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Three new artists are ready for Oslo Mela 2025

We are very happy to confirm that pop sensation Aima Baig, the groundbreaking superstar [...]

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The first artists are ready for Oslo Mela 2025

The progressive Tamil folk rock band 9 degrees north, the experimental Sami artist Katarina Barruk, the groundbreaking [...]

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Thank you for 2024!

Dear everyone – we would like to thank all of you who have made the trip to [...]

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SV's alternative state budget

SV is investing in culture in its alternative state budget for 2025, and we are very happy [...]

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The fall program for Melahuset is ready

Encounters between different musical traditions, art, concerts, slam, activism, lectures, festivals and imaginative children's performances are some [...]

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Four new artists ready for the main stage!

Four new artists are ready for the main stage at Oslo Mela in August! The hitmakers Chani Nattan [...]

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More artists ready for Oslo Mela 2024

Palestinian shamstep group 47Soul, up-and-coming rapper Unge Beirut, Colombian-British music collective Mestizo and Bhangra stars [...].

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Who was Walter Rodney?

Walter Rodney was born in Georgetown, the capital of then-British Guiana. He grew up during [...].

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Thanks for the music, Lillebjørn Nilsen

One of Norway's most prominent folk singers, Lillebjørn Nilsen, passed away on Saturday, January 27. Not only [...]

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Khalid Salimi named Dialogue Voice of the Month

The Nobel Peace Center has named Khalid Salimi, director of Melahuset and Oslo Mela, as "Dialogue Voice of the Month" [...].