Music, art and poetry at festival in Sydhavnen

Get behind the wall at a festival with a difference in Aarhus: Sydhavnens Festival. Experience the diversity, cohesion, music, art, poetry - enjoy food, drink and dance - and much more.

Sydhavnens Festival takes place on 14 and 15 August 2026. The neighbourhood invites you to a 2-day free festival in the raw and rustic setting of Aarhus city centre.

Sydhavnens Festival is a neighbourhood festival in Aarhus, where the neighbourhood opens up to the whole city. The festival takes place on the 3rd weekend in August, where the old industrial neighbourhood in Aarhus Sydhavn is transformed into a two-day fantastic city festival.