Experience one of Chile's most popular bands of all time at Melahuset. Since 1971, Illapu has captivated audiences with their exploratory folk music that addresses themes of love, justice and social issues.
Grenseløst Oslo is back and this time as a collaboration between Social Workers without Borders (SG) and Melahuset! We would like to invite you to an exciting theme night about identity and belonging. These are themes that we want to illuminate through both the short film "Forbindelser", directed by Ibrahim Mursal, and the poetry collection "Betongblomst", written by [...].
Welcome to the opening of Black History Month Norway 2023 with the band Peace Out to Revolution. Through music from the African diaspora, the band invites you to a historical evening filled with groovy music and thought-provoking stories. Soul, Afrobeat(s) and RnB are on the program - a tribute to black music and culture - an evening you will [...].
Argentinean folk music meets Nordic jazz when José Saluzzi, Juan Fracchi, Ulrik Bisgaard and Jacob Young take the stage at Melahuset.
Dear friends and music lovers, Together we stand strong in moments of need, and now is the time for us to show our solidarity through music. Mosaic, World People and Melahuset invite you to a heartwarming evening of music, unity and solidarity. At a time when Morocco and Libya are facing great challenges after serious events, we want to [...].
Thiago da Serrinha is a leading figure in the Brazilian percussion scene, and he comes to Oslo as part of Caetano Veloso's band, who will be giving a concert the following day at Oslo Concert Hall. In this workshop, Thiago da Serrinha will focus on the main instruments from samba onwards: pandeiro, tamborim, surdo, tantã, atabaque, etc. The target audience extends [...]
I remember that kind of Somalia, where it was possible to imagine a world of cohesiveness. Ku soo dhawaada kulanka qoraaga Nuuraddiin Faarax oo uu waraysanayo Cabdisalaan Hereri. Meeshu waa: Melahuset, dabaqa labaad, (cinwaanka qor!) Goortu na waa: jimcaha, September 29. Cuntu fudud baa dadka kulanka ka soo qaybgalaya la siinayaa Nuruddin Farah is a [...]
I remember that kind of Somalia, where it was possible to imagine a world of cohesiveness. On September 28 and 29, Melahuset invites you to two conversations with Nuruddin Farah, one of Africa's foremost literary voices and often mentioned in connection with the Nobel Prize for Literature. The conversation on Thursday will be in English, while Friday's writers' meeting will be in [...]
Melahuset is pleased to present an exciting concert with bansuri player Patrick Vedlog and his guru and tabla master Nabankur Bhattacharya.
TARABBAND is coming to Oslo for the first time to open Masahat festival 2023! The band's name comes from the Arabic word Tarab, meaning "ecstasy through music"- and we promise you a no less thrilling concert! Doors open: 20:00 Concert starts: 20:30 Get your Tickets. Join us on Thursday, September 21 at Melahuset and get [...]
Ever wondered why everything is so mysterious and exotic in MENA (Middle East and North Africa)? Wonder no more. Our experts will explain the how and why of it all. Discover everything you need to know about MENA in the flash of a second, with a bonus crash course on WENA - Western Europe and [...]
The exhibition "Through Their Eyes" depicts life with dementia and Alzheimer's in Norway and India and the pain experienced by the relatives. The exhibition was first shown at the India International Centre in Delhi in January 2022, it is now being exhibited in several places in India and on September 19 it will be shown for the first time in Norway. In addition [...]
