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Events 2025 – January, February, March

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The hottest happenings in Denmark. Check out all the events you should take in as we finish off a long winter and slowly head into spring. 

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Messe Center Herning, Conference center, Denmark
Photo: Messe Center Herning, MCH

Art Herning

Place: Herning, Denmark. Dates: 31 January – 2 February 2025

Find your inner art critic at one of the biggest art fairs in Denmark. Arranged by the Danish Gallery Association and MCH Herning Kongrescenter, over 40 of Denmark’s leading art galleries collate hundreds of works from international and national artists, both established and emerging talent. Better still, they showcase art at all price points – so you're sure to find something special to bring home, no matter your budget. 

Sunset over shopping street Strøget in Copenhagen
Photo: Mathias Brandt

Fashion Week & Festival

Place: Copenhagen, Denmark. Dates: 27 – 31 January 2025

Copenhagen Fashion Week is the biggest fashion event in Northern Europe and has developed into an internationally renowned event. For every Copenhagen Fashion Week, a simultaneous Copenhagen Fashion Festival takes place, which includes extraordinary exhibitions, cool street parties, mini concerts, competitions, trend shows and shopping events. It's the perfect place to top up your Scandi-cool vibes. 

Winter Jazz Festival
Photo: Vinterjazz

Winter Jazz

Place: All over Denmark. 30 January – 28 February 2025

Winter Jazz is an annual nationwide music festival. The festival’s length and nationwide aspect make Winter Jazz an ideal opportunity to meet international stars on tour, new Danish award-winning projects and themes like Jazz for Kids, Future Sound of Jazz and Jazz’n’Poetry. Check out the link for the full lineup. 

Copenhagen Light Festival
Photo: Kim Matthai Leland

CPH Light Festival

Place: Copenhagen, Denmark. Dates: 31 January – 23 February 2025

Copenhagen Light Festival shows the city of Copenhagen in a new light by experimenting with colours, movement, and occasionally sound. It brings together a variety of forces in the making of the installations: light artists and designers, students, organisations and commercial partners and lights up the wintery skies for a magical few days. 
 

Join Copenhagen Pride Week
Photo: Thomas Høyrup Christensen - Copenhagen Media Center

Copenhagen Winter Pride

Place: Copenhagen, Denmark. Dates: 17 – 23 February 2025

Every year since 2015, Copenhagen Pride has organised a series of events in February to bring the LGBTI+ community together in the cold, dark months of winter to give people a break, reduce loneliness, and strengthen community. There will be a number of debates, workshops, performances and other (indoor) events throughout that week.
 

Kulturnatten
Photo: Kulturnatten

Family Culture Night

Place: Copenhagen, Denmark. Dates: 14 March 2025
 

A night where the city becomes a playground for families! Dive into Copenhagen’s biggest annual one-day event, where over 200 museums, theatres, libraries, churches, ministries, and parks swing their doors wide open for an evening of discovery and delight. From thrilling performances to hands-on activities, this cultural extravaganza invites kids (and their grown-ups!) to explore the vibrant heart of Copenhagen’s cultural scene in the most playful way.

CPH:DOX 2015- TELTET
Photo: Aviaja Skotte

CPH:DOX

Place: Copenhagen, Denmark. Dates: 19 – 30 March 2025
 

CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, is one of the largest documentary film festivals in the world. Discover the works of major international talent and new artists, promising the best experimental film/video works in the field of cinema and visual art.

FÆNGSLET Horsens
Photo: Fængselsmuseet

Fair for Crime Fiction

Place: Horsens. 29 – 30 March 2025

Northern Europe’s largest festival for crime fiction is held every Spring at FÆNGSLET, the infamous former state prison in Horsens. Visitors have the chance to meet popular Nordic/Scandinavian and international writers, publishers and speakers in a true atmosphere of crime fiction.

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