Siderfestivalen i Øystese
Norway's oldest cider festival, held each autumn in the orchard village of Øystese in Hardanger, combines a professional and amateur cider competition judged by Norway's leading cider panel with a riverside market, folk entertainment and tastings from local Hardanger producers.
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"Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2026, this acclaimed chamber and folk-music festival spreads some 40 concerts across the orchard-village of Lofthus and Sørfjorden in Ullensvang, with Hardanger fiddle tradition at its heart."
Hardanger Musikkfest 2026
"An intimate multi-day music festival in the small Nordfjord town of Sandane, bringing Norwegian and international acts to the community venues of Gloppen municipality each autumn."
Gloppen musikkfest 2026
"A free open day at the rural Osterøy Museum on the island of Osterøy celebrates the juniper plant that shaped Western Norwegian life for centuries, with courses, family activities, lectures, concerts and guided tours exploring its uses in food, drink, medicine and woodworking."
Einerjubel - Juniper Festival at Osterøy Museum
"A free open day at Osterøy Museum celebrating juniper, the plant central to West Norwegian folk life, with courses, family activities, lectures, concerts and guided tours rooted in local rural heritage."
Einerjazz (Juniper Festival)
"A beloved community games and entertainments festival held each March in Odda that pits locals against each other across dozens of competitions from card games to casino nights, crowning Hardanger champions across the fjord villages."
Hardanger spillfestival 2027
"A festival on the tiny outermost island of Fedje combining concerts, sea sports and outdoor activities at the very western edge of Norway's coastline."
Lengst Vest
"Norway's premier celebration of rakfisk (semi-fermented trout) fills the small Valdres town of Fagernes each November with over 100 market stalls, a competitive tasting tent, folk concerts and the crowning of the year's best rakfisk producer."
Norsk Rakfiskfestival
"One of southern Norway's biggest annual folk gatherings, Mandal's shellfish festival fills the old timber-town harbour with fresh catches from local boats, live concerts on the quayside, and tens of thousands of visitors over four days in early August."
Skalldyrfestivalen