The Copenhagen Songwriters Festival is focused on original songcraft, celebrating Danish and international songwriters, and the songwriter culture in Denmark.
The goal of the festival is to provide an inclusive, annual multicultural, entertainment and educational event, to help raise awareness of the songwriting scene in Denmark, careers of Danish artists and international profile of Copenhagen as a city.
The festival was created by Brett Perkins, with support from Kultur Vesterbro, and sponsored in 2009 by Audioplanet, Carlsberg Idea Fund, Dansk Artist Forbund, Dansk Populærerautorer, FreeCard.dk, IMA Data, Københavns Kommune Arrangementpuljen, KODA and Vesterbro Lokaludvalg.
FROM THE PRODUCER
The Copenhagen Songwriters Festival is a natural evolution from presenting the Listening Room Concerts Series/Songwriters In The Round shows in Denmark since 1998 and additional concert presentations in the US and abroad since the early '80's including Austin, Boston, Cannes, Dublin, Edinburgh, Galway, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Memphis, Nashville, New York City, Portland, San Francisco, Stockholm, Thorshavn and Toronto.
As the festival grows and expands in the coming years, I plan to continue presenting a mixture of new and known artists, booked for the quality and heartfulness of their presentation and craft.
Stay tuned for further updates to come...And, as always, thanks for listening.....Brett
SAVE THE DATE & SEE YOU AUG. 20-22, 2010!! CONFIRMED MAINSTAGE ARTISTS INCLUDE BENJAMIN AGGERBAEK (DK), CAROLINE AIKEN (US), ANNETTE BJERGFELDT (DK), MCKINLEY BLACK (D), JOHN LEO CARTER (IRE), DANA COOOPER (US), STEPHEN GRABOWSKI (DK), EVA HILLERED (S), AMALIE RIIS (DK) JOSEFINA SANNER (S), LONE SELMER (DK), TILDE WINTHER (DK) + SIDSEL MARIE SOEHOLM (DK), MARIA STEEN (S). YELLOWBELLIES (DK), METTEGRY NIELSEN (DK) & MANY MORE TO FOLLOW!
THANKS FOR A GREAT FIRST YEAR WITH OVER 120O IN ATTENDANCE + SURPRISE GUEST APPEARANCES BY AURA, MADS MOURITZ, RASMUS NØHR, TUE VEST & MORE!
SCHEDULE OF 2009 PERFORMANCES BELOW:
FRIDAY 21/8 OUTDOOR MAINSTAGE, ONKEL DANNYS PLADS
HOST: MORTEN BAY
Stage Manager: tba
Sound Engineer: Henrik Hahn
16:00 HØGNI LISBERG (FO)
17:00 SANNE DO/KAREN S DUO
18:00 ANGU (GL)
19:00 JØRGEN THORUP TRIO
20:00 MARIANNE VAN TOORNBURG
21:00 KENNETH THORDAL
22:00 JONATHA BROOKE
23:00 TOBIAS TRIER TRIO
FRIDAY 21/8 RÅHUSET STUEN FEATURE STAGE
Stage Manager/Host: Anders Greis
Sound Engineer: Klaus Caprani
16:00 LUIS OLIART (US)
17:00 HEIDI MATTSON
18:00 JIMMY ANDERSEN
19:00 JEPPE CORNELIUS
20:00 MARK AARON JAMES (US)
21:00 BUTZBACK
22:00 KRISTINE HOELGAARD
23:00 JOSE CARLOS II
24:00 - 02:00 LATE NIGHT SCENE, HOSTED BY ANDERS GREIS
FRIDAY 21/8 RÅHUSET 1ST FLOOR DK SONGWRITER CLUBS STAGE
Stage Manager: Jacob Svendsen
Sound Engineer: Bjarne Langhoff/Bose Systems
14:00 - 15:30 WORKSHOP W/ MARK AARON JAMES (US) "How to Make a Good Song Great, Bringing Your Writing to the Next Level."
16:00 SONGSALIVE SCANDANAVIA: Lone Selmer, Jesper Van, Thomas Støtt, Lasse Storgaard, Martin Rimi, Gry Harrit
17:00 SONGWRITERS UTOPIA: Jacob Svendsen, Andrea Ucini
18:00 TEMPEL SONGWRITERS: Tine Bacher, Kaia Hjøllund, Alex Mendez
19:00 MICHAEL HAMILTON + Special Guests tba
20:00 THE CLOSET: Jonas Dahl, Eli Salzman
FRIDAY 21/8 RÅHUSET 1ST FLOOR LISTENING ROOM 'SECRET SESSIONS' FEATURE STAGE
21:00 ELLEN (Jade Ell) (S)
22:00 TRINE LISE VÆRING
23:00 DANILO MOSCARDINI (UK)
SATURDAY 22/8 OUTDOOR MAINSTAGE, ONKEL DANNYS PLADS
HOST: BRETTPERKINS
16:00 HELLE HANSEN
17:00 ANNIKA FEHLING (S)
18:00 TOBIAS STENKJÆR
19:00 LOUISE HART
20:00 STRAWBERRY BLONDE
21:00 KIM RICHEY (US)
22:00 HUSH
23:00 CLAUS HEMPLER
SATURDAY 22/8 RÅHUSET STUEN FEATURE STAGE
HOST: LARS HARBOE
16:00 LARS HARBOE
17:00 ANNA ROSENKILDE
18:00 JAKOB DAHN
19:00 GUDRID HANSDOTTIR (FO)
20:00 MARTIN HØYBYE
21:00 PER WORM
22:00 IDA ØSTERGAARD
23:00 ADAM FASTHOLM (S)
24:00 - 02:00 LATE NIGHT SCENE, HOSTED BY KASPAR VIG: Peter Friisnæs/LODGE, others.
SATURDAY 22/8 RÅHUSET 1ST FLOOR DK SONGWRITER CLUBS STAGE
SOUND BY BOSE SYSTEMS
14:00 - 15:30 SONGWRITERS SURIVIVAL WORKSHOP W/ ANNIKA FEHLING (S) Songwriters Survival Strategy: Touring & The Indy Life'
16:00 SOUTHEAST SONGWRITERS CLUB (Vordingborg): Natasja Lee Dickinson, Andy Goggin, René Jensen, Ole Brink Toxværd
17:00 COPENHAGEN CO-WRITERS: Cecilia Heick, Helle Henning, Geordie Garriock, Gry Vesterkaer
18:00 SYDSHAVSØERNES SANGSKRIVERE (Lolland): Anja Hornhaver, Anette Svåbæk, Janne Høyem
19:00 SONGWRITERS CORNER (Svendborg): Stig Jacob Andersen Tommy John Andersen, Ole Rolf Lassen, Henrik Larsen
20:00 KLUB GEYSER (Islands Brygge): Chris Marchant, Jacob Speake, Annemarie Zimakoff
HOST: MORTEN BAY
16:00 TANTE ANDANTE (for familier)
16:45 OLE KIBSGAARD (for familier)
17:30 SASCHA DUPONT
18:15 ANNA BELL
19:15 JACOB ERIKSEN
20:15 NANNA LARSEN BAND
21:15 DEODATO SIQUIR & RIKKE LIE
22:15 ANNIKA AAKJÆR
SUNDAY 23/8 RÅHUSET STUEN FEATURE STAGE
HOSTS: SANNE DO/KAREN STIDSEN
16:00 MORTEN THUESEN
17:00 SOPHIE WOODS
18:00 KLAUS CAPRANI
19:00 XENIA feat. NOAH ROSANES
20:00 JACOB FAURHOLT
21:00 MORTEN WOODS
22:00 PETER BRANDT
23:00 MC HANSEN
24:00 - 02:00 LATE NIGHT SCENE, HOSTED BY JENS ENGGAARD JEPSEN
SUNDAY 23/8 RÅHUSET 1ST FLOOR DK SONGWRITER CLUBS STAGE
SOUND BY BOSE SYSTEMS
14:00 - 15:30 BASIC GUITAR PICKING WORKSHOP W/ MICHAEL BOESEN
16:00 SANGSKRIVERSVÆRKSTEDET THORVALDSEN: Stig Agermose & Rytme-Hans, Ivan Ivo Larsen, Henrik Persson, Kim Sonders
17:00 ODENSE SONGWRITERS CIRLCE: Jesper Hempler, Soren Lau, Kristian Lassen
18:00 SPIL DANSK FARUM: Tom Frederiksen og Morten Madsen, Helge Larsen
19:00 LYNGBY SANGSKRIVERS KLUB: John Lansner, Kim Stüker, Majse
20:00 ÅRHUS SANGSKRIVERSVÆRKSTED: John Bæk, 'With no Arms and Legs' (Johan Ask Nielsen + 1)
Hi Brett - thanks for picking up my friend request, sorry it's taken me a while to get back to you. Where does time go? Anyway, as I said with the request, I'm hoping I can get to København for the 2010 event! I'll keep my ear to the ground for announcements... all the best James
Hey Brett Good work! Thanks for a great day yesterday. Though our concert was early in the festival program, the crowd was great. I also sold quite a lot of cd..s:-) See you later today... Sanne
Live Koncerter: D. 15/8 Folk&Rock festival, Segmon , Sverige D. 28/8 Jacobs BQ, Århus Festuge D. 2/9 Fair Bar, Århus festuge D. 12/9 Fredsfestivalen, Sydhavnen D. 3/10 Lades Kælder, Kbh
Hey. Tak for venskabet. Godt initiativ. Jeg håber at fange noget af programmet den weekend. Jeg er klart frisk på at være med i 2010, skulle der være en ledig scene plads? Mange musikalske hilsner - Jonas Grundsted.
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