Global Gathering Festival 2023 starts in

Films etcetera

Exhibitions

Food and traditions

Talks

Festival programme

Workshops

Main events

Tuesday, 22. August 2023

Wednesday, 23. August 2023

Thursday, 24. August 2023

19:00

"Kniven i ilden" (The knife in the fire) – Ingeborg Arvola

Author visiting at Jessheim public library

Ingeborg Arvola is visiting Global Gathering to talk about her most recent book Kniven i ilden, the first book in the trilogy Ruijan rannalla – sanger fra ishavet (songs from the Polar Ocean), about “kvener” (people of Finnish descent in Northern Norway) and the landscape they live in.

Friday, 25. August 2023

19:00 - 20:00

US Orchestra (Kyiv)

Concert in Blackbox

Ukrainian folk music

Saturday, 26. August 2023

11:00 - 11:10

Welcome w/ mayor Eyvind J Schumacher

on stage 1

Welcome to the 5th. Global Gathering Festival Jessheim

11:10 - 11:40

Flamencura

Concert on stage 1

Flamencura offers deep-diving into the Spanish culture and the world of flamenco, inviting the audience to get carried away by brilliant guitar playing and catchy rhythms.

11:40 - 12:00

”Bølingen” + “Ullensaker spelemannslag”

Concert on stage 2

“Bølingen” + “Ullensaker spelemannslag” in ensemble, presenting Norwegian folk music and folk dance.

12:00 - 12:30

Célio Carvalho and Vera Regina Americo with The Husbands

Concert on stage 1

Our own local house-band with Brazilian guests and groove.

12:30 - 12:50

Move & Groove

Concert on stage 2

Move & Groove with “Ullensaker kulturskole” and Thulani Mulakali, offering rhythms from South-Africa. This is a presentation of the result of the workshop “Move & Groove”.

12:50 - 13:30

Raga Blues

Concert on stage 1

Raga Blues presents South-Indian/Tamil-inspired music from Sri Lanka, merged with European jazzy sounds.

13:30 - 13:50

Rainbow Band

Concert on stage 2

A colourful group from Iran and Romania living in Jessheim, where this band was formed in conjunction with an earlier Global Gathering Festival.

13:50 - 14:30

Stian Carstensen & HORTA

Concert on stage 1

Stian Carstensen & HORTA perform old Romani-songs in a spontaneous, unfiltered way.

14:30 - 14:40

Elena Dyachenko w/chorus

Concert on stage 2

Ukrainian musician, singer, and choir-conductor living in Jessheim, who together with a choir offers titbits of Ukrainian folk music.

14:40 - 15:00

Showing of traditional costumes

Catwalk on stage 2

For the first time, traditional costumes from different countries will be shown at Global Gathering Festival.

15:00 - 15:45

Moksha

Concert on stage 1

An exciting combination of Nordic jazz and Indian raga with evocative improvisations and complex rhythms.

15:45 - 16:00

Svilen Konac

Dance performance on stage 2

Serbian dance group established in Ullensaker.

Sunday, 27. August 2023

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