This 12 months’s Månefestivalen was my third in a row, and like final 12 months, it was a sizzling taking place. Stunning climate, solar, sizzling, an ideal recipe for a profitable competition. The competition had a mixture of nationwide and native artists, plus Wyclef Jean because the headliner on Saturday. And on Thursday, the constructing society OBOS sponsored a big day with 4 artiists and the place the proceeds are donated to a neighborhood trigger. (Picture above: Wyclef Jean)

Månefestivalen is organized within the outdated half oof Fredrikstad, at Gamlebyen, and at Tøihusplassen, the place utside of Tøihuset, that was in-built 1773 as a part of the fortress at Gamlebyen. The place is an ideal venue for the competition, with an open place for the live shows and a ravishing backyard behind it for hanging round and consuming and consuming.

Listed here are the live shows I noticed at Månefestivalen this 12 months.

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