Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival 2024

Ultimafestivalen is recognized as the largest festival of contemporary music within the Nordic region. It was established back in 1991 and annually draws contemporary music makers and fans from all over the world. Every year is unique, for contemporary is never the same—it goes in hand with experiments and innovations.

The festival is held under the patronage of the Royal Highness Crown, usually for a week and a half around mid-September. So expect to hear something genuine and extraordinary, something you've never experienced before.

Festival Program

The program isn't limited to music only but also features film, dance, opera, and puppet theatre, installations and composer meetings. Likewise, the venues are many—the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, the University of Oslo’s Great Hall, Oslo Concert Hall, as well as small clubs, shops, industrial buildings, museums, schools, and outdoors.

In 2024, Ultima will feature over 50 events, from concerts, dance, theatre, and art installations to activities for kids and teenagers, talks, and podcasts. Among the other events to visit, consider the opening concert, the Particular Universal sound art exhibition, the Poetry across Fracture Lines book launch with Bodil Maroni Jensen, the Lyden av Holmlia sound workshop for the whole family with BITWaves, and Ultima Children’s Day.