THE 13TH LEONARD COHEN EVENT COPENHAGEN, DENMARK AUGUST 2-4, 2024 Nyhavn, Copenhagen. Photo copyright by Michael Apel (from Wikipedia) Dear Cohenites! The registration for the 13th Leonard Cohen Event in Copenhagen is now open! The official dates are August 2-4, 2024 The event is not commercial, so the participation fees are required to cover all the expenses associated with organizing an international event including the venues, bands, the hiring of technical and musical equipment, the souvenirs and so on. Please carefully read how to register for the Event: 1. Send an e-mail to mani@nypost.dk Include the following information: * Name(s) * Forum name(s) (if you are a member of the Leonard Cohen Forum) * Email address(es) * Mobile phone number(s) * City and country of residence * T-shirt size(s), male/female (a size chart with with measurements will be made availablelater and you will be able to edit your size if needed). * Indicate if you are paying by international bank transfer (for EU) or Paypal. * Let us know if you, for some reason, don’t want your name to be shown on the Event pages online. 2) Pay the registration fee 2a) Registration fee 2b) How to pay the registration fee 1/ International bank transfer (EU) ** Bank account details * PAYEE: LC-cph-2024 * BANK: Nordea, address: Vesterport, Vesterbrogade 8, Postboks 850, 0900 København C. * IBAN: DK53200090 3764 2115 * BIC/SWIFT: NDEADKKK * Make sure to include the name(s) of the participant(s) in the message field! 2/ Paypal - Go to www.paypal.com and log into your account. - Choose “Send and request”, and use the “send” tab. - Recipient account: mariannen258@gmail.com - Choose “sending to a friend or family” to avoid unnecessary Paypal fees! - Make sure The Event will receive the full amount! This means that you have to pay all the Paypal fees for both ends of the transaction! - No problem if you have no Paypal account or any balance on your existing account – you will be able to pay through their secure services by your credit card. 3/ Other methods of payment - Sorry, other payments – like cheques - cannot be accepted (but if you have problems with the 2 paying methods, tell me, and I’ll try to help you) 2) Registration confirmation After a few days (upto a week) you will receive a confirmation e-mail, when your payment have been recieved. Your e-mail address will be included in a mailing list that will be used solely to inform you about The Leonard Cohen Event, but everything will be posted on this forum as well. 3) Cancellation policy * After April 15, 2024 there will be no refund * The registrant has the right to transfer the registration to another person (and be able to get the whole fee refunded from that person) Notes - Maybe there will be made a facebook page (I’ll tell you later) - The event is organized by Marianne Nielsen and her team, The Leonard Cohen Files and The Leonard Cohen Forum - If you have any questions, post them here on e-mail me - I am looking very much forward to seeing many LC-friends - old and new - in Copenhagen in August 2024 Marianne The Event Program (subject to change) Thursday, 1/8- Bartof st. Venue. Close to Frederiksberg metro station. 16:00 - 18:00 "Early bird" registration After that .. Dinner (evt. all together) .. No official programme Friday, 2/8 - Bartof st. Venue. 14:00 - 17:00 Registration Opening speaks Dinner ( evt. all together) 18:30 - 19:30 "Mazel Klezmerband" (+ Cohen songs) Open mic ? 21:00 - 22:00 Channe Nussbaum (Cohen songs and more) 22:30 - ? Free jam Saturday, 3/8 - Bartof st. Venue 9:30 - 10:30 Cisternerne (for people who like a trip in the underground) 11:00 - 12:00 Bus sightseeing or walk Frederiksberg / Copenhagen Lunch-time 14:00 - 16:30 "Music in the darkness" - arr. Film and talks in Falkoner Bio Performance by Klaus Lynggaard and Henrik Quietsch Dinner-time 18:00 - 20:00 Martin Kubetz (pianist sings Cohen) 20:30 - 21:30 Dan Devos (singing Cohen - playing guitar) 22:00 - ? Free jam Sunday, 4/8 - Hotel Cecil (before named Jazzhouse) Venue .. (In the center of Cph. walking street) 10:00 - 11:00 Canal-tour in Copenhagen 14:00 - 15:00 Tobias Trier - Talk about Cohen and singing 16:00 - 17:30 Gary Snider and band (singing / playing Cohen) Dinner-time Open Mic ? 20:30 - 22:00 "Sisters of Mercy" Band (Singing / playing Cohen) 22:15 .... Goodbye - speaks 22:30 - ? Free jam The program will be updated on our Forum - click here! See you in Copenhagen!!! Marianne * * * * * * Here is the original invitation to Copenhagen (posted in October 2022) Dear Friends, I’m happy to tell you that the Leonard Cohen Event 2024 will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark! In 2008, for the first time since 1993, Leonard Cohen performed in Copenhagen, at Kongens Have (King's Garden). During his Grand Tour he returned several times and gave us most memorable and amazing concerts. I had the pleasure of seeing him twice in 2008, and again in 2010. The iconic exhibition on Leonard´s life and work, "A crack in everything", originally presented at the MAC in Montreal in 2017, was running in Copenhagen in 2019-2020. (Photo by Wijbe Lageveen) I know that some of you saw this amazing exhibition, and I still miss it very much. The Leonard Cohen Events started in 1998, and every two years his fans have gathered somewhere in the world to celebrate his music and poetry. I have had chance to participate in happenings in Budapest and Ghent (and also several times in the other series of get-togethers on the wonderful island of Hydra in Greece). The 2024 Leonard Cohen Event will be the 13th Event organized and supported by The Leonard Cohen Files and The Leonard Cohen Forum. In August 2024 it’s time for all Cohenites to find their way to Copenhagen! I have the joy and honor to invite each of you to our very special happening. Leonard's music and poetry will surround us this weekend. This Event will bring us together in real life (and not just online!), and we will create new connections and new understanding of Leonard's work. Music, films, talks ... We will will keep Leonard Cohen’s memory alive, and enjoy going around the city of Copenhagen, its cosy old streets, experiencing "Danish hygge". There will be activities in »Dark places« and in »Light places«. :- ) You’ll be hearing from me and our organizing committee soon again with more details. The exact dates will be announced a bit later. Until then, the very best LC - greetings! Marianne Nielsen Go to our Forum to learn more about the Event - click here! - I will also answer your questions on the Forum!