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 Prepare for A Colossal Weekend 2024

Posted by Loren on November 11, 2023

Prepare for A Colossal Weekend 2024
photo by Peter Beste

Annual Copenhagen festival A Colossal Weekend has set its core lineup for 2024. Since 2016, the even has showcased heavy, alternative bands, returning again from May 16-18, 2024 with artists including Wolves in the Throne Room, Gaerea, Big|Brave, and Fange.

"Our goal is to create a festival and curate a program you won't find elsewhere. We aim to present and explore the diversity that exists when you dig a little deeper and venture into the corners. It's not the headliners that shape the program, but everything you don't know, which ties it all together," the organizers say. Learn more via their website.

 

The preliminary line-up for A COLOSSAL WEEKEND 2024 is:

Alpha Du Centaure (FR)
BIG|BRAVE (CA) 
Extra Life (US)
Gaerea (PT)
Fange (FR)
Spurv (NO)
Sugar Horse (UK)
Wolves In The Throne Room (US)

Pictured: Wolves in the Throne Room

Prepare for A Colossal Weekend 2024
photo by Peter Beste

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