2018 in Danish music

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

February

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
23	Pilgrim	Janne Mark with Arve Henriksen	ACT	Produced by Esben Eyermann and Janne Mark	[12]

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
23	Returnings	Jakob Bro with Palle Mikkelborg, Thomas Morgan, and Jon Christensen	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[13]

October

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
5	Bay Of Rainbows	Jakob Bro, Thomas Morgan, and Joey Baron	ECM Records		[14]

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

References

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