The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2018 in
Danish music
The earliest traces of Danish music go back to the many twisting Bronze-Age horns or lurs which some experts have identified as musical instruments. They have been discovered in various parts of Scandinavia, mostly Denmark, since the end of the ...
.
Events
January
February
* 10 – The artist and song for Denmark in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2018
The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, following the country's victory at the with the song " Amar pelos dois" by Salvador Sobral. Organised by the European Broa ...
was decided.
March
April
May
* 30 – The 20th
Distortion festival started in
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
(May 30 - June 3).
June
* 9 – The
NorthSide Festival
The Northside Festival is an annual week-long summer showcase celebrating emerging "music, innovation and art" in Brooklyn, New York, United States. The festival is held at venues across the neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick ...
opened in
Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
(June 9–11).
* 21 – The 9th
Copenhell
Copenhell is a heavy metal festival held annually at Refshaleøen in Copenhagen, Denmark, since 2010. It was one of the first open-air heavy metal festivals in Denmark.
The festival started in 2010 with two stages, the main stage Helviti and se ...
festival started in
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
(June 21–23).
* 28 – The 4th Tinderbox Festival started in
Odense (June 28–30).
July
* 4 – The 47th
Roskilde Festival
The Roskilde Festival is a Danish music festival held annually south of Roskilde. It is one of the largest music festivals in Europe and the largest in the Nordic countries. It was created in 1971 by two high school students and a promoter. In 1 ...
opened (July 4–7).
* 6 – The 38th
Copenhagen Jazz Festival
Copenhagen Jazz Festival is a jazz event every July in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Copenhagen Jazz Festival was established in 1979, but beginning in 1964 Tivoli Gardens presented a series of concerts under the name Copenhagen Jazz Festiva ...
started in
Copenhagen, Denmark (July 6 – 15).
* 11 –
G! Festival
The G! Festival (commonly known as G!, in Faroese also called G! Festivalur or G! Festivalurin) is a Faroese musical festival, held annually at the seaside village Gøta on Eysturoy in mid or late July, but always before the Ólavsøka. It is one ...
opensed in Göta,
Eysturoy,
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
(July 11–14).
* 14 – The 30th
Aarhus Jazz Festival
Aarhus Jazz Festival (formerly Aarhus International Jazz Festival) is an eight-day jazz festival in Aarhus, Denmark. It is held every year in July,
August or September. The festival performs at the Aarhus Concert Hall, as well as many different ve ...
started (July 14–21).
August
* 8 – The Strøm Fesatival started in Copenhagen (August 8–11).
September
* 5 – The Copenhagen World Music Festival started (September 5–9).
Albums released
February
March
October
Deaths
; January
* 1 –
Teddy Edelmann, singer (born 1941).
; August
* 16 –
Benny Andersen, writer and pianist (born 1929).
; October
* 30 –
Kim Larsen, rock singer and guitarist,
Gasolin' (born 1945).
See also
*
Music of Denmark
*
Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
References
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Danish music
Danish
Danish may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
* A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark
* Culture of Denmark
* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...
Music
Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...