MUSIC
This year, we’re highlighting some unique themes. On Friday, we’ll explore Sámi music and culture, along with a Nordic traditional performance featuring the näverlur instrument. Saturday will bring Bambara hunter music from Mali and Gnawa music from Morocco—promising a unique atmosphere and loads of dancing.
DJs
Specializing in afro, latin and carribean music, Ekvatorbaren will bring his best tunes from west and north Africa to complete the party on Saturday evening.
SATURDAY 00.00 @ INDOOR MAIN STAGE
Ekvatorbaren
SATURDAY 18.00-23.00 @ OUTDOOR STAGE
Mixes beats, yoik, old and modern rhythms to create an energetic
shamanic dance floor. DJ OVLA aka Ola Stinnerbom will also perform
together with the group Sápmi Eternal.
FRIDAY 22.30 - 00.00 @ INDOOR MAIN STAGE
DJ OVLA
Mixing oldies but goldies dance tunes with the latest from Rio to Marrakech.
FRIDAY 18.00 - 23.00 @ OUTDOOR STAGE
SOUND 212
LIVE ACTS
Salomon Helperin
FRIDAY 19.00 @ OUTDOORS STAGE
Salomon started playing the trumpet and piano at the age of five and has worked as a musician, composer and producer worldwide since the age of 16. Educated and worked in Western art music, later developing his own music based on various world music traditions. On this years Bohusfest he will be playing the näverlur and swedish folk music.
Näverlur / Birch horn:
Traditional Nordic instrument made of fir tree dressed with birch bark and usually between 1-2 meters long. It was commonly used in Sweden, Norway and Finland to send signals over long distances but also to compose and play melodies. In even more ancient times it was used to scare of predatory animals and keep bad spirits away. The oldest näverlur found in Sweden dates back to about year 900.
Sápmi Eternal feat. Ola Stinnerbom and Sara Ajnnak
Ola Stinnerbom
Carrier and developer of Sámi tradition. Dancer, choreographer, circus artist, musician, craftsman, speaker and scientist. Ola has worked on the stage for over 40 years and produced over a 100 of his own shows.
FRIDAY 19.30 @ THE LAKE
A group put together specifically for this years Bohusfest to celebrate Sámi culture at this 5th year anniversary of the festival. Expect and epic performance down by the lake.
Sara Ajnnak: Artist, activist, Sapmist
Sara fuses tradition with modernity. As a trailblazing artist from Sápmi, she blends her rich cultural heritage with modern pop and electronic elements to create mesmerizing soundscapes that honor the past while boldly reimagining the future. Recognized with both national and international awards, her innovative music and contemporary collaborations have taken her to stages across the Nordics, Europe, and North America, firmly establishing her at the forefront of Sami musical innovation.
Dance: Ola Stinnerbom Yoik: Sara Ajnnak Yidaki (Didgeridoo): Fredrik Claesson
Midi-Trumpet, Keys: Salomon Helperin Lights: Martin Stigebrandt
Sámi music:
The Sámi are the native inhabitants of Scandinavia.
Sámi Yoik is the oldest form of music in Europe. It is an ancient form of singing with which you can communicate and simultaneously have contact with several worlds. The difference between singing and yoiking is that in a song you sing about something specific – love, the past, the present, the future, and so on. When you yoik, you actually become what you are yoiking. It is also an art of collective memory, during which the Sámi people have contact with their ancestors. The Sámi cherish this ritual, many thousands of years old, that has been carried on through oral transmission since time immemorial. In this captivating interaction, yoik helps to both create memories and to keep memories alive.
Boubacar Samaké
SATURDAY 19.30 @ OUTDOOR STAGE
The present and future of Bambara hunters music with a strong connection to the past and tradition as well as being the son of the great master Sibiri Samaké. Boubacar will perform a solo set with a traditional repertoire rarely heard outside of Africa and never before heard in Sweden.
Bambara hunters (donso):
The Bambara hunters are a pre-islamic group found in Mali, Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso. They are hunters but also magicians, musicians, healers and keepers of peace. They play the donso n’goni, a six stringed harp with calebass body and is one of the world oldest music traditions still played today. The ”karamogo” is the master musician who leads the music and ceremony.
Bambaraoui
SATURDAY 22.45 @ INDOOR MAIN STAGE
A unique band with both a traditional and modern sound. Bambaraoui takes gnawa music back to its roots in Mali but also into the future to create a never before heard style that will evoke trance.
M’allem Aziz Arradi: Guimbri, percussion, lead vocals
Karamogo Boubacar Samaké: Donso n’goni, percussion, lead vocals
Håkan Wirenstrand (Little Dragon): Keys
Said Belhaj: Guimbri, donso n’goni, percussion
Gnawa:
The gnawa are the descendants of the black slaves brought from sub-sahara region (todays Mali, Senegal and others) to Morocco and the rest of north Africa. Their traditional beliefs mixed with Islam and Sufism to create gnawa. The gnawa play the guimbri (bass lute) and qarqaba (metal castanets) in healing trance rituals called Lila.
The ”m’allem” is the master musician who leads the music and ceremony.