This year will also be a music summer. Ullevi was without concerts throughout last year, but in 2025, the arena will be visited by both AC/DC, Darin, and Gothenburg hero Håkan Hellström. The West Coast festival Way Out West returns with headliners like Charli "Brat" XCX, Iggy Pop, and Queens of the Stone Age. The latter will get a new opportunity to meet a Swedish audience after their cancelled performances in 2024.
Debated rapper
Swedish rapper Yasin makes his first live performances in nine years during Brännbollsyran in Umeå, Alive festival in Borlänge, and Trädgården festival in Kristianstad. Yasin has previously been sentenced to prison for preparation for human trafficking and for serious weapons offenses. His performances are long-awaited by fans, but they have also led to debate and withdrawn municipal festival grants.
Other major Swedish acts that give summer concerts are, among others, Roxette, Ant Wan, Lars Winnerbäck, and Veronica Maggio.
Nostalgia fest
Metal festival Sweden Rock follows its successful recipe with bands like Scorpions and Sex Pistols. The festival has also invited two of the biggest acts from the nu-metal heyday: Slipknot and Korn.
According to a similar nostalgic model, Stockholm Fields invites a collection of skatepunk bands like Green Day and Millencolin to Gärdet in the capital in June. The same month, the Stockholm festival Rosendal Garden Party returns, attracting acts like Kraftwerk, Chaka Khan, and Sean Paul.
More world artists entertain Sweden during the summer months, including disco queen Kylie Minogue, who makes her only Scandinavian performance at Avicii arena in June.
Towards the end of the summer, one of the world's biggest hip-hop stars also lands: American rapper Kendrick Lamar, who performs at 3 arena with backing from r'n'b singer SZA.
28–37/5 Brännbollsyran, Umeå. Steve Angello, Yasin, Miriam Bryant.
1/6 Tate McRae at Avicii arena, Stockholm.
4–7/6 Sweden Rock, Sölvesborg. Slipknot, Scorpions, Korn, Sabaton, King Diamond, Sex Pistols.
5/6 Imagine Dragons at 3 arena, Stockholm.
6, 7, and 13/6 Håkan Hellström at Ullevi, Gothenburg.
12–13/6 Iron Maiden at 3 arena, Stockholm.
13–14/6 Summer On, Båstad. Axwell, Bolaget, Daniela Rathana.
14/6 André Rieu at Avicii arena, Stockholm.
13–15/6 Rosendal Garden Party, Stockholm. Kraftwerk, Lars Winnerbäck, Chaka Khan, Sean Paul.
15/6 Alanis Morissette at Gröna Lund, Stockholm.
17/6 Nile Rodgers and Chic at Annexet, Stockholm.
24/6 Green Day, Weezer, Millencolin, and Bad Nerves at Stockholm Fields.
25/6 Kylie Minogue at Avicii arena, Stockholm.
27/6 Muse and Mando Diao at Stockholm Fields.
28/6 Ant Wan at Stockholm Fields.
29/6 Pitbull at Avicii arena, Stockholm.
1/7 Shaboozey at Gröna Lund, Stockholm.
3/7 Brandi Carlile at Cirkus, Stockholm.
4/7 Bryan Adams at Dalhalla.
4/7 Guns N’ Roses at Strawberry arena in Stockholm.
4-6/7 Bryan Adams in Dalhalla, Töreboda, and Helsingborg.
10/7 Judas Priest in Dalhalla.
10/7 Tom Jones at Liseberg, Gothenburg.
11–13/7 Öregrund music festival with Barbara Hendricks as the main artist.
19/7 Darin at Ullevi, Gothenburg.
21–22/7 Sting, Dalhalla and Halmstad.
23 and 25/7 Roxette at Trädgårdsföreningen, Gothenburg, and 26–27/7 at Brottet, Halmstad.
25/7 Zara Larsson at Amaze festival, Smögen.
28/7 AC/DC at Ullevi, Gothenburg.
1–3/8 Storsjöyran, Östersund. Veronica Maggio, Oskar Linnros, Laleh, Yaska.
7/8 Robbie Williams at Stadion, Stockholm.
7–9/8 Way Out West, Gothenburg. Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, Iggy Pop.
9/8 Kendrick Lamar and SZA at 3 arena, Stockholm.
20/8 and 22/8 Smashing Pumpkins at Gröna Lund, Stockholm, and at Liseberg, Gothenburg.
22–23/8 Ed Sheeran at Strawberry arena, Solna.
