Big events in Umeå
 

1) Rally Sweden February 15-18 2024
Sweden's largest annual sporting event, and also the country's largest rally competition will be held in Umeå again. 
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2) Umefolk February February 22-25 2024
One of Sweden’s biggest folk music festivals is held in Umeå in February each year. Umefolk is a festival for everyone with folk music and dance interest. It has a wide program of concerts, performances, workshops and children's activities and is a meeting place for old and young, amateurs and professionals, dancers and musicians. This year's event will be an online version of Umefolk. 
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3) Littfest (literature festival) March 14-16 2024
Umeå's international literary festival is a true vitamin boost in the winter cold. The aim is to highlight literature from as many different angles as possible and to create a meeting place for anyone interested.
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4) Nolia Trädgård (public fair) April 26-28 2024
Northen Sweden's own garden fair with more than 8000 visitors over three days. As a visitor you get access to news in the garden, lectures, good advice and the opportunity to shop. 
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5) Ice Hockey Sweden - Finland 
Umeå hosts two international matches between Sweden and Finland. Tre Kronor will face the reigning world champion team Finland Lions in a doubleheader in Umeå.
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6) Brännbollsyran (music festival) May 31-June 1 2024
Brännbollsyran is both the largest music festival in Northern Scandinavia and the world cup of brännboll (rounders cup). 
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7) Wheels Nationals Norr (car event) 
This is the biggest car event in the northern parts of Sweden! Wheels Nationals is a much-appreciated get-together for all Norrland's car enthusiasts. 
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8) Umeå Football Festival -  July
During four days, Umeå is the natural meeting place for players, leaders, supporters, families and relatives from different countries and cultures.
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9) Visfestival Holmön - July
The festival offers many fine music experiences on the beautiful island of Holmön. An annual event that always takes place the last weekend in July.
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10) Change The Game - September
Change the Game was founded in 2014 by Balticgruppen. Balticgruppen is a property company based in Umeå that is committed to improving the city and helping it reach 200,000 inhabitants by 2050.The purpose of Change the Game is to contribute to long-term sustainable social development by improving physical literacy among children and young people. 
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11) Umeå Smakfestival (food festival) - September
The “Umeå Taste Festival” is an annual festival dedicated to food and taste. A variety of street food, merchants, as well as local and regional producers will make this a celebration of food culture.
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