Who will save Alfie Atkins?
Alfie sits in the apartment where he lives, feeling lonely. He has moved to a new place and doesn’t know any of the other children there. Sometimes his imaginary friend Malcolm appears. When they play together, Alfie always gets to decide – like being the train driver when they play trains. But Malcolm never shows up when he is needed, like when the “big boys” chase Alfie and spray his jacket with water pistols. A performance about friendship, based on Alfie Atkins, the beloved children’s book character created by Gunilla Bergström.
This production is part of one or more concert series.
Script and direction by Boulevardteatern.
Please note that the performance is in Swedish. Suitable for 3–6 year-olds.
Family Day in Berwaldhallen
Welcome to the Baltic Sea Festival’s traditional family day for all ages! Try playing an instrument together with young people from the Kulturskolan orchestra school, meet Radioapan, eat something, and enjoy exploring!
The foyers of Berwaldhallen and Café Berwald are open from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. All activities in the foyer are free!
(The performance requires a bought ticket.)
Read more about this year's festival
The Baltic Sea Festival returns to Stockholm from 21–29 August 2026, filling the city with music that spans the intimate to the monumental. You can look forward to a rich mix of orchestral concerts, chamber music, choral works, jazz explorations, contemporary premieres, and boundary-crossing collaborations.
Baltic Sea Festival 2026
Date has passed21 AugustRythm and ritual
The Baltic Sea Festival 2026 opens with premieres and pulse! Andres Orozco-Estrada debuts as Chief Conductor, Hillborg’s Hell Mountain has its Swedish premiere, and Molly Kien’s new work receives its world premiere. Soprano Malin Byström sparkles in Alma Mahler’s songs before the evening culminates in Stravinsky’s iconic The Rite of Spring.
Date has passedAugust 25Passion and protest
The Czech Philharmonic visits the Baltic Sea Festival! Under its legendary Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov, Karen Gomyo, who due to illness is replacing Janine Jansen, performs Shostakovich’s first violin concerto, followed by Dvořák’s dramatic seventh symphony.
Date has passed26 AugustDreams of freedom
The Czech Philharmonic returns under Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov, joined by internationally acclaimed pianist Yunchan Lim in his Swedish debut. Ravel’s Piano Concerto dazzles with jazzy, dreamlike colours, followed by Smetana’s Má Vlast, a majestic journey through Bohemia’s landscapes and spirit.
Date has passed27 AugustBeyond baroque
Day four of the Baltic Sea Festival 2026 takes us beyond the boundaries of time. Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński returns together with the baroque orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro for a program exploring the music of the early Baroque.
Date has passed22 AugustBack to Bach with Lozakovich
Internationally acclaimed violinist Daniel Lozakovich offers an exklusive concert in Storkyrkan featuring music by his great artistic beacon, Johann Sebastian Bach.
Date has passed28 AugustBeethoven's DNA
What lies at the core of Beethoven’s music – and where do its building blocks come from? Martin Fröst leads the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in a program where Jacob Mühlrad’s Helix meets Hans Ek’s DNA Suite, inspired by Bach, Rameau, and Handel. The evening culminates in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 – a work carrying this entire musical heritage in its DNA.
Date has passedAugust 28Late Night Concert with the Swedish Radio Choir
As the summer evening drifts into night, the Swedish Radio Choir takes over Nordiska museet with an atmosphere‑laden programme moving between ancient spirituality and contemporary sonic brilliance. ogether with violist Ami‑Louise Johnsson, we encounter everything from Bach’s introspective Baroque lines and Ligeti’s hypnotic solo viola to the deeply meditative choral music of Tavener and McDowall.
Date has passed29 AugustFate & guilt
The Baltic Sea Festival’s grand finale invites you to an evening of drama and rich sonorities. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra together with soprano Aphrodite Patoulidou, baritone Peter Mattei, and saxophonist Asya Fateyeva. A closing night where contemporary sound meets Nordic legend in a powerful musical encounter.
Date has passed27 AugustBerwald’s septet and Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings
Musicians from the Czech Philharmonic and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra meet in the Queen Silvia Concert Hall to perform chamber music by Franz Berwald and Antonín Dvořák.
Date has passed29 AugustOpus13 & Monbijou Quartet
Two of the most acclaimed string quartets of our time—Monbijou Quartet and Opus13—join forces in a programme that moves between contemporary sonic...
Date has passed23 AugustSchweitzer, Lyssarides & Co
Trombonist and big band leader Tilde Schweitzer and multi-award-winning pianist Joel Lyssarides take the stage at Fasching together with 16 string musicians in a concert that grew out of their shared love of the orchestral jazz tradition.
Date has passed29 AugustARTS LAB at the Finnish Institute
Do you want to hear what the concert halls of the future might sound like? During the Baltic Sea Festival, you can meet the participants of ARTS LAB – a project that brings together promising instrumentalists and composers from across the Baltic Sea region in a creative collaboration. ARTS LAB unites participants handpicked from the Voksenåsen Talent Program and Creative Dialogue, coached by internationally renowned mentors.
Date has passed22 AugustiFamily day and open house
Join the Baltic Sea Festival's traditional family day for all ages!