This is Hultsfred was a community-organised music festival that ran from 2013 to 2016, created as a successor to the original Hultsfredsfestivalen after that longer-running event ended. It was founded by a dedicated association formed on 14 April 2013.
Hultsfred, a small town in Smaland with a population far too modest to obviously support one of Sweden's biggest music festivals, nonetheless did exactly that for decades.
This is Hultsfred grew directly out of the legacy of Hultsfredsfestivalen, which ran from 1986 through 2009 and again in 2011 and 2012, and which had been Sweden's biggest music festival during stretches of the 1990s and mid-2000s
When that festival ended, a new association organised This is Hultsfred as a community-driven continuation, adopting the motto gar det inte sa gar det anda, roughly translating to if it cannot be done, it will get done anyway, a defiant statement of intent from a town determined to keep its festival identity alive
The festival's founding motto
roughly if it cannot be done
it will get done anyway
captured a wider small-town Swedish tradition of community organisations stepping in to preserve local cultural events after their original commercial organisers step away
Dates TBA
For This Is Hultsfred, plan transport around the exact Hultsfred venue, route or gathering point rather than the city name alone.
As a now-discontinued outdoor summer music festival, typical attire would have followed standard Swedish festival norms: casual clothing suited to changeable Smaland summer weather, with...
Keep phone power, water, and a clear meeting point sorted before the main crowd arrives.
For This Is Hultsfred, stay near the part of Hultsfred you will actually use, with reliable return transport.
Ticketing varies by venue and stage. Confirm official passes before booking travel.
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The festival is listed in Hultsfred, Sweden. The map coordinate is a planning reference, not a guarantee of a ticket gate or exact venue.
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Hultsfred, Kalmar County, Sweden
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