Immerse yourself in musical and lyrical Experiences

Join our exciting musical events and book clubs where we create a space for discussion, reflection and community. Meet authors, share your favourite books with other enthusiasts and be inspired by the diversity of literature.
26.09.2024, 7PM - 10pm

Open "Mike" night 7

Café Ordgeist opens up for another round of Open "Mike" Night in an Indian Summer version. We do it with the same rules as we usually use: 1) 5 min. to each of the presenters. 
2) Be kind. 
Please write to Claus Nivaa on Messenger if you are going on stage with your lyrics - or know someone who you think should, completely voluntarily... We celebrate autumn and the new year with Ordgeist and full gas pedal rush on our microphone friend "Mike"! 
Admission: free

02.10.2024, kl. 19-20:30

Fodboldkommentator på DR ANDREAS KRAUL - i samtale m. AaB podcast Rød Aalborgs Lasse Yde Hegnet

The interview series "Football writers - literature played in the wide field" opens the field completely at Café Ordgeist in Aalborg from 2 October with a total of 3 football writers in play: DR's football commentator Andreas Kraul, writer and journalist Adam Drewes and finally poet and teacher Mads Mygind.
We open this first evening with Andreas Kraul, who, in conversation with AaB's podcast Rød Aalborg's creator and host, journalist Lasse Yde Hegnet, does an interview on Ordgeist's stage in front of a live audience.
The conversation will include to be about Andreas Kraul's new, beautiful coffee table book "100 iconic football stadiums", but also about football's status as a phenomenon in the world today with super-capitalism, an almost desperate club solidarity and individual icon-worship. How did the stadium become a secular church? Why is the stadium often a prestige building and for whom? Where is the true spirit of football going?
Tickets cost only DKK 60 for entry, as Aalborg Municipality's Culture Pool has kindly supported the series on "Fodboldforfattere - literature played in the wide area".
It will be possible to buy Kraul's "100 Iconic Football Stadiums" and get an autograph from the author and have a chat at the end.

03.10.2024, kl. 17-19

“the Author and the researcher" -  Svend Åge Madsen og prof. at Aarhus Universitet Henrik Zetterberg-Nielsen

Folkeuniversitetet Aalborg and Café Ordgeist present the series "The author and the researcher" with Svend Åge Madsen and professor at Aarhus University Henrik Zetterberg-Nielsen! Look forward to an evening of reading, discussion and talk about Svend Åge Madsen's writings at Café Ordgeist in Aalborg in the company of the author himself and the researcher Henrik Zetterberg-Nielsen, who has written in-depth about Madsen's long and rich writing. Svend Åge Madsen's writing is unique in its coherence and interconnectedness. Characters go again from book to book; stories are told over a span of years; the reader often gets a situation described from a new angle in a much later book, so that something that is a mystery in one work is solved in another. The books weave into each other, and the stories continue in new stories. It applies both to the authorship as a whole and to the individual text that the stories continue without being concluded in the traditional sense. Henrik Zetterberg-Nielsen researches fiction and narratives and particularly what people use narratives about obviously invented characters and events for. The evening includes a reading, discussion and talk about new and older books by Madsen. Read more and buy your ticket in Folkeuniversitetet's link here in the event. You can buy food, coffee, beer, wine etc. in Café Ordgeist's café before, during and after the author meeting. It is also possible to buy Madsen's latest book in the book café and have it signed by SAM himself! (Photo: Henrik Kroop)

Tickets below via FUA

10.10.2024, kl. 19:30-22:00

THE TITLE COMES AT LAST - The easy Number two

???? Come and experience Micetro Impro - An evening of laughter, creativity and spontaneity! ????

Teater Alibi, in collaboration with Café Ordgeist, will invite you on an unpredictable journey into the world of improvisation, when Teater Alibi's Event team enters the stage to compete for the title of the evening's Micetro! It will be an evening that will offer a performance full of funny, touching and completely unexpected moments.
The ticket can be yours for the tidy sum of one Vejgaard dollar (DKK 50), buy it via the ticket link or at the door.

???? What is Micetro Impro? Micetro Impro is a competition-based improvisation performance, where improvisers fight for the audience's favor, while together they create scenes and stories on the spot. Through a series of challenges, the contestants are eliminated one by one, until only one remains as the winner of the night – Micetro!

???? Audience in focus! As an audience, you are not only allowed to sit back and laugh at the actors' inventions – you also help to influence the outcome of the evening! Judges are selected from among the audience, who give the points that determine who will go on to the next round.

???? Expect the unexpected! No one knows what will happen when the evening's improvisers take the stage. Anything can happen and anything will happen – from the comical to the cosmic. However, one thing is certain: it will be an evening full of surprises and laughs.

Come and be part of an unforgettable evening with Micetro Impro - You don't want to miss it! ????

Micetro was invented by Keith Johnstone and we thank him many times for it.

There are 65 tickets in total.

15.10.2024, kl. 19:00-21:30

Book Banko - october version

In this October version of BOGBANKO at Café Ordgeist, you can once again win new book titles and great page prizes. We play first row and full plate and 2 x 3 rounds.

During the break there is live jazz piano music. Afterwards, it is possible to enjoy live music in the café over a good Nibe Bryghus beer or a glass of wine.

29.10.2024, kl. 19:00-20:30

LIVE STREAMING OF AUTHOR CONVERSATION WITH MARGARET ATWOOD

Join us when Ordkraft broadcasts an author conversation with Margaret Atwood live from the Queen's Hall in Den Sorte Diamant on Tuesday 29 October at 19.00-20.30.

With books such as "Alias ​​Grace", the "Oryx and Crake" series and "The Handmaid's Tale", world-renowned Margaret Atwood has challenged her readers' views on power, climate, gender, racism, religious fundamentalism and much, much more.

Atwood is one of the most significant and influential living authors, particularly within the science fiction genre. And now she can be experienced on the big screen when we broadcast live from Den Sorte Diamant on 29 October. Here, Atwood will be in conversation with Lotte Folke Kaarsholm, who is opinion editor at Politiken and, among other things, former host of Deadline on DR.

Practical information:
Time: Tuesday 29 October at 19.00 – 20.30

Location: Café Ordgeist, Skipper Clements Gade 1, 9000 Aalborg

Price: DKK 50 incl. a water/coffee/tea

Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.place2book.com/da/sw2/sales/2wwopxlj9v

It is possible to pre-order food at ordgeist@cafeordgeist.dk

01.11.2024, kl. 20.00-22.00 

CHERise (uk)

Her talent has been recognized by some of the most respected artists in Soul and Jazz as a rising star on the UK music scene. CHERISE has collaborated with major artists including Steam Down, Reuban James, Omar and Nubiyan Twist. In 2021, Gregory Porter invited her to sing with him for Disney's Christmas animation and worldwide campaign. In 2022, CHERISE was also chosen to open for Jamie Cullum on his Spring/Summer European tour and for Michael Kiwanuka at L'Olympia, Paris and the Colisée de Roubaix in Lille. Named by Clash magazine as 'one of the women raising the bar for Soul and Jazz in the UK', CHERISE is one of the most sought after young Soul singers and songwriters of our time. Her long-awaited debut album 'Calling' was released in the summer of 2023. In 'Calling', CHERISE weaves a collection of emotional and deeply moving explorations of family, romantic love and personal development towards her truest self. If her EP 'Remedy' was her bold foray into Soul, 'Calling' shows CHERISE as a truly unique artist. She digs deep into the contours of falling in and out of love, stitching together all parts of herself as a black woman: the sensual, the familial, and the endlessly creative. CHERISE pays tribute to her elders who traveled to England as part of the Windrush generation on heartfelt singles such as '2 Steppin' and the title track 'Calling'. "This year is the 75th anniversary of Windrush, in particular, which ties in with the themes of being grateful for what I have, but having a strong desire to define for myself - and find power in - what that will say to be second generation with an Afro-British background.” 'Calling' was critically acclaimed and described by CLASH Magazine as "beautiful" and "imbued with real power" with the single 'Secrets' praised by MTV as "so unique it's shocking she's only released music in a few years", and Notion magazine noted CHERISE's "expertly wise storytelling" and "silky vocals and soulful sensibility [that] move the listener through dimensions". CHERISE's soulful reimagining of the Nora Jones classic 'Sunrise' is featured on the album 'BlueNote Reimagined: II' from 2022. In the summer of 2023, CHERISE opened the main stage at Cross the Tracks Festival (UK), performed at Love Supreme (UK) & Elbjazz Festival in Hamburg and appeared on her first UK headline tour.Most recently she performed the track Crazy Rhythm in the TV series Downton Abbey - A New Era Ordgeist is proud to present: CHERISE (UK) in an intimate concert on Café Ordgeist's stage.

29.11.2024, kl. 17-18:30

"The author and the researcher" -
Danish rap from the block
the Rapper Marwan and literature- og rap researcher Troels Obbekær

The Author and the Researcher - Folkeuniversitetet Aalborg and Café Ordgeist - Danish rap from the Block Rapper Marwan and literature and rap researcher Troels Obbekær. Come along when rapper Marwan meets literature and rap researcher Troels Obbekær about the development of Danish rap from the block. How have the sound and lyrics changed over the years? Which experiences come through the speakers and which don't? What role does rap play in the discussion of 'ghettos' and 'parallel societies'? Tickets via Folkeuniversitetet Aalborg

29.11.2024, kl. 21-22:30

SORthandsk - rap and poetry

The trio SORTHANDSK IS BACK WITH NEW MUSIC AND A LYRIC COLLECTION The Aarhus-based trio led by the rapper Marwan has spent the last few years completing two consecutive EPs, which will be released in autumn 2024 and spring 2025. SORTHANDSK offers something unique to Danish music and poetry at a time when the political climate is particularly inflamed. Poetry, music and storytelling must be able to be used as an outlet for frustration and anger and, in addition, to provide authentic insight into the life circumstances of minorities. Thus, the lyric comes to play an edifying role for both sender and receiver. The poet and rapper Marwan and the rest of SORTHANDSK have actively chosen to channel all the emotions into works that can create debate and show the generations after them that there are other options than burning down the system. It is both self-therapeutic and healing to describe the horrors of the war in Gaza, but also a decisive helping hand to several marginalized groups who hope for the establishment of dialogue between people. A pact has been made between SORTHANDSK and their audience to agree on what matters. Rarely has authenticity been so beautifully expressed. It is the language of the street and the underworld, but it is also the language of man. You can fight hard at SORTHANDSK, but you can also be lifted up to new realizations and into a warm community, where precisely the difficult emotional challenges are embraced. There is no hypocrisy here and where others bite their tongues and shut up, Marwan spits out the blood again and continues undeterred to confront us with the uncomfortable truths about how wrong things are in many places in Denmark and the systemic failure that many people are exposed to and kept in. 

Entrance: DKK 120 Doors: at 20PM



Previous events

26.09.2024, kl. 19.00-21.30

Castro / Øiom / Boye Jazztrio

Castro / Øiom / Boye Jazztrio
A musical playground with harp, saxophone and double bass. The group originated through Slam Jam at Ordgeist where Isabella Castro and Anders Boye played together, later the Norwegian saxophonist Jenni Øiom became part of the trio. The group offers original themes with plenty of space for immersion, empathy, Nordic sound, big and small emotions. All accompanied by the good melody and musical stories. Look forward to an evening on the musical playground where you create and improvise. Isabella Castro Jørgensen, harpJenni Øiom Askvig, saxophoneAnders Boye Knudsen, double bass Admission: DKK 40 For students: Amount for the Jazz hat round



18.09.2024, kl. 19:00 - 21:30 

Book banko - Classics version

Visit BOOK BANKO at Café Ordgeist. An evening of fun, coffee, cakes, and good drinks. Win new book titles, and great page prizes. For the entrance ticket you get both 2 playing cards and a voucher for a drink of your own choice such as specialty coffees (all organic and double shot espresso), a glass of wine, a beer from Nibe Bryghus or a soft drink from Naturfrisk. Admission is DKK 150. So take your friends and colleagues under your arm, and come to a cozy round of Book Banko at Café Ordgeist. We live at Skipper Clements Gade 1 in the heart of Aalborg. This September evening is a Classics version - win classics in nice new book equipment.

12.09.2024, kl. 16.00-18.00

The raven flies again - Book reception with music for author Lise Andersen's Greenland trilogy

The raven flies again - Book reception with music for author Lise Andersen's Greenland trilogy
In 2019-2021, the North Jutland author Lise Andersen published her Greenland trilogy, which opened with "The raven flies low".
Now she is republishing the entire trilogy in new book equipment, and it will be celebrated at Café Ordgeist - Aalborg's book café.
This afternoon will be an alternation between a short author interview about the creation of the Greenland Trilogy, presentations of the 3 books and short readings by Lise Andersen. Occasionally there is live jazz music.
The book can be bought from Lise Andersen at the book reception, and they are signed by the author himself.
A small glass is offered for the reception ????

09.09.2024, kl. 19.00 - 21.00

Women's courage: Author interview with Trine Christensen


The book ‘Kvindsmod’ by Trine Christensen - former Secretary General of Amnesty - was published on 5 March by Lindhardt og Ringhof. In it seven different women tell their own stories about how they have made and are making a difference in the world with great courage. In this author interview at Café Ordgeist in the centre of Aalborg, Trine Christensen talks about the creation of the book and the conversations with the seven women and their female courage.

The publisher writes about the book : KVINDSMOD, seven inspiring women share their powerful personal stories. In their own way and from their own backgrounds, they have chosen to put themselves and their lives on the line to make a difference in the world. They have faced adversity, doubt, failure, and fear, but they have each found their inner strength and unique voice. At the same time they have broken expectations of how women should act, look, lead, love, and live. In the book they speak honestly about the experiences that have helped shape them.
05.09.2024, kl. 19:30-22:00

"The title will come in the end" - impro comedy theatre whit teater alibi

Come and experience Micetro Impro Comedy Theatre - An evening of laughter, creativity, and spontaneity! Teater Alibi, in collaboration with Café Ordgeist, will invite you on an unpredictable journey into the world of improvisation, when Teater Alibi's Event Team enters the stage to compete for the title of the evening's Micetro! It will be an evening that will offer a performance full of fun, touching, and completely unexpected moments. The ticket can be yours for the tidy sum of one "Vejgaard dollar" (50 DKK), buy it via the ticket link or at the door. 
What is Micetro Impro? Micetro Impro is a competition-based improvisation performance, where improvisers fight for the audience's favor, while together they create scenes and stories on the spot. Through a series of challenges, the participants are eliminated one by one, until only one remains as the evening's winner – Micetro! Audience in focus! As an audience you are not only allowed to sit back and laugh at the actors' inventions – you also help to influence the outcome of the evening! Judges will be selected from among the audience, who will give the points that determine who will go on to the next round. Expect the unexpected! No one knows what will happen when the evening's improvisers take the stage. Anything can happen and anything will happen – from the comical to the cosmic. However, one thing is certain: it will be an evening full of surprises and laughs. Come and be part of an unforgettable evening with Micetro Impro - You don't want to miss it! Micetro was invented by dramatist Keith Johnstone and we thank him many times for it.

04.09.2024, 17.00 - 19.00

Children are little aesthetes: Presentation by pedagogue and cand. pæd. Alice Kjær.


What does aesthetics have to do with children? Author Alice Kjær will shed some light on this when she dives into her books and talks about the possibilities of aesthetics when working with children. 

Alice will talk about the role the senses play in children's being and learning and how we can create aesthetic and magical environments for 0-6 year olds that make them curious. So if you're interested in children and their aesthetic learning processes, grab a friend, colleague or family member and come to Café Ordgeist. Alice will be happy to answer questions along the way and there will be an opportunity to buy some of her books.

31.08.2024, 13.00 - 15.00

Drawing workshop with writer and illustrator from Wulff & Morgenthaler for children aged 5-13 yo. 

Rhyme and drawing workshop for children (and their adults) with author Pernille Bønløkke Toustrup and artist Thomas Hjorthaab. Both out of Wulff & Morgenthaler workshop in Copenhagen. 
Based on the question “What do animals do in Aalborg Zoo at night?” - we will all join Pernille and Thomas in making rhymes and drawings that become little stories. Pernille and Thomas have together created the thoroughly illustrated rhyming book “Vingummigoplen og røven i tasken.” They both worked at Wulffmorgenthaler for many years and now both create books and cartoons for children. Pernille has written the screenplay for the feature film “Mugge og hans mærkelige hjerne” and the TV series “Femlingerne,” while Thomas has had great success with the cartoon about the vengeful cat, Møgmis.
It's a creative workshop at Café Ordgeist, where there will be plenty of opportunity to make crazy and quirky rhymes and fantastic drawings. We'll create funny characters and make up rhymes about them - and learn how to add an extra layer to your story in drawings.
Paper, cardboard, markers, glue, etc. will be available.
Supported by Statens Kunstfood

14.08.2024, 19.00 - 22.00

Bogbanko

Try BOGBANKO at Café Ordgeist. You can win the latest book titles both translated foreign and Danish. We play by 1st row and full plate over 2 x 3 rounds with a break in the middle. The ticket entitles you to a total of 2 banko game plates and a drink voucher for our good organic specialty coffees and filter coffee or a beer from Nibe Bryghus or an organic soda/juice from Naturfrisk or a glass of red or white wine.

We look forward to seeing you again for a good game of BOGBANKO at Café Ordgeist - late summer version !

13.08.2024, 19.00 - 22.00
GRAND SLAM JAM

GRAND SLAM JAM!

We will decide the final winner of the SLAM JAM series with tonight's big GRAND SLAM JAM! The 5 winners from the previous SLAM JAM nights will once again join the SLAM JAM jazz ensemble at Café Ordgeist, where the audience will once again decide the overall winner of the evening and the entire SLAM JAM series. 5 musicians - 5 SLAM JAM winning poets. 3 rounds. 1 audience.

Most important: 1 GRAND SLAM JAM winner trophy. MESTER-FADET - in German style - MEISTER SCHALE. Audience judges' tables give marks from 0.0 to 10.0 for each poet and musicians' performances. The criterion is again: WHICH performance sounds most like a recorded poetry and music track that could have been recorded!

Admission is a paltry DKK 30 for the audience.

We look forward to the all-important GRAND SLAM JAM. Who will be North Jutland's GRAND SLAM JAM CHAMP?

08.08.2024, 19.00 - 22.00
SLAM JAM (No. 5)


SLAM JAM is a brand new concept that is a show form where improv jazz musicians and poetry slam poets work together in front of a live, participatory audience. There are 5 jazz musicians on stage and 5 poetry slammers. Each poetry slammer brings a pre-written poem of max. 3 minutes duration.

Admission: 30 Dkk.

03.08.2024, 19.00

Supernova jazz blast - Olga Amelchenko

Supernova Jazz Blast Festival - Concert: Olga Amelchenko
“Mysterious, enigmatic, far from obvious and wonderfully intriguing.” - Jazzahead 2019
Involved in the vibrant jazz scene of Paris, Olga has toured in Germany, France, Holland, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Belgium, Italy and Luxembourg.
Olga is involved in the European jazz scene as a leader with the Olga Amelchenko Quartet and HELICON, and as a side woman with different projects such as Musina Ebobisse Quintet & Orchid Big Band among the others.
her first album as a leader, is released in 2018 followed by “Live at Loft” in 2021 and “Slaying the Dream” in March 2023.
“This is a surprisingly mature and musically sophisticated debut. It will be worth keeping an eye out for Olga Amelchenko, because the future may well belong to her”. polish magazine JazzForum praised out her first recording “Shaping Motions”.

02.08.2024, 19.00 - 20.30

Supernova jazz blast - Magnús Trygvason Eliassen

Magnús Trygvason Eliassen is an Icelandic/ Norwegian drummer. He is one of the most prolific drummers in Iceland and has collaborated with a large number of artists both in Iceland and abroad.
In recent years, Magnús has been very active on the Icelandic music scene, working with a large number of bands, ensembles and musicians such as Eyþór Gunnarsson, Ellen Kristjánsdóttir, Kristjana Stefánsdóttir, Tómas R. Einarsson, Sigríður Thorlacius, Steingrímur Karl Teague, ADHD, Amiina, Sin Fang, K-Trio, Moses Hightower, múm and many others.
Magnús has also participated in the Young Nordic Jazz Comets competition on four different occasions, winning first prize twice with the bands K-Trio and Reginfirra.

01.08.2024, 19.00 - 22.00
SLAM JAM (No. 4)

SLAM JAM is a brand new concept that is a show form where improv jazz musicians and poetry slam poets work together in front of a live, participatory audience. There are 5 jazz musicians on stage and 5 poetry slammers. Each poetry slammer brings a pre-written poem of max. 3 minutes duration.

Admission: 30 Dkk.

11.07.2024, 19.00-22.00
SLAM JAM (No. 1)

SLAM JAM is a brand new concept that is a show form where improv jazz musicians and poetry slam poets work together in front of a live, participatory audience. There are 5 jazz musicians on stage and 5 poetry slammers. Each poetry slammer brings a pre-written poem of max. 3 minutes duration. 

Admission: 30 Dkk.
08.06.2024, kl. 13

The “Yarned” Read aloud: Zoyâ Pirzâd - narrator: translator Shahin Aakjær

Yarned Read Aloud - Ordgeist presents live readings of literature for people who love crafts and words ! 
Bring your craft, whether it's knitting, embroidery, stramaj or lace, and come and listen to a skilled and relevant reader read literature that relates and creates threads of connections.

The first in the Yarned Read Aloud series features short stories by Iranian Zoyâ Pirzâd with Shahin Aakjær as reader. Zoyâ Pirzâd is one of the biggest names in modern Persian literature. Her short story collection ‘... like all other afternoons’ was published in Danish last year and is a look into the daily lives of Iranian women and the drudgery they can feel trapped in.
13.06.2024, kl. 17-19

Author interview - Ida Maria Forster on her debut novel ‘Lilacs and Dust’


Author Ida Maria Forster makes her debut on 26 May with the novel ‘Lilacs and Dust’ published by Grønningen1. The novel is set in Aalborg in the early 2001s, but also takes place in war-torn Iraq. Sofie is 19 years old and has just started university in the city of Aalborg, where she is from. She has an unrequited love for her 20-year-old friend, Karl, who is a deployed officer in Iraq. The novel is a sad, poetic snapshot of youth in Aalborg and a very unique coming of age story. Now you can meet the author of this new Aalborg novel when Ida Maria Forster takes the stage at Café Ordgeist in Aalborg.

07.06.2024, 19.00

Adriano Trindade - A new experience - Brazilian jazz and samba rock


Berlin-based Brazilian singer and guitarist Adriano Trindade performs an intimate concert at Café Ordgeist. Trindade is the perfect match for a summer concert with his soft tenor and songs about love in the summer night. His guitar playing draws on Brazilian jazz genres and mixes Samba Rock and
Bossanova like braids crossed with Trindade's beautiful vocals.
01.06.2024, kl. 11-12:30

Emma holten - about the book ‘Deficit - on the value of caring’

The author, debater and political activist Emma Holten emerged in the media at a very young age as a strong and relevant voice in the debate on revenge porn, gender views and the right to consent. She is now releasing a critically acclaimed but highly debated book about feminist economics, the importance of care and the bizarre pricing of it. You can now get a unique opportunity to meet Emma Holten at Café Ordgeist in Aalborg. It will happen on Saturday 1 June, 11-12:30, where we will interview her on stage. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions and buy the work UNDERSKUD and get Emma
Holten to sign it.
30.05.2024, 20.00-22.00

Open mike night #5


Café Ordgeist will once again open the microphone ‘Mike’ and let it open up to the audience and the 12 readers from across North Jutland on Thursday 30 May.

Rule #1 is: each speaker has 5 minutes and rule #2 is kindness.

The genres are completely open, so the audience doesn't know if they'll get a poetry slam, a poem, a song, a recitation, a drama piece, a novel extract or a short prose piece. We look forward to seeing you at Open Mike Night at Café Ordgeist's stage.

Do you want to read or know someone who wants to try it out? Then write to Claus Nivaa immediately on Messenger and you'll get one of the 12 reading spots.




29.05.2024, 18.30-21.00

Mikael k: Songs and words from the North

Experience songwriter and singer Mikael K in conversation with journalist Bent Stenbakken about Ord fra Nord and how a life lived, an experience and an experience can be shaped into a song. When words and music interact to make us wiser about life and ourselves. In addition to the conversation, there will
also be room for an intimate concert with Mikael K. The flow of words in the conversation may be interrupted by singing and guitar playing along the way.

Cultural journalist Bent Stenbakken, www.kulturen.nu, has followed Mikael K. for a number of years and together they will explore the North Jutland troubadour's song universe and try to connect the personal life story with songwriting. It will be an evening of great anecdotes, redemptive laughter and lots of good songs wrapped in hopefully wise words.

You can eat from Café Ordgeist's menu at the concert - and please let the café know beforehand !


08.05.2024, 19.30-20.30

The sound of a fair tomorrow - visions


‘The Sound of a Just Tomorrow - Visions - Reading and Music’ is a music, reading and book event in collaboration between Den Grønne Ungdomsbevægelse Aalborg and Café Ordgeist. The evening includes an author interview and presentation of the book ‘Retfærdig Naturbevarelse’ published by Den Grønne Ungdomsbevægelse, music from guitarist Casper Dybdahl, a writing workshop on visions, and finally a reading on Café Ordgeist's stage. Along the way, there will of course be the opportunity to buy the book ‘Fair Nature Conservation’. Admission is free.
03.05.2024, 19.00-22.00

Concert: slag Lund & Olesen
(Trubatur 2024)

The two unique Danish songwriters Slagger Lund and Olesen will embark on a so-called ‘Trubatur’ together in 2024. It will be evenings of new and old Danish-language songs exposed to guitars and dirty singing - and between songs there will surely be some uncle anecdotes and tall tales. 

Look forward to a fantastic evening on Café Ordgeist's fine little stage with song-poetry from the top shelf of the Sangskat shop and some cool troubadours with tales straight from the belt and bootstraps.
26.04.2024, 19.00-22.00

Words for hefty - a greeting from aalborg's word jugglers to jonny hefty

One of Aalborg's most important voices, rapper and jack-of-all-trades Jonny Hefty is going through a difficult time with a cursed illness. Hefty has and has had a huge impact on all the creative environments in 9K, from art and street art circles to the rap and hip hop scene, the rock scenes, the literature festival and the poetry slam scene.

This evening, Aalborg's word jugglers and verbal equilibrists from several different environments, including the rap scene and the poetry slam scene, come together to pay tribute in poetry slam, spoken word poetry and rap to Hefty. They give their WORDS FOR HEFTY.

On the night, the whole team and the audience will be raising money for Hefty and his daughter Luna so they can have a great experience together. Admission is free, but get there early as we'll be packed with good people, fools and words as we salute and honour Hefty.
25.04.2024, 19.00-22.00

Open mike night #4


It's spring - there's a ‘MIKE’ microphone - there are 12 readers - there are 5 min. for each - there is one audience - there are 2 halves - there are words above and on the line - there is Ordgeist. 

Drop by for an evening of words and voices on the mic. 

Enjoy a glass of vino, beer or a soda. 

We look forward to seeing you at the café for OPEN MIKE NIGHT 4. Write to Claus Nivaa on Messenger if you want to be on the list of speakers. 

Admission is free
17.04.2024, 19.00-21.00

Book Bingo #4


Try Book Bingo at Café Ordgeist. You can win the latest book titles both translated foreign and Danish. 

We play by 1st row and full plate over 2 x 3 rounds with a cosy break in the middle. 

In total, the ticket entitles you to 2 banko game discs and a drink voucher for our good organic speciality coffees and filter coffee or a beer from Nibe Bryghus or an organic soda/juice from Naturfrisk or a glass of red or white wine. 

We look forward to seeing you again for a good game Book Bingo at Café Ordgeist!
06.04.2024, 17.00-18.00

Ordkraft Afterparty: The sound of tomorrow


Artistic Director of the Writing Programme at the Danish Talent Academy, Louise Juhl Dalsgaard, introduces students from the school's Writing Programme as ‘The Sound of Tomorrow’ - a reading AfterParty after Ordkraft 2024. 

Students from the Danish Talent Academy take the stage at Café Ordgeist and give samples of texts and text types that are softened in the casting ladle before being hardened for publication. 

Come and hear The Sound of Tomorrow on the Café Ordgeist stage. Admission is free. 
The readings take place as a matinee during the café's opening hours.
23.03.2024, 10.00-11.30

Children's book bingo (Easter special)


It's Children's Book Bingo for Children and Adults together again at Café Ordgeist. And this time, of course, it's an Easter Special, as it's just before Easter. 

We're playing for great new children's books on full disc, and guess what we're playing for in the first row? ---- Easter eggs of course! 

You buy a ticket for DKK 150, and this is valid for both 1 child and 1 adult together. For the ticket, each person receives a drink voucher for a juice, a soft drink, a speciality organic coffee, a tea or other beverage + a game board each for the bank game. 

 So get into the Easter spirit and play Easter Special Children's Book Bingo at Café Ordgeist.


21.03.2024, 19:00-21:00

Open Mike 3

Ordgeist Literary Club and Café Ordgeist offer another great round of wordy fun on the café stage :
12 readers
2 rounds
1 cosy break in the middle

All (un)imaginable genres, stories and puns in play
2 rules :
1) 5 min. for each reader
2) Please...

Sign up with Claus Nivaa with a message on Messenger. Then you'll be on for your full 5 min. in the spotlight in front of the friendliest audience in town! 


See you on 21 March at Ordgeist.


20.03.2024, 19:00-21:30

Book Bingo


Book Bingo is back at Café Ordgeist. You can win the latest book titles, both translated foreign and Danish. We play by 1st row and full plate over 2 x 3 rounds with a cosy break in the middle. The ticket entitles you to 2 bingo discs and a drink voucher for our delicious organic speciality coffees and filter coffee or a beer from Nibe Bryghus or an organic soda/juice from Naturfrisk or a glass of red or white wine.
14.03.2024, 19:00-21:00

Debate: satire and improrap with Ham the Long, daddy dearest and shahin Aakjær


Café Ordgeist proudly presents : DEBATTLE rap show where Battle-rap meets DR2 Debatten - with Ham Den Lange, Klaskefar and Shahin Aakjær! Political satire, rap and improvised sing-along choruses when DEBATTLE takes to the stage at Café Ordgeist based on the audience's ideas. Every show is unique, and this time it will be extra unique !

DEBATTLE is made up of the best freestyle rappers on the Milky Way - Ham Den Lange and Klaskefar, with Shahin Aakjær as host and moderator. Get the experience of a lifetime with DEBATTLE on 14 March - Battle-rap meets DR 2 Debatten's political debate. An interactive but uncontrollable jukebox. Your only safe-space in a cold world - for the first time in Aalborg !

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