Stockholm - Events

Stockholm Christmas Market is held every December.

This annual three-month festival runs from late-May to early September and includes over 30 performances including operas, orchestral concerts, ballets, dance recitals and theatrical performances. The operas are the featured events of the festival and the repertoires focus on late 18th-century works. The performances all take place in the Drottningholm Court Theater.

Stockholm International Antiques Fair is held in January.

The fair showcases stamps, coins, weapons, art and antiques. The fair is always organized in winter but may take place as late as March.

Stockholm International Boat Show is in March.

Stockholm International Fashion Show is held in February.

Stockholm International Fashion Show is in September.

Every summer the doors of the Royal Palace are opened for concerts by the Stockholm Ensemble and other international performers.

Scandinavian Masters golf tournament is held in August.

The Skansen Christmas Fair offers traditional handicrafts, Christmas decorations and other home-made goods for sale in historical cities throughout Stockholm.

The markets set up in late November and continue until mid-December.

This annual event takes place in March and includes art from leading galleries around the world.

Stockholm City Marathon is run in June.

This annual three-week festival runs from mid-August to early September, with a full program of events. Operas, classical concerts, ballets, dance and theatrical performances, visual art exhibitions and street entertainment are only some of the events organized for the festival. The performances take place everywhere, including local theaters, concert halls and even in the streets.

Stockholm Tennis Open is in October.

Stockholm Tjejmilen 10km race for women is in August.

City Sightseeing (bus), departure from Gustav Adolfs Torg (Opera); Stockholm Sightseeing (bus and boat), departure from Town Hall. Also attractive, in good weather, are boat trips to the skerries.

Women's cycle race, 42km, is in May.