Main programme
A festival programme filled to the brim with outdoor concerts and performances! Artists from Norway and around the world meet in a staggering programme in the town hall square in Jessheim. Free entry and open to everyone.
Friday, 25. August 2023
US Orchestra (Kyiv)
Ukrainian folk music
Saturday, 26. August 2023
Welcome w/ mayor Eyvind J Schumacher
Welcome to the 5th. Global Gathering Festival Jessheim
Flamencura
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.
”Bølingen” + “Ullensaker spelemannslag”
“Bølingen” + “Ullensaker spelemannslag” in ensemble, presenting Norwegian folk music and folk dance.
Célio Carvalho and Vera Regina Americo with The Husbands
Our own local house-band with Brazilian guests and groove.
Move & Groove
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”.
Raga Blues
Raga Blues presents South-Indian/Tamil-inspired music from Sri Lanka, merged with European jazzy sounds.
Rainbow Band
A colourful group from Iran and Romania living in Jessheim, where this band was formed in conjunction with an earlier Global Gathering Festival.
Stian Carstensen & HORTA
Stian Carstensen & HORTA perform old Romani-songs in a spontaneous, unfiltered way.
Elena Dyachenko w/chorus
Ukrainian musician, singer, and choir-conductor living in Jessheim, who together with a choir offers titbits of Ukrainian folk music.
Showing of traditional costumes
For the first time, traditional costumes from different countries will be shown at Global Gathering Festival.
Moksha
An exciting combination of Nordic jazz and Indian raga with evocative improvisations and complex rhythms.
Svilen Konac
Serbian dance group established in Ullensaker.