Festival for the Future

 

Festival for the Future
City Hall Copenhagen

At the end of September a time portal is opening up in Copenhagen, a gateway to a 2030 were the place is thriving and the wellbeing of all people and the health of the whole planet is respected and cared for.

Over the weekend of September 27th and 28th, in City Hall in the centre of Copenhagen, we will be making Danish history. For the first time in the history of our remarkable city, we will be opening a time portal for the people of the city to travel in. We will be tearing the fabric of time, and you’re invited to join us.

Join us for a weekend where imagination meets action, and where Copenhagen rehearses the future it wants to create.

The festival features five separate events. Read more and sign up for each event below. While walk-ins are welcome, we recommend registering in advance to secure your spot.

Town Anywhere

You are invited to join hundreds of others to Time Travel to 2030 to imagine, build in 3D and then inhabit a thriving future for all. This unique day-long immersive community visioning process will be led by Artist Ruth Ben-Tovim and author Rob Hopkins who will take you on a journey to rehearse the future at scale in a place called ‘Anywhere’. At the end of the day you will land back safely in Copenhagen City Hall in 2025 with fresh ideas and ways of being that can guide and inspire. 

Sign up required.
WHERE: Copenhagen City Hall, Festsalen
WHEN: Saturday 27 September, 09:30–16:30 · Sign up

Town Anywhere – Archaeologies of the Future
Step into the city of 2030 and explore the results of Saturday’s Town Anywhere session. Throughout the day, time-travelling guides will be present to take you on a journey through the imagined future city that was built the day before.

No sign-up needed
WHERE: Copenhagen City Hall, Festsalen
WHEN: From 11:00 and throughout the day

 

 

 

Field Recordings from the Future – a cappella

On Saturday evening at 7pm, Rob Hopkins will be bringing the amazing ‘Field Recordings from the Future’ time machine. We will be transporting you to the world of 2035 in all its glory.

WHERE: Copenhagen City Hall, Festsalen
WHEN: Saturday 27 September, 19:00 · Sign up.

 

 

Imagination Activist training

On Sunday morning, Phoebe Tickell will be opening a portal to the regenerative future through the transformative practice of imagination activism. Step into methodologies that help communities envision worlds where all beings thrive, using insight and compassion rather than conflict and blame. You’ll experience Future Assembly processes that bring the voices of future generations into present decisions, learn Interspecies Council techniques for including more-than-human perspectives, and discover how to become an “imaginal cell” – building tomorrow’s world from within today’s systems.

 

IMAGINATION ACTIVIST TRAINING POSTPONED

We’re very sorry to share that due to illness, the Imagination Activist Training event on Sunday morning has been postponed. A new date will be announced soon.

If you have any questions or would like to receive email updates about the rescheduled event, please contact Kaisa Hjort Kristensen at kkr@bloxhub.org

 

 

Copenhagen Doughnut Economics Circus

Kate Raworth, creator of Doughnut Economics, and Jacob Rask of BLOXHUB & the Copenhagen Doughnut coalition will host the first ever Copenhagen Doughnut Economics Circus: Where you are invited to play out the “Battle for the Biosphere – Who wants to be a million years?!” Expect juggling! Contortionists! Clowns! And a very real insight into the economy of the 21st century.

This event will be held twice to make space for everyone interested. Please sign up for only one of the time slots.

WHERE: Copenhagen City Hall, Festsalen, Entrance through Rådhuspladsen
WHEN: Sunday 28 September, 12:00 · Sign up.          Sunday 28 September, 15:00 · Sign up

 

 

ASSEMBLY

As the festival’s time portal begins to close, we gather for a collective Assembly. Join Rob Hopkins, Kate Raworth, Phoebe Tickell, Ruth Ben-Tovim and Jacob Rask stepping into conversation, weaving together stories, visions, and questions that have surfaced across the weekend. In this shared space, voices meet across disciplines and perspectives, opening new pathways into the futures we long to bring back with us.

WHERE: Copenhagen City Hall, Festsalen, Entrance through Rådhuspladsen
WHEN: Sunday 28 September, 18:00 · Sign up

 

 

Also, don’t miss:

Imagination in Activism
Grasp Festival – Musicon, Roskilde

On the afternoon of Friday 26th September, in an all-stars panel with Kate Raworth, Phoebe Tickell, Rob Hopkins and Jacob Rask as part of the Grasp Festival. We will explore the power of imagination in activism. Kate Raworth will set our course with a compelling vision of a future worth aiming for. Rob Hopkins will crank our cynicism suspenders and help us fall in love with the future. Jacob Rask will take us on a journey through time to unearth the seeds of a flourishing future in the places of the past. And Phoebe Tickell will boost our moral imaginations, and steer the panel to a future where imagination activists have popped up everywhere and created a world that matches our dreams. More on that event here, and you’ll need to buy a ticket here.

WHERE: Grasp Festival – Musicon, Roskilde
WHEN: Friday 26 September, afternoon Tickets via Grasp Festival