The Aarhus Festival

is a thematic event and the theme of the year determines the artistic programme. The programme encompasses various forms of art such as dance, theatre, exhibitions, opera, sports, children's entertainment and a varied offering of music.

The streets and alleys, clubs, stages, galleries and museums of Aarhus are teeming with entertainment events.

The Theme for the Festival 2008 is Open City

Aarhus is aiming to be designated the Danish City of Culture for the year 2017, but what are the cultural values characterizing our city? What merits preserving? What are we willing to keep an open mind about and how far does our open-mindedness extend? Bearing in mind the 'Open City' theme, this is what the focus of the 2008 Aarhus Festival will be.

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Århus Festival 2007

The theme of 2007 entitled “IN MOTION” will be focusing on the many different ways of conceiving movement. By choosing this title, the Festival opens up for the fascinating world of movement, not only in the literal sense, but also as a more general cultural movement in time and place. Movement is the glue that ties the many different events together.

However, “IN MOTION” is not just physical movement but also mental evolvement through time and space.
For instance, both the literal and scientific world will make predictions on the movement of society in general and Aarhus City