PICNIC & JAZZ PÅ PERSISKE TÆPPER / ASTRID ENGBERG & WHO KILLED BAMBI

3/6/2026

Doors: 17:30 // Admission: 165 DKK // 250 DKK

At Picnic & Jazz on Persian Rugs, the audience is invited to enjoy two vegetarian, seasonal servings from MADkiosken, accompanied by the sound of jazz. Everything takes place outdoors in the garden next to turkis. If the weather doesn’t cooperate, we’ll move the picnic indoors onto our carpet-covered floors.

We’ll take care of the food, the music, and the Persian picnic rugs – the only thing you need to bring is your own plates and cutlery. You’re welcome to lick your plate clean or make use of turkis’ dishwashing service before heading home or continuing on to Aarhus Jazz Festival. Water is free, and the bar at turkis will be open – so we kindly ask that you don’t bring your own drinks :)

We hope to see as many of you as possible for this cozy picnic. That’s why we offer two pricing options: one for smaller budgets and one for those who can pay a bit more. You choose the price that fits your situation.

Food cannot be purchased on arrival. There is a limited number of servings, so tickets must be bought in advance.

PROGRAM

➤ Doors open & food is served: 17:30
➤ Caktus: 18:00
➤ Second serving: 18:30
➤ Caktus: 18:45

MADKIOSKEN

MADkiosken aims to promote Gellerup’s food culture and serve as a gathering place for local cultural and culinary events. MADkiosken is located at the square at the intersection of Lottesvej and Karen Blixens Boulevard.

CAKTUS

Maria Dybbroe and the Aarhus-based quintet Caktus are on a release tour for their third album, “Øyeblikk” (“Moment”). The album presents an entirely new and ambitious collaboration with the Norwegian big band OJKOS, where the ensemble is expanded from five to fifteen musicians—although on this particular evening they perform in a quintet format. The chamber music aesthetic unfolds here, gaining new tonal colors and greater dynamics through this collaboration, adding complexity to both newly written pieces and older Caktus favorites. Øyeblikk is a fresh and innovative take on what big band music can be in 2026—sensory and tactile, fragile yet grand. It fully utilizes the possibilities of the big band format, while still allowing space for individual instruments to shine, and over the course of the album’s slightly more than one-hour duration, listeners experience a wide range of chamber music constellations.

The album’s titles suggest that the compositions aim to capture moments from various places around Oslo, as well as specific events and situations from Maria’s first years living in both Norway and Denmark. We hear the ambivalent emotions and thoughts—the hope and nostalgia one might feel on New Year’s Eve. We are invited into intimate spaces—her childhood garden or the dream of the garden she wishes she had had. There is also a fascination with the mythical name of the city Trollhättan, imagined each time the train passes through the station where Maria never gets off, but instead builds ever more vivid fantasies of trolls and dark forests, balancing fear and fascination.

The title “Øyeblikk” also refers to the nature of music itself, which in a concert setting exists only in the present moment. When we experience live music, we share something entirely unique—we witness something real and imperfect. Isn’t that beautiful? And isn’t it exactly what we need in an increasingly divided and digitalized world? Music connects people and events in a person’s life. Moments—and life itself—are fleeting, but through compositions and recorded music like this album, we can preserve and revisit those moments, allowing us to recall old memories while also creating new ones as we listen again.

Caktus is one of the most distinctive young bands on the Scandinavian jazz scene. They have a unique lineup and sound that blends chamber music with grooves, and through their cinematic music, they take the listener on a sensory journey through diverse landscapes and moods. The music flows organically and dynamically through both fragile and expressive passages—balancing beauty and abstraction. The focus is on acoustic sound, the interplay of instruments, and an intense interpretive approach with a flexible, elastic use of form in their almost fully composed music.

“Maria Dybbroes Caktus-ensemble is a beautiful blend of organic acoustic sounds and arrangements with elements of free music. A Must Listen”

-Bugge Wesseltoft, pianist, composer and label owner of Jazzland.

Caktus is close to functioning as a “double trio,” with two string players and two saxophonists. With this interplay and mirroring, it is natural that musical themes are also reflected, inverted, twisted, and challenged. The group was formed in Aarhus in 2017 and has since played more than 70 concerts across the Nordic region. Their music has also been performed by the DR Big Band.

In 2023, Caktus released their second album “Flimrende”, which critics described as “a masterpiece.” Their debut release “Under Solen” also received widespread acclaim, including a Steppeulv nomination for “Composer of the Year,” a nomination for “Album of the Year” at the Danish Music Awards Jazz 2021, and a place on both Passive/Aggressive’s and Dagbladet Information’s lists of the 20 best Danish releases of 2020.

Lineup:

Maria Dybbroe – alto saxophone
Zeki Jindyl – alto saxophone
Thorbjørn Kaas – cello
Frederik Hagner – double bass
Tobias Andreassen – drums

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