One of Denmark's fine, classical choirs, Musica Ficta, has made it a tradition to sing Christmas by combining the choir's two specialties: well-known and beloved Danish Christmas carols and the virtuoso polyphony of the Renaissance.

Christmas concert with Musica Ficta conducted by Bo Holten

Baltoppen LIVE

“Set in the World” is author Thomas Korsgaard’s first original play and at the same time the dramatization of the third part of his extremely popular novel trilogy “Man schoole nok have værte der”.

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Set in the world

The Royal Danish Academy of Music

Our homes and the things we surround ourselves with say a lot about who we are! Meet the lifestyle expertAnne Gladknown from Do you know the type? and expert from HammerslagKristine Virénwhen they invite us to an evening where we learn a lot about ourselves and our home decor. In short: Why do we live the way we do, and what does it say about us?

Anne GladandKristine Virén– VILLA, DOG AND WATERBED

The Jeremiahs are one of the most uplifting bands to emerge from Dublin's folk music scene over the years. The band blends traditional and new tones, creating their very own "city folk".

The Jeremiahs (IE)

Funny, sly and sex-positive puppetry for adults. The English hit show about the sexual behavior of older people – from taboos to inventive, crazy and visually stunning situations – is inspired by a questionnaire survey from the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles.

The Sex Lives Of Puppets

Boy band hits have stood the test of time for over 30 years! And yes; pop music is indeed still alive!

The Boy Band– Relight My Fire Tour

In the fall of 2025 diesel rollsAllan Olsenout on another massive solo tour with the newest, the oldest and the strangest hits.

Allan Olsen– SOLO

Experience a cool swinging, powerful and beautiful tribute to Miles Davis' iconic masterpiece Kind of Blue, added with delicate Indian musical colors.

Copenhagen Jazz Orchestra – Kind of Blue – Revisited

Michael McGoldrick,Dezi DonnellyandJim Murrayare three world-class musicians who are among the most recognized in Irish folk music. They have toured the globe, released a number of critically acclaimed albums and each toured with a string of amazing musicians: Mark Knopfler, Bob Dylan, Aly Bain, Phil Cunningham, Sharon Shannon and Kate Rusby, just to name a few.

McGoldrick, Donnelly & Murray (SCO/IE) + Tophøj & Barslund

Bloody Moon is a wild, entertaining and exuberant dance performance filled with humor and sensuality. Here a group dances their last dance while embracing life in all its glory. They are aware of the end of life and are struck by a dizziness towards the abyss.

Bloody Moon

Lille Sal Musikhuset

Deep artificial forests rise on stage as video art grows alongside object manipulation and juggling in this solo performance by the Finnish stage director and performerTuomas Vuorinen.

Maannos – Blind Gut Company (FI)

In this post-punk rendezvous between strong performers, traditional Sami melodies are developed into avant-garde joik in a collective improvisation algorithm.

Vassvik/Silvola/Strype (NO/FI)

With a unique interpretation of the folk music from the island in easternmost Canada; Newfoundland – the wild beauty of the Atlantic Ocean – Rum Ragged musicians Aaron Collis, Mark Manning, Colin Grant and Zack Nash spread joy to the audience with banzoutjo (guitar banjo), guitars and polyphonic songs about the sea and life on the island.

Rum Ragged (CA)

Unseen Faith delivers an uncompromising fusion of deathcore and metalcore on an international level. With heavy guitar riffs, explosive energy and intense breakdowns, the Aarhus quintet has already cemented itself as one of the hardest-hitting names on the Danish live scene.

Unseen Faith + Archon + Sansera

After the audience success "The Pianoman from New York", there will now be a ruckus in the strait when MusicalDanmark's superb tribute to the Danish music industry of the 70s takes the stage at Baltoppen LIVE. The performance offers a fantastic audience with a long list of the decade's biggest and most beloved Danish hits from Gasolin', Shu-bi-dua, Sebastian, CV Jørgensen and many more. Add to that the stories about the time when all these hits were recorded.

See Venice and die

The time of miracles is not over! In the midst of all the misery, there is also laughter and boundless joy, and the ever-curious and unbridledJan Gintbergdraw a thick line under it when he jumps into the big pool of life and time to take a swim in a brand new, sensual, satirical and highly thigh-slapping comedy show: The Miracle.

Jan Gintberg– The Miracle

Musician and entertainerLasse Helvigis ready with another musical lecture about Kim Larsen. After the success of the Midt om natten tour, it is now the 50th anniversary of Gasolin's release of Gas 5.

Musical Story about Kim Larsen – 50 years with Gas 5

In the performance Stol!, three strong Nordic dancers bring real people's stories of trust, mistrust, control and lies to life. A fun, sensual and critically acclaimed dance piece that speaks to both the heart and the mind.

Chair! – sART dance theatre

"Welcome to THE MANOSPHERE! Do you want to swim in success, earn the box office and have women flock to you, you have come to the right place. Here you will find what others do not want, you will discover: the truth. You are a lone wolf who stands outside the norms! You must work hard, control your future and understand what it means to be a man. Break free from The Matrix, free your masculinity and find your Purpose. The time has come to take back what belongs to you! You must take what you deserve, and you must take it hard."

Sigma–The art collective

Talented Emma Langford and her band from Ireland open Baltoppen LIVE's Celtic concert series, Scottish & Irish Music Scene, with a concert that combines traditional and modern Irish folk music.

Emma Langford Quartett IE

The couple Nina and Bent know each other like crazy. They have just moved into senior housing when Nina announces that she wants to divorce. Bent takes it easy, because he has already found a new passion in his life. The couple's adult sons are dismayed, however, because does this mean that their entire childhood has been built on a lie about the perfect marriage?

New times

WOMB (Worth of My Body) is a choreographic work that explores becoming a mother and the many changes it brings: the relationship with one's body, time and material things, sense of identity and origin.

W.O.M.B. – Julienne Doko Dance

The knitting and chatting gurusChristine FeldthausandLark Baggerwill once again travel the country in the fall of 2025 with the phenomenon of “KNITTING & DRINK”. With full speed on the knitting and talking gear, the ladies leave behind a trail of knots, yarn, laughter, dirty tricks, looseness, truths and a lot of real secrets. Here, knitting is done with both small and very large needles. They celebrate unpredictability and work almost completely without a pattern - because a tight edge stitch is needed, however. You may think you know what's going to happen. But you have no idea! Visit the café before the show and during the break, and see the great offers, so you have plenty of liquid to rinse your laughing-hoarse throat through the show's loose atmosphere.

Strik & Drik

Store Sal, Fredericia Teater

Experience Bamuk's talented dance students as they take over Baltoppen LIVE and deliver a blast of a show. Here, all the dance teams – new and experienced – show their beautiful and expressive choreographies, each of which tells a story in its own way and creates a very special atmosphere.

Dans på Toppen – Summer 2025

Come and experience a small excerpt from Into The Woods Jr. when BAMUK's two drama teams open their doors for their fine end to the season. Since Christmas, the young people have thrown themselves into fun characters from the Brothers Grimm's fairy tales and become acquainted with the musical genre and difficult musical compositions for the first time. The two teams have chosen to join forces to create a joint performance, which they call Langt inde i skoven.

Far into the forest – BAMUK's Drama Team

That's a big question, but also one of the most important. Because what should characterize Ballerup as the place where you live, reside and work?

Dialogue meeting about the future of Ballerup

The traditional Irish songs and melodies are interpreted by the group's three members, who all sing and play, to tell the good story that Irish music is known for.

Culchie

Teenage rock bang polishes off the good old grunge virtues and turns the amp up to 11, this evening at Baltoppen LIVE, where the bar is open and the music rocks cool, heavy and hard!

Ashes Of Billy + support: Lextraneus

Favorableis a music group consisting of 5 guys who do everything from producing their own crisp beats to delivering lyrical genius in the form of rap and singing. The group won the Ballerup Municipality talent award 2024, and in December of the same year released their first album “HVORFOR VÆRE YDMYG”.

Favorable

Rachel Walker and Aaron Jones – when one of Scotland's best Gaelic singer/songwriters and one of the country's best folk singers and accompanists come together and celebrate their virtuosity, it's pure musical poetry.

Rachel Walker and Aaron Jones (SCO)

For Ballerup Brass Band's annual spring concert this year, the band is pleased to present a familiar face: their former conductor Susanne, who will be performing as a guest soloist.Susanne Vibæk Svanekieris, in addition to being a conductor, also a trained trumpeter and singer. The day will feature a well-prepared orchestra, playing cheerful melodies and songs together with its former orchestra leader.

Baldur's Spring Concert – A Day with Susanne

Bring the whole family for an unforgettable and unique musical experience inBalltop LIVEwhenCopenhagen Philpresents “Open Orchestra #2” – and invites the audience to move freely around in the middle of the live symphony orchestra.

Copenhagen Phil– Open Orchestra #2

Europe's best bet for a Bowie tribute band. Experience the immortal hits Rebel Rebel, Let's Dance, Starman, China Girl, Under Pressure and of course Ziggy Stardust and many more whenThe Bowie Tributecelebrates David Bowie's musical legacy with love, energy and enthusiasm.

The Bowie Tribute

In a wise and humorous lecture, Chief Physician Bente Klarlund draws on her own life as a researcher and explains how lifestyle and attitude affect your immune system and your general health. All advice is based on research with a little common sense added.

Your magical IMMUNE system – a life in healthy balance – Bente Klarlund Pedersen

A concert with exuberant and fresh flamenco in the traditional form where the dance comes into focus.

Flamenco from Seville

Elvis On My Mind pays tribute to The King of Rock'n Roll with a memorable show that takes the audience through Elvis' amazing career from his beginnings at Sun Records to his untimely death in 1977. A chronology packed with a string of hits and everything from rock'n'roll, rhythm & blues to gospel and ballads.

Elvis On My Mind

Critically acclaimed work by Marina Mascarell, who has created dances for the world's most prominent companies and now leads Denmark's modern dance flagship.

Mongrel–Danish Dance Theatre

In recent years, British Motionhouse has captivated Baltoppen LIVE audiences with the spectacular works Broken (2015), Scattered (2016), Charge (2018), Nobody (2021) and the family show Starchitects (2023). In April 2025, the company will return to Baltoppen LIVE with its brand new performance, Hidden.

Hidden– Motionhouse (UK)

Waage Sandø celebrates his 60th acting anniversary as Shakespeare's old king and patriarch, who lets go of the reins and sees his power, his family and his sanity crumble.

King Lear

Ballerup Musicaltakes you on a journey back to a time of landlines, shoulder pillows, knee-high cress and music that went straight to your dancing shoes. We are going toback to the 80sin a newly written musical.

Back to the 80s– Ballerup Musical

Breabach, ranked high among Scotland's vibrant folk bands, unites traditional Highland and Seaside roots with the modern Scottish music scene.

Breabach (SCO)

There is well-played, swinging big band music on the program when the 18-memberBig Blue Bandtogether with the band's own singer Helen Ann and under the leadership of the renowned conductor Peter Harbeck, the music lets loose with guest soloist Miriam Mandipira.

Big Blue Band& Miriam Mandipira

HEXIS originated in Denmark in 2010, inspired by the DIY spirit of the Punk and Hardcore scene, while also being deeply rooted in the Black Metal sound. Self-made and self-taught, HEXIS is constantly traveling the world. With over 1000 shows from the Faroe Islands to New Zealand and from Cuba to Mongolia, these guys have been the epitome of a hard-working and powerful band. Combining the energy of Hardcore with the desolate atmosphere of Black Metal and adding elements of Doom and Sludge, HEXIS has created three full-length albums; “Abalam” (2014), “Tando Ashanti” (2017) and “Aeternum” (2022), as well as countless EPs and Split releases. The musicians behind HEXIS are spread across Europe, and they have been praised for both their excellent records and, above all, for their intense live shows, which have taken them to high-profile festivals such as Roskilde, Copenhell, Bloodstock, Roadburn and Ieper Fest.

HEXIS+ supportGRADIENT

The two Västergötland violinists Alice Klint and Kristin Kennemark have long thrilled listeners in Sweden with their fiery and elegant take on Swedish folk music. Vågspel channels life's sorrows and joys, modern experiences and timeless reflections into their music. A vivid example of the vitality of folk music and Vågspel's combination of a high technical level and a passionate and playful approach to it.

Folk dance ball with Vågspel (SE) + dance workshop with Nordic Dance

On the surface, the couple Sibylle and Daniel live a perfect, albeit somewhat trivial, family life with good jobs, a nice apartment and two small children.

The Royal Playhouse and The Old Stage

If you're one of those who danced the soles out of their shoes to the American band TOTO in the 80s and 90s, there's plenty of opportunity to do it again when the Danish cover band TOTO Eclipse takes to the stage at Baltoppen LIVE and throws a concert party.

TOTO Eclipse

Award-winning bagpipe and flute virtuoso Calum Stewart's powerful and lyrical playing style is rooted in the traditional music of his home in northern Scotland. His distinct musical expression has developed through collaborations with various other musicians in the Scottish and Irish musical traditions. Unlike most other Scottish bagpipers, he has embraced the Irish variant, the so-called uillean pipes.

Calum Stewart Trio feat. stepdanser Sophie Stephenson (SCO)

The Figaros Opera Company is setting sail with Gilbert & Sullivan's unforgettable operetta HMS Pinafore. The original operetta's lovely music and silly plot are of course still on board – imbued with the original work's nonsense humor and irreverent mockery of English traditions, pride in the navy (with a rear admiral who has never been to sea), class differences and snobbery.

HMS Pinafore

As Denmark's leading expert in the psychological profiling of serial killers, 'criminal profiling', he tellsFlorence McLeanin this talk about some of the worst serial criminals from around the world. She explains what profiling is and goes through the tools a profiler uses to describe a perpetrator.

Florence McLean– The Psychology of Evil

Sitting at long tables, we are gathered around the last meal – with five performers among us, who, with dizzying acrobatics, dance, live music and lots of humor, each tell their own story of being trapped by life's thoughts and the dreams they never got to live out.

The Last Supper – GLiMT AMAGER

Dans på Toppen – Winter 2025

Be fascinated by the poetic beauty with which Italian Andrea Salustri transforms a dead material, flamingo, into a living narrative material.

Material– Andrea Salustri (IT/DE)

English Jane Clark and Irish Shane Donnelly met in 2000 by chance at a jam session in an Irish pub in a country that was new to both of them.

Jane & Shane

Esbjerg Ensemble has a tradition of starting the year with magnificent musical experiences, where surprises are in store, while the champagne corks pop to a fireworks display of sparkling, familiar New Year's tunes.

New Year's concert with Esbjerg Ensemble

Efter tre fuldlængdealbums med stigende tyngde og intensitet bragte EP’en ”Love And Other Lies” (2023) Lifesicks dystre dødsmetal-hardcore til Metal Blade, hvor de er blevet modne med det kalejdoskopiske raseri og den jernklædte dysterhed, som er at finde på Lifesicks nye album “Loved By None, Hated By All”, der udkommer i november 2024.

Baltoppen LIVE

Nov 30, 2025

Christmas concert with Musica Ficta conducted by Bo Holten

Nov 28, 2025

Set in the world

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