‘First hybrid festival’ debuts in Arctic Norway
Varanger Festival is selling tickets for both physical and virtual performances, aiming to improve on the 1,118 capacity imposed on it for 2020
News By IQ | 6 August 2020
The world’s northernmost jazz festival is hosting what it believes is Europe’s first ‘hybrid’ festival event – combining a traditional in-person component with a paid-for live stream – in order to reach a larger audience while coronavirus restrictions are in place.
Varanger Festival has been held in Vadsø, in northern Norway, since 1982, with some 12,000 festivalgoers making the pilgrimage north annually to see top jazz artists perform against the unique backdrop of the midnight sun.
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“Unfortunately Covid-19 is something event organisers…
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