Copenhagen’s new culture and music venue Stairway is being inaugurated today, reports Copenhagen Municipality.

Located in Vanløse, the opening of the venue had been due to take place in the spring, but then delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The culture and leisure mayor, Franciska Rosenkilde, has high hopes for the venue. She said that Stairway could become a platform to promote new talent in Copenhagen’s “deep and wide” music scene.

For Danish and foreign artists
The venue will be a means to promote to Danish and foreign artists and create room for alternative genres.

Stairway will also attract an audience from all over the city by organising music festivals.

While the autumn program will mostly consist of Danish names, Stairway will bring foreign names to its stage in 2021.

Stairway is managed by the municipal culture house unit Do-It-Together (DIT) Copenhagen.

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