Answers to your questions

On Friday, June 6, you can participate in Nørrebro Lake Carnival 2025 from 18-21. In the style of a real Rio bloco, we form a grand samba group and lead a dancing street party along the beautiful lakes, through the LOUD tunnel and into the magic sunset on Queen Louise’s Bridge.You can join as a musician, dancer or just for the party. It is voluntary to join and open for all levels. Costumes are not required. You can change clothes and store your bags and clothes at Union Culture House. After the bloco we get a bit to eat from 21-23.

On Saturday, June 7, Copenhagen Carnival explodes in an inferno of music, dance, costumes, color, skin, glitter and love. This day is our LOUD day. And you will hear music and drums all around you all day. Here you can participate in the traditional Copenhagen Carnival Parade 2025, that goes through Strøget, the famous shopping street, in the heart of Copenhagen from 10-13. Later you can perform with your own show (10-30 minutes) on our big stage and participate in our Mega Samba Jam at Rådhuspladsen, the main town hall square in Central Copenhagen between 12-19. To complete the day, you can party your hearts out in our big Copenhagen Carnival After Party 2025 at Next House Copenhagen from 20-02.

On Sunday, June 8, the carnival moves into the beautiful park, Enghaveparken, in the heart of Copenhagen, where the volume and vibe is a bit more relaxed than Saturdays carnival explosion and the surroundings are child-friendly. Here you can perform on the historical Arne Jacobsen Stage from 12-18. And you can enjoy the park, chill in the grass, explore all the acts, and experience the unique Cuban area with dance floor, DJ's, concerts, salsa and Cuban barbecue.

Participation in the carnival is voluntary and free of charge.

Copenhagen Carnival does not reimburse your expenses for transport or accommodation.

All artists get a discount at Next House Copenhagen, a new modern luxury hostel in the center of Copenhagen.It is gorgeous and cheap and it's where we host our Saturday Carnival Party. Check it out here:Next House Copenhagen

There is no limit to how many people you can bring in your group. Our stages have a maximum capacity though, and some very large groups are too big for the stages, but we have good solutions for this. Just sign up and we will take care of it and contact you with our solution.

There is no limit to how many children you can bring.

You can sign up to perform with a 10-30 minutes long show on our stage Saturday and Sunday if you wish.

When you sign up, you choose which day and how many times you would like to perform during the carnival.

Performing on our stages is voluntary.When you sign up you choose if your stage performance will be 10, 20 or 30 minutes long.We recommend short but powerful performances, because that is what our audience like.

You choose where you want to perform when you sign up.

Our stages are equipped with microphones and a PA-system with speakers you can connect your instruments or media player to. Our stage audio technician will help you and will adjust the sound during your performance.

We do not provide guitar or bass amplifiers.Our stages are equipped with microphones and a PA-system with speakers you can connect your instruments or media player to.

We do not provide a piano or a drum kit on stage.

The performance schedule for our stage shows are very tight, and you do not have time to do an extensive sound checks before your show. Our stage audio technician will help you connect your instruments, and will adjust the sound during your performance.

Bring your own sound system for the parade.

Only wagons and carts without engines are allowed in the parade.

We do our best to give everyone, both beginners and professionals, a spot in our Carnival. We prefer that groups with beginners also have experienced musicians or dancers in their group. And if that is not the case, then a very well-made costume. Sign up and we will take it from there.

We do our best to give everyone a spot on our stages, but we cannot guarantee you a spot. It depends on how many groups we have each year.

You will know when and where to perform in May, where the full lineup with a precise schedule for your stage performance is send.