Selected events
Explore the diverse events in Aarhus.
Event Highlights in Aarhus and the Aarhus Region
Photo: Thorsten Iversen, NorthSide
There is always something going on in Aarhus and in the Aarhus region. Aarhus is also known to be a city of music with a great variety of stages and genres and you can always join in to festivals all year round.
You will always find something interesting happening - so please find your favorite below.
The calendar is structured like a yearly wheel - from January to December. Recurring events are updated with next year's date as soon as we have the information.
Christmas events can be found at the bottom of the page.
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The Festival of Centuries
7 - 16 March 2025
The Festival of the Century is a knowledge festival. With its mixture of knowledge, art, and culture, the festival each year turns the spotlight on a particular historical period to create a debate about the lives we live and the society around us.
SCI-FI-CON
12 - 13 Apr 2025
SCI-FI-CON is the biggest Star Wars and science fiction event in Denmark. It's the very best of science fiction and fantasy in one place - Arena Randers.
SPOT Festival
2 - 3 May 2025
At SPOT Festival you can discover the newest trends for Danish and Nordic music. The festival takes place at different venues in Aarhus where you can enjoy more than 200 concerts and events which includes concerts, music talks, films ect.
Aarhus Huckster Market
29 May - 1 June 2025
For more than 30 times Denmark’s top traders set up stalls at the Aarhus Huckster Market at ’Tangkrogen’. Most of the traders have taken part over many years, but new ones join every year.
SPOR Festival
21 - 24 May 2025
SPOR is a festival in Aarhus for contemporary music and sound art. SPOR is a festival that thematises, actualizes and promotes the arts.
Aarhus Pride
31 May 2025
Aarhus Pride is a celebration of diversity in Aarhus. The purpose of Aarhus Pride is to contribute to the respect for and acceptance of all LGBT+ persons and make the LGBT+ culture visible in Aarhus.
BESTSELLER Aarhus City Half Marathon
15 June 2025
BESTSELLER Aarhus City Half Marathon is a half marathon that runs through Aarhus city. The city is completely shut down for traffic during the event.
Viborg Snapsting
20 - 29 June 2025
Viborg Snapsting is a fantastic week packed with culture, debate, sports, partying and free concerts that make the city swing.
Hærvejsløbet - The Viking Gran Fondo
28 June 2025
Challenge your inner Viking and participate in the DGI Hærvejsløbet, where you can take part in 11 different distances. Get your bike out and ride on the road, on an MTB, or on gravel. Choose from distances ranging from 40 to 300 km.
Riverboat Jazz Festival
25 - 29 June 2025
Riverboat Jazz Festival brings more than 100 free concerts to Silkeborg in the lovely Danish summertime.
Flower Festival in Tivoli Friheden
1 July - 10 Aug 2025
This summer, Tivoli Friheden in the heart of Aarhus invites you to Denmark’s largest flower festival. Every day in July, inspiring activities and events will take place in the park, and of course with thousands of beautiful flowers as their centre of attention.
Aarhus Jazz Festival
11 - 20 July 2025
Like all good festivals the Aarhus Jazz Festival is continually evolving and has achieved international renown. The whole city is backing the eight days of jazz and at this festival you can experience more than 300 concerts at 30 different venues.
Moesgaard Viking Moot
24 - 27 Juli 2025
Vikings from all over the world meet at the Viking Moot to recreate the festive markets held in the early days of Aarhus.
The cycling race Hadsten Gade Grand Prix
7 August 2025
Hadsten Gade Grand Prix is a cycling race in Hadsten, close to Aarhus - where both Danish and international, famous and yet unknown cyclists compete for the victory.
The Randers Festival
8 - 16 Aug 2025
The Randers Festival "Randers Festuge" is a recurring annual event during 9 days in August. Over the course of nine days, a splendid programme of musical, art and debate events fill Randers with a wonderful atmosphere throughout the city.
The Aarhus Festival
29 Aug - 7 Sep 2025
Aarhus Festival is among the largest cultural events in Scandinavia and showcases both local, national and international artists. Aarhus Festival is highly esteemed and recognized both in Denmark and abroad.
Urban Sports Festival Aarhus
Sept. 2025
Enjoy the great festival atmosphere that arises around sports, street sports and fun activities when the Urban Sports Festival takes place on Aarhus Ø - right in the middle of Aarhus Festuge.
Denmark's Outdoor Festival
29 - 31 Aug 2025
Are you a keen user of outdoor activities or are you simply looking to become better at spending time out in the wild? Then come to Denmark’s Outdoor Festival in Silkeborg and try, see, hear and feel the outdoor life.
Food Festival
5 - 7 Sep 2025
Food Festival is a gathering point for everyone interested in food, a place where you will be entertained and challenged. The festival gathers the best Danish and Nordic breeders, growers and chefs who aspire to create high quality food in balance with nature.
Viborg Animation Festival
8 - 14 Sept 2025
Viborg Animation Festival is Denmark's largest animation festival and a celebration of animation media and the many possibilities of it.
The Ebelfestival
11 - 18 Oct 2025
The Ebelfestival is an annual event during the fall vacation where people celebrate the apple harvest and the many possibilities that apples offer in terms of food, art, gastronomy, and craftsmanship.
Christmas in Tivoli Friheden
Nov - Dec 2025 (date follows)
Enjoy the most wonderful time of the year in the amusement park Tivoli Friheden when Santa Claus is coming to town.
Christmas in Den Gamle By - The Old Town Museum
Nov - Dec 2025 (date follows)
Treat yourself to a magical Christmas atmosphere and a wonderful nostalgia trip through four hundred years of Christmas history down The Old Town Museum's charming streets with horse-drawn carriages, Christmas decorations, and lit lanterns.
