The 29th edition of Urkult festival will take place on July 31st to August 2nd, 2025

Grytan foto Liam Johansson

Photo Liam Johansson

Urkult is a folk festival, a meeting place and a source of booming inspiration

Every year for three days – people from all over the world arrive in Näsåker to share and celebrate different cultures, music and crafts among the trees above the beautiful river Nämforsen. The festival program, apart from the concerts, include workshops, poetry slam, children’s theatre and a wide range of both exciting & educational activities for both children and adults. Local craftsmen and organic food are trusty features at Urkults market and festival area.

In the heart of the festival is an organic amphitheater grown and designed out of the ground framed by steep pine covered hillsides that are characteristic for the landscape along the river. Urkult is known for its opening ceremony the Night of Fire – a unique performance that is created by different artists every year. Often the performance include drums, song or instrumental music, dancing and storytelling – and is always centered around the element fire.

Do as people have done for thousands of years and experience this place for yourself!

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Urkult affisch 2025 Lina Karlsson

Affichiste 2025 Lina Karlsson

FESTIVAL NEWS

The festival is here

The festival is here

Urkults first day starts with concerts on Solscenen, Danslogen and in the chirch, where you for example can enjoy sufic musictradition with Hadarattes Souiriyattes ad folkrock with Skenet. At midnight, the night of fire opens this 25th aniversary for real and...

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Registration for courses are open

Registration for courses are open

The application forms for courses with registration are now opened. You can find them on each acitvity page under acitivities. The ones that are held in swedish, you can find on the swedish site.  Other posts   Next festival is held 1-3 of August 2019 Urkult...

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The program is online

The program is online

We celebrate Swedish Midsummer with publishing this years program online. It is mainly in Swedish, but we hope you can enjoy it anyway. You can find the program here! Övriga inlägg  

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With support from:

Swedish Arts Council