Copenhagen Distortion

The weekend finale is called Distortion Ø, by far the largest electronic music event in Scandinavia: a rave with 4-8 stages on an industrial island of the Copenhagen harbour.

Until 2007, Distortion was a small, chaotic, not-fully-legal five-day party-crawl through Copenhagen, mainly for the local underground art and music scene and for club culture professionals.

The street parties are hosted by local sound systems: shops, nightclubs, residents, galleries, labels, magazines, and bars.

There are community events for children, pop-up street restaurants and there are often stages with classical music, dance, wrestling, art installations and a general anything goes attitude.

Distortion Club takes place in nightclubs, regular venues and one-off locations like swimming pools, under bridges, in museums, the Royal Theatre, and warehouses.

Partner-nightclubs include: Culture Box, Rust, Vega, Hotel Cecil, Arch, Den Anden Side, Module, H15 and many more.