A celebration of agriculture, nature, and performing arts. 28 August - 5 September 2025

MEET UP

28-31 August: Three day workshop in performing arts, film and food for young people from Europe and Norway. We are creating an adventure trail in the forest, films for outdoor cinema and bands that will hold concerts during the festival.

A three-day workshop for young people on interrail in Europe about performing arts, forests, film, food and storytelling. We create an adventure trail in the forest, a film for an outdoor cinema and bands that hold concerts during the festival.

FESTIVAL PROGRAM 

Saturday, August 30

DAY PROGRAM 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Food StallWith Popuphagen, selling whole roasted lamb, lamb sausages, lamb pizza, and a vegetarian option featuring mushrooms foraged from the forest.

Wool activities:

11:00:

The farm opens to the public with activities related to sheep and wool.In collaboration with the Rural Women's Association, the Knitting Club at the Volunteer Center, and other local groups and organizations. 

11:00-14:00 

Dogme knitting with wool from the Norwegian Spælsau sheep With Aurora Wilhelmine Linchausen. Dogme knitting is an ancient technique where you knit directly from the raw wool without any preprocessing, made possible by the long fibers of the Spælsau sheep. The method is easy to learn and produces unique results. 

Family Workshop: Wool BumblebeeWith visual artist and insect enthusiast Monica Marcella.

What do sheep and bumblebees have in common? Much more than you might think! Needle-felt your own cute wool bumblebee while enjoying surprising nerdy facts shared by the artist. 

11:30:

The World's Best Story: Outdoor interactive theatre performance by Sprengt Teater, target audience ages 3-6. 

13:00:

Experience Walk In the mysterious forest and sheep pasture. Created by Meet Up participants in collaboration with performing artists Fride Snipsøyr Holøs, Tiril Pharo, Simone Thiis, and Thomas Storm. 

14:30:Theatre play in the garden with actors from Teatercamp

EVENING PROGRAMME 18:00 - 24:00

18:00 Local brew on tap and food stall from PopUpHagen

18:30 Promille - a scenic study tour of Norwegian drinking culture

With Tiril Pharo and Isak Anderssen

8:30 PM Save a Fjord by Marit Eikemo, presented by NY SUS Nature & Youth

21:30 Outdoor cinema on the barn wall

Under Sleep a film made at Filmcamp 2025

Short films about forests made by MeetUp participants from Europe

10:00 PM Garden Concert

With Axel Pharo and The Best Band in the World.

High chance of well-known songs in new disguises, new songs in old disguises, and sing-alongs!

Light show by Kristoffer Nikolaysen

SUNDAY, AUGUST 31

Food Stall: PopUp Hagen

11:00- 13:00 Fellesskapet by Tiril Pharo Productions

Deliver discarded clothes and the stories of those who once wore them to a swap shop and let them become part of an archive and a theatre performance.

Repair station – get help and inspiration to fix your damaged wool clothes

13:00: Panel discussion about performing arts and industry meeting for the performing arts field in Østfold and surroundings

16:15 Theatre performance: When New Age Came to the Village with Simone Thiis, in the barn hall. 

2-5 September: Four-day ecological theatre camp for professional performing artists by Tiril Pharo Productions.

Where:Åsheim

Aasheimkroken 106, 1821 Spydeberg

Transport:

You can walk to us from the station, it takes about 40 minutes, or cycle!

We also have our brilliant volunteer Mikael, who runs a shuttle service between the train station and the farm at all hours:

11:00, 12:40, 14:00, 18:00, 19:40 and 21:00, 23:20

Send him a message and book yourself a seat: tel +4747955202

There are taxis in Østfold you can book: online ordering

There is a bus for trains from Ski to Spydeberg during the festival period due to VY's repairs of the track.

Buses depart towards Oslo once an hour and arrive from Oslo once an hour.

We have plenty of parking spaces at the barn.