets sold , it's time again. The audience can expect an evening filled to the brim with speed, joy and above all: hits, hits and nothing but hits!

Magnus and Linda have become a natural couple in the Swedish pop music scene over the years. They had great success together in Melodifestivalen 2023 and offered an acclaimed medley in Lotta at Liseberg , which was praised by both the TV audience and the media in Sweden and abroad.

 A Damn Lot of Schlager

After an acclaimed spring and summer tour, Peter Jöback, together with pianist Nils-Petter Ankarblom, will embark on a Nordic tour with the concept An Evening with Jöback in the spring of 2026. The audience will once again have the chance to experience Peter in a close and warm encounter where stories, music and emotion are at the center, as he, with the spring tour, visits six new cities in Sweden and also both Norway and Finland.

"After this autumn's big arena tour with Salo and Jöback – A show extravaganza – it feels good to return to something more stripped back. I love the meeting with the audience when everything becomes close, spontaneous and alive – there is a special magic that arises then." says Peter

An evening with Jöback

The Björkstakören's "Our Concert" offers a wide repertoire from ballads to pop music via jazz, ballads and folk music and offers a musical cruise between unknown islands and more familiar ports. The music is performed mostly A cappella. A significant part of the concert program is also home-made, that is, arranged by the choir's own members.

Björkstakören was founded in 1997 and is one of Umeå's more well-established mixed choirs and currently has around 30 singers. Conductors are Klas Hjelte and Åsa Wendel.

Björkstakören – Spring Concert

Tchaikovsky's many moods – tender, grand, melancholic – are given free rein in Eugene Onegin . The opera is based on Pushkin's iconic verse novel. In a similar way, Tchaikovsky took Western European opera traditions and transformed them into an authentic and indisputably Russian work.

At the center of the opera is the young Tatyana, who develops from a sentimental teenager to a perfect woman in one of the most compelling character developments in opera history. Eugene Onegin had its world premiere at the Maly Theatre in Moscow in 1879, with students from the Moscow Conservatory. In 1881, it had its professional premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

Opera (live) at the cinema: Eugene Onegin

Acclaimed American composer Gabriela Lena Frank makes her Met debut with her first opera, a magical-realist tale of the iconic artist couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. The performance draws inspiration from their paintings and features a libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz.

The story is a twist on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, and depicts Frida, sung by the distinguished mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, as she leaves the underworld on the Day of the Dead to be reunited with Diego, played by baritone Carlos Álvarez. The famous, feuding couple briefly relive their stormy love, embracing both passion and pain before bidding a final farewell to the world of the living.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Met premiere of Frank’s opera, a “confident, richly imaginative composition” ( The New Yorker ), “bubbling with color and fresh originality” ( Los Angeles Times ). The vibrant new production is directed and choreographed by Deborah Colker, following her acclaimed debut production of Ainadamar in 2024.

 Opera (live) at the cinema: Frida and Diego's last dream

We proudly present one of Europe's largest tribute concerts - to the immortal music icon Elvis Presley - with three of the world's foremost interpreters, in the new magical performance, Elvis, Elvis Elvis!

The show was a huge success in the fall of 2024 but is now back with a new exciting show that includes the latest and most advanced animation technology!

On the cast list we find "Sweden's Elvis"; Henrik Åberg who took Sweden by storm in 1995 with his interpretation of "Blue Hawaii". Furthermore we find Paul Larcombe from England who has been ranked #1 in Europe and who was recently nominated for the world champion title! A third element in the performance is the audience favorite; Josh Whittall who was a great success during the last tour. His accurate voice is and remains a mystery; Is it Elvis from 1965 who sings? Finally we find Jerry Carlson (known from The Legends) who also offers an explosive performance here!

Elvis, Elvis, Elvis! – 2026