Festival HERE: is a biennial international contemporary performing arts event held on the west coast of Sweden. It presents a programme of performances and concerts that pose sincere, direct and challenging questions within the field of contemporary dance and performing arts.

Join us this September for the fourth edition of International Performing Arts Festival HERE:2025, celebrating the vibrant performing arts scenes of Portugal and Sweden. This year’s festival takes place over three weekends across two venues — Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts and Vrångsholmen — offering a diverse program of performances, concerts, DJ sets, and more.
Set in the peaceful Swedish countryside, HERE:2025 is organised by Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts in collaboration with Gerlesborgsskolan and Sekoia – Artes Performativas from Portugal.

Program:

WEEKEND 1
Friday, 12 September – HERE:2025 Opening Night
• 19:00 – Premiere – Nowhere Like Here – Francesco Scavetta (IT/SE) – @Vitlycke-CPA
• 20:30 – DJ set & festival mingle – @Vitlycke-CPA

Saturday, 13 September
• 17:00 – Dance Become Her – Lilian Steiner (AU/SE) – @Vrångsholmen
• 19:00 – Premiere – Nowhere Like Here – Francesco Scavetta (IT/SE) – @Vitlycke-CPA

Sunday, 14 September
• 16:00 – Troca o passo – Parasita (PT) – @Vrångsholmen
• 18:00 – Guerrilla – Cullberg (SE) – @Vitlycke-CPA

WEEKEND 2
Friday, 19 September
• 17:00 – All those things left behind, for now – Matilda Bilberg (SE) – @Vitlycke-CPA
• 19:00 – 52blue – Francisco Thiago Cavalcanti- @Vitlycke-CPA

Saturday, 20 September
• 17:00 – Suspiciously groovy – NoXsense (SE) – @Vitlycke-CPA
• 19:00 – Também se matam cavalos/Horses are also killed – um cavalo disse mamãe (PT) – @Vitlycke-CPA

Sunday, 21 September
• 18:00 – Minga Festival encounters at HERE:2025 [Concert] – @Vitlycke-CPA

WEEKEND 3
Friday, 26 September
• 17:00 – In This Climate by Liz Kinoshita (CA/BE/SE) – @Vrångsholmen
• 19:00 – Simulacro – Margarida Montenÿ / Carminda Soares (PT) @Vitlycke-CPA

Saturday, 27 September
• 16:00 – Beyond Front@ Dance Communication Lab showing – @Vrångsholmen
• 18:00 – Dante – Gunilla Heilborn (SE) – @Vitlycke-CPA
• 19:00 – Aviva Endean (AU) & Henrik Olsson (SE) [Concert] – @Vitlycke-CPA