Open Arena starts the new year by presenting three great talents! Lola Linda Poder comes from Tysnes, and already has several years of experience with music, despite her young age. Among other things, the 16-year-old got the honor of opening Tysnesfest 2025, and she is now attending the first year of the music program at Stord High School. Ingrid Belt is [...]

The doors open at 20 Game start at 21 Finn Tokvam has been called the incarnation of Western Norway. The warm and popular artist has great success with his first solo performance - Welcome. The projection has already delighted 16,000 Westerners, now it is finally coming to Stord!  Finn is full of devious stories, music and humor, presented at his hero [...]

Emmerhoff & The Melancholy Babies return to the Arena! The sources are uncertain, but some claim it's been over 20 years since the last time. In 2026, the band marks its 30th anniversary, and as the start of a year of festivities, there will be a concert at the Arena on Saturday 24 January. This concert will also be the release party for the band's seventh LP, "The Dying [...]

In February 2006, a debut mini-album with an artist named Erlend Ropstad was released. He sang as a singer-songwriter, wrote melancholy songs in English, and several asked; Do we need more artists here? This is 20 years ago, when we write February 2026, which means the 20th anniversary of a success story within Norwegian [...]

It is a true pleasure to welcome the Valentourettes back to the Arena! The members have backgrounds from both Jokke & Valentinerne and Jokke Med Tourettes, and as the band name indicates, this is a merger of these two. With Petter Pogo on bass, Runar "Kula" Johannessen on drums and Petter Baarli himself on guitar, they constitute a powerhouse [...]