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Success for NGBG – “disaster” for South Ocean Festival
Success for NGBG – “disaster” for South Ocean Festival

Another successful year for the NGBG street festival. But when summarising the festival summer, it is clear that Malmö’s paid festivals have struggled more."
Sydsvenskan 25/09/09

Ringön gets a cultural sound zone – S: We must not become like Stockholm!
Ringön gets a cultural sound zone – S: We must not become like Stockholm!

Gothenburg will introduce so-called cultural sound zones, urban districts where cultural life can make noise, grow and flourish more freely. Ringön will be first. – Let the city live. We must not become like Stockholm, says city planning committee chairman Johannes Hulter (S), who voted in favour of the decision on Tuesday.
GP 25/08/26

Poet Ester: If you live in a city, you should actually tolerate sound
Poet Ester: “If you live in a city, you should actually tolerate sound”

The conflict between the nightclub Trädgården and complaining neighbours continues. How much noise should one actually tolerate in a city? And how quiet can it become before the city dies? – I believe that if you live in a city, you should actually tolerate it, says Ester Berg, who has submitted a citizen proposal to introduce a cultural sound zone around Trädgården.
TV4 25/08/23

Plans in the cultural sound zone stopped: “Risk to life and health”
Plans in the cultural sound zone stopped: “Risk to life and health”

Property owner Kwame Moore wants to create a new entertainment district on Norra Grängesbergsgatan. But the municipality has stopped the plans due to health risks. – We are not prepared to risk life and health, says Stefana Hoti (MP), chair of the city planning committee.
Sydsvenskan 25/03/03

Lund’s leadership wants to investigate a cultural sound zone – despite the proposal conflicting with the law
Lund’s leadership wants to investigate a cultural sound zone – despite the proposal conflicting with the law

The municipal office has been tasked with investigating cultural sound zones at Mårtenstorget and in the area around Mejeriet. The proposal aims to create “regulations that tolerate disturbances” – but the law stands in the way. – Unfortunately, much of what a municipality can contribute is symbolic politics, says Mattias Horrdin (C), who initiated the proposal for a cultural sound zone.
Sydsvenskan 24/12/25

The City of Malmö failed in its work on NGBG
The City of Malmö failed in its work on NGBG

The City of Malmö is changing its procedures in its work with the cultural sound zone on Norra Grängesbergsgatan following an investigation. The street festival remains important for driving development forward.
Sydsvenskan 24/06/28

Plans for Culture Casbah enter a new phase
Plans for Culture Casbah enter a new phase

A 16-storey building will become a new landmark in Rosengård and will include both housing and services. The city planning committee in Malmö has decided to send out the proposal for a new detailed plan for the property to gather feedback from Malmö residents and other stakeholders.
Fastighetsvärlden 24/06/19

The NGBG association must leave Annelundsgården
NGBG must leave Annelundsgården – Plan B moves in

The NGBG association must leave Annelundsgården before the end of the month. No one can or wants to explain why. However, it is clear that Plan B will now organise a large number of outdoor concerts at the site this summer.
Sydsvenskan 24/03/05

The NGBG association was previously based at Annelundsgården
After the conflict: BID Sofielund takes over NGBG – becomes a 3-day festival

This autumn, BID Sofielund, an association of property owners in the area, will take responsibility for developing the concept from a one-day event into a three-day festival with music and cultural activities along Norra Grängesbergsgatan and surrounding areas.
Sydsvenskan 24/06/24

NGBG receives the Entertainment Improver of the Year award from Nöjesguiden. Iain Dace, Nicklas Johansson, Therese Herrman, Pia Lindroth, Damali Young and Thalia Giovannelli
NGBG receives the Entertainment Improver of the Year award

They encourage the next generation to bring Malmö back to life. – Who would have thought that music, food and drinks from here would attract almost twice the audience of Justin Bieber. 50,000 visitors last year, said NGBG’s Iain Dace to the crowd’s cheers.
Sydsvenskan 24/01/05

meeting at Kulturen with Amanda Lind, Viktor Håkansson and Janne Grönholm
The cultural centre in Malmö is shutting down

In December, Malmö’s newest cultural centre was due to open on Norra Grängesbergsgatan. But the study association Kulturens did not even manage to open before now having to close the operation at the turn of the year. The reason is government cuts to study associations.
Sydsvenskan 23/11/24

One of the festival’s big talking points, the DJ stage “Rökig Bil”, has moved location.
Live from NGBG – follow the street festival here!

With 37 music stages, the NGBG street festival on and around Norra Grängesbergsgatan is bigger than ever this year. On Saturday, Sydsvenskan reported live from the crowds.
Sydsvenskan 23/09/02

The punk band Dead Gärdestad played at Plan B’s smallest stage Underground Explosion.
Thousands attended the NGBG street festival

37 stages, hundreds of acts and a sea of people eager for music and celebration. The one-day NGBG festival has grown enormously. Sydsvenskan was on site when this year’s edition took place on Saturday.
Sydsvenskan 23/09/03

At the loading dock of a kombucha brewery, Malmö DJ Johanna Olofsson played together with Sebastian Chirco under the name Blannedans
In Sweden’s first cultural sound zone, culture is allowed to be loud

In Malmö there is a district where both industries and punk bands can make noise without risking complaints from neighbours shutting things down.
Dagens Nyheter 23/09/11

Pierre Alatbeh in his dream house. Here on Kopparbergsgatan 29 he hopes to open the cultural centre The Ailé House
He wants to transform NGBGs highest house

Pierre Alatbeh had felt lost in the world. Until he came to Malmö. Now he wants to transform a four-storey building next to Norra Grängesbergsgatan into a cultural centre with a nightclub, studios and a café. This weekend at the NGBG street festival he will try to convince more people to join the project.
Sydsvenskan 23/09/02

the cultural sound zone
The cultural sound zone stopped MKB housing – now the city wants to buy back the land

In Malmö there is a block with dormant potential to become a unique refuge for cultural life. MKB is not allowed to build housing there and has found a new buyer. But the deal is delayed.
Sydsvenskan 23/09/01

OhNos Concert NGBG Gatufest 2022
NGBG 2022 – COMPLETELY CRAZY!

When the NGBG festival was held on Norra Grängesbergsgatan in 2019, it attracted around 14,500 visitors. During Saturday’s event, organisers together with the police estimated that there were roughly twice as many people present.
Sydsvenskan 22/09/05

Stiss at NGBG Gatufest 2022
NGBG ENTERS THE CULTURAL SOUND ZONE

The NGBG festival gives the cultural sound zone on Norra Grängesbergsgatan a reason for its name. Over twelve hours, around 200 acts gather on temporary outdoor stages along the industrial street; for rock veteran Stefan “Stiss” Lundvall, this is life.
Sydsvenskan 22/09/03

Nicklas Johansson about NGBG
THE STREET FESTIVAL RETURNS!

Nicklas Johansson, one of the key organisers behind the NGBG festival, is looking forward to returning to Norra Grängesbergsgatan this weekend after two years of pandemic. – Garage owners have been asking when the street festival is coming back. We are constantly in dialogue with them, says Nicklas Johansson.
Skånska Dagbladet 22/08/31

Concert NGBG opens its garden
NGBG OPENS THE GARDEN

Next week marks the premiere of Malmö’s new cultural garden as NGBG opens Annelundsgården to the public. This summer there will be concerts, café, cultivation, films and much more outdoors.
Sydsvenskan 22/05/31

Concert NGBG Gatufest 2019
Sweden’s first cultural sound zone

There is a strong local force here that contributes to Sofielund’s and Malmö’s attractiveness, says Sofia Hedén (S), chair of the city planning committee.
Malmö Stad 21/09/23

Concert NGBG Gatufest 2019
NGBG 2021 cancelled!

On Monday, the NGBG cultural association announced that they had decided to cancel this year’s event and instead aim for 2022, and also that NGBG has taken over and will run activities at the old nursery Annelundsgården.
Sydsvenskan 21/08/23

We who like noise building the inner city of the future on NGBG
INVEST IN SOFIELUND

The participatory culture that has emerged and grown strong is something we want to preserve and encourage. The NGBG street festival has left its mark, with several initiatives following, and today there are multiple smaller associations in the area.
Expressen 21/01/21

We who like noise building the inner city of the future on NGBG
CULTURE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE LOUD

The cultural sound zone in the area around Norra Grängesbergsgatan in Malmö means that nightclubs, live venues, associations and industries are allowed to make noise – also going forward. Not at any level, but up to 85 decibels. Similar initiatives have been introduced in other European cities, but Malmö is the first in Sweden.
SVT 21/02/02

NGBG builds a cultural centre at Annelundsgården
ANNELUNDSGÅRDEN GETS NEW LIFE

Annelundsgården on Norra Grängesbergsgatan in Malmö will be given new life. This is made possible as the neighbouring company Stadex is making the site available to the hyper-local association NGBG, which already has plans for a cultural courtyard with a music garden and food service.
Skånskadagbladet 20/12/11

We who like noise building the inner city of the future on NGBG
NGBG BUILDS A MUSIC GARDEN

Norra Grängesbergsgatan is entering a new spring. Now industry and culture have united around a vision to let the street make noise. A first step is that Stadex is making Annelundsgården available to the NGBG association, which will build a new cultural garden with music and food.
Sydsvenskan 20/12/09

NGBG wants an art museum in Malmö’s cultural heart
ART MUSEUM ON NGBG

In a small city there is only Storgatan and Stortorget, and everything is gathered there. In a large city there are many centres and areas with different profiles. You cannot have half a million residents in Malmö and expect everyone to go to the same small area to experience culture, says NGBG chairman Iain Dace.
Sydsvenskan 20/02/29

A nighttime view of Norra Grängesbergsgatan 20 on the NGBG Minecraft server
NGBG BUILT IN MINECRAFT

Users now have the opportunity to present their future vision for Norra Grängesbergsgatan and to experience the culture from home, as the area is being recreated in Minecraft. – It is even more relevant now during pandemic times, notes Iain Dace.
Aftonbladet 20/03/30

Sunset on NGBG watch out for Zombies
ART MOVES INTO THE GAME WORLD

In Minecraft you can build almost anything. When the cultural association NGBG in Malmö wanted to take part in the ongoing discussion about where a new art museum in Malmö should be located, they took matters into their own hands.
SR 20/07/09

Ali & Tim on a tandem
FLAG-FILLED PIMPED BIKE FESTIVAL

On site was Iain Dace, chairman of the NGBG cultural association, with both Swedish flags and others. We wanted to adapt the street festival to pandemic conditions. So it became cycling, outdoors, with distancing, preferably with masks as well.
Sydsvenskan 20/06/06

Ali & Tim on a tandem
BUILD AN ART HALL IN ROSENGÅRD

Malmö’s politicians do not accept the expert report’s proposal to narrow the planning of a new art museum to Triangeln. Four parties demand that Rosengård remains a clear alternative in the planning.
Sydsvenskan 20/02/25

The street festival brings neighbours together
FESTIVAL BRINGS NEIGHBOURS TOGETHER

The weather was perfect for the large street festival on Norra Grängesbergsgatan.
Skånska Dagbladet 19/09/07

Rain and religious holiday cause concern for NGBG
RAIN & RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY

I am English. If you don’t have an umbrella, you’re not properly dressed, laughs Iain Dace.
(Editor’s note: Since the article was written, the weather forecast has changed and it now looks like there will be significantly less rain on Saturday.)
Sydsvenskan 19/09/04

Emily up on the balcony at NGBG HQ
NGBG ATTRACTS ALL AGES

Earlier forecasts predicted heavy rain on Saturday, but the day turned out to offer more sunshine than expected. And music of course – from the stages at the NGBG street festival.
Sydsvenskan 19/09/07

Fördärvet before NGBG 2018
THE STREET FESTIVAL GROWS

Norra Grängesbergsgatan is filled with people and music. The third NGBG festival includes twenty stages, most of them offering music. On side streets and in alleys there is even more music and food.
Sydsvenskan 18/09/05

Fördärvet before NGBG 2018
Music & Politics: 7 bands playing at NGBG 2018

The third edition of Malmö’s street festival NGBG is also “A pre-party for democracy”, as it takes place tomorrow – the day before the election. Since it is Music & Politics theme week at HYMN, we took the opportunity to ask a couple of questions on the topic to some of the bands performing.
Hymn 18/09/07

a stage in the al amili garage
More food, film and performing arts at NGBG 2018

Seven new stages. 167 acts. More food and performing arts and a new film programme. On Norra Grängesbergsgatan, member clubs, performance collectives and car washes are preparing for Saturday’s NGBG. This year’s edition of the street festival will be the biggest so far.
Sydsvenskan 18/09/05

a stage in the al amili garage
This is what NGBG 2017 will be like

Last year’s success with the NGBG festival on Norra Grängesbergsgatan in Malmö has laid the foundation for an even bigger festival this year. Last year’s 13 stages with around 80 acts have become 21 stages with 155 acts this year.
Sydsvenskan 17/09/08

Norra Grängesbergsgatan, Etc, NGBG Gatufest 2016
THE ROUGH STREET DRESSES FOR A FESTIVAL

Today Norra Grängesbergsgatan invites you to a festival. For twelve hours, people and cultural life are given free rein on the otherwise busy street. It will be a diverse celebration, where over 110 participants have signed up to contribute something.”
Etc 16/09/24

coffee crew chilling outside at NGBG Gatufest 2016
5000 visitors at NGBG 2016

"It felt like everything the Malmö Festival should be". Oskar Ponnert writes “Absolutely phenomenal. What energy was unleashed!”. Annika Westman writes “I have attended hundreds of festivals, as a musician, audience member or agent, but NGBG, the street festival on Norra Grängesbergsgatan yesterday, was truly unique.”
Sydsvenskan 16/09/25

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