Grøn Koncert (literally "Green Concert") is an annually recurring series of Danish one-day
music festival
A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or h ...
s. Taking place in July, the concerts are performed by a selection of bands who tour around Denmark for about ten days. The concerts have been held every year since 1983, always with mostly or exclusively Danish artists.
The concerts are arranged by
Muskelsvindfonden, a Danish support organisation for
muscular dystrophy
Muscular dystrophies (MD) are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare neuromuscular diseases that cause progressive weakness and breakdown of skeletal muscles over time. The disorders differ as to which muscles are primarily affe ...
sufferers; the practical work for the concerts is done by several hundred people from "Det Grønne Crew", Muskelsvindfonden's concert volunteer group. The main sponsor is
Tuborg.
List of concerts
References
External links
www.groenkoncert.dk(Danish)
www.crewet.dk(Danish)
www.muskelsvindfonden.dk(Danish)
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Music festivals in Denmark
Festivals established in 1983
Summer events in Denmark
1983 establishments in Denmark