Bergen National Opera turns 20 and invites audiences to a grand opera gala and the modern masterpiece Written on Skin.

Bergen National Opera 20 Years: Opera Gala and Written on Skin

Grieghallen

Mari Boine turns 70 and celebrates with an anniversary tour. The iconic Sámi-Norwegian artist and activist Mari Boine turns 70 this year, and marks the occasion with an extensive anniversary tour.

Mari Boine

A concert performance filled with music, dance, energy, surprises and audience favorites from previous productions. Young people between the ages of 7 and 25 from a range of cultures perform music and dance from Eritrea, Bollywood, South Africa, Kurdistan, Kenya, Angola and the Philippines.

Fargespill Bergen Presents "Gjengen min"

Berlioz: King Lear, Overture; Mark Simpson: Piano Concerto (Nordic premiere); Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 "Scottish". Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Soloist Tamara Stefanovich replaces Víkingur Ólafsson.

Edward Gardner Conducts Mendelssohn

Stageway, All Things Live Norway & Ramalama present: DumDum Boys – XL. In November 2026, DumDum Boys mark 40 years since the release of their first album, a milestone that confirms the band's unique position in Norwegian rock history.

DumDum Boys – XL [Roman Numerals Forty]

Laughter, music and a touch of grace. Bjørn Eidsvåg and Bjarte Tjøstheim in an extra performance following a sold-out evening at Grieg Hall in autumn 2025.

Bjørn & Bjarte, the Tough One and the Tender One

Bergen Live presents: Thomas Dybdahl with band. Thomas Dybdahl is regarded as one of the country's finest artists and songwriters.

Thomas Dybdahl

Maria Mena is celebrating her 40th birthday and 25 years as an artist with a major Norway tour in 2026.

Maria Mena

Swinging Christmas is back with a swinging holiday lift! Experience Bergen singer Frode Vassel, known from The Voice and MGP, who warms hearts with his clear tenor. Joining him is Sinne Eeg, Denmark's award-winning jazz star with her dark, critically acclaimed vocal sound. Get ready for an unforgettable Christmas concert with the North's foremost live artists!

Swinging Christmas – with Frode Vassel and Sinne Eeg

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6 "The Tragic". Following a series of memorable Mahler experiences, it is now time for his most personal symphony, which contains the mysterious "Hammer Blows of Fate".

Mahler's Sixth Symphony

Anniversary show with over 20 years of experience; a show experience with group singalongs, rock 'n' roll, a three-course dinner and an afterparty with a DJ.

Wallmans On Tour 2026 Dinner Show

A Christmas concert with Eva Weel Skram, featuring her own songs and well-loved holiday favorites.

Falle til ro – A Christmas Concert with Eva Weel Skram

Together we serve up well-loved classics and beloved Christmas carols, like musical Christmas cards! The deck, of course, holds this year's highlight: The Snowman by Howard Blake, in which the snowman comes to life and gives a little boy an adventurous experience, told with film, orchestra and boy soprano.

Musical Christmas Cards 2026

A new and exclusive Christmas concert with Bugge Wesseltoft, where the audience gathers around the grand piano in the Peer Gynt Hall at Grieghallen.

Bugge Wesseltoft «It's Snowing on my piano»

Since 1988, the Oslo Gospel Choir has given thousands of concerts at home and abroad, and in the nineties the choir was Norway's best-selling artist, with over 1.5 million CDs sold. In 2020 the choir marked its 30th anniversary with an extensive tour of much of Europe. This year we will once again set out on a major Christmas tour in November and December. The combination of the choir's atmospheric Norwegian Christmas songs and swinging gospel has for many become a fixed fixture of the pre-Christmas season.

Oslo Gospel Choir - En stjerne skinner i natt

A new Christmas show with music, dance, learning and fun for children aged two and up and the whole family. Approx. 60 minutes, no intermission.

Bjørnis Saves Christmas!

Christmas concert with Helene Bøksle. Helene Bøksle is known for her distinctive and beautiful voice, and her Christmas concert "A Rose Has Sprung Up" has, for many years, moved and delighted audiences across the country. With a blend of classic Christmas songs such as "Deilig er jorden," "O helga natt" and "Tenn lys," along with her own interpretations and gift for communication, this becomes a truly special pre-Christmas concert.

A Rose Has Sprung Up

A magical concert experience. Sissel's Christmas is an annual Christmas concert with Sissel, presented by Early Bird Music in collaboration with Skyskraper Artist.

Sissel's Christmas 2026

Tchaikovsky's famous music opens the door to a completely reimagined world, where luminous costumes transform the classic story into a captivating visual journey.

The Nutcracker: Symphony of Lights

Magnus Lindberg: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (world premiere); Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7. Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste and piano duo Lucas and Arthur Jussen.

Bruckner's Seventh Symphony

Christmas concert with Odd René Andersen and band. Presented by Stageway & All Things Live Norway.

Stjernenatt – A Christmas Concert with Odd René Andersen

DDE's Christmas tradition is as old as the band itself. The family show No e DDE Jul Igjen! with Stageway & All Things Live Norway, featuring songs from the Christmas albums and surprise guests such as local children's choirs and star boys.

No e D.D.E. Jul Igjen

Love Actually™ Live in Concert repeats its success and returns to Bergen and Griegsalen. The film Love Actually (2003) is shown on a large screen while the Stockholm Concert Orchestra performs the music live.

Love Actually™ Live in Concert

Christel Alsos' Christmas concerts with ensemble Andreas Vold Løwe, Jo Berger Myhre and Lisa Voldsdal Sørensen. Bergen Live presents.

Christel Alsos: In the Cold Winter 2026

Carola Häggkvist presents her debut book “Jag är Carola” on tour with pianist Will Oaks, combining personal stories and hits in an intimate concert.

Jag är Carola

A grand Christmas concert with Didrik Solli-Tangen, featuring holiday classics performed with soul, power and precision.

Didrik Solli-Tangen – O Helga Natt

Step into Alf Prøysen's magical and heartwarming Christmas world with the beloved story of Snekker Andersen and Santa Claus! This Christmas Eve, Snekker Andersen and Santa Claus decide to swap roles. The Santa family has never before had a visit from a real carpenter, and the Andersen family has never before had a visit from the real Santa Claus.

Snekker Andersen and Santa Claus

Christmas with Nordic Tenors is a Christmas concert featuring the tenor trio Nordic Tenors and pianist Torgeir Koppang, with a varied Christmas repertoire.

Christmas with Nordic Tenors 2026

Christian Ingebrigtsen, Maria Arredondo, Alexander Rybak, Torstein Sødal, Ebba Lejonclou, Gaute Ormåsen, Frøydis Grorud and musical director Øystein Lund Olafsen invite you into their musical universe. The menu is tailored for those who want to let their shoulders down and be filled with Christmas joy.

Spring Christmas

Ina Wroldsen turns her Christmas success into a tradition with new performances in 2026. The show is based on her Christmas album The Business of Christmas.

Ina Wroldsen: The Business of Christmas 2026

Symfonica gives Christmas music a bold new sound. Classic holiday tunes meet symphonic rock, creating something you've never heard before. Well-known Christmas carols come back to life in grand arrangements. Massive guitars, atmospheric synths and powerful vocals create a concert experience that touches the heart and can be felt in your chest.

Symfonica - Norway's Most Powerful Christmas Concert!

A Christmas concert with Bad Brooks, blending traditional Christmas carols with country and honky-tonk.

Bad Brooks - Country Christmas 2026

Kurt Nilsen is back with his magical Christmas concerts, which have become a cherished tradition for many. Since the very first Christmas concert in 2010, he has filled concert halls all over Norway.

Kurt Nilsen - Christmas Concert 2026

New Year's concert on New Year's Eve in the Griegsalen with classical New Year's gems and swinging rhythms. With soprano Caroline Wettergreen, trumpet James Fountain and host Heine Bugge. Conductor: Florent Didier.

Eikanger-Bjørsvik: New Year's Concert on New Year's Eve 2026

The New Year's Concerts 2027 invite you to a rhythmic and festive encounter with popular musical influences from the United States and Latin America. From George Gershwin's jazz-inspired Rhapsody in Blue, through Leonard Bernstein's hits from the musical West Side Story, to sensual dance from Mexico.

New Year's Concerts 2027

Anniversary concert in the Peer Gynt Hall of Grieghallen celebrating David Bowie's 80th birthday with Scary Monsters, featuring over 30 songs from across Bowie's career.

David Bowie 80 Years with Scary Monsters

The Norwegian Opry – first edition! Country music evening hosted by Bad Brooks (The Arctic Cowboy), featuring Bjøro Håland, Arthur Stulien, Claudia Scott, Steinar Albrigtsen, Hilljacks (original lineup), Frode Haarstad and Bad Brooks.

The Norwegian Opry

Only Vienna's foremost musicians and vocal soloists have the honor of performing with the Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra Vienna. Now the world-renowned orchestra comes to Grieghallen with a repertoire drawn from the time-honored New Year's Concert that millions of TV viewers around the world follow every single year.

New Year's Concert 2027 - Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra Vienna

Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 and 4 by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Jan Willem de Vriend.

Beethoven 1, 2 and 4

A festive evening at Grieghallen as Jan Eggum celebrates his 75th birthday with a full band and invited guests. The evening presents his songs in a larger format, with guitar, voice and repertoire drawn from his catalog.

Jan Eggum 75

The International Ballet Company Berlin presents Swan Lake, under artistic direction of Rimma Wachsmann. The story of Prince Siegfried, Princess Odette and the sorcerer Redbeard brought to life with grace, emotion and technical perfection.

Svanesjøen – en tidløs klassiker

Everyone knows the opening bars of the Fifth Symphony. The gripping, expressive motif is, for many, synonymous with classical music. In the symphony, Beethoven takes us from one thrilling high point to the next. Beethoven expert Jan Willem de Vriend gives an introduction on Beethoven and the symphony before it is performed.

Short and Classic: The Fifth Symphony

The concert features two of Beethoven's absolute masterpieces, from the gripping, dramatic and expressive music of the Symphony No. 5 "Fate" to the lyrical joy, calm and unfolding of nature in the Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral". The two symphonies were premiered at the same concert in Vienna in 1808.

Beethoven 5 and 6

Beethoven's jubilant Ninth Symphony is one of the most performed and best-known works in classical music. Before the Beethoven Festival concludes with the Ode to Joy, the orchestra performs the elegant and light Symphony No. 8.

Beethoven 8 and 9

The shocking truth the gossip columns didn't know! The laughs come fast and the papers are in stitches as Janne speaks straight from her lived-in life – about love, sex, failure, and success. In a fireworks of a show, she rebels against every rule and law she learned behind the lace curtains in the Bible Belt. Sunniva is back. And she's pissed.

Janneloven

Family performance based on Malin Falch's book series Nordlys. Welcome to Jotundalen, where dreams, legends and fairy tales come to life.

Nordlys

For the first time, Anne Lindmo takes the stage in a double act with doctor, author and public educator Nina Brochmann. With good-humored engagement, they share experiences, knowledge and reflections on lust for life, in the body and in nature.

Lust for Life – An Evening with Anne Lindmo and Nina Brochmann

We are delighted to welcome back star pianist Kirill Gerstein as soloist in Brahms' brilliant and deeply probing First Piano Concerto, while Tchaikovsky's romantic masterpiece rounds out the concert.

Tchaikovsky and Brahms

The two professional elite choirs, BBC Singers and Edvard Grieg Choir, join forces to present a rich and varied program, from Thomas Tallis to Ola Gjeilo.

Guest Performance with BBC Singers and Edvard Grieg Choir

Vamp has established itself as one of Norway's most beloved bands. With their very distinctive style, they seek out the beautiful and powerful, by hand, in an increasingly cold and automated world.

Vamp - Syr ei blonda

Daniel Sloss is back in Bergen with his brand-new show BITTER, his 13th solo show.

Daniel Sloss: Bitter

The Queen & Ben Elton Musical. Presented by Stageshow. A new large-scale version of the Queen musical, with songs including Bohemian Rhapsody, I Want It All, It's a Kind of Magic, Don't Stop Me Now, I Want to Break Free, Radio Ga Ga, Another One Bites The Dust, Who Wants to Live Forever, We Are the Champions and We Will Rock You, sung in original English.

We Will Rock You

Hans Zimmer turns 70 – celebrate the music of a genius with us! Experience some of film history's most iconic musical masterpieces in grand orchestral versions, with new musical themes from the Dune universe, performed alongside award-winning soloists and choir.

Lords of the Sound - The Music of Hans Zimmer

Prize-winning tribute concert to Michael Jackson with live band, light show and vocalist Ben Bowman. Includes hits by Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5.

Michael Starring Ben – Direct from London's West End

Join Petter Northug and Thor Gotaas for an unforgettable evening, where sleivspark and tall tales meet inspiring life wisdom and valuable tips for reaching your own dreams.

Viljeskallen - Petter Northug and Thor Gotaas

Opera in two acts. A musical comedy full of tangles, romance and scheming plots, with a burlesque twist and direction by Vidar Magnussen. Sung in Norwegian, with subtitles in Norwegian and English.

The Barber of Seville

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 10 "Adagio"; Alexander Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony

Grieg Hall

7 - 13 Nov, 2026

Bergen National Opera 20 Years: Opera Gala and Written on Skin

Nov 14, 2026

Mari Boine

Nov 15, 2026

Fargespill Bergen Presents "Gjengen min"

Nov 19, 2026

Edward Gardner Conducts Mendelssohn

Nov 21, 2026

DumDum Boys – XL [Roman Numerals Forty]

Grieg Hall