2018 in Danish music explained

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2018 in Danish music.

Events

February

• 10 – The artist and song for Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was decided.^[1]

May

• 30 – The 20th Distortion festival started in Copenhagen (May 30 - June 3).^[2]

June

• 9 – The NorthSide Festival opened in Aarhus (June 9–11).^[3]
• 21 – The 9th Copenhell festival started in Copenhagen (June 21–23).^[4]
• 28 – The 4th Tinderbox Festival started in Odense (June 28–30).^[5]

July

• 4 – The 47th Roskilde Festival opened (July 4–7).^[6]
• 6 – The 38th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 6 – 15).^[7]
• 11 – G! Festival opensed in Göta, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands (July 11–14).^[8]
• 14 – The 30th Aarhus Jazz Festival started (July 14–21).^[9]

August

• 8 – The Strøm Fesatival started in Copenhagen (August 8–11).^[10]

September

• 5 – The Copenhagen World Music Festival started (September 5–9).^[11]

Albums released

October

Deaths

January

• 1 – Teddy Edelmann, singer (born 1941).^[15]

August

• 16 – Benny Andersen, writer and pianist (born 1929).^[16]

October

• 30 – Kim Larsen, rock singer and guitarist, Gasolin' (born 1945).

See also

• Music of Denmark
• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eurovision 2018 Denmark . EurovisionWorld.com . 2017-10-22.
2. Web site: Copenhagen Distortion 2018 . RingRocker.com . 2017-10-22.
3. Web site: NorthSide 7. - 9. 2018 . . 2017-01-22.
4. Web site: Copenhell - See You June 21, 22, 23 2018 . . 2017-01-22.
5. Web site: Tinderbox . Tinderbox.dk . 2017-01-22.
6. Web site: Roskilde Festival 2018 . Kultunaut.dk . 2017-10-21.
7. Web site: Copenhagen Jazz Festival July 6–15, 2018 . . 2017-10-21.
8. Web site: G! . . 2018-03-04.
9. Web site: Aarhus Jazz Festival 2018 . VisitAarhus.dk . 2017-10-22.
10. Web site: Strøm Fesatival 8-11 Aug 2018 . Stromcph.dk . 2017-10-22.
11. Web site: The Copenhagen World Music Fesatival . CphWorld.dk . 2017-10-22.
12. Web site: Janne Mark: Pilgrim - CD . . 2018-02-28.
13. Web site: Jakob Bro - Returnings . . 2018-02-28.
14. Web site: Bay Of Rainbows — Jakob Bro, Thomas Morgan, Joey Baron . . 2018-11-07.
15. Web site: Teddy Edelmann er død . da . Nyheder.tv2.dk . 2018-01-24.
16. Web site: Forfatteren Benny Andersen er død . da . . 2018-08-17 . 2018-09-23.