Price cut pays off for Norway’s PiPFest

Promoter Peer Osmundsvaag tells IQ that cheaper tickets have led to sales doubling for the Oslo festival's 2025 edition

News By James Hanley | 23 April 2025

The British band Jungle on stage at the festival Piknik i Parken in Oslo in 2022.
Jungle at Piknik i Parken © Stian Schløsser Møller

Norway’s Piknik i Parken (Picnic in the Park) is on course to sell out this year after promoter Peer Osmundsvaag’s ticket price gamble paid off. Better known as PiPFest, the 12,000-cap event returns to Oslo’s Sofienberg Park from 12-14 June, headlined by Faithless and Aurora.

Osmundsvaag, who launched the inner-city festival in 2014, cut ticket prices by 20% for this year’s edition. A full festival pass costs 1,765 kroner (€149), with day tickets available from 895 kroner…

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