suialaa arts Festival 

We believe that art and culture:

• is an opportunity for gathering and community beyond the usual
• is a human right, not a privilege
• is an important profession in the development of society

MISSION
To produce an inclusive and relevant festival that:
- develops a stronger awareness and pride in our audience and participants (among others) about the Arctic identity and representation of indigenous peoples.
- hosts the good experience.
- contributes to the development of a healthier local community.

VISION
Suialaa Arts Festival is known and recognized as a leading and natural gathering place for artists and cultural enthusiasts from the Arctic and Nordic region. In close collaboration with the local art and cultural scene, we want to present new collaborations and artistic expressions that define and challenge our world view. This happens through artistic exchange and dialogue, for all age groups.

ABOUT Suialaa Arts festival

Since 2015 the Festival has taken part in setting the standard for how far art and culture can go within the Arctic and Nordic collaboration. Every second year since then, the capital of Greenland Nuuk has hosted one of the most honest, concentrated and inclusive platforms for artistic development, collaboration and inspiration. Suialaa Arts Festival is a celebration of arts and culture in all forms – Melting together cultures, artforms and hearts.

Greenland is the Arctic window in the Nordic region. One of the goals of the festival is to showcase the best art and culture from Greenland to a visiting Nordic and Arctic region and vice versa.

The festival has a programing group that consists of four important partners: Nuuk Art Museum, Katuaq, The National Theater of Greenland and The Central Library of Greenland. These partners are part of the curating and creative process but also serve as main venues during the festival hosting a broad range of concerts, theater, dance, exhibitions, talks, literature and more. Outside of the main venues the festival offers a lot of events hosted outside of their normal comfort-zone. This could for example mean dance performances at a shopping mall, parades in unexpected places, concerts at elder homes and apartments and much more.

Suialaa Arts Festival is a festival for everyone and we make sure to have both popular and recognizable names on the poster, but also cater to the culture-aficionado. Even the youngster will have a dedicated stage for music and other artforms.

Every second year the festival offers a broad list of program-lineups with new multimodal productions that involve the audience in co-creation and participation which blurs the lines between entertainment and art, performer and spectator, audience and venue. The festival breaks down barriers, all to create a new framework where unexpected meetings and new relations can happen.

The next festival will take place October 23-26, 2025.

The core values of the festival are:

• Location sensitivity and relevance
• Co-creation and Cooperation
• Responsiveness and Openness
• Sustainability

Nuuk Nordic Culture Festival started in 2015 and kept that name until May 2024, when it was renamed Suialaa Arts Festival. The festival is owned by the munucipallity of Sermersooq and NAPA, the Nordic Institute in Greenland.