About the Norberg festival

Norbergfestival is a music festival for electronic and experimental music held in Norberg, Västmanland, Sweden. The event has a very friendly atmosphere, attracts people in many different ages and with diverse musical interests. Most visitors come from Sweden and Denmark.

Every year between 60 and 90 artists perform at Norbergfestival. Music styles span from Avantgarde, EAM, Drone and Noise via Electronica, 8-bit and Acid to Breakcore, Detroit Techno and Dubstep. During the years artist like Pole, Pamelia Kurstin, Luke Vibert, Kid606, Fennesz, B12, Vladislav Delay, Milanese, Pan Sonic, Monolake, Bong-Ra, Skream, Biosphere, DJ Food, The Skull Defekts, Andreas Tilliander and many more have performed at the festival.

Norbergfestival is held in and around an abandoned mining area. The main concert building, Mimerlaven, was once a pithead frame for the extraction of iron ore. The structure was erected in 1957, Hematite and magnetite from the pits around Norberg were brought into Mimer, crushed and then further processed. The mining business was discontinued in the 1980s.