SONIC CITY - MALMÖ'S CULTURAL SOUND ZONE

SONIC CITIZENS PROGRAMME, 25 & 26 September 2026

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Friday 25th September
Various venues including Hypnos Theatre, Blå Huset, Studio 8:an

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Morning:
09:30 Registration and coffee at Hypnos, Norra Grängesbergsgatan 15
10:00 Welcome to Sonic Citizens (ENG)
10:30 Keynote Presentation: Prof. Kate Lacey (Professor of Media History and Theory, Sussex University, UK) (ENG)

11:30-13:00 Lunch

Afternoon:
13:00 Panel: What's the future of the culture sound zone? (SWE)
With Andreas Schönström (S) (Ordförande Tekniska nämnden), Stefana Hoti (MP) (Ordförande Stadsbyggnandsnämden), Iain Dace (NGBG Association), Yamanah Younis and Noah Harwari (Lyktan Arabic Culture Association), Pierre Durandh (Folkets Skafferi).

14:15 - 17:15 Workshops and Installations:

1) Shortwave Collective: Build your own radio receiver (ENG) Come build a simple DIY radio called an Open Wave-Receiver with Shortwave Collective! No experience necessary, bring along any flat objects (like a book) or bits of metal (like a tent peg) that you’d like to see in a radio circuit.

2) Laura Balboa and Lilian Campesato: Sounding & Listening to Unnoticed Borders (ENG) A listening walk to sense-think and share experiences about the established border and liminal space surrounding the culture sound zone.

3) NGBG Association: A Guided Cycle Tour: Listening to the People, Places and Particularities of the Culture Sound Zone (guided by some of those that know it best! ENG/SWE). Join us to meet the people, organizations and places that make the culture sound zone, and experience its sonic ecologies together with us (bring your bike if you have one or borrow one of ours if you want).

4) breadfactory: >BLOOM< (Sound and Light Installation, opens 11:00, closes 20:00) >BLOOM< is an exploration of light, geometry, and sound, where the physical properties of objects become something greater, something that surrounds us all.

Evening:
17:30 – 18:30 Nablus Palestinian Culture Association: A performance of Palestinian Dance, Fashion and Sounds (ENG/ARA/SWE)
18:00 Exhibitions from CFUK and Jinga/Paint Bay open as part of Malmö Gallerihelg (Studio 8:an)
18:30 Food Truck on Stäppen
19:30 Teranga Music Collective: Drum Circle, Jam and Afterparty (ENG)

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Saturday 26th September
Various venues including Hypnos Theatre, Blå Huset, Studio 8:an

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Morning:
10:00 Welcome and Breakfast
10:30 The Listening Pith with Suji and Firadelic (ENG) Suji guides participants through a contemplative listening experience. Recline in comfort in a sonic environment that has been created by the artists especially for Sonic Citizens. Led by Suji, The Listening Pith blooms into guided dancing to the psytrance sounds of Firadelic, charging listeners with a joyful energy that they carry with them for the rest of the day.
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

Afternoon:
13:30 – 16:00 Workshops and Installations

1) Teranga Music Collective: Collaborative Recording Session (ENG/SWE) Using musical instruments and some of the sounds and voices collected during Friday’s guided listening tours, join Teranga Music Collective to create and record new music that captures the sonic ecologies of the culture sound zone. No previous musical experience necessary. But if you have the skills then bring them with you!

2) Gallerihelg: CFUK and Jinga/Paintbay exhibitions at Studio 8:an (Kopparbergsgatan 8)

3) breadfactory: > BLOOM < (Sound and Light Installation, open 12:00-16:00). >BLOOM< is an exploration of light, geometry, and sound, where the physical properties of objects become something greater, something that surrounds us all.

4) Blå Huset: Craft and Materials Loppis Artefacts and miscellany from local crafters to be wondered at and bought!

Evening:
16:00 – 18:00 Listening in Solidarity
16:15 Arab Women’s Union - Fyra kvinnor på en stationsperrong (Four Women on a Station Platform). Members of the Arab Women’s Union present a new theatre production co-written and performed by its members, with writer and director Mohammad Sahli (SWE). Four women from different backgrounds meet on a station platform. The chance encounter sparks a conversation about migration, identity, belonging, discrimination, family, work and the opportunity to influence the society in which one lives. From four different perspectives, it explores the obstacles and opportunities that women encounter in Swedish society – and how a sense of community and solidarity can emerge when people begin to listen to each other.
17:00 Teranga Music Collective: Playback (ENG/SWE) A chance to listen to the music created during the collaborative recording session earlier in the day.
17:15 Bad People Good Animals (ENG/SWE) The mysterious masked collective that specializes in performing art and sculpting sound.
18:00 ENDS

Contact 0761 899 871 or info@kulturljudzon.se eller kom förbi vårt öppna hus kl. 14–18, sista tisdagen varje månad, ovanför Crime City Rollers på Kopparbergsgatan 8.

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Let's make some noise! Some pix from 2025

NGBG Cultural Association

Founded in 2019, NGBG works for inclusive and sustainable urban development and aims to give the alternative cultural life in the neighbourhood a voice and a platform. All members have voting rights and equal access to our facilities, networks, archives and resources.

In addition to Sonic Citizens events and this guide to the Kulturljudzon, NGBG also participates in the legendary NGBG Gatufest which we founded alongside the city of Malmö in 2016 we also take part in the European research projects Alterplaces and Listen. When circumstances allow, we organise events, radio shows, exhibitions, performances, conversations, recordings and walks. Become a member and express yourself!

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