UKA (festival)

UKA
UKA
Dates	Biennially in October
Location(s)	Trondheim, Norway
Years active	1917 – present
Website	UKA.no

Last updated April 12, 2024

UKA is the largest cultural festival in Norway and is held biannually by volunteer students from Trondheim. In 2019, the festival is set to be held for the 50th time. In 2015, 1700 students did volunteer work, while 90,000 event tickets were sold.^[1] The name "UKA" translates to "the week", although it now lasts for the better part of a month, with events including concerts, theatre, seminars and more.

History

UKA was established in 1917 by students studying at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH, now part of NTNU) in an attempt to improve the financial situation within the students' community in Trondheim. In 1917, the festival mainly consisted of a revue, which was arranged every other year except the mid-war years. Starting with scarce resources, UKA has been in constant growth and is today the largest Norwegian cultural festival with more concerts and entertainment than ever before. Although the festival now features big-name artists, the organizers still consider revue, UKErevyen, as the "heart" of the festival.

Volunteer work

It may seem hard to believe, but Norway's largest cultural festival is run entirely by volunteers, from top to bottom. Trondheim's tradition for volunteer work is well known, and a trademark for UKA. In 2009, 1400 volunteers made sure everything ran smoothly. 6500 spectators jumped up and down in Death Valley, 90 000 litres of beer were sold during the festival, activities spanning from juggling courses to crime night to wrestling were held in Death Valley and The Student Society in Trondheim, and commercial partners contributed with events like “UKA robot challenge”, where the contesters competed in building and programming Lego robots. The festival itself is a celebration of intellectual prowess and passionate commitment shown by the students. Consisting mainly of students recruited from Trondheim, the main audience is young people within the proximity of the city. There are events and lectures, however, that targets a more mature audience, such as UKErevyen.

Names

Every UKErevyen revue is given a name, which also becomes the name of the entire festival. The name is decided by the writers and is a well-kept secret all the way up to the opening of the festival and the play, and only a handful of people outside of the writers' collegium knows it before it's officially revealed. This is a big event where the name is physically uncovered at midnight in front of the student society, with several thousand attendants.

The writers aren't entirely free in choosing the name, either. A more or less strict set of rules applies, never written down, but followed from one festival to the next. The most important ones are that the name should consist of three syllables, and that it should have several meanings, either in splitting up the word(s) or rearranging the letters. The rules aren't always followed, as seen with the name of UKA-03 and UKA-23; Glasur, that had only two syllables. It did, however, supply different interpretations, first of all with the word itself, meaning glaze, then "Gla' sur" which means "happy sad", and "gla'rus" (a rush of happiness). UKA-05 restored the rule of three syllables (until 2023) with the name Origo.

List of names

2023, SPRÆKK!
2021, Razzmatazz
2019, Vivillé
2017, Ta-De-Du!
2015, LURIFAX
2013, Jubalong
2011, Imiti
2009, Skabaré
2007, Manifest
2005, Origo
2003, Glasur
2001, Paradoks
1999, ,kåMMa,
1997, Alt er sex

1995, skjer-mer-@
1993, Fabula
1991, bom-t-bom
1989, jaggumæ
1987, De-cha-vi
1985, Narr i ciss
1983, E' de' ber
1981, Fan-tutte

1979, Ræggeti
1977, Laugalaga
1975, Sirkuss
1973, Skubidi
1971, Åja
1969, prinkipo
1967, Jarragakk
1965, ..jo,serdu...

1963, kiss mett
1961, filliputt
1959, Krakatitt
1957, Krusedull
1955, VAU-De-Ville
1953, GUST i BUS
1951, akk-a-mei
1949, Domino

1947, Fandango
1945, Go-a-head
1939, Tempora
1937, Vær-i-tass
1935, Dek-e-du
1933, NÆMESiS (Nemesis)
1931, mammon ra
1929, Cassa rossa

1927, Merry go round
1925, BiNG BANG
1923, Charivari
1921, Rah-ta-tah
1919, Jazz
1917, Baccarat

Headliners

UKA-23:^[2]

UKA-17:

UKA-15:

UKA-13:

Calvin Harris
The National + The Tallest Man On Earth
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Röyksopp + Susanne Sundfør (+ special guest: Robyn)
Mac Miller
Kavinsky

UKA-11:

UKA-09:

UKA-07

UKA-05

Former UKA festivals have included:

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References

↑ Ellingsen, Lajla (2016-05-17). "Uka fikk 7,3 mill i overskudd". adressa.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2017-06-08.
↑ "UKA-23". UKA (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-04-11.

External links

(in Norwegian) UKA's home page

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[1] Ellingsen, Lajla (2016-05-17). "Uka fikk 7,3 mill i overskudd". adressa.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2017-06-08.

[2] "UKA-23". UKA (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-04-11.

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