Places

Places with gigs/places related to the punk-scene in Copenhagen and some of the surrounding cities.  
Will be continuously updated. Last update: Dec. 18th 2013

K-TOWN

In alphabetic order. Mostly diy/user driven venues are listed.
Others towns at the bottom of the page.
Copenhagens most interesting areas are Nørrebro, Nordvest, Vesterbro and Christianshavn. These four areas all have underground culture movements in common, and no matter what you will always be able to find something going on in these areas. Traditionally, Nørrebro has been the center of the punk-movement, untill Ungdomshuset on Jagtvej got evicted, spreading the scene across town.

Venues

Basement
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One of the newer additions to the K-Town underground scene is Basement. A bunch of people book gigs there, and it can range from grind to queer-punk to hiphop. There's no "real" stage, and it's backline + PA only, but if you're into gigs with a rough edge, this place should be your thing. 

Bolsjefabrikken

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The "Bolsjefabrikken"-house isalternative creative workshop-spaces which sometimes hosts gigs, but mostly works as a hangout, DIY workshops and some times peoples kitchen. Used to have two houses, but the one on Lærkevej has now closed.

Bumzen (no link availible)

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Old ex-squat that sometimes does gigs and parties. Also does vegan peoples-kitchen on wednesdays, as well as barnights most fridays. Cozy atmosphere, floor-concerts only. Their contact mail is bumzen@riseup.net

Folkets Hus

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One of the oldest leftwing-places in Copenhagen. Sometimes does parties, and has a café thats open on a daily basis. Does peoples kitchens too. At the moment things can be messy around this place due to trouble with local gangs & police.

KB18
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Warehouse-styled venue in the old meat-packing district "Kødbyen" (which is the "hip" part of town). Hosts a variety of gigs, every now and then hardcore, punk and/or doom-gigs and often underground clubbing stuff.

Loppen
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Running since 1973, this is one of the oldest user-driven venues in town. In the last couple of years, the heavier music has moved here, stoner, sludge, doom, death and so forth. Also it's situated at Christiania, if you're up for a nice walk and some herbal souvenirs (...).

Huset i Magstræde
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Huset is a municipal-run venue that sometimes hosts punk-gigs, often with big variation and often with new and young bands. They also have an old-school cinema screening old monster flicks from time to time.

Mayhem

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Small and simple user-driven DIY venue that does all kinds of crazy gigs, often punk in its oddest forms; no wave, noise etc. Its situated at the same place as Bolsjefabrikken (Ragnhildgade).

Stengade

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Volunteer-based venue, does loads of gigs, but varies a lot in genre and price, etc. Has a tendency to host a lot of punk/hc/metal tourbands.

Ungdomshuset

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K-Towns main DIY punk, hardcore and crust-venue, nowadays also big in everything metal. Loads of gigs, festivals, bar-nights etc. This is the place where Copenhagens 3 main DIY-festivals take place: K-Town Hardcore Fest, Heavy Days In Doomtown and Kill Town Death Fest. Also does a cheap vegan peoples-kitchen every thursday, and it's also the home to Distro 61.

Underwerket / Kraftwerket
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Municipal-owned but user-driven culture house, doing underground crust/punk/hc-gigs and festivals. Also does peoples kitchens on tuesdays.

Record stores  

No need for descriptions... It's records and all the stores are worth a visit! But if you're looking for classic K-Town stuff, Repo Man is the one and only... Remember that a lot of the local distros and labels actually live in town, so if you want to buy something from those people, just write them and often you can meet up and trade in person (and save expensive postage!).

Accord Nørrebrogade
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Insula Music
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Posh Isolation
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Repo Man

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Rock Uglen (no link availible)
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Second Beat
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Sex Beat
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Miscellaneous

Spidsroden

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Nice and fair priced food-store, especially good for vegans (Denmark is a bad country for vegans, so this is valuable advice). Nice place to buy ice cream cones and cold beers during summer, especially since it's right next to a park

HELSINGØR:
Helsingør is located north of Copenhagen, the drive is approx. 30-45 minutes depending on transportation. Helsingør is a small town, but many people go there from suburbs, and the punk-scene has always kept on going.

Elværket
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A venue with a broad selection of concerts, often (but not always) diy-styled.

ROSKILDE:
Roskilde is located west of Copenhagen, the drive is approx. 40 minutes depending on transportation. The city is known for the big annual festival, but the town also has a bunch of collectives and political groups.

Paramount DIY
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Paramount DIY is a group of bookers doing gigs, cafés and hangout at a local concert hall. All kinds of bookings, but always something punk-ish. Has a new crew called "Roots" doing stuff there too.

MALMÖ:
Malmö is a swedish city just across Øresund. By train the ride is between 30-45 mins., and the price is not that expensive. The city has a lot to offer in terms of cafés, vegan restaurants and so on, but is currently lacking a big or semi-big venue for DIY-gigs.

Glassfabriken
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Left wing radical social centre with vegan food, lectures, hangout etc.

Häng Bar
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A bar that hosts gigs at their small but nice stage.  

NB! This is "my own" list, meaning it is definately not a complete guide, but places worth to check out to find gigs or swinging by for record-shopping etc.