By Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth OSLO — Festival-goers accustomed to the ubiquitous smartphone-filming of shows in the U.S. and many other parts of the world saw something markedly different at Norway ...

While the title of the “world’s greenest music festival” may be impossible to determine with total accuracy, Norway’s long-running Øya is as close as it gets. The festival — which has ...

At Øyafestivalen [Oya Festival], in Norway, which takes place in August, organisers are attempting to tackle everything from waste disposal, food, greener transport and power supply, leaflets and ...

Musically speaking, Norway is too often unfairly overshadowed ... ample display at the latest installment of the long-running Oya Festival in Oslo last week. While there were plenty of Anglo ...

Gabrielle is an absolute superstar in her native Norway and it felt like everyone still left at Øya on Saturday night was crammed onto the hillside for her joyous festival-closing set on the ...

Only nine acts remained on the weekend festival's bill, only one of them on the main stage. Øyafestival in Oslo is seeking to address this issue, giving female musicians the spotlight they ...

That's why, at this year's Øya Festival, in the very beautiful, very efficient, very clean and very, very expensive Oslo, Norway, I took a new approach. I tried to watch as many complete sets by ...

By Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth OSLO — While Europe generally has a greener approach to the environment, the Øya Festival in Norway is pushing the boundaries when it comes to reducing the climate ...

(More tour dates at the end of this post). The last time I saw the Cassidy sisters perform was while attending the Oya Festival in Norway last month – that’s where I took all the pictures in ...

It’s undeniable that Norway’s Øya Fest is going to be a ... One of the goals of the festival is to be “as environmentally sustainable as possible,” as per a press release.

Music Norway provides substantial support to artists and the festival — the country’s Minister of Culture and Equality, Anette Trettebergstuen, paid a visit on Friday — and this attitude was also ...