Gasometer in Stockholm will open with four nights of music and visual art by Jacob Mühlrad and Alexander Wessely on March 17–20, 2027. The programme is called The Resurrection. On the venue's website, the dates are now public, with a waitlist for further lineup and ticket information.
The building should be quite a sight. It began as a brick gasholder, designed by Ferdinand Boberg in 1899, and its old exterior is being kept around a new performance space. This isn't simply a concert hall with an interesting address. The conversion makes the industrial structure itself part of the visit. You enter something built for a very different purpose and find a theatre inside.
That theatre can take up to 2,300 standing guests or 1,750 seated. Above it sits the Dome, an event space with a 17-metre ceiling and capacity for up to 1,000 standing guests. Gasometer describes flexible floor configurations in the main room, along with an acoustic reverberation system. Those details may be less eye-catching than the brickwork, but they will matter to the people putting on performances there.
The Royal Swedish Opera is moving to Gasometer while its historic Opera House is renovated. So the opening isn't just four nights followed by a search for something to do with the building. Opera and ballet give it a continuing use, alongside other concerts and events. A room serving those different purposes has to work for the performers as well as look impressive in a photograph.
Mühlrad already has a connection with the place. In September 2025, the venue announced a musical signature he had created for it, co-produced by Carl Nordström. Now he and Wessely are taking on the opening programme. The announced mix of classical and contemporary music with visual art suggests plenty to be curious about. We still have to wait to find out what the complete performances will be like.
That waiting is part of the appeal of a new room. Before anyone has attended a show, it is possible to imagine all sorts of things happening there. The more useful test comes when an audience is inside: can people see, can they hear, and does the music feel at home? The opening artists get the first chance to answer those questions in practice.
Our coverage of David Guetta's Monolith booking at The O2 also considered a show in which the setting contributes to the occasion. Stockholm's project has a different starting point, with a historic building being brought into a new musical life. March's performances will be its introduction to the public. Until then, follow the venue's ticket updates before making firm travel plans. There is a confirmed opening programme to look forward to, and more practical information still to come.
