Main image: Denmark’s Largest Street Party will include a string of outdoor concerts arranged by Silkeborg Musik og Kultur Events, which is also behind the music festival NYE HEDE RYTMER. Top right: A string of Denmark’s biggest music names, including D-A-D, Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, Laid Back, Gnags, Mads Langer, and Christopher (pictured) will perform at the event.
Experience of the Month, Denmark
Denmark’s largest street party Royalty, rock stars and a new motorway connection are set to take centre stage when Denmark’s Largest Street Party (Danmarks Største Vejfest) takes place in Silkeborg on 8-11 September. The event, the like of which has never been seen before in Denmark, will include a string of sports, culture and family events taking place all over the city and its famously beautiful surroundings. By Signe Hansen | Photos: Silkeborg Musik og Kultur Events/NYE HEDE RYTMER
Denmark’s Largest Street Party, which is arranged by Silkeborg Musik og Kultur Events (SMKE), looks set to become a road opening like no other. The event will stretch over four days and include some of Denmark’s biggest music names, such as D-A-D, Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, Christopher, Laid Back, Gnags, and Mads Langer, as well as a number of children’s shows, cultural events, and runs on the new motorway. “The ambition is to take an otherwise rather mundane event – a road opening – and turn it into a gigantic party for young 94 | Issue 89 | June 2016
and old,” explains Oliver Zähringer from SMKE. “The opening of the last stretch of motorway is very significant for the entire region, from Herning in the west to Aarhus in the east. That’s why we want to invite all of the country to Denmark’s Largest Street Party and celebrate with a proper party bonanza.” For more than a year, Zähringer and SMKE, which are also the organisers of Silkeborg’s successful music festival NYE HEDE RYTMER, have been working
with Silkeborg municipality as well as sports and traffic organisations to make the event the biggest of its kind. 15,000 tickets have already been sold and a total of 20,000 people are expected are to participate.
The best of Silkeborg At midday on Sunday, a day crammed with family events, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark will stop by Silkeborg to perform the official opening of the motorway. The opening will signal the end of four days of celebrations, starting Thursday, with a large street sale and long opening hours in Silkeborg city centre. On the Friday the party continues with a string of events and competitions such as rafting, boating and natural obstacle races taking place in Silkeborg’s beautiful harbour and stunning natural