We expect around 25 movement musicians, dancers, artists, yoga teachers, and creative souls to come together and share their unique gifts at the 2026 Mundekulla Music Festival.
Jenny Wessel, our Master of Ceremony, is currently curating the full lineup of workshop leaders and artists, which we expect to be ready by mid-spring. As always, the 2026 festival will feature both familiar faces from past years and many inspiring new facilitators to continue to blossom into a soulful celebration of music, expression, and togetherness. While honoring traditions like morning gatherings, evening concerts, and children’s workshops, we’ve added even more opportunities for singing, dancing, playing, and creating music side by side.
Once the entire Line-up is confirmed, you'll find your Artists & Workshop Leaders below!
Workshop leaders 2026
We warmly invite you to explore the workshop leaders who have already confirmed their participation. More will be added in coming weeks.
Workshop leaders 2026
We warmly invite you to explore the workshop leaders who have already confirmed their participation. More will be added in coming weeks.
JENNY WESSEL
MORNING GATHERINGS, CONCERTS, NIA
Jenny Wessel has been a regular contributor at the Mundekulla Festival for almost every year, expressing her deep love for Mundekulla. Now, she feels truly honored to take on the responsibility of KEEPING THE FIRE BURNING as Peter Elmberg leaves the scene. As the head of the festival, Jenny will lead the morning gatherings featuring the beloved Mundekulla dances, bearing overall responsibility for crafting a beautiful, heart-connected program.
Music holds a special place in Jenny's life, and she will share her musical talents, leading a Mantra singing & Soundhealing session during the festival. You can explore her songs here.
With nearly two decades of experience, she is the founder of Nia Movement in Göteborg where you can practice beautiful movements inspired by dance, tai-chi, taekwondo, and yoga. Jenny will also be offering Nia classes during the festival, which you can learn more about here.
JAN ERIC STRÖM
CONCERTS, MORNING MEETING
Jan Eric is a multi-musician who has graced many festivals at Mundekulla with his own works as well as in the house band. He treats the acoustic guitar and electric bass as few and it is impossible to remain unmoved when Jan Eric takes the tone. He participates in the morning gatherings with Jenny Wessel and Lars-Magnus. He also offers a singing session (Bhajans) with some of his most appreciated songs consisting of life lessons and trivia!
Jan Eric has collaborated and toured with many other musicians both in Sweden, Europe and India. Since his education at the music academy, Jan Eric has been a guitar teacher and also worked in theater, but nowadays he devotes himself mostly to his three "Ms", namely "Music, Painting (Måleri) and Meditation." He has released his own album "Reflexion" as well as "Here" with Sara Scheen Otnes and "12 peace prayers" with Peter and Lars-Magnus.Listen here
RICKARD ÅSTRÖM
MORNING MEETINGS, CONCERTS, HEARTSTRING WORKSHOP
Rickard Åström is a passionate pianist, producer, and music director, celebrated for his work in musicals and as a double Grammy winner. With a deep commitment to the intersection of music and health, Rickard brings both artistry and research to his craft.
At the festival, he is pianist in the festival band and workshop leader with Heartstrings, inviting participants to explore the transformative power of music and connection. Learn more about the Heartstrings workshop further down the page.
MAGNUS BENGTSSON
CIRCUS SCHOOL (FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE)
Magnus Bengtsson is one of the Festival's great heroes and great inspirers, who offers Circus School for children, young people ... and adults!
While all adults indulge in general wisdom and developing activities, Magnus offers something called play, acrobatics, standing on hands, juggling and other fun, that most adults have completely lost along the way.
In addition, there will be a final show on Sunday for all ages (young and old...) This is definitely one of the highlights of the festival, at least if the kids get to choose!
MARIA JOHNSSON
YOGA
Yoga is not the meaning of life, but more a way for me to relate to life. Yoga shows possibilities and approaches that facilitate everything that life entails. Everything is interconnected.
Maria has lived yoga and worked with yoga for almost 20 years. She leads calm, soft restorative Yoga (Restorative Yoga). She also leads a more physically dynamic Yoga, Hatha Yoga.
In a yoga class with Maria, you get to meet yourself, your body, your thoughts and feelings here and now. You are who you are – valuable and good just like this. Everyone can participate in Maria's Yoga classes. You participate entirely based on your own ability right here and now.
ECHOES OF DEVOTION
SOUND HEALING, SONGS OF DEVOTION
Rico Persson is a musician and facilitator with an emotional and vibrant presence. His musical expression is inspired by West Africa and Brazil, but is often created intuitively with inspiration from what is happening here and now. He loves to combine his interests in life: music, presence, free expression and community building.
Frida Malmquist runs her own health and personal development company. As a sound healer and musician, she holds meditative Sound Journeys where she intuitively creates beautiful soundscapes for participants to rest deeply in. Her classes are characterized as heart-opening and deeply transformative.
“We co-create in our duo Echoes of devotion where we find a deep love for music and life, which binds us together in harmony and joy. Our shared passion fuels every moment, creating a melody of experiences that define who we are.”
AITA PÄTS
QI SENSATION, MEDITATION
Aita Päts lives the passionate good life in full creativity and creative power to above all inspire and share her knowledge and experiences in many different areas such as Qi Gong, Tai Chi, meditation, energy medicine, sound healing, books and painting. Aita lives in the Natural House, which is her own, special creation and gift as inspiration for a sustainable way of life.
During the festival, you can practice the shamanic Qigong, Qi Sensation, which Aita herself developed and be enchanted by the unique titanium gong "Heaven no. 8". Together with Theodor Lindgren, she weaves a deeply relaxed and healing sound healing journey with various instruments, vibrations, tones and flutes.
Aita is a trained Osho body psychotherapist and Body Harmony teacher. Join in for a session of Dynamic Powerful Morning Meditation or an afternoon Kundalini Meditation.
EIJA LUNA
CONCERT
Already at the age of 7, Eija Luna knew that her great passion was music. Since then, she has explored music in different ways and genres.
In recent years, she has performed together with her father at various festivals, but last year she had her first solo performance at Mundekulla! This year she returns, having just turned 14, with a new concert.
With piano and vocals, Eija Luna will make her own interpretations on songs by artists such as Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and Amy Winehouse, to name a few.
When Eija Luna is in the music, nothing else exists and she wishes to invite her audience to enjoy in the same bubble.
BJÖRN BOHLIN
MUSICIAN AND HEALTH THERAPIST
Björn has a big love for the world of genre crossing music, and after being a member of The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra for over 40 years, he is now working mainly with World music and Jazz.
In his career as a classical musician he traveled all over the world as a member of the Oboe-section, and was a part of numerous recordings in the years 1975-2022. He was also performing as a Soloist and in different Chamber music projects all over Scandinavia.
Björn has always been interested in other genres than the classical field, especially Jazz and world music, sound healing , mantra singing, and ceremonial music. He performs music using instruments such as the oboe, native american flutes, didgeridoo, duduk, ceremonial drums and other instruments.
EMMILY BÖRJESGÅRD
DANCE, SOUND HEALING AND SONGS
Emmily is a frequent visitor at the Mundekulla Festival and has entered the stage on several occasions to share her self-written music. She is passionate about helping us create more glow in life through physical presence, acceptance and creativity.
Emmily has made the journey from "Miss Good girl", via the famous wall, to today living more from the heart. She walks the path of feminine energy with values such as being, intuition, creativity, healing, enjoyment, community and playfulness. In her profession as an occupational therapist, Emmily helps people find their own power and create more harmony in life. In her spare time, she creates contexts where people can meet themselves in a safe community with others.
This year, Emmily steps up to be a workshop leader and will guide us to more presence, power and flow in our bodies through dance, sound healing and song. Learn more
MONA HUOVINEN
IMPROVISATIONAL THEATRE
Mona Huovinen has performed in theater for many years in various independent groups, but in recent years has devoted herself to improvisational theatre for both adults and children. Both to play but also to lead groups.
Improvisational theater allows us to be prestigeless and invites us to be exactly who we want to be. There is nothing wrong! We heal by laughing, freeing ourselves and daring to trust our intuition. Allowing us to go on impulse. Together, we can create magic by bringing out the playful in our hearts.
KASIA SORAYA AND BEN BUSHILL
CIRCLES OF WISE LOVE
Kasia and Ben offer circles of ceremony and remembrance. Honest human togetherness in the direction of (AROUND) acceptance and acknowledgment of the grief, joy and strangeness of being here. Wise love is the many threaded weaving of all our experience as beings into a wide and wise love that honours and contains the difficulty and joy of our inevitable surrender to life. Simple and deep ceremony and ancient technologies of the mystery school meet the therapeutic models of Internal Family Systems and Somatic Experiencing.
Ben is a poet and spoken word performer from the tradition of the living school of Mystery. Kasia is an integrative therapist working individually and with groups. Our joint offerings will be a Circle of Wise love and a Ceremony of Generational Healing. Ben will hold a spoken word concert, with the live music of Lars Magnus.
Learn more about Ben and Kasia
SAM & EMMILY LJUNG, FOX VERSION X
FOX DANCE WORKSHOP
Sam is an experienced dance instructor with leadership training in fox and bug, and has held courses and workshops for many years. Emelie has been teaching with Sam for the past year and is a safe, committed part of the instructor team. Together they create an inspiring environment.
Both Sam and Emelie are diligent social dancers. Their heart is on the dance floor – and it shows in their teaching. All courses and workshops are designed with a focus on ensuring that the knowledge is relevant, useful and alive right there: on the dance floor.
Their passion is to spread the joy of dancing to as many people as possible. They do not strive to form perfect dancers, but instead want to inspire more people to discover the magic of social dance. They encourage people to dare to dance with creativity and feeling – to let go of the performance and focus on the experience, the interaction and the music.
LUCAS SCHEFFOLD & HELLE ANDERSEN
POLSKOR I STILLHET
Experience meditative polskas infused with improvisation on electric bass and guitar.
Lucas and Helle have a long history of performing Scandinavian folk music in their own rather unconventional style, characterized by an equally unconventional sound on guitar and electric bass.
Taking it a step further, they have selected truly tranquil polskas where the traditional dance is no longer the main focus. Instead, the music invites relaxation and inner exploration, offering a serene journey through sound.
Lucas is also the Festival's sound engineer.
EVA CEDERBLAD AND MARCUS ALBINSSON
CONCERT
Marcus and Eva give a joint concert, where their voices and songs meet in a warm and lively interplay.
"When we create together, a space opens up where the heart can lead and presence can carry," Marcus describes the collaboration.
"When I met Marcus, I immediately felt that our voices danced the same dance. So nice to co-create in warm friendship," Eva says.
Marcus’ and Eva’s songs move in a quiet, thoughtful landscape where music and emotion are woven together with the rhythm of nature. The tones are soft and open, often built around melodies that are given space to breathe, which creates a calm, meditative atmosphere. The lyrics carry a warm presence, while the arrangements reinforce the feeling of space and reverberation. Together, their music forms a peaceful whole that invites the listener to slow down and listen inward. You are invited to sing along or just rest in the tones – come as you are.
MARCUS ALBINSSON
HEART CEREMONY
Marcus is a musician and artist with roots in ceremonial music, sound journeys and heart-based singing. His creations move between music and inner practice, where influences from different spiritual traditions are woven together into a grounded and contemporary expression.
For several years, Marcus has toured around Sweden and appeared at festivals nationally and internationally. In 2025, his music gained greater impact when his heart-opening music and nature-inspired videos reached a wide audience worldwide.
From a deep inner experience, his gratitude ceremony was born – a heart-based experience where music, stillness and presence merge. The ceremony has touched people around the country and has become a place where thousands of participants have expressed and manifested their gratitude through his grandmother's ceremonial bowl. Now the Mundekulla Festival can also take part in this experience.
EVA CEDERBLAD
SOFT SONGS AND MANTRAS
I guide people into singing from the heart – a place where the voice can be free, alive and healing. Singing has accompanied me all my life and is for me a tool for both healing and expression of the soul.
At Mundekulla we welcome the day with soft songs and mantras. Here it is not about performance, but about presence, feeling and affirming what is true in the moment. Here you get to land in your own sound, open up your expression and let your voice carry what wants to be heard – soft, powerful and heartfelt.
HOLY TREE (FILIP FIŠER & MALIN WIK)
CONCERT, SOUND AND MUSIC JOURNEYS
Premiere at Mundekulla! Holy Tree’s musical journeys arise from a longing to touch and be touched by the unreachable. Intuitive and improvised compositions with an impressive array of instruments seek to approach the indescribable mystery and perfection of the human experience. Since 2016, Holy Tree has created musical experiences with a focus on presence and improvisation. In 2026, Holy Tree will release its debut album after 10 years as a live band.
Holy Tree Concert - River of Life
Holy Tree welcomes you to an intuitive concert that honors music, vibration and sound as well as silence. Together we create a lasting moment of presence, where music is our altar and our prayer.
FILIP FIŠER
CONCERT, SOUND AND MUSIC JOURNEYS
Music medicine man, recognized craftsman, co-founder of Holy Tree and Sound Festival. Through music as well as Holy Tree Crafts, Filip is a source of power in his field, a bridge builder between humanity and spirit. His work is a testament to his unwavering belief in the transformative potential of sound.
Filip runs the Holy Tree Instruments shop and will be bringing a wide selection of unique, artisanally inspiring and intuitively stimulating instruments to the festival. You will have the chance to try out these instruments and be guided by Filip whether you are a beginner or an experienced musician.
MALIN WIK
CONCERT, SOUND AND MUSIC JOURNEYS
Songwriter, ‘The Singing Circle’ facilitator, co-founder of Holy Tree (2016). Malin is a highly regarded singer and songwriter; with a voice and a way of bringing us together around song and music that is loved by many.
She has over 15 years of experience leading ‘The Singing Circle’, a workshop that invites people to connect with their voices through humming and singing.
The Singing Circle (1,5 hrs)
Create a deeper connection with voice and breath by making sound and singing together. Welcome the whole you, your unique creative expression and let simple mantras and songs support relaxation and your singing from the heart.
ARVID BRATTWALL AND MARTIN EKMAN
CONCERT AND IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP
Arvid Brattwall's life changed when he went to Varanasi for the first time in 2023 and met his Guruji Vijay Jaiswal. Since then, he has devotedly studied the Sitar within the North Indian musical tradition.
Martin Ekman trained as a jazz pianist at Bollnäs Folkhögskola and is now stepping out into the world to shape his musical vision where jazz and spirituality merge into a unique expression.
Arvid and Martin met in high school and bonded through their love of improvisational music. Together they create music that fuses jazz and the North Indian tradition.
OLIVIA LAVASTRAND BOHLIN
CONCERT
With Olivia Lavastrand Bohlin's honest vocals, Björn Bohlin's silver-sounding oboe and Lars Nordblom's warm piano and double bass tones, the trio weaves together threads of jazz, ballads, folk pop, classical art music and the magic of the Bohuslän beaches. It becomes a dreamlike tonal fabric, where you can sometimes discern the musicians' roots from the sea.
Olivia's lyrics:
Close to the body. The body, my very own phenomenon that experiences life. About metamorphoses from one state to another and dialogues with feelings about what they want to tell me. Movements between the lines.
Olivia's & Björn's Sound Journey:
Welcome to soft sound clouds, tonal essences with Olivia on vocals, loop choirs, and Björn on flutes, oboe and yet unimagined instruments.
RICKARD ÅSTRÖM, SWE
DENNIS SCHUIVENS AND JACK C.S. CHEN, NL
HEARTSTRINGS – MUSIC & TOUCH
Two Inventors, one musician—United by a shared vision: To reveal the deep connections that bind us all. After their acclaimed debut at the Gothenburg Science Festival, they’re evolving the experience, inviting you to explore:
Can we create music simply by joining hands?
Why does connection matter?
How does it feel to be together—or apart?
What does unity sound like?
Prepare for a transformative journey of touch, sound, and community.
Dennis and Jack are the creators of the Crdl, pronounced like the English word 'cradle’, an award-winning, interactive, sensor-based wooden instrument that transforms human touch into sound and music. It has gained international recognition and was named one of the world’s best inventions by TIME Magazine.
www.heartstrings-experience.com
www.crdl.com
SERENO CANTARO
CONCERT
For more than 15 years, Sereno Cantaro has dedicated himself to sound alchemy and ceremonial leadership. He was born in Chile, into a family of priests, musicians and politicians.
At an early age, he naturally began to invoke his family lineage by playing music and spirituality with his closest friends. In Sweden, a musical constellation called Lecheburre emerged; a recognized new-folk band with which he played on major stages in Europe and Latin America.
Today, he assists as a music therapist, herbal healer and voice coach with a team of highly qualified healers, expanding his knowledge of the shamanic paths.
DJ AYOLA
JOURNEY INTO THE LAND OF SOMA
DJ Ayola will take you on a deep, embodied journey into the land of soma – where rhythm becomes breath and melody becomes movement. With her unique blend of soulful beats and intuitive presence, she creates a space where you can drop into your body, release, and remember that dance is your birthright.
Her sets invite both stillness and wild expression – a space to connect with yourself and those around you. Everyone can move, so everyone can dance. Together, we'll build bridges through sound, breath, and shared rhythm. Come as you are and let the music guide you – into joy, into presence, into connection. This is not just a dance floor – it's a collective heartbeat, and you're invited.
