Kafé 44
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Kafé 44 is a café and concert place on Tjärhovsgatan 46 in Stockholm, Sweden. The importance and mythos of Kafé 44 can be compared to CBGB in New York.
The café is run divided into three non-profit groups that together run the café, Bokhandeln INFO, Dagfiket and Scen 44. INFO is a anarchist bookstore, dagfiket is the café open during the days and finally Scen 44 is the part that handles concerts and runs the café during concerts.
The café serves Cuba-Cola, coffee, various cookies and the famous ultra buns. Scen 44 is an open stage meaning any band can book it and get a percentage on the door. The entrance fee is normally between 30 and 60 SEK. Usually there is no age limit at the concerts.
[edit] Examples of bands that have played at Kafé 44
- Asta Kask
- Backyard Babies
- Blindside
- Caesars Palace
- Charta 77
- Coca Carola
- De lyckliga kompisarna
- Dechas
- Entombed
- The Hellacopters
- Joakim Thåström
- Kent
- Köttgrottorna
- Max Peezay
- Nina Rochelle
- Peter and the Test Tube Babies
- The Kristet Utseende
- The Latin Kings
- Varnagel
- Navid Modiri
