Bergen City Guide - Special Events

Reiseklar (Travel Fair), late Jan, Arenum Messesenter (website: www.possibility.no) Borealis (Bergen Contemporary Music Festival), early Mar, various venues (website: www.borealisfestival.no)
Piggtrådfestivalen, mid-Mar, hard rock and metal festival, Hulen (website: www.piggtraad.net)
Bergenfest Music Festival, late Apr-early may, various venues (website: www.bergenfest.no)
Bergen Gay Pride, May, parade throughout the city (website: www.bergengaypride.com)
Norwegian National Holiday (Constitution Day), 17 May, parades and entertainment
Night Jazz Festival, late May, city centre (website: www.nattjazz.no)
Bergen International Festival, late May-early Jun, general arts event, city centre (website: www.festspillene.no)
Summer Recitals at Troldhaugen, Jun-Aug, concerts at the home of Edvard Grieg (website: www.troldhaugen.com)
Grieg in Bergen, late Jun-Aug, daily concerts in the city centre (website: www.musicanord.no)
Bergen International Guitar Festival, late Jun, Mariakirken (website: www.bergenguitarfestival.com)  
Bergen Cup, early Jul, week-long football tournament for young people (website: www.bergencup.no)  
Lost Weekend, Aug, big music festival on the island of Askoy just outside Bergen (website: www.lost-weekend.net)
Bergen Food Festival, mid-Sep, city centre (website: www.matfest.no)
Autumn Recitals at Troldhaugen, Sundays Sep-Nov, concerts at the home of Edvard Grieg, Troldhaugen (website: www.troldhaugen.com)
Orgelfestuken (Church Music Festival), mid Sep, various churches (website: www.bkf.no)
Oktoberfest, early Oct, festival in the old German manner, city centre (website: www.oktoberfest.no)
Raptus (Bergen Cartoon Festival), mid-Oct, Grieghallen (website: www.raptus.no)
BIFF (Bergen International Film Festival), late Oct, city centre (website: www.biff.no) Church Music Festival, mid-Nov, Domkirken (Cathedral) (website: www.bkf.no)
The Great Metal Festival, mid-Nov, hard rock and metal festival, Hulen (website: www.hulen.no)
Gingerbread City, mid-Nov-31 Dec, world's biggest gingerbread exhibition plus family events, Galleriet Shopping Centre
Festival of Lights, late Nov or early Dec, city centre (website: www.bergensentrum.no)