Norwegians Happy With City Fests
Organisers of both the city park fests that kick off the Norwegian outdoor season were happy to pull crowds averaging around 7,500 per day.
Photo: Jarle H. Moe
in Norway June 11-14.
In fact the main difference between the two events, which ran in parallel in Oslo and Bergen and shared acts including Jakson Browne, Patti Smith, and Tori Amos, was the weather:
Oslo had four days of sunshine, while it was noticeably colder in Bergen. The main talking point for the Oslo crowd was when Norwegian globally-selling novelist Jo Nesbo joined Patti Smith onstage to cover The Who’s “My Generation”. Norwegian Wood was in Oslo June 10-13. Bergenfest was June 11-14.
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